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    Earl Okine

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    21 hours ago, Superman said:

     

    Why can't Junior Sylvestre or Sio Moore replace Freeman? Seriously, go back and look at where Freeman came from. Cast off by Tennessee, went to Canada for three years, then the Colts grabbed him. By the way, he's a converted safety from a D2 school.

    Thanks for the reply. I didn't say he couldn't be replaced. Lot of talent there to let go. Maybe $ was an issue, I don't know. My guess is he isn't going to be replaced this year. Hopefully he is though.

    Earl Okine

    in Colts Football

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    10 minutes ago, Superman said:

     

    SMH

     

    I know you're just throwing ideas out there, so I don't mean to nitpick, but just as an exercise let's look at things for a minute. Bruce Irvin got $9.25m/year. He has 14 sacks over the last three seasons. Is he your 10 sack guy? Is he worth that money? His was one of the more reasonable free agent contracts, by the way. Olivier Vernon got twice as much. (Concession: Pernell McPhee would have been the best grab last offseason, for not that much more than we gave Trent Cole.)

     

    Another nitpick: Jerrell Freeman was a cast-off CFL guy that no one took seriously. Four years later, you're acting like he's irreplaceable, and dumping on guys who come from similar backgrounds. If they found him, why can't they find the next him? (Concession: I'd have kept Freeman for that money, and cut Jackson.)

     

    And I personally think you're just waaay off on TJ Green. It's cool that you have a different opinion of him, but you've determined already that he's a bad pick despite general consensus from draftniks and others being that he's actually a pretty good value. We want young defenders with a chance of being star guys, and he fits the bill. I think you should ease up on him in particular. Clark is a project player, Green can contribute right now. JMO

     

    And overall, the bolded comments are just completely contrary to everything the staff has been saying since they took over. I don't know why you've decided that they are resigned to not being contenders in 2016, because they've said/done nothing to make anyone think that, unless you think that not going on a spending spree means they don't want to contend. After seeing the money that got thrown around this offseason, I'm glad the Colts didn't get involved. That doesn't mean they aren't trying to build the team the best they can.

     

    This team went 6-3 without Luck. The major shortcomings on offense were Luck not playing well and the OL being bad. Let's assume Luck plays and plays better, and let's assume that the OL is better. No reason this team isn't able to win the division. Let's assume the coverage is better, with Toler replaced by Robinson and Vontae having a more 2014-ish season. And let's assume that some of these coaching changes pay off. No reason this team can't make a deep playoff run.

     

    Yeah, there are flaws. Lack of a pass rush is a critical flaw, maybe fatal. But you've already thrown in the towel on this season, and it's early May. I don't know why you have decided that all is lost, but I don't get it.

    Never should have let freeman go.  hope your right about green, there were a lot of players on the board ranked way better than him. personally I don't like the pick.  As u stated above, lack of rush may be detrimental.

    Your way way way too early Super Bowl predictions?

    in NFL General

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    6 minutes ago, chad72 said:

     

    Steelers play the NFC East and AFC South. It may not be as cupcake as we think but it is nowhere close to the NFC West and AFC North that the Patriots play. Hence I feel Steelers end up with the #1 seeding this year.

     

    Seahawks do play the NFC South and AFC East, and the Packers have a mirror image schedule as the Steelers - the NFC East and AFC South. The Packers vs Seahawks game happens later in the season when Seattle typically is cooking, on December 11, 2016. That will decide HFA in the NFC and I expect Seattle to take it.

    I didn't really look at their schedule. They seem to be consistent contenders. Steelers really look tough, with a healthy QB. Seattle shores up o-line GTG.

    Cuts..

    in Colts Football

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    3 minutes ago, richard pallo said:

    Okay the premise is a surprise cut.   How about Adams?  Green wins the job in preseason. 

    I would be surprised, or shell shocked, whatever

     

    Earl Okine

    in Colts Football

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    2 minutes ago, COLTS449 said:

     

    What's so funny is that people want to say we went all in last year with Gore, Dre, Cole, Langford, Herremans, etc. But all we did was sign a bunch of older guys on the decline. LOL that's not going all in. That's just being incompetent.

    U forgot Andre...Too many new faces. Need some consistency!

    Jaguars look scary for the future

    in NFL General

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    46 minutes ago, NewColtsFan said:

     

    I see the whole AFC South improving greatly.

     

    I like all the moves our division rivals made.     I thin the days of the Colts cake walking over the division 6-0 are over.     Houston,  J'Ville and Tennessee should all be much improved.       I wouldn't be surprised if each of the 4 division teams go 3-3 in conference.

     

    And I don't see any team winning 11 games as the Colts did in '12, '13, and '14.     Not even the Colts.

     

    I think 10 wins takes the division.     Tough times ahead....

     

    AGREE! No more cake walks, probably a good thing. In the past we ran into a "good" team and got humbled.

    Earl Okine

    in Colts Football

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    7 minutes ago, COLTS449 said:

     

    That's one of the things that makes me so angry. When you have a franchise QB like Andrew Luck you don't screw around and try to do some stupid 3 year plan. That's just dumb to put it simply. You go out and load up and go all in every year. The whole thing literally makes zero sense to me. But a lot of people on here just want to buy into this "plan" that Grigson has, and when somebody like myself questions it, or calls it stupid they wanna get all tore up and say this or that and call me out, etc. I mean come on guys. Wake up. With a different GM we could be sitting where Seattle is right now. Loaded at every position. But the big question is this. Why worry about 5 years from now when you could win now and cross that bridge when you get there? If we draft well and have Andrew Luck we're gonna be set in 5 years anyway. Why waste away the first 5 years of his career trying to build piece by piece? In other words. Why wait when you can have it now, and not to mention have it longer? What we're doing is giving ourselves a little 5-6 year window to win a SB or 2. Ridiculous.

    I agree with "why wait for a SB run". If Luck can stay healthy and Gore has some running room and health as well, colts could make some noise. How many years did Manning have a shaky Defense?

    Player you're most excited about

    in Colts Football

    Posted

    1 hour ago, NorthernBlue said:

    TJ Green. Dudes an athletic beast. He's just super raw. Fortunately Pagano is a DB whisperer, plus, there's enough bodies at CB I think for Green to be able to sit back and learn for a while. We just gotta be patient with him, and we might have a gem 

     

    patient...I didn't think that word existed anymore!

    The New AFC South

    in Colts Football

    Posted

    2 hours ago, CoachLite said:

     I think we have the on-field talent to go 11 - 5, but we won't. SWAG prediction:

    Titans 10 - 6

    Colts 9 - 7

    Texans 9 - 7

    Jags 8 - 8

    All in all, AFC South is now a good division.

    I agree. Our division is going to be a dogfight. Jacksonville will be way tougher, so will Tennessee. Houston has the good D, so they'll be tough as usual. I think everyone will be close to .500.

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