[Colts have fired OL coach Dave DeGuglielmo]

15 hours ago, Moosejawcolt said:

I find it kind of interesting that he got fired twice after the O line played poorly in 2 play off  games.  When the Pats were beaten by Denver and mostly recently in the Colts loss the KC

I think it's because how hard we got beaten upfront. The Chiefs were sniffing out every single reach-block we attempted and got easy access to the backfield and in pass pro they were able to confuse especially our tackles. That we didn't find a way to adjust in the 2nd half is the biggest reason he was fired imo. The Pats went heavy with extra tight ends at FB and did power run with them and never had people try reach-blocks and you could see that chiefs players were not strong enough upfront to stop all that beef and we didn't manage to find something like that. Hearing that so many of our o-liners say that guge was not a bad fundamental guy makes me believe that the firing really was because of his inability to create a better blocking scheme for the big game against kansas city and the office just didn't want to throw him under the bus saying he can't gameplan 

[Colts should sign Josh Gordon immediately]

One thing we have to remember is that we are currently projected a 4th round comp pick for moncriefs contract and I don't think Ballard is willing to lose it for Gordon.

[if the Colts grab a player on waivers, what position will it be?]

I think the talentpool for RT this year is going to be too small to find a worthwhile upgrade.

Same for WR there just aren't that many standout UDFA  that i've seen in the pre-season games i watched and that are also on teams that would cut them.

Which leads me to believe that a RB is going to be the most noteworthy pick-up were going to do.

The rookie safeties especially the box safety play looked good for lots of teams this preseason and after 2 strong safety drafts there coudl also be some potential to grab there. 

[True or False: Week 1 Edition]

Watching him at Clemson he looked like somebody that builds up his speed instead of  shooting out of a cannon. I think he's gooing to have a tough time seperating on out,dig and curl routes because of it. I like his physicality against jamming DBs on RPOs and he's going to produce on slants there. Cain is going to need some help from the coaches to buy him space and time to accelerate. I think we are going to use him on Play action to give him that extra second to run a route and also give him some receiver screens to give him space and time to pick up speed. That dependebilty on the playcalling is going to restrict him to 3rd or 4th receiver imo

[tampa 2 vs cover 3]

11 hours ago, Smonroe said:

 

I’m not sure what you see in him to say that.  He’s not as quick as Hankins, definitely not as strong.  If Big Hank doesn’t fit the new scheme, how could Ridgeway?

Ridgeway was one of the most explosive DT at the 16' combine. Hankins on the other Hand is very strong in his base and has good balance and agility for a big guy. When we picked Ridgeway I was surprised about the pick, because you normally look for the balance and agility in 2 gap DTs but he should fit our new D nicely.