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On 10/13/2019 at 8:25 AM, egg said:
How are they better than last year? (once the 5 were assembled)
Same players playing at the same high level.
I think Smith has definitely improved and the line seems a bit better as a unit. We're running some plays (e.g., outside runs) which we didn't really excel at last year and we're picking up yards. We're also run blocking (as a unit) better than we were last year (part of that may because we're just running a lot more, but I don't remember many times last year where we were able to just run for 4+ yards/carry when the other team knew what was coming and be so confident that we're gonna just 'take the will out of the opponent').
I think Nelson is playing a little more consistent and I think this is the best Costanzo has looked in at least a few years. Kelly's been playing very reliably and Smith has definitely improved. Glowinski, IMO, is the weak link -- but he's still not bad.
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4 hours ago, colt18 said:
I know he was only a bandaid fix to this defense but how does Margus Hunt get neutralized so easily? He’s a giant of a man
It seems like he had a much better year last year. I don't know if he's lost weight, if other teams just have more film on him, or what exactly is going on -- it may be that he had a slightly better supporting cast last year (maybe a healthy Sheard and some more time with Houston will help Hunt improve over the year -- but I don't really know what exactly is going on with him... maybe it's just he wasn't that good to begin w/ and our D was so bad that he looked like an improvement last year and hasn't really progressed much this year?).
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On 10/12/2019 at 3:18 PM, CanuckColt said:
There should be no surprise here that Brissett is just a game manager...it is what he does and is competent to do...it is how Reich uses him and is comfortable using him...getting the ball to the playmakers and letting them get the yards.
We also have not really been fully healthy all year. Cain had training camp/preseason woes. Funchess went down week 1. TY's been dealing with nagging injuries and missed a game. We lost Fountain very early. I don't think he's been hurt, but Ebron's had his share of easy drops. Campbell missed last week w/ his abdominal issue and dealt with a hamstring most of preseason.
Assuming we get healthy (obviously we won't get Fountain back, but we should have everyone else back within a few weeks), I have to think Reich is going to expand the offensive playbook a bit.
On 10/12/2019 at 3:43 PM, SteelCityColt said:
If he’s not figured out how to use his arm by now...if he was flinging it around, but tossing picks because he’s made a bad read of the D, I could understand that more.
Either he’s not ready for the training wheels to come off, which is also worrying given his experience, or he’s gun shy.
His experience in the NFL largely came in Indy the year Luck sat out. That was a much worse team than the 2019 Indy Colts. He had a different coaching staff, less talented players around him (including but not limited to a very poor OL), and was in a totally different scheme. So while he has some NFL experience, he was still in a very different role last time he saw the field very regularly.
Additionally, as I stated above, our skill positions have not been fully healthy all year and we have several guys people had high hopes for prior to the season who are still very young (mainly Campbell and Cain). I truly expect Reich/Sirriani to open the playbook a bit in the 2nd half of the season when our players are healthy and Brissett has more time to develop chemistry with them.
Finally, Reich said before the season (even before Luck retired) that the goal was to be a top 5 rushing team in the NFL. We are currently 5th in the NFL in rushing yards per game (142). It is very clear that Reich wasn't kidding when he said that and we have put a large emphasis on running the ball, which plays an obvious role in reducing the amount of yards we gain through the air.
On 10/12/2019 at 3:39 PM, Imgrandojji said:Being a skilled Game Manager early in your career is a pretty good basis to build on.
Generally speaking if you're an actual game manager it's because you lack certain obvious talents to be anything more than that. Definitely not the case with Brissett.
Brian Hoyer was a game manager because he was smart but didn't have much of an arm. Other game managers like Smith, Flacco, Cassel etc are usually held back by a lack of physical ability, a literal inability to make key deep throws.
Brissett has a great arm, he's just still figuring out how to use it. He's got the talent to make deep throws once he gets his head around the way Reich wants him to do it.
If, while figuring that out, he's good enough to manage the team to wins against tough opponents, I call that a pretty good deal.
Flacco has one of the strongest arms in the NFL. Earlier in his career (when he became the first QB in NFL History to make it to the playoffs in his first 5 seasons in the league), he had the strongest arm in the NFL.
On 10/12/2019 at 4:00 PM, Chloe6124 said:I don’t think Kelly will ever get a chance to be a starter with the colts. No matter how much he stays out of trouble they will never be able to trust him. You want to be able to give to sleep without worrying about your QB. Right now he could eventually be the backup next season or he is going to be on another team.
Ballard has said time and again (and not just about Kelly) that he understands kids making mistakes and is willing to give 2nd chances. Reich is also a good friend of Kelly's uncle, Jim Kelly whom Reich was teammates with for roughly a decade. Kelly had some maturity issues in college (which a lot of college kids have) and I get the impression that a lot of that was due to a feeling of entitlement being the nephew of a HOF NFL QB. When he was on the Broncos, he got in trouble for getting drunk and walking into the wrong house (not that I condone this, but a lot of 22-23 year old guys have done very similar things and it really isn't a huge deal, it was a drunken mistake -- I'd be a lot more worried if he was arrested for a violent crime or was dealing drugs or something). I'm sure Kelly understands he's on a tight leash, and I'm sure Reich/Ballard/Uncle Jim and many others have made that very clear to him.
If he keeps himself clean and shows up to work everyday, I would really not be shocked to see Reich/Ballard gain trust in him...
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2 minutes ago, Scott Pennock said:
Odum also punched the ball out on Shady McCoys fumble. And trust me, as a former DB myself, when the QB starts scrambling it is a literal free for all out there and most DB's panic because your man literally can run anywhere at that point. Just tip your cap to an excellent throw by Mahomes and move on.
Yea, Odum made a nice play by forcing McCoy to fumble.
Did you play DB in the NFL? Got paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to 'panic'?
Mahommes made a nice throw, but there is no reason why that WR should have been that wide open.
Hopefully watching the tape will help, but that was awful defense there on that play and there is no reason why an NFL DB should 'panic' if a play breaks down, that should've gotten out of their system in highschool and been developed in college and maybe once reprimanded as a 'rookie mistake' in the NFL --
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44 minutes ago, Flash7 said:
Jack Doyle went undrafted too. As you know, often, good players go undrafted. The draft is not a perfect system. Far from it.
Many of us saw the similarities between Hentges and Doyle (as I'm sure you did too, not meaning to belittle you at all). In fact, so did Doyle.
Lastly, Doyle was the fourth TE on the roster in 2013, behind Coby Fleener, Dwayne Allen, and Dominique Jones. He was given time and an opportunity to prove his worth. Similarly, I wish Hentges was given the same amount of time and opportunity, but I understand that his situation is different. We needed to make room for Taylor, and the roster is now much deeper and harder to break into.
May of the points that you bring up in opposition to keeping Hentges apply directly to Doyle, and that's why he's such a success story. He beat the odds, simply because he was good enough, but also given a chance to prove himself here.
What happens with Hentges elsewhere is now irrelevant. He can go on to be a stud or a dud, but that does not mean he would've been either of those things here had he been given a chance to develop as a Colt.
I was the first person on this forum to predict Hentges would be the undrafted guy to keep the streak alive of making this team. I'm a fan of his.
I'm also a fan of Doyle's.
Neither Hentges or Doyle are 'franchise' players. Doyle is good, and he's got a cool 'hometown' story behind him. His best trait (aside from being injured last year) is reliability.
This isn't a knock on him, or Hentges, but without either one of those guys, this team doesn't skip a beat. There are a lot of players on the team who we could lose and be in worse shape.
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1 hour ago, The Old Crow said:
it definitely is. When teams are pulling depth off your roster, it means you are drafting well. The Ravens have had talent picked apart for years , like a Maryland blue crab, and now other teams are picking up Colt cast offs.
It stinks losing some of these players, but you hope leadership is retaining the top guys. Still, there are always some good bargain basement guys in the scrap heap , who are late bloomers , or who got locked out by depth.On 10/7/2019 at 8:18 PM, Fisticuffs111 said:Didn’t realize it was Hentges that we waived for Taylor. Hm, well, there goes the potential Doyle replacement. Really though, I’m thinking we bring back Doyle on a friendly contract either way. Really liked Hentges though, too bad.
Ballard said after the draft something like "You know you're doing good when guys you have to cut are being picked up and playing on other teams." I think he said ideally, you'd see 10 guys you had to cut being picked up by other teams -- just goes to show he is doing really well in just a few years here, that he's bringing in enough depth that when we have to cut players they wind up playing on other teams on Sunday.
On 10/7/2019 at 9:10 PM, Shafty138 said:I think they keep Doyle, and MA-C takes over for Ebron next yr....
Ebron seems to have become a leader of this team. He's had a few bad drops this year, but I think he'll come around. He was a pro-bowler last year. Unless his drops continue, I sort of think he's a guy the Colts really like and would be a bit shocked if we don't at least offer him a competitive contract.
On 10/7/2019 at 10:37 PM, 1959Colts said:It was just plain dumb to cut Hentges
With injuries in the secondary building up, we needed to bring up Shak Taylor. Unfortunately, Hentges was probably the most expendable player on our 53 man roster, especially considering that we have 2 very good TEs (Doyle and Ebron) and another solid TE (M-AC -- who probably has more upside than Hentges as he can block and is a much better receiving threat).
I would've liked to see Hengtes make it here, but I don't think it was 'dumb' to cut him... we had to cut someone and TE is one our of deepest positions and Hentges, unless injury to the aforementioned 3 TEs, likely wouldn't have played much of a role this year anyway. Guys like him are not very hard to come by... he went undrafted for a reason... he is a good blocking TE and maybe could be a good short yardage type TE, but he's too slow to really be a threat as a receiver and probably too slow to really contribute on special teams.
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18 hours ago, Archer said:
Well, I hope that does happen...
It's just a broken collarbone with no reports of ligament damage done. It's one of the easiest broken bones to return from and if he's keeping his cardio up while he's recovering, he should not really miss a step when he gets back.
On 10/7/2019 at 7:00 AM, MikeCurtis said:I think JB wil see the tape of Cain being open, and give him more targets......
I hope so. I was just looking at stats and find it kind of fascinating how little deep shots we have taken this year. I am wondering if this is a developmental problem of Jacoby (i.e., are the coaches keeping the offense very short and simple to continue letting Jacoby getting his feet wet?), or if it was the coaches plan going into the season (i.e., would we run a similar offense with Luck at the helm? or did the coaches make big adjustments for Brissett?), or if the coaches are just keeping parts of the offense hidden until later in the year?
Brissett is throwing for 6.4 yards average, whereas Luck was 7.2 last year -- not a huge difference there... but it strikes me as odd that TY (who typically averages >16 ypc) is only at 9.7 ypc this year and Campbell is at 6.2 ypc. Maybe after the bye and getting Funchess back we'll see the offense open up more? I'd have to think the coaches and Jacoby can see the same film we're seeing and realize they're missing out on some opportunities to hit open targets down the field.
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7 hours ago, CaptainColt12 said:
That's what I was saying in another post in this topic, that they have a very good HC, but I don't think Carr is that great without Gruden. In another topic I did point out that they do have a very good o line considering they had just man handled the bears. They're defense is average but like I said, the thing that makes them good is Gruden.
Carr was still a good QB before Gruden, but I'm sure Gruden does make him better. And yes, they have a very solid OL (not that I like rooting for other teams, but it seems like Denzelle Good is playing very well for them, I was always kinda hoping he'd wind up reaching his potential). I think their D is above average, and they do play very physical (I'm glad Burfict gone so it's not dirty).
The Pats, right now, are obviously the team to beat in the AFC. KC will have a better O than we saw with the return of a few players and when Reid/Mahommes make adjustments (Mahommes has already acknowledged that the style of D we played against them was similar to what Detroit did the week before and what NE did in the playoffs -- so while I'm sure other teams will try to mimic our effort, they are aware of some changes they need to make), but KC's D seems very suspect (like Brissett said, we took their will away -- they knew exactly what was coming and still couldn't stop us). Until last week, I think most would have agreed the AFC was going to come down to NE vs. KC -- but KC showed they're vulnerable, though I would still be they'll take the aFC West.
Then we've got the Dolphins, Jets, Bengals and Steelers who look horrible and the Broncos (I actually think they're better than a 1-4 team) who don't look very good. The rest of the AFC is a log-jam right now with 50% of the teams being 2-3 or 3-2... of all those teams (plus the 4-1 Bills), the ones I think are the most dangerous and will still be around come the final push for wildcard spots are: Indy/HOU (one for the AFC South, one for the widcard), OAK, BUFF, BALT, LAC. My point is, OAK isn't a great team right now, but it's not like we lost to the Dolphins -- unless serious injuries, the Raiders are very likely to be contending for a playoff spot later in the year, they are certainly not a bad team.
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12 hours ago, Calmack said:
McLaurin is a straight stud though. He's their only decent WR and defenses know that. Even against NE he had a decent game. His routes are sharp and crisp and is a natural catcher. I would love to have McLaurin over Parris right now. I have never been a fan of project/raw players. Give me someone who solid all around and will only keep getting better.
I tend to agree with you on project players, but think Parris is a bit different... he can contribute and be dangerous in many ways aside from being a traditional WR.
McLaurin is playing well, though I don't know if I'd go as far as calling him a 'straight stud.' He's not in the top 50 in the NFL in receptions, is 3rd on his team in receptions (with an RB and a WR both having more than he, and there's another WR having 18 receptions to his 19). He is fast and he has hit on some deep balls, so he does lead his team in yards (and his team also has given him the opportunity to take shots downfield).
Other than the deep ball to Cain last week (which we got a PI call for us on), we have really not thrown the ball deep much. I don't know if this is due to something with Jacoby (e.g., if Luck was here, would we still be dinking and dunking?), if it's just Reich/Sirriani's coaching philosophy (seems like we took more deep shots last year), if it's lack of talent at WR (TBH, after Funchess got hurt, outside of TY, I think all of our WRs rank as 'average' to 'good' but we really don't have anyone aside from TY who has emerged as the type to strike major fear in the opponent), or if Reich/Sirriani are holding plays back for later in the season, etc... but we're simply not taking deep shots (so far, it's worked for the most part and it's helped us control the clock, kept turnovers down and is generally effective at moving the chains).
Campbell's got a lot of potential to be dangerous with screens, short passes (like he was at OSU) and on reverses, etc... but IMO, with his speed, TY's speed, and Cain's speed, this offense could be really dangerous if we had those three 4.3 guys blowing the roof off opposing secondaries from time to time. It could just be that Cain and Campbell need to hone their route running, or it could be that the coaches are easing Brissett into this offense (or it could be they've got a bunch of tricks up their sleeves and don't want to show our entire hand this early in the year?).
It isn't just Campbell who is not getting a lot of yards per catch or balls thrown deep to him. TY in his previous seven seasons averaged 13.2 ypc once, 15.9 ypc once, and the rest of his 5 seasons he was over 16 ypc. This year he's at 9.7... which seems a little odd to me.
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2 hours ago, Caffrey said:
D.K. Metcalf? I like Campbell and hopefully he proves to be the right choice in the long run, no pun intended. Last Friday, was talking to another football fan who we were both surprised to find out are Colts fanatics. Neat to personally speak to someone who knows specifics of Colt players similar to me. Anyway, we both thought D.K. Metcalf would have been a nice pick as well. Seattle took him at #64, we got Campbell at 59. Time will tell and I hope Ballard made the right choice and Reich can eventually utilize that 4.3 speed.
DK Metcalf looks better than I thought he would this early.. Reich also is the genius who really figured out how to utilize Darren Sproles to beat the Pats. I think Campbell's got somethig similar to him. Metcalf is essentially a younger Funchess.
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6 hours ago, ColtsLegacy said:
Hoping Phillip Campbell, I mean Parris Dorsett, gets back on the field soon.
Ha... I get what you're saying, but there's a few differences here (IMO)... Campbell was a late 2nd round pick, not a first like Dorsett... Campbell has much better size than Dorsett, and their numbers (speed/agility) match up pretty well. Campbell seems to have already shown he's got more potential as a KR than Dorsett ever did in this league.
If Funchess is healthy, we are expecting Campbell to be at best our #3 WR as a rookie (in reality, he's probably more like #4/5/6 behind TY, Funchess, Cain, Pascal/Campbell/Rogers). We expected Dorsett (at least it seemed like Grigs did) to come in and be a star off the bat with TY, a washed-up Andre Johnson and Butterfingers Moncrief... I don't think Campbell has near the same amount of pressure on him off the bat that Dorsett had.
Campbell's still pretty raw, but I think he's gonna turn out to be a very solid player for us in a year or two.
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5 hours ago, Pacergeek said:
Ballard missed the boat on the Campbell pick. Should have drafted the other Ohio St. WR, and Indianapolis native, Terry McLauren.
Campbell, IMO, has a lot more upside/potential than McLaurin. We drafted him knowing he was raw, knowing we'd have to work with him on route running, etc... but he has shown when he's got the ball in his hands he can be very explosive.
Let's re-evaluate this is their 3rd years.
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2 hours ago, CaptainColt12 said:
I'm a very pessimistic person so the only thing I could think of is that if we had just beaten the Raiders (who aren't a very talented team) we could be 4-1.
I actually think the Raiders are a pretty good team. Carr is a very good QB. They have a very big and talented OL. They play a physical style of football and they are well coached.
I think we can beat the Raiders if we had to meet them again... but they beat us in that game (albeit, we didn't show up)... I am more disappointed with our loss to LAC with Vinny's missed kicks that could've given us the win in regulation.
As Justin Houston told the team last night, we're 3-2 and our 2 losses are because we beat ourselves....
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2 hours ago, KB said:
There was a run play where Mack went the right behind Braden. Braden had three defenders stacked on the block and was moving them. Our line is a beast.
That was 4th and 2 and we needed to move the chains there to keep the ball from Mahommes... not only did Braden have a great block, but Mack did a great job showing patience and running behind Smith. That was Leveon Bell-esque.
2 hours ago, Chloe6124 said:Same thing happened before the playoff game on their forums. They are terrible.
Ac is having his best year as a pro. Nelson is a big reason for that.
AC also said he changed his workouts this off-season... one of the strength coaches found he had some muscle imbalances in his hip area which were causing knee problems -- he said he felt the best he has felt coming into this season compared to other seasons in the NFL: https://www.colts.com/news/simple-change-in-workout-regimen-has-rejuvenated-anthony-castonzo
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1 minute ago, Chloe6124 said:
Your forgetting one thing. We ran the ball last night and couldn’t in the playoff game. We had long drives that kept Mahomes on the bench. We didn’t have that in the playoff game.
I am out of likes... and yes, I realize we ran the ball last night which is why I pointed out that our run blocking and RBs were a huge strength last night.
So far this season we've seen a very balanced offense (not always within every game, but across games). A couple weeks ago Brissett started the game 16-16 and wound up with 310+ passing yards and several TDs. Last night he threw for less than half that, but we killed KC with the run. I'm hoping Funchess and Campbell returning will allow us to add a few new wrinkles into our O... if so, we'll be a very hard team to gameplan against. Reich is also the best Colts coach I can remember in regard to making in game adjustments with the offense.
Like Brissett said in the locker room after the game, hopefully that game was a spring board to going on a run and doing special things this year.
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1 minute ago, TheMarine said:
Counterpoint: The Colts currently lead the league in NOT allowing pressure within 3 seconds of the snap at 9.5ish%, with the next closest being something like in the 12second range. Our line is holding up just fine
Yes, I think our run blocking has been superb and our pass blocking has been very good. However, if there is room for improvement on our OL (perhaps with our RBs) it would be keeping Jacoby clean when blitzers come in... I think we'll be just fine and I think/hope we'll see Jacoby get the ball out a little quicker more consistently as the season goes on, but if there's anything to knock the pass protection on it would be there were a few plays where they sent a blitzer who got through pretty easily.
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1 hour ago, Defjamz26 said:
It’s always a defender smh. Leonard, Hooker, Desir, and now Turray. We’re turning into last year’s Atlanta Falcons. Luckily Sheard is back. We should be fine. The biggest loss is for Turray’s development.
The nice thing is, we're still 3-2 going into a buy week and we should have Hooker and Leonard back off the bye (Hooker may take another week or two, but I think his goal was to return to practice immediately after the bye). Desir's been back, but IMO he has looked pretty slow the past 2 weeks, hopefully that changes after the bye.
I don't know if you saw the post game celebration video (I cannot find it on Colts.com but it was on their FaceBook page:
anyway, Houston basically says in our 2 losses we beat ourselves, and it's up to the team to stop beating themselves because nobody can beat them if they make other teams beat us instead of us beating ourselves... I agree with him, we could easily be 5-0 right now.. even though we're injured and not playing our best ball yet, we're still 3-2 (compared to 1-4 at this point last year) and we should only get better.
9 minutes ago, Jdubu said:We are talking about Carol Phillips correct? I’m for calling that guy back up and he isn’t on the PS currently. I think Green is just too raw and I’d rather pick up Phillips if he is still out there. He knows the playbook and two weeks to prepare with the team because of the bye week.
I think he was talking about Green (promoting from the PS to the active)... I found it kinda weird that we didn't keep Phillips on the PS, and sort of think it'd be odd if we brought him to the active roster while keeping a guy like Green on the PS. However, in terms of short-term pass rush needs, I would think Phillips is the better answer than Green.
6 minutes ago, CR91 said:Benogu and Lewis need to step up now
Lewis needs to get healthy, it seems like that is/has been his major issue.
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1 minute ago, jameszeigler834 said:
Now next week i'm a chiefs fan cause they play Houston come on chiefs inflict as much damage as possible to those Texans.
Yes, we can use all the help we can get against other AFC South teams... I have a feeling it's going to be a tight race to get the AFC South crown and it looks as though we have the easiest remaining schedule in terms of non-divisional games.
I think KC gets a few players (e.g., Hill) back next week and Reid is too good of a coach to get beaten like that again.
3 minutes ago, BigQungus said:Honestly, regarding the INT, I changed my mind every time they showed a new angle or even just another replay. It wasn't clear and obvious to me. But it seems like based on that game, the officiating crew didn't give much importance to the call on the field
I was the same way -- I didn't think there was 'clear, indisputable evidence' to overturn that call.... but whatever, we won the game. At least they had a 4th and 17 after that and had to punt, it would have been much more frustrating if they converted a first down the next play or something.
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9 minutes ago, Chloe6124 said:
Sheard isn’t a sack or rush guy. Hunt can come in and play DE in spots where Turay took them.
Sheard can get to the QB, he had 3 seasons with 7+ sacks before coming to Indy and had 5.5 sacks each of his first two years here.... I think he's best suited as a rush defending DE, but it's not like he cannot get to the QB.
8 minutes ago, 1959Colts said:They should re-sign DE Carroll Phillips.
He had a great preseason as pass rusher.
https://www.colts.com/news/carroll-phillips-performance-colts-bills
https://www.colts.com/video/highlight-carroll-phillips-forces-strip-sack
Wouldn't be surprised if they made this move, though I'd think they would've moved him to the Practice Squad (I think he's still eligible) if they really liked him... he did graduate from Illinois and played under coaching from our DL Coach Mike Phair... so I kinda thought when we initially brought him to Indy that had something to do with it... who knows, but hopefully we find some solution to replace Turay.
Just now, BigQungus said:Isn't Green on the Patriots PS?
He's on our PS.
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9 minutes ago, IinD said:
Sarcasm. Was more poking fun at how we can't get much credit for a solid win.
That's what I figured, but never sure on this board.
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15 minutes ago, Scott Pennock said:
Time for Banogu to step up and move Lewis back to end instead of getting him beat up inside!
Yes, hopefully Ben B. makes significant progress over the bye week, as his number is going to have to get called if we don't bring in a FA (I'm not really sure there are any FA's who are worth bringing in along the DL). Time for Lewis to get healthy, and I imagine we'll see him rotate through almost all the positions in the DL depending on the situation.
9 minutes ago, luv_pony_express said:Rewatch the play where Turay was injured. He was absolutely tenacious -- shades of Mathis. Big loss.
The look on Mathis' face on the sideline after that injury really seemed like he was devastated for Turay. Turay put in so much work this off-season to become Mathis' protege and his improvement from last year was very evident. Best of luck to him in his recovery... and yes, I think this loss may wind up being bigger than playing without Hooker/Leonard/etc.. as Turay and Houston seemed to finally be finding chemistry.
3 minutes ago, Myles said:I'd rather see Sheard play inside more.
I think Sheard's best on the outside... he's not a great pass rusher, but he's adequate, and he is a terrific run defender along the outside...
5 minutes ago, GoColts8818 said:Sheard is an edge setter not a pass rusher so that’s why he would come out on passing downs and Turey would go in. I think Banogu is the guy who gets the call to take his role. It wouldn’t surprise me if Green is brought up from the PS to take Tureys spot.
Agreed whole-heartedly on Sheard. I wouldn't be shocked to see Green get brought up, but won't expect much from him... just re-read his scouting report and his major knock was he really lacks playing strength... "Green's tape was much better in 2017 than in 2018 when he was allowed to play as an edge linebacker rather than a defensive end. He is missing the necessary play strength to set strong edges and rush acumen to threaten as an NFL pass rusher at this time. With his length and athletic ability, he could be a practice squad candidate as teams look to increase his strength and school him up as a rusher for a future push for a roster spot." https://www.nfl.com/prospects/gerri-green?id=32194752-4523-7309-50f4-38e38928d30b
Of course, I don't know how well Green's strength is progressing, but sounds like it may take a full year or 2 in an NFL strength program to really get to this level.
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4 minutes ago, IinD said:
Colts are lucky.
KC isn't good anymore that's why we won.
Covers it I think?
KC was one of 3 unbeaten teams in the NFL going into yesterday's game. I hope you're being sarcastic. I'd be pretty shocked if KC doesn't win the AFC West and come out in the top 3 overall in the AFC (if I had to bet, I'd say they'd wind up the 2 seed behind NE).
3 minutes ago, richard pallo said:IMO Sheard's return to the lineup has made a huge difference in our DL play. Especially against the run. Once Hooker and Leonard return and Willis starts our defense should be pretty good.
Agreed... he (IMO) is our best overall DL and he's very good against the run. How upsetting to see Turay go down? That was by far the best our front 4 has played all year and I was really hoping to see Turay continue development throughout this season... oh, well.
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21 minutes ago, DougDew said:
Isn't beating their backups with our backups a positive thing? We only scored 19 points, three of them because they went for 4th down in their own territory. Its usually not enough to beat KC.
Would you rather me say that we held KC to 13 points because our backup Ss are better overall players than our starters, and that not having Leonard isn't that big of a deal because he wouldn't have been assigned to cover their only playmaker anyway? I'd probably get into trouble for that.
Reality check is that KC isn't the same without Hill, Hunt, and a hobbled Mahomes; and they don't have a very good LT. They aren't the same team this year as last, and haven't blown away anybody. They almost lost to DET.
They have no precision on offense, and a poor LT, so when they waive Hunt and don't find a replacement playmaker, don't have a decent LT or WRs, and our D can focus on covering Kelce; all they have is Mahomes and his sand-lot broken play conversion ability ( like Johnny Mandel in college, only sober), which isn't enough.
Its tough to assess just how good we are when KC is in disarray.
So far this year, they've scored 40, 28, 33, and 34 points prior to only putting 13 on us.
Hunt's on NFL suspension and joins the Browns when he returns.. no need to worry about him being in KC this year. You're right, with Hill and Watkins in the game, they've got a more explosive offense... but still, we held a very good offense with an MVP-caliber QB in check.
Mahommes is light years better than Johnny Manziel. He can make every throw on the field, he can pass in the pocket and he can extend plays if he has to... Manziel at a different level could extend plays, but has nowhere near the arm Mahommes has.
Even without Hill and Watkins, they still have good WRs in Pringle, Hardman, and Robinson plus they have an elite TE in Kelce...
Our team put on a very good performance. If we have to face them again in the playoffs and they've got Hill/Watkins in the line-up, I'm sure we'll have to make adjustments, but we had a very sound strategy going into this game and for the most part we executed on all 3 fronts.
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Yea, I guess that's tough... just kinda feel like outside of a few exceptions (Nelson being one of them), it's harder to find elite guys at the OT position, and outside of some guys (like A. Donald), there's a lot more pass rush coming off the edges than up the middle (at least pass rush which the interior OL are responsible for).
My thought process went like this: (1) an elite QB can keep you in most games and elevate the play of his team more than other positions, (2) we've all seen what happens with an elite/borderline elite QB who was getting crushed every time he stepped back -- so, IMO, two elite OTs can keep him upright if they've got good (not elite) players inside of them..