TKnight24 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Quick little article to show how Ballard has changed this roster and what his plan is moving forward as free agency continues and the draft approaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creekside Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 As of now (March 13) the Colts have 64 players on their roster (This includes the most recent signings). Only 5 are of the age 30 or older: Viniteri - 44 Gore - 33 Overton - 31 Langford - 31 Jones - 30 Only 3 others are over the age of 27: Tolzien - 29 Castonzo - 28 Davis - 28 6 players are now age 27 (including Luck and Hilton)........and 50 players are age 26 or younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IinD Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 It needed to be done honestly. There were guys who were old by nfl standards at key positions. Need some young fast ilb's to stuff the run and chase down backs and te's were desperately needed. Throw in some young pass rushers and the team is heading in the right direction. Was getting tired of guys like DQ 5 yards behind his guy in the open field. We have to get younger and faster to compete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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2006Coltsbestever Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 All of the players Ballard is going after are 26/27 year olds. Perfect age for Football, young and just entering your prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgambill Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 27 minutes ago, TKnight24 said: Sooo.....he was told with Ballard he was promised nothing...a chance to compete....so he asked his friends what the roster looked like....yeah it had a ton of old unathletic dudes last year.....31st in the league on defense......Mingo....yeah we got this lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theanarchist Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 3 hours ago, TKnight24 said: Quick little article to show how Ballard has changed this roster and what his plan is moving forward as free agency continues and the draft approaches Cant argue with the approach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewColtsFan Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 2 hours ago, egg said: As of now (March 13) the Colts have 64 players on their roster (This includes the most recent signings). Only 5 are of the age 30 or older: Viniteri - 44 Gore - 33 Overton - 31 Langford - 31 Jones - 30 Only 3 others are over the age of 27: Tolzien - 29 Castonzo - 28 Davis - 28 6 players are now age 27 (including Luck and Hilton)........and 50 players are age 26 or younger. Thanks for doing this! Good post! Getting younger was never going to happen completely in one off-season. We might even still bring back Butler? But we clearly needed to move in that direction. The process of getting younger will no doubt continue in 2018. We'll be having some of the same conversations a year from now.... Much needed. Long overdue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfarley Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 just goes to show you based on what is happening now, just how much input Grigson had on past personnel. zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad72 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 It goes in cycles, folks. We had Dungy who had a "younger and faster" model but we did not have sound DL in the middle leading to several clock consuming runs/series for the opposition and did not have the man CBs to play tighter on coverage (which we should have invested in having Frathis in their prime). So we longed for change, and were enamored with "fatties" and then we got "fatties" only to realize being big isn't all that without athleticism. Finally, we seemed to realize the need for more athleticism and speed even if it costs us a tad bit of bulk, gap shooting and man coverage whenever possible. Hopefully, we have the right mix of youth and vets to make it all work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21isSuperman Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 2 hours ago, TKnight24 said: Notice how it's Ballard that has been preaching competition at every position (which makes sense) because Pagano plays blatant favouritism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCityColt Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 1 hour ago, 21isSuperman said: Notice how it's Ballard that has been preaching competition at every position (which makes sense) because Pagano plays blatant favouritism Now this, without wishing to open old wounds, was apparently one of the big points of contention between him and Grigson. He wasn't necessarily picking the starters.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21isSuperman Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Just now, SteelCityColt said: Now this, without wishing to open old wounds, was apparently one of the big points of contention between him and Grigson. He wasn't necessarily picking the starters.. I've heard and seen conflicting things about that. At the end of the day, even if the GM is telling you what to do, you're the head coach for a reason. You need to make the call on who starts. Even if you decide to listen to the GM, say in the interest of job security, after you see the GM's demands aren't producing results, you need to change things up. As you said, that's in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCityColt Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 1 minute ago, 21isSuperman said: I've heard and seen conflicting things about that. At the end of the day, even if the GM is telling you what to do, you're the head coach for a reason. You need to make the call on who starts. Even if you decide to listen to the GM, say in the interest of job security, after you see the GM's demands aren't producing results, you need to change things up. As you said, that's in the past. The king is dead, long live the king! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21isSuperman Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 45 minutes ago, SteelCityColt said: The king is dead, long live the king! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycolt1 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 2 hours ago, 21isSuperman said: Notice how it's Ballard that has been preaching competition at every position (which makes sense) because Pagano plays blatant favouritism Really? I kinda thought there was a conflict regarding Grigson being in those shoes? Getting a dig in on Pagano just for the sake of it is of no use at this time IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rackeen305 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 6 hours ago, egg said: As of now (March 13) the Colts have 64 players on their roster (This includes the most recent signings). Only 5 are of the age 30 or older: Viniteri - 44 Gore - 33 Overton - 31 Langford - 31 Jones - 30 Only 3 others are over the age of 27: Tolzien - 29 Castonzo - 28 Davis - 28 6 players are now age 27 (including Luck and Hilton)........and 50 players are age 26 or younger. Damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COLTS449 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 How many young, fast superstars do we have?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neug3246 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 2 hours ago, 21isSuperman said: I've heard and seen conflicting things about that. At the end of the day, even if the GM is telling you what to do, you're the head coach for a reason. You need to make the call on who starts. Even if you decide to listen to the GM, say in the interest of job security, after you see the GM's demands aren't producing results, you need to change things up. As you said, that's in the past. Play the guys you want to just to have the GM trade or cut them off the team lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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