Str8himalaya
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I will say this, Andy Reid can coach and is an elite offensive coach. Sure he has struggled with KC, but prior to that I believe he had a winning record in the playoffs. Alex Smith wasn't exactly elite, and you pair elite arm talent with elite coaching and you have a heck of a problem on our hands. We should know, we seem to have the same with Luck and Reich. I loved what Reich said, we are out to score every time we get the ball no matter what. The key will be keeping luck clean as we have and also staying balanced with the running game. KCs defense is obviously pretty bad, they have no elite talent at LB or in the Secondary other than Berry, and he's banged up. If we can hold up against Ford, Houston, and Jones we should be able to have our way on offense.
That being said, it's going to be a dog fight on defense. I don't expect Mahomes to struggle much, especially at home. It's going to be critical for us to do what Eberflus has preached, keep things in front and rally to the ball. We can't let their RAC get outta control, especially with the likes of Hill. Making them go on long drives, as great as Mahomes is, can he be patient enough to dump it down and take what we give him. He has some Favre in him and he wants to take the 40 yard completion and not the 3 yard one for the first down. Hopefully we capitalize on any opportunities that he gives us. The one area I know we can improve in is catching the ball on defense, we've had a lot of opportunities over the second half of the season that we dropped INTs. Have to have those if they are there to win this game. Just my .02
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Interesting to read some of this now that the regular season is over. Good time to look back and see if some of these things came to fruition!
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I’m not sure they will go that route this time around. I think the emergence of MAC as a pass catcher paired with their trust of his blocking ability vs Swoope has given them the confidence to let Swoope go after so many injuries. I’ve not watched a lot of blocking tape on Swoope, but the little I’ve seen, MAC is definitely the better of the two and brings similar upside in the passing game.
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I believe if we can continue on the trend of stopping the run and making Dak beat us, we should have a decent chance at winning this game. Contrary to much of the media, Dak's game last week was a bit of skill and quite a bit of luck. Some of the passes that he threw were tipped and caught, thrown behind WRs, etc. I'm not convinced that our secondary will be in trouble, I'm actually cautiously optimistic that Hooker may have a big game. Zeke is the motor of that offense, if we find a way to contain him, I think we could really cause problems for their offense. As for their defense, it's tough, no doubt. Looking at how they handled Ertz last week, makes me wonder if they try to match Jones up on Ebron and that might leave TY with some favorable match ups again this week. Obviously they run the cover 2 with a couple really good young LBers, but I don't think they have really seen an offense like ours either. It's going to be a big game, really think home field may help in this one.
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59 minutes ago, ColtV said:
Maybe the most interesting thing when playing around with this was how much trouble Pittsburgh is in.
Games left against New Orleans and New England they then close out the season against Cincinnati
This is what I was thinking after playing with it a little bit. Even if we lose 1 (to Dal or NYG) and Pittsburgh loses one, we get in ahead of them. Pittsburgh very well could lose 2 of the next 3 and that would put the ravens in the drivers seat. At the end of the day, if we take care of our business and win these next three games (winnable), we should be in. I don't see Pittsburgh beating NE and @NO as well as playing a rival in the Bengals. I could see the Ravens winning out, but have at least one tough game left. We really need to get past Dallas and go from there. Tennessee could be the game we thought it might be, a meaningful game for a ticket to the playoffs.
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I understand the theory behind it, but I have no desire to lose to improve draft position just as I had no desire for us to punt on 4th and 4 in OT against the Texans. Winning and losing is a learned skill, IMO, you learn how to win in the NFL. The talent is so close (although people tend to think differently), it generally comes down to a mental game and having a losers mentality will almost certainly spell doom in the long run. We need to learn how to win again, especially some of these young guys, and we won't do that by tanking for draft position. That culture is much more important than any one player you can get.
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I tend to look at it from a value perspective. In our current situation, I think we will probably be picking in the middle of the rounds next year (Luck has never gone worse than .500 in a season that he started all year). Do I think there is ANY player in next years draft at the 14-18th pick in the first as good as Mack or Donald? Nope. Maybe a few years younger, but those guys are proven difference makers. Adding Donald to our front 7 on defense would be HUGE. Donald, Sheard, Woods, and whoever else as a front 4 would be dominant in getting after the QB. He would be a bigger impact and a perfect fit for our scheme. Mack is a little more interesting. I would be on the fence giving a first for him only because of our unknowns at the DE position with Turay and Basham. I would certainly give a first for Donald.
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Sounds like he backed off that after seeing practice. A couple good things he said though was he heard that Hooker could come off PUP within the next week, which is good news!
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Breakout Guy: Quincy Wilson
Comeback Kid: Andrew Luck
Rising Star: Malik Hooker
Dont Forget About: Jack Mewhort
Needs to Rebound: Clayton Geathers
Darkhorse: TJ Green
Under the Radar: Ryan Kelly-Wilson proved he could play last year. In this new defense, he could really make a name for himself.
-Andrew Luck is obviously the engine to the car here, and if he really is as healthy as advertised, we will have a season to build on!
-Hooker was well on his way to a DROY type of season before his injury. When he comes back healthy I think he will establish himself as an elite cover safety.
-We have a lot of competition on the OL, but lets not forget Mewhort. He was on his way to being one of the better guards in the league before his knees. IF he is healthy, he could be the second best guard on our team (Big Q #1)
-Geathers didn't look like his physical self in the few games he played last year. He needs a comeback year and to establish his physicality again.
-This will be an unpopular pick because many have given up on him for one reason or another. No one can deny TJ Green is one of the best athletes on our team. With a scheme change I think TJ has a great opportunity. It's put up or shut up for him this year. If he flops in camp he's in danger of being cut. BUT, if he finally puts his athleticism to use, he could be a very dangerous (and not to our own players!)
-With all the changes on the OL, Kelly kinda has fallen under the radar IMO. He played hurt last year when he actually played. He was a 1st round pick many thought could turn into a pro bowler. Being able to focus on himself now that the OL is more established with talent should help a ton as well as back to being healthy. I expect big things from Kelly this year.
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The biggest concern, IMO, is definitely the health of Hooker and Geathers. Looking at our secondary years ago when we played this scheme, our safeties were the key to the defense (as well as our pass rush obviously). We have a lot of intriguing guys in our secondary that have shown flashes. I look at it this way, if even half of the talent shows in our guys, we should be in decent shape. We couldn't fix everything in one off season obviously, and protecting Luck was number 1 priority. Hooker looks like the real deal and IF healthy he will make a big impact. Wilson is really the biggest question mark. He had some pretty good games with some struggles on top of that. It appears he learned his lesson with his maturity, but we will see. I don't give much weight to national rankings, most don't know much about our players anyways. We have some talent (a couple second round players, and a top 15 pick), it's just a matter of how quickly they can pick up the scheme and play to their potential. If they can hold down the secondary and get in the 18-25 range in rankings we will have a fighting chance with our offense already looking better.
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19 hours ago, aaron11 said:
i think he just didnt play enough to get any love from madden, plus he wasnt great on most of the plays where he didnt get an interception
for what its worth deshaun watson set the league on fire last year for like 7 games and he is at 82 overall
I would have to disagree, Hooker did pretty well even when he wasn't forcing TOs (which is his greatest asset). Sure, he had some gaps and his tackling and angles weren't great, but he was definitely someone offenses were aware of throughout the game.
Watson was great, and he got a pretty good rating when looking at the entire QB group. He is a top 15 QB in the league according to his rating, which is pretty accurate. Hooker isn't a top 40 safety overall, which I would guess you poll a group of GMs and they would definitely have him in the top 40 safeties easily, maybe top 20.
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5 minutes ago, aaron11 said:
hes played 7 games, madden usually waits for rookies to produce before they get a high rating
i know he had 3 ints, but he didnt tackle well or do much else, pff rated him about the same
I get that, however, he was also the most impact of any player on the defense when he played. Tied for the lead in INTs on the team and was well on pace to have 5-8 of them in the season. Look at players like Lattimore, Fournette, Kamara, Hunt, etc. He was on pace to be a DROY contender. After all said and done, they should have had him at least rated as the highest on the team, I don't think there is much debate that he is the best safety the Colts have.
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8 hours ago, Kyle said:
— Matthias Farley: 80 overall
— Clayton Geathers: 78 overall
— T.J. Green: 78 overall
— Malik Hooker: 78 overall
that's all sorts of stupid.
Exactly, hooker should be the best safety on the team by far. Green should be low 70s at best. Don't understand it lol.
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Came across this article and found it somewhat accurate! Has the colts OL projected to be 17th overall in the league. It doesn't have Slauson included, instead Mewhort is at RG, however it does show that we have some hope moving forward. Nothing anyone here didn't know, but sounds like people might be warming up to the fact the Colts might not have a terrible OL this year!
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1 hour ago, TKnight24 said:
Sam Beal and the VTech kid who’s name has slipped my mind right now have very strong ties to the Colts
Adonis Alexander had a visit with the Colts I believe. I think that's who you maybe thinking of. I would be curious to see if we put a bid in on anyone!
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I’m a madden fan for the most part and it’s been disappointing the past 5-7 years at least. I am curious how TJ Green is rated the same as Malik Hooker though. I think TJ is better than many seem to but I wouldn’t say they are close in terms of talent.
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I can't wait to see what he does. If all the hype is real and he is truly better than before and has worked on his craft with Tom House I can't wait to see how good he can be. He was already top 10 easily and probably top 5 in terms of talent, if he can comeback like he says, I can't wait to see him shut up so many of the people that hate on him. Going to be a make or break season for the franchise in terms of what we have at QB this year. I believe he will come back with a serious chip and to prove the masses wrong, and it will only be at the expense of the rest of the league.
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I'm going with false, but don't see it being too far off honestly. I'm looking at where they might come from and I'm not getting quite to 40. Even if Sheard (our best pass rusher ATM) hits 10 sacks, that's still roughly 10 more we need to find. It all depends on two things, IMO. 1. How do Turay and Basham look in the new scheme? They both could be potential sack guys but hard to say. 2. How healthy is our secondary? If they can cover and take some routes away for that extra second, we might see some of those pressures Sheard had last year turn into sacks. It's going to be close, IMO, and that's a good sign!
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My expectations aren't really tied to wins/losses this year. I am very hopeful Luck will be back to his old self by week 6 or so. I do expect much improved offensive line play, an athletic defense (relatively speaking), and much improved game planning and team identity. I do feel we will be disciplined and Reich and company will hold people accountable. Here are a few minor things I have high expectations for:
- I expect Malik Hooker to be healthy and cement himself (prove) as one of the best young safeties in the league this year
- I expect TJ Green to finally play close to his athletic potential. I feel he will find a niche with the this scheme.
- I expect an uptempo offense and an attacking defense
- I expect to struggle in the first 6 games of the season
- I expect to be competitive in each game we play
- I expect some surprises coming out of training camp with roster moves
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I would be ok with this. He's a proven talent and is pretty young.
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I really hope this is only a depth and competition signing. This worries me only because it makes me think that Hooker may not be ready for the regular season opener. That would be disappointing but understandable obviously. Extra depth and help is never bad.
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Awesome, glad he got a shot and think he will do well! Good luck to him!