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1 hour ago, Coltsman1788 said:
The Colts have already fallen back to the pack. That was evident last year with Houston winning the division and our 8-8 record. Luck injury is no excuse because Indy was a mediocre 2-5 with him under center. Further evidence can be found in the now annual shellacking administered by the Pittsburgh and New England over the past few years. Additionally, our mediocre record against teams outside the division provides further evidence. The Colts have issues that will take more than one offseason to resolve. They are further away from being a legit contender for the Super Bowl than some here care to admit.
Uhhhhh you do realize we were just in the AFCCG 2 years ago right? And keep in mind we've given the reigning SB champs all types of fits over the years despite them having an elite defense. And other top dogs in the AFC such as the Chiefs, a healthy Ravens team, & Bengals we too have given them fits over the years. I'll give you our issues against Pittsburgh & NE, but that's mainly due to the fact our offense hasn't shown up & put the defense in bad spots & that's a no no against Ben & Brady.
As for the division, just how good is Houston's defense? The way I see it, it's JJ Watt being legendary year in & year out & when he doesn't dominate, they struggle. Remember what we did to him IN HOUSTON last year on Thursday night? Take him off Houston, I guarantee you they'll be 1 of the NFL's worst. Jacksonville got much better this offseason, but will Malik Jackson live up to that $90M contract? Unless he turns into the 2nd coming of Reggie White, he likely won't Now if Fowler can return from injury & give them a pass rush & Marks stays healthy alongside Jackson, then we could be in some trouble. Their offense is what scares me to death since Bortles is on the verge of being an annual MVP candidate & the Allen bros along with Thomas at TE are gonna raise hell for the foreseeable future & I haven't even mentioned the 2 headed monster they now have a RB with Ivory & Yeldon.
Tennessee has all those picks now, but it remains to be seen what they do with them. They pick quality players, then again, more trouble for us. Mariota is on the come up, but it'll all mean nothing if they can't protect him. 1 bad season doesn't mean we're far away from being back in the SB hunt. Just have to keep 12 upright along with him cutting down on the silly turnovers & we'll be back playing deep into January again.
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On 4/16/2016 at 9:15 PM, WoolMagnet said:
This division is going to be crazy this year. Four young and exiting QBs should battle for the next decade. I really like bortles. He looks like the real deal in all areas. Mariota is dangerous and will only improve. Osweiler appears to have the tools and should be at least adequate with that defense. And quietly the jags have really improved their talent. I look for them to surprise this tear. The Titans should really improve talentwise with the recent additional picks.
I'm not sure the Colts are even #2 in the division AT THE MOMENT. Our QB is coming off a pretty big injury and we have questionable talent at many positins.
Theres still the draft and cuts to improve our overall talent level. However, its becoming more obvious just how much the gap in the division has closed.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed about the OL and defensive needs.
but make no mistake, its gonna be a nail-biter this year. And thats if things go well.
keep the faith
Jacksonville's offense scares the hell outta me. Bortles is essentially a clone of Andrew & the Allen bros are emerging superstars along with Yeldon & Julius Thomas is a top 5 TE when he's healthy. If Marquise Lee ever gets his stuff together, look out.
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Lots of old foes on the schedule(DEN, SD, KC, PIT, NYJ) but should be a fun season!
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37 minutes ago, BigMcAfeeWithCheese said:
Just looks strange not seeing NE anywhere on there.
Anticipate seeing them in January. The NFL season isn't right w/o those 2 teams playing each other at some point.
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2 hours ago, BOTT said:
He has gotten smoked throughout his career, not just 2014. Maybe it had something to do with his being diabetic, but he was getting smoked nonetheless.
When Calvin Johnson is on your schedule annually, you're gonna get smoked at times. Yes he got smoked here & there pre 2014, but that year was really bad since he gave up like 7-8 TDs with terrible technique & his fomer teammate Cromartie said the same thing & a player of his skill set shouldn't allow that to happen. His technique improved greatly & going forward he'll stay in the upper echelon of CBs.
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7 hours ago, B~Town said:
Wow shut one guy down in his zone ... This makes him a top tier CB in the league
I guess that Robinson guy we signed is the best in the league he gave up the least yards
He's been named All Pro the last 3 years & has the most INTs in the league since 2011. If you're gonna fault him for lining up on the left side for his entire career up until this season when he did shadow the opponent's #1 WR & did his thing, then I guess you should also discount Vontae for lining up on the right side for his career until this year when he too shadowed the opponents #1 WR.
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On 3/25/2016 at 2:36 PM, B~Town said:
I agree about Sherman leave him on a island with teams top wide he would look average all the sudden . He is very good at what he is asked to do in that defense but he isn't that top tier lock down shadow opposing teams top target type like all the other CBs in that top tier .
So explain why he shut down the best WR in football last year?
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7 hours ago, JPFolks said:
Davis was average at best last year. He has a LOT to prove this year and will get a chance against Pittsburgh, Green Bay, Houston, Jacksonville, Denver, San Diego, Detroit, Minnesota, Chicago etc... all with stud #1 receivers. (Well, Detroit remains to be seen). If he can dominate the monsters he's going to face this year in 10-11 games then he can regain Top 5 status... if not, he'll be run of the mill.
Vontae wasn't healthy for a good part of the year & the only game you can say he played poor in was @ Pittsburgh but AB gives damn near everybody the business just ask Chris Harris. When Vontae was healthy, ask Sammy Watkins & Demaryius Thomas how they fared against him along with Allen Robinson.
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On 3/26/2016 at 7:08 PM, BOTT said:
Because of his athleticism he is a shut down corner. He is not....guy gets smoked quite often.
2014 he got smoked then after the season he revealed he was diabetic. This past season he got his weight down & played lights out.
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On 3/11/2016 at 9:32 PM, SDakColts said:
There are definitely players with grievances with their former teams. Ask Malik Jackson if he has a grievance with the Broncos. He believes that they should of kept him, Osweiler, and Trevathan.
But he took $90M to go to Jacksonville & Brock took $72M to go to Houston & Danny got $28M to go to Chicago. He's talking out both sides of his mouth on that one. If all 3 really wanted to stay in Denver, they would've sacrificed some money. Not faulting any of them for chasing the money, but don't say that after the fact y'all cashed in.
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22 minutes ago, B~Town said:
HE fits Chuds system and will do everything asked better than Fleener would at a large savings no brainer .
The only thing he does better that Fleener is block. Let's not play ourselves here, he doesn't touch Coby as a pass catcher & in Chud's offense history has shown that he wants TEs that can ball out as pass catchers. With him being our #2 TE now, if he does a solid job in that department, I'll be more than pleased with it, but to say you'd be alright with him as our guy is a bit of a stretch since we haven't seen anything that would validate that.
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20 minutes ago, OHColtfan said:
just never been wowed by Allen. Besides the health thing, aside from his first season here he just doesn't stand out to me as a guy worth that contract. Holder says that Allen can do what Fleener does- but he has never come close to the production of Fleener. Fleener 50+ catches last three years, Allen disappeared from the offense at times for long stretches.(check his game logs for last two years http://www.nfl.com/player/dwayneallen/2533046/gamelogs?season=2015 ) Best game last year- 3 catches for 23 yards. Just don't believe Allen can be the pass catching TE that Fleener is, but better blocker absolutely. But $7mil/yr because he is a better blocker? JMO but wouldn't have paid that
You're spot on with everything you said, but in defense of Allen, he was tragically misused last year along with Fleener & if we're gonna be honest, both were relatively misused since they were drafted. Fleener was a non factor in BA's offense but Allen wasn't their rookie year. When Reggie tore his ACL & Dwayne injured his hip then 2nd year, then Andrew started to throw Coby the ball more. 3rd year, while they became the 1st TE duo in NFL history to have 8 TDs a piece, Dwayne had only 29 rec for 395 yds & Coby did post career highs in TDs & receiving yards, I felt there were plays for him that were left on the field. This past season was just a flat out disaster & I still can't believe we finished 8-8 minus Andrew for 9 games.
It was sad to see Coby go & while we did pay a bit too much to keep Dwayne, I'm glad he's still a Colt but these next 4 years is put up or shut up time for him. He has to stay on the field & ball out.
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Just now, rock8591 said:
Exactly. Being weak at one position on a team is not a bad thing. Being weak in multiple positions is a problem.
Because of salary cap, luxury tax, etc, etc, etc...it's not possible for a team to be great or even good at each position.
Oh of course not. You only can be loaded on both sides of the ball for so long before players leave via FA. Just ask the World Champs & to some degree the Bengals. Even Seattle after they won it all.
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4 minutes ago, rock8591 said:
It's no different than having a Daniel Graham as a starting TE.
Did defenses stress over how to stop him??? Sure didn't.
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3 hours ago, DougDew said:
Not really, but I had the $7 million in savings applied to Wisnewski and part of a new starting CB salary. Doyle could start. I'd find a backup TE late in free agency or in the mid rounds of the draft.
If Allen gets hurt, we'll be in the same TE situation anyway, except we wouldn't have Wiz and a new starting CB.
What would make you comfortable with Doyle as our starting TE??????
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Just now, krunk said:
No by all means you have all the knowledge sir!
I respectfully disagree sir. You said Chud's offense is 2 TE dominant so I asked a question to see if you back up what you said.
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1 minute ago, krunk said:
Was it a one tight end offense or two? Take your time
How bout you answer my question.
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19 hours ago, krunk said:
Only from silly people who think BPA is limited to defensive need players. BPA means BPA and if that be Henry then that's what it is. 2 tight ends is a staple of Chuds offense so I could see it. Maybe not at 18 but it would not surprise me. Huge drop off after Allen and don't tell me nothing about Jack Doyle because he is more blocker than anything else.
So during Chud's 2 stints at SD, who were the TEs after Gates & how much did they produce? Don't worry, take your time. When he was in Carolina, who was after Olsen & how much did that guy produce? Again, take your time. In Cleveland, who was after Cameron? Once more, please take your time.
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4 minutes ago, jvan1973 said:
Yes, he isn't talking about derrick henry
I'm well aware of that. What I'm saying is that it would be uncalled for to take a TE at 18 when there's obvious issues elsewhere that must be addressed.
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5 minutes ago, jvan1973 said:
You may want to reread the first post you quoted
About us taking Henry??
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2 hours ago, ColtsLegacy said:
They just signed Julius Thomas last offseason and wasn't a big factor. How do you think Coby would compare?
With that said, I'd be perfect happy for him to sign a huge deal with the Jags.
If Julius is healthy, expect him to get back to Pro Bowl status like he was in Denver.
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3 minutes ago, BlueShoe said:
You are kidding, right?
Nope, dead serious. We take Henry, Irsay should get rid of Grigson on site. OL is the way to go at that pick unless Zeke is somehow someway still on the board.
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29 minutes ago, Stephen said:
fleener to the steelers or patriots
God I hope not.
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53 minutes ago, krunk said:
I don't think Fleeners replacement will be Swoope, so I'm wondering what they have in mind? Wonder if they are considering drafting Hunter Henry to go along with Allen? Hunter Henry is a very well rounded tight end who can block and catch. Just thinking out loud here.
If we draft Henry at 18, all hell will break loose. Glad we kept Dwayne, even though the writing is on the wall that Coby will land elsewhere.
Our divisional "party" is over
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You're absolutely right about that. The only team in the East who's won any playoff games since realignment outside of NE is the Jets. Buffalo can't even sniff the playoffs & Miami got there when Brady was out & they got their teeth kicked in by the Ravens. Titans got to the AFCCG in 02, won @ Baltimore in the wild card round & gave NE all they could handle in Foxboro the following week in the 03 playoffs.
They also won 10 games in 07 & was the #1 seed in 08. Jacksonville had the 3rd best record in the AFC in 05 behind us & Denver at 12-4. They went 11-5 in 07 & won a playoff game @ Pittsburgh. Houston was on the fast track in 11 to get the #1 seed before Schaub went down for the season but they still won 10 games, won a playoff game vs Cincy & gave the Ravens a run for their money in Baltimore & they went 12-4 the following season & beat Cincy again in the playoffs before going down @ NE.