richard pallo
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4 minutes ago, Matthew Gilbert said:
I think I'm in the minority but I think Morrison will be the starting MIKE this season. From the limited amount of tape I've seen on the two rookie MIKEs we drafted, I don't think either diagnose a play as well as Morrison does.
Correct. I think you are in the minority.
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19 minutes ago, Matthew Gilbert said:
Yea, I meant to say "didn't know". After they took him I did some research and watched some of his highlights. I would say I'm optimistic on Franklin. His highlights looked solid but they were "highlights". I watched a condensed version game of him vs Louisville and he looked lost and out of place a lot but I think most college LBs did against Lamar Jackson lol.
Our scouts really like him as a middle linebacker. A little undersized but fast and a sold hitter and tackler. I think Morrison could have trouble making this team.
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11 minutes ago, krunk said:
Good is injury prone and inconsistent. Clark and Haeg can improve just like anyone else. You have to prove yourself year to year. New staff, New scheme. We shall see who gets the job.
Good has his injury issues but he's far from inconsistent. He beat out both for the RT spot last year. Clark and Haag couldn't stop a bull rush if there life depended on it and they were the higher drafted players. Good has gotten better every year. You can't say that about the other two. But maybe a new staff and scheme will help them. We shall see. I see them both on the bubble right now. Heck Haag couldn't even beat out Vuj!
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2 minutes ago, Matthew Gilbert said:
I don't know much about Franklin but every time I turned a Cuse game on, Ishmael was making a contested grab. I love this pickup and would be shocked if he didn't make the team. I actually like him more than Deon Cain. I've been watching Cain play since he was in high school and always thought he played smaller than his size. Cain is a track guy to me and I wouldn't be surprised at all if he didn't make the team.
Read up on what they say about Franklin. You'll see what I'm talking about.
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3 minutes ago, krunk said:
That person may not be on the team yet. Or we are hoping one of Clark, Haeg, Good puts it together. I dont think Mewhort moves well enough to be a tackle.
Good has already shown he's better than Haag or Clark at RT. Hopefully his injury issues are over. That's his issue.
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4 minutes ago, ClaytonColt said:
I'm not sure it could but it's only relevant to the O-line in our case because that's basically where we're packing a good percentage of our top draft resource.
I think I'd just be a bit more confident in our strategy causing significant success if I'd seen it work before or even other good teams trending in the same direction. Having 3 times as many 1st round picks just on the line than we have on the whole defense is a strategy I've never seen attempted let alone work.
Unfortunately the only team I can think of who packed their line solely with top picks was the Browns when they had Thomas, Mack, Erving, Bitonio and Schwartz. I'm definitely not saying it's conclusive but it's not a glowing endorsement either!
Completely agree that we needed to improve the line but it seems to me that the best teams fill those spots creatively and allocate the resources in a different way. It's very interesting to me that we're going in a different direction but seem convinced that our way will provide the results.
Unfortunately the Browns never had a QB. We do. Could we be the new trendsetters? It's a copycat league. Ballard is going to show them the correct way to build a line. Heck, who can afford these FA OL nowadays?
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I'm hoping CJ Anderson is our No. 1 followed by Mack and the rookies. I think Cain, Fountain and Ishmael make the team. Rogers is gone.
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6 minutes ago, ColtsBlueFL said:
Rootin' for your boy, but he needs to be a good special teamer to stick on the 53...
After reading what our scouts have said I could actually see both 'Cuse boys making the team.
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8 minutes ago, throwing BBZ said:
It will be interesting.
Good lost weight and was a little quicker and better last season.
I expect Smith to get trained for both positions. And he could beat out Good at RT with Slauson winning the RG spot.
I think i would like that.Good did lose weight and was quicker and better last season. I can see both Good and Smith winning starting spots. Slauson is the older veteran but I would prefer the younger guys nail down the positions for the long haul if they can do it. I am hoping we finally get the line permanently fixed this year.
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7 minutes ago, RomanianColtsFan said:
I think you missed it, I just don’t value the guard position in the 1st round, period
I don’t have much time to argue on message boards, but I would just say this to hopefully add a little bit of clarity, and then we may agree to disagree.
If you take Nelson out of the game and replace him with a guard half as good, I don’t believe it makes much of a difference statistically in terms of points scored by the offense (1 or 2 points, if that). And that’s in terms of points, not even talking about winning.
QB's hate getting pressure up the middle. That was one of our biggest problems last year. Solidifying the center of the line reduces the pressure, reduces hits on the QB and that in turn increases the effectiveness of our QB. That eventually will lead to more points and wins. Nelson should be an unbelievable value pick for the next 5 yrs. considering what the top FA guards are now getting paid. Great pick and great value. I'm sure Luck and Brisett are thrilled with the pick.
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51 minutes ago, coltsfeva said:
Feeling good about Nelson/Kelly/Smith (or Mewhort) in the middle of the Oline.
Million dollar question is who is our RT ?
Good. He won the job last year and the only guy I see beating him out is Smith if they decide to go there. I know the consensus is Smith stays at G but FWIW Polian did say they drafted Smith to play RT. We shall see. Good played well until he got hurt.
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3 minutes ago, TouchdownMonkey said:
It's nice to think about the possibiliies of our inside three Nelson Kelly Smith. Let's pray this is the year A.Costanzo gets his crap together and gets back to the player he once was. I'm really scared about deense though big ???s with front 7. Hopefully Hooker and Geathers are back to full health. We need Wilson to grow into #1 starting CB quick, after losing Melvin. We need our offense to be clicking on all cylinders to be competitive. I hope Luck has the Manning ability to make recievers and TEs better because se need it. Outside of TY there is no proven starters on our team.
In case you missed it Ballard said Costanzo played the best football of his career last year. He thought he had a great season.
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4 minutes ago, egg said:
Yesterday Ballard said,
"We thought he (Smith) was the last starting -level guard. Pairing him with Nelson gives us two young guards going forward for many years to come."
It looks like Ballard sees him as a guard. If that's the case then Good should be our starting RT. Camp and preseason will determine who plays where though. What little I have seen of Smith he looks like he could easily play RT. I wouldn't rule it out at this stage.
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14 minutes ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:
I think he can, he's a large guy. Slauson maybe will be the other Guard. I am not sure Mewhort can stay healthy?
Good won the RG job last year then got injured. I think he will start out as the frontrunner and I think they are hoping he takes the job. I really see Mewhort and Slauson as veteran backups now. I think Smith can be the RT. He looks quicker on his feet than Good that's why I like Good at RG.
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2 hours ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:
I wonder who we play at RT?
For what it's worth Polian said he was drafted to play RT.
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Ballard said "We'll see". I can see him on a 1 yr. deal. Luck needs help.
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1 minute ago, Calmack said:
That is quite a difference. A 5 8" 205 lb back is a lot sturdier and dense than a 5 11" 210 back. And just by looking at them, you can tell who's better built to run between the tackles.
On the Colts site he's listed at 198.
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Keeping my fingers crossed for St. Brown but I doubt he makes it to us.
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1 minute ago, NewColtsFan said:
Mack is 5'11 1/2" and 210.
Freeman is 5'8" and 205.
Thuse two players are NOTHING alike. Not even a little.
3 inches and 5 pounds. How close do you have to get?
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Just now, VaAllDay757 said:
Callaway went to the browns and he has alot of issues no need to take him
Hamilton is the guy we should have taken and he'll be long gone unless Ballard trades up.
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Just now, shastamasta said:
I actually like Hines better than Mack for their respective roles. Still wish the Colts had a better RB1....but the goal seems to be to have a committee.
I'm still hoping we sign CJ Anderson.
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The thing about this draft which surprised me was how many reaches he took in the second round. I would have thought he would have been more aggressive in acquiring real day one starters than picking players with more upside. He wasn't ready for a run on the OL. We were fortunate to get Smith after he publicly said there were plenty of OL in the later rounds. The OL class was strong and so was RB and LB class and they all went fast. Just because a class is deep doesn't mean you can afford to wait. If there are guys you want you go and get them. You can move up and down and we had the picks to do it. I'm sure we acquired some good players but it might take quite awhile for some of them to really contribute. The bright side is he fixed the OL. That should help. His mild lack of activity in FA really made this draft important. I don't think you can say he hit the ball out of the park in this draft so far. He could still get CJ Anderson and help the running game which I hope he does. Ballard is looking like he is more of a conservative methodical GM who is willing to make some moves but nothing to drastic. He has a lot of patience. Hopefully these picks work out for us.
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10 minutes ago, krunk said:
Who is Bates? You mean that damn near undrafted kid from Maine? That's a heck of a lot different than a 2nd round pick. Keep your mind open and watch film. Touray will be pretty good.
The point is Mathis really liked Bates, didn't we draft him?, and he said a lot of nice things about his potential just like he is saying about Touray. FYI Mayock said he saw a kid who didn't know much of what he was doing. From his perspective it sounds like Touray has a lot to learn. Just because Mathis says nice things doesn't mean it's a sure thing. I would hope he will be pretty good. He is a 2nd. rd. pick but unfortunately another project IMO.
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The two DE's are going to be rotational players to start. They will play a lot though. The other three will start.
Who starts at G opposite Nelson?
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I'm pretty sure Mewhort started as a rookie and did fine. We shall see.