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    The Film Room: Trent Richardson

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    he cut back to the weakside for no good reason.

    There was a very good reason: the unblocked defender in the hole who would have tackled him regardless of whether he ran to the hole or followed the FB outside. Richardson didn't cut back when the NT got through he cut back we he saw the unblocked linebacker there. He basically had no other choice.

    The Film Room: Trent Richardson

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    You're actually providing footage to prove why he won't improve. The fullback sealed that end as good as you possibly can, he full on pancaked that defensive end. If Trent goes where he is supposed to go on that play, that's a big run.

     

     

    That is a standard power run, the guard pulls play side, that fullback kicks out and absolutely obliterated that end. That play is designed to go inside, or he breaks it out play side. What does he do? He tries to bounce it out against where ALL OF THE BLOCKING is going. Just a stupid read.  It's inside, then out. Not, inside, then bounce it back to the wrong side and get smothered. 

     

    If he runs off tackle, it's him and one safety, exactly like it was designed. That is good blocking right there. The defensive linemen that gets in the backfield is a NON factor, if he is going where he is supposed to. 

     

     

    Just follow the fullback with your eyes and you'll see where that play was supposed to go.

    You are looking at the blocking at the end of the play and ignoring the unblocked linebacker in the first hole and unblocked nose tackle in his face. He never had time to get to the end where the fullback made his block because everyone in between failed miserably.

    The Film Room: Trent Richardson

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    But the ONLY reason we drafted Fleener ahead of him is because of Luck.

    Not necessarily. Part of drafting is your valuation but the other part is guessing what other people's valuation is. If you think a player is far better than everybody else does you should still take him later just before they would take him and use your earlier picks on people you think are good that other teams think are good too. Doesn't always go according to plan but DA draft position looked like that too me.

    The Film Room: Trent Richardson

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    When I looked at the article I could see where both the O-line certainly had issues but also where Richardson seemed to be too slow to get to the hole that did open, if even for a second or two.  I would say that the O-line issues contributed to Richardson's inability to adapt well to the new offense and made him hesitate more than he normally would.  Add that to trying to learn a whole new playbook and system and you have a back that is very ineffective.

     

    I am willing to see what he does this season before I judge him too harshly.  It looks like he has the ability to be a high performer for us and be that workhorse back.  He just needs to be comfortable in the system and have a somewhat decent O-line.  Doesn't have to be stellar.  Just good enough.

     

    You need to have the ball before you can hit the hole. Our line was so bad that it often collapsing before Richardson had even taken the handoff. That's not an issue of getting to the hole fast enough.

    The Film Room: Trent Richardson

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    Not all blocks are executed as designed. It`s like this guy doesn`t get that good RB`s read the blocking and make GOOD cuts.

     For the many here that do watch the blocking under close scrutiny, it was clear he wasn`t assessing things well/quickly quite often.

     Thankfully we threw out the garbage and it IS a clean slate, New season for All! Yippee! Go running game.

    Of course not every block is executed successfully but what the author was showing was that practically none of the blocks were executed successfully. This means that the cut back lanes aren't there because everybody blew their assignment. Good cuts still require good blocking somewhere on the line in order to work.

    The Film Room: Trent Richardson

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    The problem was both, The O Line just stunk all to hell run blocking a large chunk of the time but Richardson also missed holes by not being patient(The adage slow to the hole fast through the hole) and running up the back of some players or going to where the hole is supposed to be open INSTEAD of going to where a hole actually IS open...That's called vision....It needs to improve as well

    Vision relies on the assumption that your linemen can block. If you wait for the hole to actually exist it's often too late.

    Colts starting secondary already fighting injuries

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    Does the team stretch after workouts and practice? Something is wrong with the multitude

    of injuries every year and needs to be figured out if we are ever going to be healthy

    enough in the playoffs to make a serious run for a title.

    Have you not seen pictures of football players all on their backs in neat rows stretching? It happens before games and practice but it doesn't prevent all injuries.

    Colts OTA Thread (Official Thread)

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    One interesting thing I have noticed during OTA's is that Andrew Luck looks thinner. Maybe it was just the angles of the pics that I saw, but he doesn't look 240 anymore. Maybe 225 or 230? Anyone else notice this too?

    I don't really see it. Are you comparing to gameday photos?

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