[Mack Injury]

I really dont understand it. Mack caught the ball really well in college. They just dont throw it to him in Indy. It's hard to be a great pass catcher when you aren't thrown passes...

[Mack Injury]

He said he was ready to go back in HC kept him out.

[Colts Vs. Falcons Game Day Thread]

Mack has always been a stiff arm machine!

[Marlon Mack]

1 hour ago, King Colt said:

Mack takes yards as opposed to making yards.  He gets hit and he's stopped.  

Totally saw that on the 2 point conversion /s

[Marlon Mack]

10 minutes ago, DerekDiggler said:

The 63 yd run I stated was great.  Not sure what your talking about.  

 

As far as yds per carry Zeke carried a lot more than Mack.   So just throwing that stat out is not an accurate comparison. 

 

We shall see how he does as the season goes.  I dont expect he will be better than a top 12-15 back in the league.  

 

Again I hope I'm wrong

 

We are talking about 247 carries for Mack over that time, not one game. That's a season's worth of carries for the majority of lead backs.

 

So yes yards per carry is actually the most accurate stat to use for comparison. 

 

What stat would you rather use. Suspensions? Off the field issues? Salary?

 

You don't expect him to be a top 15 back based on what? You haven't given any examples except he had a slow first half where he ended up finishing with 174 yds a TD and a game tying 2 point conversion to go to OT.

[Marlon Mack]

24 minutes ago, DerekDiggler said:

He played in 12 games last season.    5 of those games he had less than 40 yds per game.   He went over a 100 4 times.    He averaged 75.7 yards per game.

 

Today he rushed for 174 yards, which was great.  That included a 63 yd run for a TD.  Again great.

 

But along with this 174 game I am expecting a lot of 40 yard games again.   So I'm not going to apologize if I'm not completely on his bandwagon until he become consistent.

 

I hope he continues to improve and be a great back.  He's not there yet and we need another capable RB for those times where he struggles 

Since he came back from injury last year he has averaged over 5 yards a carry. That's more than Ezekiel Elliott. 

 

So who do you recommend the Colts upgrade him with? Ajayi? LOL He is sitting on the couch for a reason. 

 

It's funny that you say "that included a 63 yd TD run" as if that is a bad thing. You could make an argument he could've had more if he didn't run out of field on that TD run. 

 

Do you know what other RB had 170+ yards on the ground today? Literally nobody else. 

 

You obviously don't like Mack, what isn't obvious is why? 

[Marlon Mack]

2 minutes ago, DerekDiggler said:

I posted in the game thread at the end of the half that Mack was not doing us any favors. He was having a terrible game.  total of 21 yards.  He had no vision, was missing the holes.  Much of what his career has been like.    

 

He put together a good run to end last season, and then it looked like he was going to revert back to the old Mack.  1 big run 5 runs of a yard or less .   rinse and repeat.

 

He came out in the second half and turned it on.   Maybe it was the oline, maybe it was coaching.  I don't know.   

 

I gave credit in the game thread once he started playing.

 

I just don't keep my blue shaded glasses on for any player that %s the bed in any half of a game.   Including Manning, Luck Reggie or anyone.

 

I also think having a more complete RB that can actually catch the ball out of the backfield more consistently would be a better option.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dude he had 174 yards rushing what is wrong with you? Did Mack sleep with your wife or something?

[Marlon Mack]

Thank you! Trust me the kid has heart, talent, and isn't a head case like the few RBs people were hoping would sign here.

[Zeke to the Colts rumors starting...]

5 hours ago, jmac_48 said:

Welcome aboard...

The kid seems to have found a home.

Thanks I am a Dolphin fan first and foremost but it is painful. It's nice to root for a team that is actually good.

 

Also, my mom is from Indianapolis, so there's that lol.

 

In regards to Mack, his 4.7 ypc is the same as Elliott last year. He also doesnt have the baggage and *ry of Elliott. Give the a guy chance boys!

[Zeke to the Colts rumors starting...]

New poster here. So I became a Colts fan recently because of Mack (alma mater). I watched every game last year and even went to the Jags game in Jax (ugh).

 

I have been a lurker here and it seems like he is very underappreciated on this board. Is this mentality for the colts fan base overall?

 

Btw it seems like a lot of you guys are forgetting when Mack and Elliott went head to head...