sreeb2deeni
-
Posts
131 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Events
Blogs
Posts posted by sreeb2deeni
-
-
5 hours ago, threeflight said:
Very good points and one I have been talking about for a while now.
Sure, no one wants to overspend on players. Even really good ones like Collins. That was an overpay for a safety who is limited in how he can affect the game.
But there were players available, both in FA and via trade, that could have turned the Colts from right now who looks like a fringe playoff team to a legit SB contender. And after all, isn't that what this is all about? To try and contend for the SB every year? It isn't to see who can have the most money in the bank at the end of the year.
I think if the Colts had gone 5-11 or 6-10 last year, like they started out 1-5....then ok, don't break the bank and stay status quo with the draft and second tier free agents. But considering the Colts finished strong at 10-6 and won a playoff game? I don't see any reason why they could not have gone out and gotten one of the better game changers available. A Bell. A AB. A OBJ. Even a T Williams would have helped. Luck has an injury history. He is now 30. He isn't a kid anymore. He has a lot of tread on those tires. To stay status quo and 'hope' a SB window opens up 2-3 years down the road as it appears the plan is? When Luck is 32-33? I don't get that. To me that is very passive thinking in the NFL-Not for Long league. Whether we spend another $3 M on a player per year to bring in a stud is not going to make or break the salary cap, and it sure as hell doesn't affect our life in the least. The owners and players all make great money from this sport.
We got better faster than anyone thought. There is nothing wrong with adapting your approach to free agency as a result WHILE WE HAVE THE MONEY AND WHILE SO MANY PLAYERS ARE ON ROOKIE CONTRACTS. Because in 2-3 years, when Ballard wants to be really good? Those rookie contracts expire and who can we sign then? Plus Luck will be up for more money. We had a window here to add a couple truly elite players and we blew it. Plain and simple. I think we will look back on this FA period as a big big lost opportunity.
Why do people harp on Luck's age? Why is it that the window is so quickly closing? Brady has gone to 6 Super Bowls since age 30.
The Colts are handling things the right way. They have trust in what they are doing and they believe in the guys they have wearing their colors. Additionally, it appears they will only sign guys they are convinced will add to that trust and belief.
It is conceivable that Super Bowl appearances could become a regular occurrence around here. Trust and belief with a sprinkle of patience, is it too much to ask?
-
1
-
-
It sounds as though most here believe he could help and that he could had for a reasonable price. I agree, but isn't the problem going to be that all other 31 teams are making the same evaluations and they may be willing to outspend the Colts.
-
23 minutes ago, Chloe6124 said:
Ballard will pay him what every other number two receiver gets. Somewhere in the range of 11 to 12 m. Unless we have two of our receivers are ready to step up he will get signed after a good year. He is young. Right now our young receivers are unknown. We will know more after this season.
I'm thinking differently. If Funchess has a great year and meets his incentives and earns his full $13M, wouldn't he want to begin negotiating at that number? To pay him more than TY seems unlikely. Then again I am not an agent or a GM.
-
1
-
-
If Funchess has a great year and wants to be paid huge money, he mostly likely will have to leave for greener pastures. At that point, Ballard scours free agency once again and choose another popular or unpopular (with the forum) WR to come in and make big plays with Luck. Or if a current guy or draft pick is ready, even better. All of these scenarios point to Ballard having impressive abilities as a GM. I don't see Funchess being a flop in this system, not with this QB.
-
1
-
-
15 hours ago, LJpalmbeacher2 said:
No, he's not overlooked. He is what he is.
There's a old saying in football: "RB's are a Dime a Dozen".
That saying describes most backs we've had since Edge. It most definitely also describes Wilkins.
Give him a hole and he will get some yards. But he's not a playmaker/gamechanger or a #1RB.
Every NFL check he receives he and his family probably greatly appreciate it. I doubt he ever makes much more than the rookie/vet minumum.
If he gets injured or cut a RB off the street could easily replace his production.
Having said all that he did look decent last year at times. I doubt Ballard upgrades our RB group much if any, so I think he has a good chance at being RB#4. Which is ok with me. I wouldn't want him any higher than that.
What a ridiculous thing to say.
-
The guy was an all-american in high school and college and has been an all-pro and to the pro bowl three times. I would have to think the Colt coaches would be thrilled to add him as piece of their puzzle.
-
9 hours ago, TomDiggs said:
People can harp on the cheating, etc all day long but the truth is the Patriots have a combination of talent and coaching that is unrivaled in the NFL. That is why they win.
Look, I hate them as much as anyone, but they are damn good. They have consistency. One HC and starting QB (and a cerebral one at that) for almost two decades.
People may not want to hear it, but Josh McDaniels is damn good at what he does. It is why many of us (myself included) were happy when we thought we signed him. Hey, it worked out for us that we didn't. But that doesn't change the fact that McDaniels is definitely one of the best (and in my opinion THE best) offensive coordinator in the league. His adjustments on the fly are fantastic.
Which leads me to the other big one:
The Patriots have better/more versatile personnel than other teams.
They don't draft or sign or pay the flashy guys. But they get "the right" guys for their schemes. Guys that can adapt and play in a multitude of ways.
Their scheme offensively thrives on quick, short underneath routes.
James White is one of the best out of the backfield running routes. It is why Dion Lewis' loss wasn't felt.
Julian Edelman is one of (if not the best) slot route runners in the game. Ditto Wes Welker in his prime when he was there. The Pats have benefited from having 12 years of Welker/Edelman manning the slot for them.
The Patriots have had almost a decade of dominance at TE. Gronkowski has been and remains the best all-around TE in the game. Sure, injuries have taken their toll on him. And sure his statistics in recent years are less than guys like Kelce or Ertz. But no TE that is as good as Gronk at catching the ball is also blocking as well as he is. They can put him on the field and run down your throat or throw at your LBs or Safeties and win doing it all.
Then you sprinkle in the addition of guys like Michel and that allows them to adapt and add some power running into the mix.
They also get guys who are "questionable" fits or "underachievers" with other teams and coach them to greatness. This has happened on the OL consistently. Scarnecchia is an awesome OL coach. And he has taken guys this year like Trent Brown and Marcus Cannon and made them solid. Even guys like Shaq Mason have played above their talent level. There is also a darn good stat showing that Scarnecchia's OLs have vastly over-performed compared to their NFL peers. In his 10 years, they have averaged out to being a top-7 OL with a top-10 performance 8 of his 10 years. Oh yea, and their entire OL combined made $14.5M this year. Combined! Their OL made less than some teams pay one of their O-linemen.
And that is just offensively.
Defensively they have so many versatile moving pieces that they can switch things up.
They are always at their best when they have a CB they can rely on to take away a top threat. This was the case w guys like Law, Revis and now Gilmore. And they have paid those guys (unlike many other players) for the privilege to have them.
I haven't dug in as deep defensively as I have offensively. But suffice it to say there is a lot to learn from the Patriots but it is hard to emulate.
You need consistency in coaching. At the HC level and then w a steady pipeline of talent at Coordinator level to replace poached coaches. Belichick runs that Defense so everytime they lose a DC it doesn't hurt them.
Also, equally important is you need team players who take less money to be part of your culture. Brady has done this for years. Gronk has made considerably less than his talents dictate. Ditto their slot WRs. And in line with that, you need an absolutely ruthless management group like they have. The moment a guy is playing well and looking to get paid they ship them out without blinking an eye. They don't "reward good play by paying our own" the way we are trying to.
Brady is the 20th best paid QB currently and has taken less than he could have made for years. Edelman is the 40th best paid WR. Gronk is paid as a top-5 TE but arguably underpaid for all he does and has done. Their OL is vastly underpaid and when a guy is due to get paid he will be allowed to leave and replaced with another scheme fit and coached up.
There is a lot to like and admire about the way that organization has done things despite my/our hate for them. And a lot to learn. Just very, very difficult to copy and replicate.
I don't post much, but I really enjoyed reading your post. Your comments were interesting and on point. The cheat stuff doesn't do much for me. Thank you!
-
2
-
-
If signing Bell is possible, I think you have to really think about it. If he wants a long term deal with huge money, then no. If he wants huge money and will take less term, I would go for it. Winning the Super Bowl is all that matters.
If we significantly improve our offense with Bell, why not go for it on a short term deal? He could be the answer to our pass blocking issues from the RB position and the answer to our screen pass success. Plus he can flat out frustrate opponents with his patient running style.
Short term - Yes. Long term - No.
-
Hurricane Florence.
Lol
-
3
-
-
4 minutes ago, Jeremy Waldon said:
I think alot of ppl outside the colts base, dont realize and see the work ethic and determination to be the best for his teammates that luck has, and it spreads to the whole team. Listen to the interviews with the Oline they want to punish players for getting close to luck or any player on OFF, this group of players has the biggest chip i can ever remember a Colts team having.
I beleive they will go out to prove themselves, and make the fan base rally once again to support an annual SB contender, our teams future is on the right path
I feel you Bro. The winds of change are coming...
-
7 hours ago, WoolMagnet said:
Nice "penmanship"
Beats an all caps message though eh?
I like Hines for the job personally.
-
I'd say they are just getting down and dirty trying to impress the coaches that will determine their fate.
Conrad Dobler. Wow that's a un-blast from the past. Very accurate too. Nice work Smonroe!
-
Appreciate the thorough analysis CR.
Hope you a dictation app. Or you're headed for carpal tunnel syndrome.
I joke because I still type at a rate of about 13 words per minute.
-
6 hours ago, Savage said:
TY is so underrated.
I feel what you saying but don't fully agree as he has been to the Pro Bowl 4 times.
Now I do believe our post-Grig/Pag team is being underrated.
-
Uh... no thanks with Luck.
Maybe let Brissett run it behind our potentially powerful interior line.
Then have Luck run the Naked-Bootleg a play later.
-
Soft is not the word I would use for a guy like JM.
A degenerative knee condition is a crippling injury. Before my micro-fracture surgery it felt like a lightning bolt of pain when contact was made and my leg was pushing forward. Post surgery it became very obvious that full power was never going to happen again. You rehab and try again and you repeat the cycle. Ultimately you can't play any sports that require leg strength and power. Jack powered through as long as he could. If you want an example of the pain. Find your power drill. Put a 1/2" bit in it. Then drill it into your knee.
God bless you Jack, you gave all you had for us. Your efforts are much appreciated by many in Colts Nation. Now go have a few beers and soften up the belly for awhile.
-
1
-
-
Different viewpoint on hype and I would love NCF to comment since he was there.
In 1983, was the media hype machine anything like it is now? I remember Elway being touted as a football/baseball guy who had the option of either sport. I believe we had one pre-game show and one post-game show. Most, if not all, pre-draft analysis was presented in a pre-draft magazine (that was always over priced). The highlights of the magazine were quotes from highly respected former players, coaches and GMs.
Now compare that hype to what Andrew Luck has had to navigate himself through since 2012. Pre-draft analysts hyped Andrew like he was boy wonder and the certain #1 pick. Then the media and fans started criticizing the Colts for sucking to get Luck. The pre-draft analysts consisted of people from life-long NFLers to people like un-NFLers Mel Kiper. Add to the fact that naysaying fans now had the internet to voice their opinions and pushed the hype even further from reality. Now we have say, 15 pre-game and 15 post-game shows filled with many players who have very little original thoughts and rely on the script to not look stupid. The script is very obvious with the selected good guys talking the positive and bad guys counterpointing with the negative. It feels like a middle school debate that is hard to watch. Add in the football-only network(s) analysts who have to talk football 24/7. These guys have a very tough job, yet have proven they will say anything about anybody.
The internet world is a very tough place to meet expectations and I just don't see how we can compare players from two different eras in terms of hype.
Just another viewpoint to ponder.
-
1
-
-
So let me get this right. Cain is Abel and Hines runs as slow as ketchup out of a new bottle.
-
He will focus on reducing interceptions early so the TDs will be coming slowly but surely during this period. Then things will start to click and his production will go up to a TD every 3 of 4 quarters. I'd guess 38 TDs and 7 INTs.
-
Nothing good ever comes from domestic violence and too many of these football players just don't get it.
If not for the NFLPA finding ways to keep accused players eligible to play, these violently-trained men would be out of football, and taking out their aggression on society.
I very much love the violence of football, but the ultra-aggression the game teaches needs to happen between the lines only, and never in family or public life.
Wake up millionaires. There is no union to protect you in the real world.
-
3
-
-
I'm happy for Moss! Only a high character guy would work with an NFL rookie.
Kudos to Cain for seeking pointers from a Hall of Fame player.
And kudos to Randy Moss for being open enough to share them our rookie.
-
I think the designer dropped his bag of Skittles and then used them as his pallet of colors.
I'm good with simple. It connects us to the past and the game we loved.
Back when men were men, and stickum was the talk on the one, or two, pregame football shows on tv. Back in the days when the Patriots were in the basement of the AFC East and Steve Grogan's neck was growing at least two feet every off-season. lol
-
1 hour ago, NewColtsFan said:
Speaking of Braden Smith....
I was surfing around NFL.com the other day and stumbled into this....
A series they do every year.... this year it's called 18 for 18.... 18 candidates in any given category for the year 2018.
Last year it was called 17 for 17. And I'll be you can figure out what the series will be called next year? Yup.
Well... the category was "freakish athletes".... so I'll post the link here and just scroll down to #15. You don't often see offensive lineman on a list with the top freakish athletes. Hello, Braden!
Enjoy!!
Thanks for the read NCF, I found it an interesting article.
Did you read all the way to #1? That dude needs to become a Colt next year. Stayed in college for his senior year. Can we trade with a team that we think will draft in the top 2-3 picks in 2019?
Christian Wilkins seems like a beast in that article. Can anybody share stories about CW?
-
16 hours ago, Malakai432 said:
Heck even with JB I see them winning a minimum of 3-5 games. With Luck at the helm, not even sure what Harrison was thinking. Apparently he doesn't think at all, his cognitive abilities are off the charts stupid. I think even Forrest Gump has a vastly superior sense of everything than Harrison does.
CTE is a problem for the big-hitters of yesteryear if i'm not mistaken. Rodney was one of those type of players. Now whether his hits were legal, or not, would be a different tread all together and boy would we have New England fans coming out of the woodwork to defend the cheap-shot artist.
How about this thought regarding Rodney Harrison and his distain for the Colts...
CTE - "Continuously Trolling Everyone" associated with the Colts. It really seems to be Harrison's modus operandi. That said, would somebody please cut the cord to his microphone. Or at least deflate his ego a bit.
Then let him know that the Pats are about to become insignificant in next year or two.
Go Blue!!
Improved or status Q ?
in Colts Football
Posted
You're missing the point. "Why all the talk of the window closing because Luck is 30" was what I was saying. I referred to Brady just to give an example of a successful 30+ QB.
The other part... nevermind. You clearly have no trust or belief.