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9 hours ago, Dark Superman said:
How do they have that much? Source?
That's what happens when you screw up draft after draft - your players are out of the league or out of your team by the time you have to give them their second contract...
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13 hours ago, Superman said:
It's not even about that, though, IMO. There was major beef between Grigson and Pagano. This was Pagano's chance to show that, without Grigson in his way, making his life hard, etc., he could coach this team well. Irsay said he expected Pagano to have his best season as a coach.
So the spotlight is all on Pagano. No one else with whom to split blame, can't complain about a meddling or egomaniacal GM, etc. Pagano, on his own merits and his own terms, is failing. He's been exposed over the course of these two seasons: after 2015, he got to revamp his coaching staff; after 2016, he was freed of Grigson's influence. Now what?
There's nowhere for him to hide anymore. He's been exposed for all to see. He's not the right coach for a contending team. Barring a miraculous turnaround this season, Pagano is done.
We can probably even argue the more power he's been given and the freer he's been during his tenure the more his weaknesses have shined and overtaken the performance of the team. In a weird twisted kind of way Grigson might have been a balance to the buddy-buddy relationship between Pagano and the players. Right now wheels are falling off both on the field and off the field(players blaming whole position groups for the failings of the team in front of sensation-hungry journalists, etc). I previously thought Pagano was an OK coach who simply not good enough to go against the best of the best. Right now I'm revising my view and leaning more and more toward the conclusion that he's not even as good as I used to give him credit for. From preparation to personnel decisions, to game management to player development... where is he even remotely successful? I don't see it. To me this looks like a total and complete failure on all fronts by Pagano.
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That's it. I want Pagano gone RIGHT NOW! This very second. I was a proponent of not firing him now(but rather in the off-season) so he can propel us to a better pick and because I don't see much upside to an interim coach. A while ago I listed a few reasons why we might want to fire him now and at the time I thought none of them held up. That's no longer the case - one of the reasons I think you should fire a coach mid-season is if he loses the locker room and they start bickering and pointing fingers at each other. We don't know what happens behind closed doors, but this is out there in the public obvious and apparent fracture and finger pointing at a whole position group. (He's not even wrong, but you cannot say that... you cannot let this cat out of the bag and feel comfortable continuing to share lockerroom and rely on that group to play for this guy). It's over IMO. It should be over.
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There are a lot of prospects on those two teams. Probably he was watching a lot of them.
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A OT name to follow who might rise to the first-second round range - Chukwuma Okorafor from Western Michigan:
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I've been looking towards next season for a while now. I'm having more fun watching college prospects than the Colts this season. This was always going to be a lost season with the level of talent we have and with Luck not getting back on the field early in the season.
And since we are losing this season competitively, it is imperative that we don't lose it for evaluation and for development of the young players. This is why Mack not getting carries and Wilson not seeing the field is bad in my books. They need to be honing their skills and we need to be evaluating them so we'd know what we do and what we don't need for next season.
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1 minute ago, CR91 said:
Which doesn't look like it will happen, can someone explain to me what was the point of taking him off the pup list
It's so he can practice with the team.
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I'm watching Louisville vs Boston College. Harold Landry looks so... nonchalant... so not engaged. I'm not sure I like the way he plays the game. Maybe he's making business decisions this year and can't wait for it to be over so he can move on to the NFL, but if so - why did he stay? I can't imagine this type of play is helping his stock. There is a night and day difference between the way him and Chubb play the game. Give me Chubb any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
edit: Watching Georgia vs Mizzou now. Georgia has 3 NFL starting RBs on their roster. It's insane how they keep spitting out those awesome backs year after year. Also - I love Roquan Smith. He's the exact type of athletic, flying around ILB we need.
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The truth is people have no problem with political expression before, during and after games as long as it goes along with their own predilections. That's why US sports has turned into one huge ad for the US military complex and its wars. I'm not from the US and I've never seen this type of pandering on any sports event in my neck of the woods. Leave the whole military thing on the side - even the national anthem is usually reserved for sporting events where the national teams are playing. It is ridiculous when I look at it from afar. People here find it strange and laugh at it when they see it at an NBA or NFL game.
And then the same people that have absolutely no problem with their own kind of political expression cry foul when others decide to have their own expression of political protest during the exact same time.
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4 hours ago, Defjamz26 said:
People said the same thing about Leonard Floyd. His knock was he didn't have the elite production numbers in college. He's having a hell of a year now.
That's the opposite of Floyd though. Landry has always had the production. Even this year his production is OK. That's not what worries me. It's hard for me to put my finger on the exact reason. Maybe I will fall in love the more I watch of him.
5 hours ago, Track Guy said:Landry's stock will hinge a fair amount on his testing numbers IMO. If he tests out well - he's a top 10 prospect. If he doesn't test well he might have some trouble even being a first rounder.
He kind of reminds me of Noah Spence. I wonder if he's a better athlete than Spence. If he turns out to be, he might be worth it.
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3 hours ago, Defjamz26 said:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2737259-2018-nfl-mock-draft-matt-millers-updated-projections
Latest mock from Miller has us taking Harold Landry.
Landry is a weird prospect. He's very solid, but I'm not sure he is worth a pick this high. He played well vs Virginia Tech, it was probably his best game this year... He has bend, he has athleticism... but there's something I'm missing with him. I don't think he has very advanced pass-rush moves. I wouldn't be opposed to taking him... just... I don't know... I'm lukewarm towards him right now. Right now I think I have Mata'afa and Chubb ahead of him on my personal EDGE board.
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18 hours ago, Superman said:
He got the perfect amount of touches today. I thought it was mostly a good mix of all three backs. I could see giving Mack more and more reps as time goes on, but he's been out of the lineup and he is known to fumble from time to time. Keep mixing him in for now, but there will be a game at some point where he gets 20+ touches.
Also worth pointing out that every single impact run he's had he's bounced outside. It's very hard to be a feature back doing that and never getting anything running between the tackles. Whether he gets to 20+ touches will depend on just how much we will be able to involve him in the passing/sweeps/trick plays game. Unless he starts running between the tackles, of course.
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They isolated a quick running back on our linebacker and again we did nothing to help or to switch assignments. The exact same play that McKissic killed us on last week.
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2 minutes ago, Flash7 said:
Curious, what do the stats show about "freezing" the kicker?
My opinion is that you should not give the kicker 2 attempts at a field goal. Even if the first one doesn't count, he can make adjustments on the second kick.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icing_the_kicker
It doesn't work.
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I'm having real hard time building an October mock simply because I feel like I'm cheating by putting the players I love and that are nowhere or super low on draft boards right now very late in the mock. I feel like draft writers haven't caught up on some of the prospects yet and I can build a mock based on their boards that I think will end up being unrealistic. For example Hercules Mata'afa is currently nowhere on draft boards. I think he will have a Solomon Thomas-like rise through boards. Roquan Smith I think goes sometime in day 2...maybe even day 1 if he kills the combine... which he probably will, and he's nowhere to be found on those boards. If I want to I can take them in round 6-7 when I simulate a draft using those boards.
With that said, here's my non-simulated, just slightly cheating mock draft:
Round 1. Connor Williams, OT, Texas - I think he's the best OT in the draft and I would take him with any pick we have in the draft. His injury is not a serious concern for me. Latest news is he might return to play at the end of the year,
Round 2. Hercules Mata'afa, DT/DE/OLB/EDGE, Washington State - He's my absolute favorite prospect so far. Absolutely unblockable on the interior and he's just 250lbs. It's unreal how he manhandles centers and guards at this weight. I think NFL teams will want to use him in a more natural DE/OLB/EDGE position and I think he will be great at it. So yeah... I'm drafting Mata'afa as our future pass-rusher sack artist. Just watch what he does to O-linemen:
Round 3. Roquan Smith, ILB, Georgia - very quick and versatile ILB. Can play all phases - rushes on blitzes, plays the run well, and is very mobile and quick when dropping in coverage. Has good instincts and nose for the ball. He's not a big LB, think something in the vein of Deion Jones.
Round 4. Uchenna Nwosu, OLB, USC - extremely versatile linebacker who is currently kind of blowing up with production and disruption of opponents across the board(TFLs, sacks, PDs, INT). Might not be there by draft time.
Round 5. Kalen Ballage,RB, Arizona State - Huge, strong and fast back who can be complement to Marlon Mack. He also catches the ball well...
Round 6 N/A
Round 7 N/A
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I'm watching Washington state - Oregon... I have a bold prediction - Hercules Mata'afa will go in the first round. It's unreal how much disruption he causes as a 250 pound interior lineman.
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Watching Georgia again - Roquan Smith is quickly turning into my favorite ILB in this draft.
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because of lack of standards and/or lack of enforcement of standards for excellence... aka bad coaching.
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3 hours ago, Defjamz26 said:
OT/OG can come later. Only lineman I think anyone is in love with is Williams and he'll be gone unless we get a top 5 pick.
I love Williams as LT and Quenton Nelson as a guard. I wouldn't mind drafting either with a first round pick. That should tell you how impressive I thought Nelson was in the two games I watched because I'm usually not too keen on drafting interior O-linemen in the first.
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9 hours ago, bananabucket said:
I feel the same way. Sucks because we really need one. If we ran a 4-3 I'd have no problem with Chubb though,
I'm actually not in love with any of the top tackle prospects either. If we go OL I wouldn't mind Quenton Nelson one bit (if we're picking in the 10-15 range like I expect). Our interior would be looking really good with him in the mix.
I just watched a full game of Bradley Chubb for the first time... we might have something there. I don't know if you've seen him. He came into this season as a more of a run stopper EDGE defender, but he seems to be developing a very good pass-rush game. He seems explosive and quick and he has nasty bend... Here's example from the game vs Louisville:
They were dropping him in coverage and he did well there, He also covered a split RB on a WR route which was very impressive. He also blocked a kick... He just kept making play after play after play. He does it all and does most of it very well...
I'm still not sure he's top 10 and will have to watch more of him, but he's probably been the most impressive one I've seen this year.
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On 10/4/2017 at 12:43 AM, NewColtsFan said:
But if you need a lot of help -- and the Colts do -- then having a top-5 pick would be good.
We could trade back and collect more picks. That's a good thing.
We might even trade back more than once. That's a good thing too.
I agree this year's draft is not nearly as good as last year's.... but I think we're showing that the Colts have lots and lots of needs.
In a weird way it again is good at some positions we need help - OT/OG and RB. There are some nice safeties too... I've been a bit disappointed by the passrushers that came into the year as favorites to go in the top 10(Harold Landry and Arden Key). At this point I think it's very possible neither of them goes anywhere close to top 10. I wonder where the elite pass-rushers will come from... Okoronkwo from Oklahoma is pretty good IMO, not sure he's top 10 level. Same with Bradley Chubb and Dorance Armstrong Jr. Can some of the Georgia guys(Bellamy or Lorenzo Carter) jump through amazing combine performance? I'm not sure... I guess... I don't have an EDGE guy i'm in love with right now to the point where I'd want to draft him top 10.
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Seems like Key continues struggling:
https://www.seccountry.com/lsu/lsu-film-study-cant-arden-key-make-plays-teams-like-troy
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On 10/2/2017 at 12:03 AM, Cynjin said:
Georgia's two edge rushers look pretty quick off the snap.
It's Bellamy and Lorenzo Carter. Both might get drafted before the end of day 2. They also have a very intriguing ILB that I think can play all phases of the game - Roquan Smith. He's very fun to watch. Here's his tape vs Mississippi State :
There are so many solid players on that defense. I just checked who their defensive coordinator is - it's Mel Tucker, former Jacksonville Jaguars interim HC. A name to keep in mind when Pagano and his coordinators are fired at the end of the year. Georgia's defense is tremendously coached. I don't think i've ever seen players (that are not like Alabama level recruits) across the board play so well, consistently without mistakes, making every single tackle with solid form, poking the ball away on sacks, turning it over on INTs, creating mismatches on D, never getting caught in poor mismatch situation themselves. No idea who's the main teacher of those young players and the main orchestrator of this D but whoever it is, he should be able to easily get a job in the league. In just two years Tucker has turned that Georgia defense into a well-oiled machine that annihilates and shuts down very good ranked opponents.
What Do We Do With a Top 5 Pick?
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If somebody wants it for king's ransom in order to draft a QB - sell it to the highest bidder. If the offers are close, sell it to the team with the highest draft pick(and draft BPA).
I wouldn't be making a decision based on who we already have since most of them are not game changing players (well, with the exception of QB). We don't have enough blue chip players in order to be thinking like this - "The can't miss prospect is a RB yet we have no line for him to run through". We don't have the luxury to think like this. We need talent! High end talent with game changing ability. You cannot miss on that because you don't have the perfect pieces in place right now. If you do that you will never get the right pieces. This is how you keep being mediocre - by missing on the right pieces because of considerations other than talent. We need so many new pieces that whoever we draft won't be drafted into the perfect situation for his success. You just have to hope that with continuous and consistent talent acquisition it will ultimately matter and it will ultimately give the player the chance to succeed and/or maybe he will raise the level of his teammates if he's a truly special one.