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It may very well be that people are taking what Pep said in the presser a little too seriously. If he says he's open to running the wildcat and the pistol, we don't necessarily know that he means it. As of right now, we don't know what type of offense the Colts will run, and how much it may resemble the Stanford or the Niner's offense.
It's to Pep's benefit to put as much misinformation out there to keep everyone guessing. Let's go with what we know:
1. Luck liked Arian's offense.
2. Luck likes Pep's offense.
3. Luck would like to fuse the two offenses together, as he stated earlier.
This sounds to me like a deep-attacking WCO, like the Chargers had under Norv Turner--which fused WCO and deeper routes.
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Flash....
Sorry about the journalistic tone of my post. But, I can't do much about that. I was a journalist for 30 years. That's how I write.
For better or worse, I think that's how most of my posts are. I know a few people that are not fans of my writing style. I know a few that are. To each their own, I guess. I'm just trying to share my thoughts and views with my new Colts family and let people react as they see fit....
Hope that clarifies....
NCF, no need to apologize and I definitely did not intend to critique your writing style. I appreciate your contribution to the forum and I look forward to reading your posts. In this instance, I was able to catch on to what BraveHeart Colt was inferring with his response to your initial post.
Now, let's get back on topic.
Pep Hamilton, anyone?
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What's the over-reaction?
Seriously. I have no idea what you're talking about.
Pep was the OC at Stanford for 2 years. I saw every game. I was at the Rose Bowl. From a fan's perspective, I think I know him about as well as anyone can, and certainly better than most everyone here.
So, what's the over-reaction?
I have no dog in this fight, but as an observer, I think that BraveheartColt was half-heartedly joking with his reply to your post. As for the over-reaction, I think it had to do with the journalistic tone of your post. It came off as a written piece intended as an article rather than a post in a forum.
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When watching the Colts play last year, I was able to call which play we were running before the snap. There was not "disguise" in our offense. We simply said "you already know what we're trying to do, just try to stop us." Thankfully, we have a great offensive unit that executed really well. But it could have been better.
-On run plays, we ran to the left side of the ball 90% of the time.
-On pass plays, we did not utilize screens well; didn't use roll-outs, and used only a low percentage of play-action.
I hope to see more diversity in the offense this year. NFL defenses are too good to tip our hand and rely solely on out-executing them. Let's make it easier on ourselves.
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I wouldn't mind the Pistol or Wildcat. Chandler Harnish would be the better option for the wildcat imo. So he might get some PT this year
IMO, Luck will not come off of the field on offense. We do not want to take the ball out of his hands.
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Sounds to me like Hamilton wants a dynamic offense and doesn't want to label it as a WCO, Pistol, Wildcat, etc.... He's open to anything that may produce positive results. I'm okay with this given that it matches our personnel.
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Bigby was with San Diego last season but was on IR since Nov. Haven't seen any news on him being released.
You're right. He was with Seattle in 2011. Who could it be? Are we even sure that a signing has taken place?
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Atari Bigby was with Seattle and he will turn 32 in September. Could it be him?
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The 49'ers are my wife's favorite team (my second team) and I'm smart enough to know that a happy wife = a happy life.
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We are a team that's still building the Monster. In order to do this, we need to add pieces collectively. In this scenario, we are gaining 2 people, Ware and Vicekrs, but we would be giving up:
1. Angerer
2. Our first round pick-2013
3. Our second round pick next year - (possibly another first) 2014
4. Our seventh round pick -2013
We would be giving up far more than what we'd receive in return. We are not just a player away from being great. We need many contributers before we can change our mindset away from "building."
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I don't want anyone in our division to get him and I especially don't want the Patriots to get him.
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Flash was my nickname back in high school during football, given because I was fast. The sevens are for my three years of wearing #7, and also for being lucky, as in lucky 7's.
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He's always going to have run responsibilities though even as a rush specialist. Teams will just run at him when he's in the game even if he's there to just rush the QB. Teams will exploit him and thats a guarantee. The point is, he will never except a minimal contract and even in the absolute remote possibility he did, he would still be taking a roster spot from somebody that could play all 3 aspects of a 3-4 OLBer. That is what would bother me the most, we need all the most versatile players we can get especially on defense and IMO Freeney isn't worth losing a guy like that just because he can rush the QB. A big issue is his age too, he isn't going to get faster and more athletic anymore and with each passing yr. it is going to get worse. Freeney will be looking for 1 final exit contract and it certainly should not be from us.
Balzer, you and I want the same thing-- what's best for the team. It may be that we move on without Freeney, in which case I can get behind that decision. I am hesitant to move on from Freeney without knowing who the other person might be, and I don't think that person is on the roster at the moment. I don't think Hughes has shown enough for me to feel good about letting Freeney walk. So, hypothetically, you make a very good arguement, however, we all know that finding an effective OLB is a difficult task. I suppose that we'll have to wait and see how it all works out.
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Right. People don't want him based on his role as an OLB. I'm saying if he plays solely as a rush specialist he's worth a contract. I don't know if he'd accept that role or that salary. But how could anyone object to having a rush specialist on the team?
Forget his run or coverage deficiencies, that wouldn't be his responsibility.
Watching Freeney play this year, he was basically just a rush specialist. I think we're overestimating the amount of times he was asked to drop back into coverage, which was hardly ever. I am not worried about his coverage skills because that's maybe 1-5% of what he's asked to do. He still showed a great ability to pressure the QB, and based on that, still has some value--a much diminished value, but valuable nontheless.
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I thought it was a good analysis. Here are my thoughts:
1. Our inability to run made it very difficult to score in the red zone. Luck actually led the team in rushing TDs. Being so one-sided made it easier for opposing defenses, and harder for us to score. We just couldn't run it in for a TD, and it all fell on Luck to make it happen one way or another.
2. Since we we're a very good running team, we had to pass for first downs as well. Many of the long drives were a byproduct of Luck leading the league in converting third and 8+ yards.
3. As mentioned in the article, our defense did not create many turnovers and we did not benefit from having a short field for scoring opportunities.
4. The last quarter of the season (seamingly all season) our O-line was completely decimated. This accounted for many of the three-and-outs that occured later in the year, as Luck had no time to throw.
With a new offensive scheme this year, I am interested in seeing where we improve, but hope that we keep the aggressive demeanor. I want defenses to be scared that we'll throw the ball 40+ yards down field.
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Why do we always compare Fleener to Gronk and Graham, arguably the best tight ends in the game? By that logic,
where are the:
Why isn't Vic Ballard as good as Adrian Peterson, threads
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Why isn't Hilton as good as AJ Green or Megatron, or Marvin Harrison (closer to his size).
For whatever reason, people love to pick on Fleener and in some ways he's curesed that he has measurables similar to Gronk and Graham, yet he's just a rookie playing in a different system--a system that didn't maximize his strengths.
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I think people are vastly under-appreciating the impact that Freeney has had on our defense--even last year. He still commanded double teams, which I will talk about in a minute. Although his sack numbers were down, we cannot deny the pressure that he put on opposing QBs. He was still a main source of pressure, and QBs had to take DFree into account on every play.
I will completely agree that he is a liability in the run game.
Consider that the previous year Angerer led the team in tackles, and this year it was Freeman. They both greatly benefited from other teams having to double Freeney and Mathis. This is the hidden benefit of having somenone with pass rush skills like Freeney's. It can be replaced by someone else, but that's a gamble--just as much as it is to keep him, but we know what we have if we decide to keep him. We don't know for sure what we'll have if we bring someone new.
If possible, keep Freeney (at a reasonable salary) and bring in someone from the draft at a reasonable salary and we may hve the best of both worlds.
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In some ways, with the Pep's roots going back to Stanford and ties with Harbaugh, the Niners have what we may be thinking about. Frank Gore is a between the tackle runner, while Lamicheal James is the change-of-pace back.
We currently have that with Ballard between the tackles and Brown as the change-of-pace back.
What we don't have is a lince comparable to the Niner's O-line.
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I live in California, in the SF Bay Area. My wife is a Niner fan and I am a Colts fan.
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Every team has a 53 man roster, except for the Colts. We seem to have a limitless roster since we want to sign every free agent, regardless of their health, age, or production.
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I agree. Also, one of the most blatant non-call was from the kickoff return for the touchdown.
Watch this and skip to 1:00 and you will see that two ravens players were holding on to #49 for more than 5 seconds. I have no idea how the refs couldn't see that...
Wow...I didn't even notice that. Good catch!
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meh...
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My response to a couple of things mentioned in this thread:
A) The blackout did not help SF. It occured during their possession on a crucial third down-- taking away from the chances of building momentum. After the lights came back on, they did not convert on third down and lost possession of the ball. It was later that they rallied. If anything, the blackout hurt their chances of continuing their drive.
B) The refs were letting a lot of contact go all game. However, they did call pass interference against the Niners (Culliver) on a questionable call, extending the Raven's drive, leading to a TD. They also let a blatant offensive pass interference go (Torrey Smith), who prevented an interception, extending a drive that led to a Raven's TD. There was a blatant hold on the play where the punter held the ball to run out the clock, which was not called. Carey Williams shoved the ref with both hands and nothing was called. And finally Crabtree was held on the final play and again there was no call. To be honest, the calls were going one way-- all against SF.
Everyone is focusing on Jim Harbaugh's reaction to the final play, but failing to realise that the anger was from a culmination of missed calls. It was so frustrating seeing blatant holds, pass interference, etc... and not receiving any calls. It would be one thing if the Ravens too, did not get these calls, but they did. I don't blame Jim for being as angry as he was. His team played against the Ravens and the refs.
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Ted Ginn is not happy with the Niners because they are only using his as a returner. He feels that he is a receiver first, and a returner second. He's looking for a team that wants a receiver with return skills, which is not how we see him. He would not beat out our current receivers.
First Pep Hamilton interview
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I would like to have a base offense that highlights Luck's passing abilities, and I think that you would also. This is why I think our new offense may resemble a WCO with some deeper routes, because Luck has been the key to our recent success.
I may be wrong. Stanford did run the read-option at times with Kevin Hogan. So Pep does have experience running this style of offense. They did ask Hogan to run quite a bit this year and they saw some positive results. But with Luck at Stanford, he was primarily used as a passing QB. It really could go either way. I am positive, however, that we will not use the Pistol or read option as a staple of our offense. It may be used sparingly, if at all.