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Nice, fun listen. That could end up being the longest interview of his career lol. Also, first time I've heard Big Q mention his back troubles himself after Baldy brought up the two bulging discs the other day. Which really, all Nelson said was his back hurt real bad playing against Geno Atkins, but still.

Yeah I did a double take when Baldy said that. Nelson also mentioned how his back hurt when he was going up against Geno Atkins because of straining/standing his ground against bullrushes. It was kind of a throw away statement on his part but it caught my hear after hearing Baldy mention the two bulging discs.

Yeah I can see that attitude being kinda hard to work with.

Yeah, this would be my bet. Nothing scandalous, just Reich and Gugs not meshing very well, possibly in the ways of both personality/coaching style and OL scheme.

That's not too hard to believe.

Yeah, one thing's for sure. Whether fair or not, if our line play takes a distinct dip next year Reich/Ballard will definitely take some heat. That's so far off though, we'll see what happens.

Huh. I know he and Bubba were McDaniels' guys, but by all accounts he did a good job. Wouldn't be surprised if this has to do with more than just scheme fit and all that, like he just doesn't mesh well with the other coaches/players/etc. Wonder what happens to Bubba though. Ballard went out of his way to praise him in his exit interview

Meh, just sounds like Gugs being kind of a hard *. Doesn't seem like too big a deal, just football coaches being a little intense.

No way. By all accounts Benjamin goes against the culture Ballard’s trying to build.

There definitely a lot of hold your breath moments yesterday. The hit after the catch, the hit by Alonso, by then even the Qb sneak made me nervous. He also got hit pretty hard on that sack that was taken back by the flag.

Oof. Having Hooker out for the defense against the Raiders was like having Castonzo out for the offense. If Mariota has time, which it seems like he will with how our pass rush has been lately, he could torch us.

So far I’d say it was petty decent. We got some good pieces out of it. Mack, Walker, and Hooker are legit, just gotta hope they can stay healthy. And Hairston is solid depth at the very least.

Almost seems like the Colts media played themselves. The screaming video went viral and got more eyes, very well could've been what got the league's attention.

Yeah, our defense really benefitted early on from the pass rush that's all but disappeared since. All opposing defenses have to do is dump off the to their RB's with the occasional intermediate pass and they'll get in the red zone with ease.

The DL is the first thing I think of. Then DB and WR in no particular order. Then OL depth, LB'er depth, and so on. The DL was stellar to start off the year but recently the pass rush has been lacking. Plus, even though we have some younger guys like Turay, Lewis, and hopefully Ward if he's brought back/healthy, we could use some more young talent there. Guys like Hunt, Sheard, and Woods aren't getting any younger.