[Colts @ Cardinals, 12/25/21, 8:15 PM ET]

Ballard needs to find a game manager with an accurate arm this off season.   Wentz is neither.

[Colts @ Cardinals, 12/25/21, 8:15 PM ET]

Our only hope is if Cardinals beat themselves.

[Ballard interview with Dakich]

Who, besides Burrow, are the most accurate college qbs in the draft?  It isn’t Love.  

[Pre Senior Bowl Four round Mock]

Draftek has Aiyuk at 90 on its big board.  May be able to get him in the 3rd.  There is a lot of big and tall WRs that can be had in the 4th round on down.  They just need to have good hands so the can catch JBs fastballs.

[Pre Senior Bowl Four round Mock]

I like your picks.  I am one of the few that hopes he goes Kinlaw or Brown with the 1st pick.  Pick up a decent RT with the 2A pick and get another good 3T DT with the 2b pick.  Keep building the trenches especially with the uncertainty of AC.  Try to get a good QB and WR with our 3rd and 4th.  Maybe CB can work some magic in the mid rounds.

[Name your favorite Non 1st Round Player for 2020 Draft]

Justin Madubuike with second 2nd round pick

Swift or Taylor with our 34th to play when Mack is out with injuries.

Kinlaw with 1st

[Would you take Fromm at 34?]

Curiously enough, Fromm and Btissett had almost identical numbers their last year in college, but Fromm did have a 67% completion rate his sophomore year.  Regardless, the top 10 qbs in this year’s draft have a higher completion percentage than Brissett did his last year in college.

 

I think Huntley compares closely to Russell Wilson.  Maybe he is worth a shot in the 4th if he is still there.  Or Gordon from WSU.  

 

Tannehill and Cousins have just proven that a change of scenery can do a slumping veteran a lot of good.  Ballard and Reich need to figure out who that stop gap qb will be.  Manning, Dalton, Carr, Newton, Brady, or whoever.  Anyone but Brissett.

[Would you take Fromm at 34?]

The stats above are all from their senior year in college.  

[Would you take Fromm at 34?]

Here is a quick breakdown of the 4 qbs Reich has recently worked with in terms of completions, attempts, interceptions, completion %.

 

Luck             288     404         10        71.3%

Brissett         237     395         6          60%

Foles              387    560         14         69.1%

Wentz            130    208         4           62.5%

 

Burrow         371      478        6           77.6%

Huntley         270      301       4            73%

Gordon          493      687       16          71.8%

Tua                  180     352       3            71.4%

Hurts              237      340       8            69.7%

 

Herbert           286      428      6             66.8%

Ehlinger          296      454      10           65.2%

Eason               260      405      8             64.2%

Love                 293      473      17           61.9%

Fromm            234       385      5             60.8%

 

Notable NFL QB College Stats (all these stats are senior year stats)

 

Wilson             225        309       4            72.8%

Mahomes        388        591     10           65.7%

Brady               180         295     6             61%

Brees                309         512     12           60.4%

Manning          287         477    11           60.2%

 

Takeaways?

My take away = total crapshoot.

 

 

 

 

[Desir]

He needs to start drafting DL.  Forget about linebackers, cbs, and safeties until he builds the trenches.  Hunt, Autry, Grover, & Lewis.  No wonder our secondary looks like garbage.

[Ballard]

On 12/11/2019 at 11:20 PM, AustexColt said:

We did not do well this year, HOWEVER here is a silver lining:

1- 2020 Draft/FA signings (Ballard has a better chance to select better players)

2- Due to Injuries, we have more tapes on our current depth and new additions

3- Learn from our injuries. Too many of the same type: broken ankles, hands, lower leg

4- JB is a work in progress, Vinatieri is done. Need to move on to land an elite QB.

5- Review the process for improvements. You learn more from failure than with success

6- Last but not least:  Seriously evaluate our current medical staff, trainers and support.  Intuitively, I think there are opportunities for improvement.

What FA’s would want to sign with this dumpster fire.  We have FA’s now kicking themselves for coming here.  

[PFF: Early look at the 2020 Draft Quarterback Class]

Tyler Huntley looks like the real deal out of Utah, but he is only 6 1.  He has a ridiculous completion percentage, 14 tds to 2 interceptions.  

[Colts to work out FA kickers today]

Everyone wants the kid out of GA, but there are 3 college kickers that are at least as good as Blankenship.  Dominik Eberle out of Utah State looks like the real deal. 

[Status of Devin Funchess?]

We will just have to go run heavy.  Put Haeg in as a 6th blocker and use a fullback

 

[Michigan Guards]

I saw that PFF had Michael Onwenu as one of their midway point All American guards.  I know Ben Bredesen was ranked pretty high on draft boards as far as guards go, but apparently his counterpart is the best guard currently blazing trails for the RBs.  The RBs have got 2 yards past the line of scrimmage before a defender makes 1st contact running behind Owenu.  I thought Bredesen looked huge in pads then I saw Onwenu.  6’3”. 375 lbs.  If we are going to “run the damn ball”, he might look good wearing the horseshoe next year.

 

 

 

 

 

[PFF 2020 NFL Mock Draft]

I was hoping we could get Kinlaw and Raekwon.  With this PFF draft, all the DL difference makers are taken in 1st round.  I like Gallimore as well.  Maybe we can get a good edge rusher and CB with our 2 2nd round picks.

[Start a team with seven positions]

QB, LT, LG, C, RG, RT, RB

[All In On DLine]

Forgot about Lewis.  Curtis Weaver is 6'3" weighing in at 266 lbs.  Good edge setter and has some pass rushing moves.  I was hoping we would get him to replace Sheard.

 

[All In On DLine]

Good ones in the draft. 

 

1T's:  Darrick Brown, Rashard Lawrence, Neville Gallimore, Darrion Daniels, Marvin Wilson.  

 

3T's:  Raekwon Davis, Javon Kinlaw, Justin Madabuike.   Brown and Lawrence can play 3T as well

 

Edge: Around 14 of them 

 

Assuming we will be picking in the 20's plus the Redskins pick, I wouldn't mind these 5 in the 1st 4 rounds if we want to go all out on DL.  Never happen, but it would be cool.  Keep Turay, Houston, and Autry for sure and add these 5.

 

1st:                                 Javon Kinlaw    -     3T

2nd (from Redkins)    Curtis Weaver  -      Edge

2nd                                Rashard Lawrence (1T and 3T)

3rd                                 Justin Madubuike - 3T      

4th                                  Neville Gallimore or Marvin Wilson (1T)

 

Edge Rushers - Houston, Turay, Weaver

3T's                      Autry, Kinlaw, Lawrence, Madubuike

1T                        Gallimore or Wilson and Lawrence could play 1T as well.                                        

 

 

[PFF grades of note]

4 hours ago, richard pallo said:

I'm starting to think Ebron has problems with hard throwers.  He was great last year with Luck but Jacoby throws a much harder ball.  Cox just might get more snaps as a receiving TE rather than just a blocker.  

Didn't Funch have a lot of drops catching bb's from Cam?  Hopefully, he doesn't have the same problem catching fast balls from JB.

[PFF grades of note]

3 hours ago, CaptainColt12 said:

Where the hell is Qunicy Wilson

I think QW was in the 40's, but he did a pretty good job on Kelce.  Maybe we can use him to cover tight ends.  He just can't hang on the outside.  Great physical tools, but bad instincts when his back is to the qb covering deep routes.

[Takeaways from KC]

2 hours ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

Patriots planet had dude's like that too. I used to visit that place but it has been a while. You should see some of the posts there too  . They are allowed to cuss there as well.

Patriots planet actually showing us a lot of respect right now after we beat the Chefs, surprisingly.

[PFF grades of note]

I haven't looked at the grades this year, but finally gave in.  I will list 1 and 2 graded players by position group.  A few surprises. 

 

Safety: Malik Hooker 76.1   Khari Willis 70.8

CB:.      Kenny Moore:. Highest grade of 64.2.   lowest graded of all position groups. Not counting the brand new guy who actually scored in the mid 70's last night.

LB:.       EJ Speed. 69.9  Bobby Okereke. 66.0.    

DL:.       Komodo Turay 91.3   Denico Autry  74.2  Justin Houston 73.6  everyone else was below 70, but Tyquan Lewis was close to 70.

 

WR:.       TY  77.1    Pascal  67.7

TE:          Doyle  72.0  Cox  71.4

RB.          Mack   76.0   Wilkins  74.6

OL:          Nelson  90.9  Castonzo  85.1

 

Turay was elite.  Losing him is a huge blow.

[This is the lowest amount of points Patrick Mahomes has ever scored]

I thought we may use a full back to clear out the KC Dline like the Pats did in the AFC championship game, but Mack handled it all by himself with all his fast twitch moves.

[Quenton Nelson Had a Game!!]

Yeah, I was watching a few of the replays on NFL Network.  He is a freaking earth mover.  He was always moving forward pushing multiple guys down field.  I like Glow, but I always wondered how Smith would look at guard.  Need to draft an OT high for that though and I don't know if Ballard is going to spend a high pick on OT when out OL is already our strength.  No doubt, we need some depth.  If one of our starting 5 go down, there will be a substantial fall off.