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I just want him to get in a full camp og throwing to his receivers. It'll be extremely important for the coming season.

Lines up well with what Ballard said in an interview (with McAfee or Eisen?) that he'd just watched AR throw 65 passes the day before the interview.

AR feels he's "full go" according to Jeremy Fowler, the question is if the Colts will continue to be cautius?

If nothing else I think the players will play their behinds off for him. From the few clips we’ve seen of him so far he definitely strikes me as a players coach.

I don’t think it’s about saving face, but I do think the Colts go out of their way to give their (drafted) players a chance to succeed. I hope Partridge can improve the passrush, but I honestly think Paye is what he is at this point, like you. I’d just like it if he could at least get up to his rookie pressure numbers again.

Nevermind. Thought it was the Colts mini-camp, but it was the Chiefs.

I hope he can get Paye to the next level.

Yeah I was thinking it just looked raw after the tattoo.

That’s a matter of perspective. His passrush grades have gone down, his tackling grades have gone down (slightly). His run stopping grades have gone up. People will point to sacks, but his overall pressures have fallen with 28% (39 to 28). 28 total pressures on 410 passrush snaps is nearly NT levels of bad. He’s not a pass rusher, but an edge setter and we needed a passrusher when Paye was drafter. In that regard he’s been a failure (so far). Hope he ups his pass rush game, but he needs to be a lot better.

These aren’t the only two scenarios though. What if Cousins gets hurt? What if Penix looks really promising and after 3 years they don’t have to hand Cousins another big contract? I can see why the Falcons did it. Say Cousins balls out, the Falcons may not be in position to draft a good QB again for a while. Not saying I think it’s the best move they could’ve made, but there are logical reasons for it.

Ballard has said in a recent presser that Paye needs to get better as a pass rusher, so I doubt they are getting what they want from him.

Agree. They may have been calling the Cards at 4 for Harrison and then just kept offering to trade with teams every pick there after until Nabers, Odunze and Bowers were gone.

He and Gus were so hyped for Latu! Steichen knew Partridge loved the pick they way he talked when he entered their room!

Exactly this. Look at this. Lawrence had a full 8 seconds to throw the ball. Better corners are not going to change the outcome of a play like that.

I think Paye’s snaps could drop. I know it would seem like Latu fits best at LEO, but Latu has actually been most productive from the QBs strong side - REO. On pass downs I could see Ebukam at LEO, Dayo, Buck and then Latu at REO.

Someone reported the Colts and another team were calling everyone and the calls didn't stop until Bowers was picked. Can't find the tweet though. That was great! Really looking forward to camp and the preseason!

I like Kwity, but $13m is too much for what he brings in my opinion. From my understanding he's been working on his pass rush this offseason. Ballard has said he needs to improve in that area. I'd like to see him actually improve before the Colts give him more money. If he does, give him a contract that reflects that. If he doesn't, give him a contract that reflects that.

Nevermind, Woods is 80. He wore 0 in college.

Isn’t Woods 0?

But this doesn’t really fit with Ballard defending Stroud last offseason though? IIRC he did so after the draft?

I hope we’re not planning to play Blackmon at FS. He may have experience there but his worst football has been at FS. He’s by far a better SS. I think Cross is best as Blackmons backup at SS. Hope Scott can play FS, then we’ll have to rely on Thomas as his backup. 🤢

All in baby, let's go!

I thought it was Thursday May 2nd?

I would think the Colts would get a guy to follow him around 24/7 basically for a year or two until it’s routine.

Depends on how many games we're talking about. If they need to cover half a season for JT I think we'll notice a drop off. Hull is pretty unknown even if he had a good camp last off season. I imagine Ballard will add a veteran.