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Come on, Jim! Give Ballard the required push to make it happen!
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5 minutes ago, BProland85 said:
And he won’t be that expensive as he’s 30. If he signs for around 5 or 6 mil per season elsewhere Ballard missed out yet again.
Indy needs both Blackmon and another veteran safety as well.
Don't quote me on that but I think someone mentioned Blackmon has scrubbed everything Colts related from his social media. No idea if this means much...
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35 minutes ago, tfunky14 said:
I think top 8 is fair.
I just completely disagree with that evaluation...
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7 minutes ago, Jackie Daytona said:
More pressure from the DL on passers than ever for us, more than any year with Freeney and Mathis, more than any year with next to zero blitzing.... and overall, avg. Runstopping.... would be slightly above avg. I think if a few things went out way (no Grover suspended, JT able to grind first downs all year long to help keep D off field....
And it's how horrible?
Can you give a source for all those? Because the stats I'm seeing show we were one of the teams with lowest pressure rates in the league. I posted one of the graphs above...
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8 minutes ago, NFLfan said:
I would do it but I don't think we could get enough compensation. Did you see the rumor about Cincy trading Higgins and their #1 for Jefferson? I think we would need more.
Would the new regime in New England give up #3?
Yeah, no idea... but you have to try if you really love the QB that's sitting there at 3...
8 minutes ago, NFLfan said:I think the Colts should try to move up for Nabers, Odunze or Marvin Harrison Jr.
Same... either that or try to trade for Jefferson or another top tier WR.
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6 minutes ago, NFLfan said:
Hopefully but I don't know if I like anyone but Daniels. Unless we him to second, we probably cannot draft him. Our GM liked Richardson a lot last year.
We can give you some picks for Jefferson so you can try to move up to 3? Or does it look like your FO has no intention of trading Jefferson?
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So @NFLfan are you guys going for a QB in the draft?
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3 minutes ago, krunk said:
When did sacks become luck? Obviously there's pressure from somewhere happening
They are heavily influenced by luck on a team basis. We had really high sack numbers and really low pressure numbers. In the long run what's more predictive and descriptive of the strength of the pass-rush is the pressure rates, not the sacks.
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23 minutes ago, krunk said:
51 sacks isn't average or mediocre
51 sacks is not representative of the strength of that DL. Sacks are very much luck dependent. A much more representative stat is the number(%) of pressures, hits, hurries and there we've been around the bottom of the league for years. This DL is not good at disrupting the passer.
I posted a graph recently that encapsulated well the struggles of this DL... I'm trying to find it, but can't right now. Will come back to you if/when I find it.
Edit: Here it is:
This defense doesn't blitz and it doesn't pressure the QB. It provides very limited disruption of the opposing QB. We pretty much allow them to drop back, scan the field and execute their offense. IMO this defense will never be great when the fundamentals of it's pass-disruption are this poor.
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8 minutes ago, w87r said:
I think the DL did just fine last year. Near top of the league in sacks, with a young secondary. Very good against the run, when Grover was playing.
When I say solidified, I am really referring to the fact that 2 days ago we had (3) DTs on the roster and a little thin outside.
Now we have kept Grover and added Davis to the group.
Bringing Lewis back helps inside and outside.
Yeah... we definitely have bodies now. The DL is taking shape. I'm just not sure it's good enough for the resources we are spending... and I'm not sure the resources we are spending are well directed.
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9 hours ago, w87r said:
DE:(6) Samson Ebukam, Kwity Paye, Dayo Odeyingbo, Tyquan Lewis, Titus Leo, Isaiah Land
DT:(5) Deforest Buckner, Grover Stewart, Raekwon Davis, Adetomiwa Adebawore, Eric Johnson
DL is looking pretty solidified right now.
Wouldn't mind adding though.
And subtracting Johnson.
Here's my question - how do you evaluate the season this DL had last year? Where would you put them in the hierarchy of the league? When we call it solidified... what is it solidified into? Elite? Great? Good? Average? Mediocre? To me this DL is somewhere between average and mediocre. I.e. not good enough...
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7 hours ago, NewColtsFan said:
It’s clear you don’t get it.
If you had bothered to look back one more year you’d have found that in Davis’s rookie year he graded out in the 70’s. So you missed that.
That was like a 4 years ago. Since then he's been at best mediocre.
7 hours ago, NewColtsFan said:And you've apparently forgotten the Colts hired the top DL coach available. Do you think maybe he had some input on this signing? Like maybe the coach said he can work with the player.
Maybe? How much weight would you put on that? From a coach who's never coached in the NFL? I think our pro scouting and player personnel department had much more to do with it than the new coach.
7 hours ago, NewColtsFan said:Ballard does the normal and you don’t like it. Now Ballard does something out of the ordinary and you don’t like that either. I think I spit a trend.
That's the thing... this is nothing new. This is the exact same thing Ballard does every year - this is the Isaac Rochelle, Taven Bryan, Sam Tevi of this year. Pick up a failed/mediocre at best player for depth/reclamation project in the trenches. Except this year, he's paying 14M for that depth piece, who you hope will never see the field(i,e, Grover stays healthy). And I don't mind the addition of depth to the roster. We needed a better backup for Grover. I just don't like the allocation of resources.
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3 minutes ago, tweezy32 said:
Sure, why not... invest in all the areas that don't directly help your young QB. Linebackers, defensive tackles... give up day 2 picks for backup QB... anything to avoid improving our weapons for AR. That would be another very Ballard move.
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Just now, Superman said:
Taven Bryan played over 300 snaps last year. Davis will have a role. It just doesn't move the needle for this team in the AFC.
There are obvious things that separate the Colts from the Chiefs, Bills, Dolphins, Ravens, etc. Interior run defenders are not among the top ten on that list.
Taven Bryan could play 3T and was rotating in at 3T. Davis can't. He's a run stuffer... just like Grover. They will both be fighting over those 60-65% of snaps that are available for run plays.
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5 minutes ago, 1959Colts said:
The Colts will rotate all the DLmen like they always do.
I'm sure Ballard and his staff did their homework and have big plans for Davis
They will rotate but Davis is not a versatile DT... he's a nose tackle. As is Grover. How many NT non-pass snaps are there in a game? 60%? 65%? And if you are going to rotate Davis and Stewart on those? Then why the hell are you paying 20M+ for those 60% snaps of one position? This makes zero sense to me.
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11 minutes ago, Superman said:
I would have signed Davis, and let Grover walk. Half the money, shorter contract, similar player/production.
I think Grover is much better. But I get your point...
The worst thing about this one is - in the perfect case scenario (if Grover is healthy), Davis probably gets about 0 snaps.
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8 minutes ago, Superman said:
Of course he does. He's basically said it.
I think I'm about done with Ballard and his obsession with mediocre trench players. When you are this obsessed with the trenches one would think at least our OL and DL would be amazing. We are paying 40M+ for our DTs. What are we talking about? Is this 2024 or 1974?
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He's practically this year's DT version of Isaac Rochelle or Sam Tevi. Except, this time Ballard decided to splurge and gave what should be a depth piece at DT(vet minimum) an actual 2 year 14M contract.
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16 minutes ago, w87r said:
He hasn't graded out very well on PFF.
58.8 last year
36.5 in 2021
43.4 in 2022
58.8 in 2023
... I guess... at least he's on upward trend...
I just don't get it. Like... I get wanting a backup for Grover. I don't get this contract... Are you telling me teams were lining up to give Davis over 3-4M a year?
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16 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
We have a backup up for Grover. A expensive one
I don't get this one... Just typical Ballard stuff I guess
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We need to support Richardson, not waste prime resources for his backup.
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Ballard really likes his team and his players. Lets hope this is not one of those "do the same thing over and over again and expect different results" things...
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For whatever it's worth:
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4 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
sounds like Kenny is coming back they are just working on the contract.
This sounds like his agent contacted 2 different reporters with the same info that he wanted out. He's hoping some other team will come over the top and outbid the Colts offer. He's pretty much saying to other teams - come get Kenny or we will sign soon...
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Colts offseason discussion / Ballard Grievances (merge)
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That's the sacks thing we were discussing earlier, not pressure rates.