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Man, I really do not want to overreact to this game, especially considering no T.Y., no Kelly for large portions of the game, and 3rd-string QB.
I thought the defense stepped up in spots.
But, the fact is, there are still lots of holes in this roster, and the Colts simply cannot afford to keep playing these close games, because these things "even out" in the long run.
The o-line had a tough day, but I imagine calling the proper protections was hindered significantly by a backup C and Hoyer in the game at the same time; just not the same level of involvement in protection meetings as the starters.
And then Vinny. Ugh. Can't keep having this inconsistent play if this team wants to compete for a playoff spot.
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We barely had a passing game *with* Hilton.
Dang.
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What struck me about this video is, the environment Ebron is describing is exactly what Ballard has been preaching about since he arrived in Indianapolis.
Would we all like more blowouts against inferior competition? Yes. Blowing out bad teams is oftentimes a strong indicator of championship-caliber teams. Football Outsiders has an in-depth piece on this very topic.
That said, locker room camaraderie is an intangible that cannot be adequately measured. Anybody that has played competitive sports at a high level knows how invaluable chemistry is. When you don't want to let your teammates down, when you hold each other accountable, you play a lot harder for those guys than you would guys you cannot stand.
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42 minutes ago, jvan1973 said:
7 games into their careers
Hence, "so far."
Nowhere did I say "he's a bust" or any of those ridiculous tropes. That wasn't my intention, and I certainly hope a simple statistical comparison gave that impression.
I think it's a comparison worthy of keeping an eye on since the numbers discrepancy is quite evident.
36 minutes ago, csmopar said:to be fair, Campbell hasn't played in the same number of games due to injury as well. granted he needs to step it up but lets not forget the extra games padding those stats.
Completely valid point.
35 minutes ago, Four2itus said:For the life of me, the impatience by fans with young WR's is astounding.
I think some are impatient, but that same patience argument has been used for several previous Colts WRs, including Dorsett. There are several rookie WRs in the league this year making a serious impact already.
The thing is, a lot of dynamic players produce immediately. As I said before, I'm not insinuating something ridiculous like Campbell is a bust. Hopefully he just needs time to fully recover from the multiple injuries he's dealt with since becoming a Colt. I believe he's had both a hamstring back during camp and, most recently, an abdominal problem.
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5 hours ago, RockThatBlue said:
Two of those calls were actually bad though. One of the holds you could see on the replay that Rock literally didn't even touch the WR lol. The last DPI that was called on him the WR (Sutton I think it was) was pushing Rock and Rock got flagged for it somehow.
The other 3 calls were legit as he was very grabby. Those 2 I stated above were bad calls. We are probably lucky the last one didn't cost us the game as it certainly could have.
I'm not defending Rock as he clearly has work to do. But not all 5 of those penalties on him were good calls.
Rock . . . bottom.
Ya-Sin's PFF grade for the season is down to 48.4, which is headed toward worst in the league territory.
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7 hours ago, t-rex said:
Top 3:
TY Hilton
Zach Paschal
Chester Rogers
Missing in Action:
Deon Caine
Paris Campbell
Campbell has been MIA. The injury didn't help, but he's been MIA when healthy.
DK Metcalf (selected Round 2, Pick 32 [after Campbell]):
402 yards receiving; 23 receptions; 17.5 AVG; 4 TDs
Campbell (selected Round 2, Pick 27 [before Metcalf]):
62 yards receiving; 10 receptions; 6.2 AVG; 1 TD
So far, Metcalf has turned out to be the more impactful player.
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1 minute ago, Chloe6124 said:
He has played solid in that number two spot. He clearly isn’t ready for the number one spot. Desir would of been on Sutton if he had played.
Desir has been a warrior this year playing with the bad hammy. Glad he was able to rest today.
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6 hours ago, 21isSuperman said:
I think he's been very underwhelming all season, not just today's game
For such a highly selected rookie, especially considering who else was available when the pick was made (even at the position), I wholeheartedly agree.
Also, there are bad games, and then there are the types of games Ya-Sin had today. He was roasted on a crossing route (I was shocked at his lack of speed in both covering the crosser and pursuing after the catch; he couldn't even catch up to make the tackle).
He was blown by a vertical and had to commit PI to save a TD. I cannot say he played with bad technique today, because he didn't play with any.
I don't put all of the blame on Ya-Sin. The fact that the Colts continued to leave him on an island after he continued to have his confidence incinerated was mind-boggling to me.
Note: I'm not giving up on Ya-Sin, but he is nowhere near playing consistently good football. Some of the rookies on defense are. Willis is. Okereke isn't at the level of Willis, but he has shown more good than bad.
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1. Glowinski is regressing. Some folks want to say, "Most of the OL consists of studs, who cares if Glowinski is having a bad year so far?" My response: The OL is only as good as its weakest link; it has to work as a unit. If Glowinski gets beat in pass protection, if he's not getting help, it doesn't matter how good the rest of the OL is playing. Same principle applies to run-blocking assignments.
2. WR is a problem. 2 receptions for the trio of Rogers (1), Pascal (1), and Campbell (0). Teams can put 2 defenders on Hilton and virtually stifle the passing game. Funchess cannot get back soon enough.
3. CB depth. No Desir today was a huge blow. Hopefully Colts fans appreciate how good he is, even on a bad hamstring. I'm not giving up on Ya-Sin, but he was awful today: he was slow and he played with awful technique.
4. DL depth is a concern. I watched Hunt closely today (lost his starting spot), and his snaps as a backup were very low-quality. He's a non-factor this year.
Those are my concerns after today.
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Another drive-killing penalty.
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1 minute ago, Fisticuffs111 said:
I know Rock’s gonna take time, most CB’s do, but I was skeptical of drafting him.
Opposing WRs run away from him often, on crossers and vertically.
His "football speed" has not impressed me. Very grabby to make up for lack of speed, length.
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1 minute ago, SteelCityColt said:
If you can hold on a moment...
If that's a holding pun, I'm all about it.
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Thoughts on Rock Ya-Sin's play?
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2 hours ago, Chloe6124 said:
If your 100% and ready to play you play. This is just a bad mentality.
Absolutely. These guys want to play. Not only are they competitors, but this is their livelihood. They have contract incentives, literal money, riding on them playing when they're healthy.
Well said.
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This title needs to be changed like, immediately.
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What an incredible turnaround from a few years ago for the OL.
Could not be happier that AC is getting the love he deserves.
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1 hour ago, GOLFoholic said:
Against the Texans, I counted him as being beat on 6 of 25 run plays (24%) and against the pass getting beat 15/44 plays (34%). That’s a quarter to a third of our offense of him getting beat leading to a loss or hurried pass or sack.
Even his "successful" plays are where he was included on a double team, or the pass was gone quick where he didn’t have time to get beat.
On pass plays, he got beat repeatedly on swim moves, or bull rushed, held, or didn’t pick up the stunt.
On run plays he was run over, didn’t hold the block, held, or completely whiffed on the second level block on a LB (where there was no DL in front of him).It was a horrific game if you just watch his plays.
Thanks for the detailed response. Exactly the type of analysis I was looking for.
I thought I caught a few of the moments you described live when I was watching the game, which led to my looking up Glowinski's season grade and initiating this topic.
If he regains last year's form at some point, the line as a whole has room to make another step forward.
In the meantime, Big Q and AC are putting in work. 2 of the highest-rated OL in the league at their respective positions through 7 weeks.
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9 hours ago, jskinnz said:
From the position he's in compared to where Stills is, what else is Ya Sin supposed to do on this play?
As I said in my original post, it's not his positioning, it's the technique of doing an overhand swat at the ball, versus violently extending his hand across the "numbers" of Stills and raking it across his chest when Stills' hands flash for the ball.
The latter is a technique that many college and NFL teams are switching to, because of what is demonstrated by the above photo: 99% of the time, the overhand swipe misses and the WR catches the ball. It's impossible to time.
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Man I wish the Colts taught a different technique when defending passes.
A lot of teams are switching to shooting the hands directly into the WR's hands, rather than swiping at the ball (which often results in a miss, like this, even when the CB is in great position, like Ya-Sin).
So many great position coaches on the team, strange the Colts are behind the times in this respect.
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1 hour ago, Coffeedrinker said:
Glow is struggling a bit with the new coach's philosophy and technique. He still seems good in a phone booth but when he has to move first to engage is where he seems to be struggling to get proper position on the defender.
A couple of examples. I think it was against the Raiders the DT lined up on Glow's right shoulder, the play called for Glow to get to the defenders left shoulder but Glow over extended himself and did not stay square to the LOS. The result was the DT, looped towards Glow's left shoulder and got in the backfield nearly untouched.
On another play, the blocking called for Glow and Smith to crash left but there was a DT directly over glow, a near impossible distance to Smith to cover. Glow's technique should have been to extend his arm while moving to the left to slow the guy over him and give Smith a chance to get into position. But again, Glow turned his body too far and did not even attempt to get a hand on the DT. The result was the guy Smith as supposed to get blew the play up in the backfield.
Another issue that Glow is having to deal with is teams are not lining someone over Nelson very often, so they shift towards the offensive right side so Kelly is not able to help with Glow as much as he did last year.
Lastly, a lot of the technique in this blocking scheme requires excellent balance and playing with the ball of the foot and heel being in contact with the ground at the same time. And Glow seems to be thinking a lot about his body position and foot placement, so his mirroring ability and hand placement are suffering.
Thank you, I enjoyed reading that. Very detailed analysis of technique.
Considering the fact that he is healthy (to our knowledge), I was wondering if the new schemes being employed this year were tripping him up a bit.
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For those of you that were paying super close attention to Glow, how did he play against Houston?
All types of analysis welcomed, from PFF to your own visual observations.
I remember him as an under-the-radar stud last season (one of the top guards in the entire league), but I've noticed him struggling a bit this year (relative to his form last year). I didn't get a chance to watch him as closely during the game, and I haven't had a chance to re-watch it yet.
Last time I checked (before the Texans game), he was ranked 50th in run blocking (per PFF). Nelson was 2nd, AC - 11th, Smith - 20th, and Kelly - 41st.
Wonder if some of the scheme changes up front have affected him. Smith, on the other hand, is getting stronger relative to last year.
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1 hour ago, The Peytonator said:
Also I don’t want Campbell or Funchess dipping in to Pascal’s snaps. That man has earned every bit of the #2 WR snaps. I guess they’ll probably take Cain’s snaps because he’s pretty much just been a body out there.
I want Funchess getting as many snaps as possible.
He had the best rapport with Brissett of any of the WRs. They had the back-shoulder throw down. When Funchess gets back, Hilton, Funchess, and Pascal deserve the 11 personnel snaps.
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Pittsburgh game felt very Chuck Pagano ish
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I interpret Paganoish to mean stupid, undisciplined penalties (see Darius Leonard x2, Glowinski x2), multiple turnovers, turnover for a TD, special team gaffes (blocked kick, missed FG, fumbled punt), and a spattering of conservative play-calling combined with going for it on 4th down at the wrong times.
I love Frank, but that game had lots of the Pagano-era staples. It was ugly and disappointing in every facet.
I don't think OP was trying to compare Reich to Pagano (that would be insane).