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5 hours ago, Smonroe said:
I see them ranked 7th, but I get your point. 30th in passing yards.
I’ve been using the entire season.https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/rushing-yards-per-game
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Before this season, Reich stated that he wanted a top 5 rushing attack.
He accomplished his goal. Kansas City is ranked 22nd, so they will not jump Indy. Neither will Green Bay at 15th. San Francisco is already ahead of the Colts at #3.
1. Baltimore
2. Tennessee
3. San Francisco
4. Dallas
5. IND (133.1 yards per game)
This off-season, Reich has proclaimed that he wants to improve the passing offense. The Colts successfully achieving Reich's top 5 rushing offense target inspires confidence that the Colts will at least dramatically improve the passing game next year.
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For slapping a police officer's butt, no less.
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This is what a game-changing safety looks like.
I like the potential of Willis; he flashed a lot in his rookie year. In the case of Hooker, we should be well beyond talking about flashes. He hasn't even sniffed a Pro Bowl yet, and he was the 15th overall pick.
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1 hour ago, MPStack said:
Who’s Derrick Klassen?
He works for Pro Football Outsiders, who are akin to PFF in that they've developed some of the most influential modern statistics and analytics in football (DVOA for the NFL, SP+ for CFB, etc.).
He analyzes film for them (with a focus on QBs). There are lots of randoms giving their takes on social media, but he's one of the few I'd actually pay attention to. And I happen to agree with pretty much everything he says re: Love, which is very reasonable and backed up by the film.
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We've discussed the positives with Love: mobility, arm talent, size, etc.Need to discuss the negatives, too. And there are plenty of big red flags on his 2019 tape that transcend the lack of talent around him. Two of those red flags that keep popping up are: 1) inadequate processing/understanding of coverages (something that will get substantially tougher at the NFL level) and 2) locking onto his first read (something Jacoby suffers from).
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2 minutes ago, Chloe6124 said:
I think they do have a good amount of cap space.
That's not the way to build a sustainable team. Their cap will also take a major hit when they have to re-sign Watson, who is eligible for an extension this off-season.
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Just a friendly reminder that Houston has 0 draft picks in the top 45 in '20.
No first rounder in '21.
Only 1 second round pick in next 2 drafts.
Yikes.
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2 hours ago, Thunderbolt said:
See what a good running game can do to a team. It makes them contenders. Colts no where close to the Titans caliber. Again, Tannehill threw less than a 100 yds.
The Colts were 7th in the league in rushing yards per game. They were 4th in the league heading into the Jacksonville debacle, in which they were forced to abandon the run late in the game.
The Titans finished 3rd.
The Colts were 2nd in the league in rushing first downs/gm, ahead of the Titans (who were 7th).
So, there's that.
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10 minutes ago, Flash7 said:
Honest question: what would the Titans season look like with Mariota at QB the entire season, and what would be people’s perception of Vrabel in that instance?
My guess is that the Titans wouldn’t have made the post season with Mariota at Qb and Vrabel would be feeling a little heat after missing the playoffs two years in a row.
The Colts did not have a Tannehill to bail them out. I think we have good coaching, good talent, but worse QB play currently. Reich is fine.
If anything, I give more credit to Vrabel for making the decision to play Tannehill. Certainly helped that Tannehill ended up having a career year out of nowhere, but I wouldn't say that Tannehill completely bailed the Titans out.
That offense was creative/explosive (a top 12 offense in total yards), and the defense was a top 12 unit to finish the season.
Aside from the QB position, was the Titans' roster really that much better than the Colts'?
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Let’s clear up some things: 1) I support Frank; 2) He wasn’t the *main* issue in ‘19.
That said, I observed how many threads and articles there are/have been about Ballard. He gets so much more attention than any other GMs, it seems like. Whereas other organizations’ fan bases seem to focus on the coaching, more than anything.
I get that GM fascination here, to an extent, but watching this Titans team win these last 2 games has made me wonder: do the Titans have more talent on their roster than the Colts this year?
Or were the Titans better coached on both sides of the ball than the Colts this year?
Just curious to hear everyone’s thoughts. Reich was dealt the ultimate bad hand prior to the season, but the team made it to 5-2 before things just went completely off the rails.Reich’s handling of the QB situation for the Miami game (Hoyer getting almost no practice reps the entire week), his decision to stick with Vinny (everyone ties this issue exclusively to Ballard; it had to be a mutual decision) until injuries forced Vinny aside, and the complete inability for his team/staff to finish games are all concerning to me.
The Colts got torched in 3rd quarters this season. That was a somewhat alarming trend.
Not panicking. Not overreacting. But Reich and the staff have to be better. Tennessee has proven the fact that the Colts could’ve been much, much better this season.
Credit to Vrabel and his staff.
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1) Dominant, disruptive 3-technique, 2) pass-rushing DE that's capable of playing 3 downs down the road, 3) CB with proven production in college (no more projects or "measurables" guys).
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25 minutes ago, John Waylon said:
I’ve gotta be honest, I have never loved the Campbell pick. He’s always struck me as a guy who just doesn’t offer the rounded game you’d like to see. He’s fast, but that’s about it. I came in to the season with an open mind and hoped to see something to prove me wrong. He spent a lot of time fighting a litany of injuries (which has done nil to alleviate my concerns about him) but even what I did see wasn’t positive enough to get excited about. Campbell may be my least favorite Ballard pick so far to be honest.
It’s sure starting to sting seeing what some of the WRs selected after him are doing these days. I liked AJ Brown myself, and I think in 5 years we’re probably going to try not to think about the time we passed up on him for Campbell.
Very reasonable post. I'm not giving up on Campbell, but I was never crazy about the pick either. Thought that there were better players, including better, more polished WRs, on the board when Campbell was selected. His selection seemed like a bit of a reach.
The biggest questions for Campbell coming out of OSU were as follows: 1) route running was mediocre (wasn't really forced to be a good route runner in Meyer's offense) and 2) he exhibited a lack of tradecraft (i.e., the techniques WRs use to create separation; the WR position at the NFL is all about footwork, particularly at the line of scrimmage and at the tops of routes).
A lot of Campbell's success in college came from operating in wide-open spaces, where he could use his elite speed. He was constantly schemed open or ran jet sweeps in which he could simply out-athlete/run away from inferior talent. That works in college; in the NFL, there are LBs that can run you down in space.
Ballard really seems to fall in love with measurables sometimes (Campbell ran a 4.31 at the combine), as opposed to a player's tape. To be clear, I'm not trying to criticize Ballard here (the guy has already drafted 2 2x All-Pros, clearly he and his staff can scout and evaluate well); just something I've noticed with respect to how he drafts/evaluates certain positions.
All that said, all of the questions posed above mostly remain unanswered because the kid has had an unbelievably unlucky year with respect to injuries. I'm worried as to whether he'll be able to stay healthy in the future because now that he is in the NFL, he is forced to carry more weight on his smaller (6'0") frame than he did in college.
Will Fuller is a good example of this. Fuller is a speed demon, but he has constantly dealt with groin, hamstring, and other lower extremity injuries because he's been forced to bulk up to withstand the physicality of the NFL game. Time will tell on Campbell.
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36 minutes ago, ojsglove said:
Thank you to the Tennessee Titans. You done something my Colts team's were never able to do.
The rivalry is over, but the new rivalry begins.
We did it.
Just not in NE. More satisfying at home, TBH.
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On 1/1/2020 at 6:22 PM, funktacious2 said:
Still curious how you feel they are the same. It was an honest question, educate me.
Not the poster you were responding to, but completion percentage isn't everything, especially when Bridgewater only played a fraction of the games that Brissett did (which artificially inflates Bridgewater's completion percentage).
QBR or YPA are better metrics. Bridgewater would be in the bottom 10 in the league in terms of QBR.
Brissett QBR: 50.5
Bridgewater QBR: 48.5
Brissett YPA: 6.6
Bridgewater YPA: 7.1
Mahomes YPA: 8.3
Tannehill YPA: 9.6 (NFL leader)
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2 hours ago, BleedBlue4Shoe86 said:
My question is, is there actually anything discussing him getting traded or cut? Is there anything that is actually linking us to him?
Yes sir, there is smoke out there that the Raiders are considering moving on from Carr when they move to Las Vegas (nothing concrete linking Carr to the Colts, yet, though):
The Raiders’ 7-9 finish represented a three-game improvement from 2018. A similar jump next year will put them in the playoffs. Carr, who threw for 4,054 yards and 21 touchdowns this season, is convinced it’s within reach.
“I hope so,” he said. “We better be.”
The “we” part might seem presumptuous given speculation that the Raiders — specifically coach Jon Gruden and general manager Mike Mayock — might consider a quarterback change as the franchise moves from Oakland to Las Vegas.
When asked Monday if Carr was a certainty next year, Gruden was non-committal.
“I’m not going to get into all the next-years scenarios,” Gruden said. “I’m just gonna say that 7-9 is a step forward; we took a step forward."
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2 hours ago, Chloe6124 said:
Rivers is a statue and didn’t even make the play offs. They had a worse record then us. Why does anyone think he is going to take us to the playoffs.
Well, the one intriguing thing about Rivers is that he threw for 4,615 yards (4th in the league), whereas Brissett threw for only 2,942.
He was also the 5th quickest in TT (time-to-throw) at 2.63 seconds. Brissett? Second to dead last in the entire league at 2.93s! (3 tenths is an eternity in terms of getting the ball out).
Behind the Colts' offensive line, Rivers' mobility could be a non-issue.
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2 hours ago, Stephen said:
I disagree. Mahomes did well because he put in the work to improve. QBs don't get better by watching on the sidelines. If that were the care Curtis painter and jim sorgi would be the next manning.
What on earth are you talking about? Of course Mahomes also practiced, and studied film, and worked out. And a million other things, in addition to watching the NFL game from the sidelines and breaking down plays and coverage, game after game.
It has the same value as watching film, except it is interactive and the QBs can learn situational football in real time. I'm sort of wondering if you were just trolling with your post when you said there's no value to watching (in addition to practicing, working on mechanics with the staff, watching film, going to meetings, learning the playbook, lifting, etc.) . . .
Never did I say that this component (watching and learning) was the lone, determinant factor to success. That's a completely absurd premise. And if you read my post, I clearly stated that this approach was not for everyone. Some QBs are ready day 1. Some are not.
Aaron Rodgers has stated on record he benefited from watching Farve.
And what in the heck do Painter and Sorgi have to do with anything?
No amount of watching, practicing, or anything else could've made Sorgi or Painter into anything besides low-tier NFL backups, because there is this other little thing called talent that you decided to leave out of the equation.
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7 minutes ago, Myles said:
He is the same as he has always been. A rookie would be better. JB is what he is.
If the Colts do draft a QB, my 2 concerns are as follows:
1) Would Brissett be a good mentor? Would a more experienced veteran with years of experience (and success) be better?
2) The only QB that is "day 1 ready," in this draft, is Burrow. If you have a guy that needs time to learn the nuances of running an NFL offense/needs time to work on his mechanics, playing him early could lead to lots of mistakes.
While any mistakes that occur aren't such a big deal in and of themselves, mounting frustration can quickly lead to a lack of confidence.
Take a look at Nyheim Hines, for example. Here's a guy that was struggling catching punts/kickoffs his rookie year, and per Ballard himself, his confidence was almost completely destroyed.
And returners/RBs don't carry anywhere close to the load that a rookie QB will. Even guys like Mahomes benefited tremendously from seeing the game from the sideline for a full season.
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Herbert just seems like a really solid pick.
We need a dominant TE
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If Cole Kmet is available at 44, get him.