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cjwhiskers

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  1. No contracts for both Jacobs and Barkley and if they want to play this year, they will have to play on the franchise tag. Neither of them has signed it. My guess is they will sit out most of pre-season and play the year out on the tag. I'm curious if the Colts and JT get a deal signed now that there really isn't anyone else to change or reinforce the market. I imagine them not getting deals could help the Colts leverage. I really hope we don't get to the point of tagging JT and forcing him to decide to sit out or not as leverage though.
  2. Nope, not a hall of famer or a ring of honor inductee and I love AL. Phenomenal player but his biggest impact on the game was the way he left it. His stats don’t have the longevity to warrant HoF.
  3. It is what it is. No sense getting too worried over a situation we have limited information on and have absolutely no control over. Would love to see Shaq get back to form. Regardless if it's this season or next. If last year showed anything, defense was the least of this teams problems. Our LBs were actually one of our bright spots. We lost Bobby Okereke but both Speed and Franklin played very well too.
  4. I hope it’s Woods. Dude can be such a threat if used.
  5. I like this. I don’t think it’ll happen but everyone expects them to continue being great. Their defense IMO will be but I think we will see a regression on Offense for them. People forget the rough start they had in 2021 until Shane took over play calling. Then obviously they did well in 22. Let’s see who calls the plays in 23. I’m not sold on them winning their division.
  6. That’s fair. I agree, Raimann would’ve improved either way. I just think the timing of Saturdays arrival and his significant jump in play isn't coincidental. I’m ok to throw Jeff some credit for that. I can certainly understand your viewpoint and would actually agree with it if it was any other situation of a new or interim head coach coming in. Alas, it was a very unique situation with someone who had no coaching experience which makes me believe when Saturday came in, he stuck to the lanes he felt most comfortable and where he could add the most value. Just reading the article below gives the impression he was involved with the players and unit more than others. https://www.colts.com/news/bernhard-raimann-starting-left-tackle-2022-draft-pick-jeff-saturday At the end of the day, all that matters is if he continues to show that improvement and that our new coaches help push these players. I have hope for him!
  7. I'm excited to see how he plays this year. I think he will have a nice 2nd year jump. His better play last year lines right up with Saturday coming in too. I imagine he was able to coach him up at least a little. So hopefully this year our coaching is good.
  8. Lots of great discussion in here. I think one thing that should be stressed is that even if we overpay JT based on comparables, I don't really think it will make an overall impact to the cap decisions this team wants to make...Don't we have upwards of something like 23 million this year? I know we haven't signed all of our players just yet, but this team is YOUNG. If you're counting on AR being your QB the next 5 years, you can easily afford a FAIR contract for one of the best RBs in the league plus basically everything else you want to get. That's the best part about a rookie QB. Our cap will be easy for the next 4 years.
  9. Pay him. He is the absolute epitome of what you want as a player in your franchise. He deserves it. I’m sure a deal could be done to make both sides happy. Pay him now before the cap goes up. Ballards always rewarded his drafted players with contracts, I have no reason to think this is any different.
  10. Not sure if it matters but I don't think the Sunday Ticket streams are in 4K. I bought the standalone Sunday Ticket package for the season to see how it goes but I was reading, and it doesn't sound like they will offer the games in 4K, which is unfortunate. Curious to see how it will look.
  11. I thought it was a very well-done AD that delivers some wholesomeness and promotes the brand in a positive way. I joked with some friends that I thought it was funny that AR got the message from Brady and Hendon got the message from Peyton. Brady's more involved with our new Colts then Peyton has been LOL. On a serious note, I know Brady is one of ARs favorite players and someone he has openly admired, so this is definitely not a knock on Peyton <3.
  12. Keefer was promoted, I think James Boyd is covering everything for Athletic now Colts related.
  13. I think Colts social teams usually post their stories/clips at the end of the day. They take them throughout and then you'll probably see a dump of them at some point. This is what happened last week at least. Not sure if their social teams are onsite everyday or are there days different than media.
  14. I think this can definitely be the case, just in a different way then Peyton did it. Peyton knew everyone’s role as good or better than they did. He held the team to an expectation and forced them into spots/windows. Very cerebral and knew what he wanted. AR, at least initially I think will help the team take advantage of off script and creativity. Allowing players to work zones and run routes that we haven’t seen since Luck. We have so many tall receivers that I think they honestly have a chance to shine with ARs strong arm. This young team will feed off the flashiness of some of the stuff we’re about to see this season. I expect an energy to this team we haven’t seen in awhile.
  15. Anthony dwarfing Bryce and Levis on his tippy toes in the back.
  16. While it can't be proven, I feel strongly that a team would have taken Richardson in the first had we not. His potential ceiling at the most important position is too high for 32 teams to pass on him completely, especially with the added hype of his combine and measurables. I actually don't think he would have made it out of the top 10 honestly. Seahawks would have grabbed him or a team would have traded up. I don't think the noise about him strongly being considered by the Panthers as a #1 pick was inaccurate.
  17. This^. Colts are not getting that money or cap space back. He can do what he wants after the cut and all of that is still locked in. His post says it's not retirement but I can't see who would pick him up unless it's in a backup role for a young QB.
  18. I don’t mind it. Gotta prove we are exciting and now if I buy the YouTube package, I don’t have to deal with any local blackout nonsense and will get basically every game.
  19. No doubt, Luck was truly something else. I don’t want AR to try and be anything but himself though. He has skills Luck didn’t have and vice versa. As Ballard has said, he doesn’t need to be superman for us. I think we can win games with him and it’ll be far more fun than what we watched last year. I definitely don’t think 11 wins is realistic but show me .500. Show me at least 3-3 in the division. LFG
  20. Exciting times! I think this roster is better than 2012s roster. Just need AR to show us a little magic and we can be .500 at least.
  21. From out of state, so 1 @ LOS is always a tradition. Usually go for the Jags game. Never been to a season opener though, pretty excited. The other may be a trip to watch them play Cincy.
  22. I don’t disagree. Without a doubt a lot of questionables but every team has that. I don’t agree that this is a bottom 3 roster. No way in hell. On the defensive side we will be better this year than last. Our pass rushers have another year of growth and I’m feeling a breakout. Dayo will be healthier after another year of recovery. Buck and Grover still giving us one of the best rush defenses in the league. There is talent there. They kept us in games we had no business being in almost all year including beating the SB champs. Not even including Shaq. I don’t see any scenario that our offense is worse this year then they were last year. Regardless of which of our QBs start.
  23. I’m a bit more optimistic. I think with his deep ball and our YAC WRs he will get 3000. 3100 passing yards 25 passing TDs 13 interceptions 800 rushing yards 8 rushing TDs
  24. Geez. I really didn’t think we’d be that low. I don’t feel like our roster is terrible at all. Obviously some big questions on Offense but our defense has the capability to be very good IMO.
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