esmort
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running it down our throat
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1 minute ago, Zoltan said:
I mean with this years lack of preseason, to learn our offense and a new running style its gonna take time. I also believe they are limiting his carries so he doesn't hit the rookie wall.
Hopefully, would love to see him turn out to be as advertised. He will need to make a big jump his 2nd year.
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1 minute ago, EastStreet said:
He just needs time. Coming from a very different system. He'll get his timing down. The over-rotation of RBs hasn't helped that development either.
Hopefully, because there were a lot of good players in that area he was picked.
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1 minute ago, Indyfan4life said:
Everyone expects rookies to be an all pro their first season. Mack wasn’t doing much his first season, and this is literally the 7th game of the season. Relax and give the kid time. Wisconsin runs the ball WAY differently than we do. He’ll get it figured out.
I expect more out of rookie RBs than other positions ... especially highly drafted ones who come with as much hype as JT ... Mack was a late 4th.
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5 minutes ago, EastStreet said:
They are different type backs going back to college days.
Wilkins is good zone block running over the T/edge. That's what he did both times there. He's not really a between the Ts guy, and considered more flight than fight.
JT could do it all in college. Our problem today is we're getting zero push inside by our OL. Nobody can get yards up the gut... Which is why Reich ran outside both times.
Even when JT get the holes inside he doesn't hit them half the time, can't see the cutbacks/improvise, and gets arm tackled on first level way too much ... I am not writing him off yet, but not as advertised and so far I am not impressed with him.
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The dropoff between JT and Wilkins is not as great as many here want to believe
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1 minute ago, Indyfan4life said:
Are you seriously calling Taylor that?
I dont know if I would go that far, but color me unimpressed so far.
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Lewis got the sack but I think Houston was the reason Stafford was there.
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That should have been a TD
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that should have been caught
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Remember when everyone was actually scared someone was going to "steal" Eberflus from us.
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SMH ...ridiculous
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4 hours ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:
@esmort what is with the confused face, this post is dead on. Anytime someone says anything positive about JB it doesn't fly with a handful of people in here. This crap is really getting tiring. He was above average through 7 games = 5-2, 2 300 yard games, and 14/3 ratio TD's to INT's. That is above average, if not good. If you want to say he was below average or bad toward the end of the season then you will get no argument from me. I said 1st 7 games. If you give me a confused face, explain yourself. Also Tannehill threw for 88 yards at Baltimore, he wasn't even above average in that 1 game. Henry won that game by himself.
JB was never better than average, especially if you are only giving Luck "very good". JB 2019 = Average->Below Average; even the 1st 7 games he was at best an average QB.
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I don't think he meant anything by the comment, but.... If you were a player with that kind of draft value/likely the #1 pick why wouldn't you try to force a trade and make sure you didn't get stuck on a team like Cin, Cleve., etc... I don't know why any top draft pick would willingly goto a dumpster fire team without trying to get out of it.
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On 1/25/2020 at 2:37 PM, NannyMcafee said:
Lol, Ballard has 3 more years before hes potentially on the hot seat. Irsay is a very patient man, and Ballard has done more than any GM since Polian.
To think he could or would be on the hot seat before the next 2 seasons is obnoxious.
I agree Irsay is definitely patient and Ballard is not currently on the hot seat.
However if Ballard skips on a QB this year (either one who was available at one of our picks or one that we could have traded up for for a reasonable cost) and we decide to roll with JB or a FA and we end up 8-8 in QB purgatory (maybe even worst draft position with less draft picks) and one or more of the QBs he chose not to draft this year ends up being a good franchise level QB it won't be 3 years before his seat is hot.
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1 hour ago, GoColtsGo5150 said:
Kyle Crabbs spoke about the Lions and maybe needing a QB, he said that it will likely just to try and drum up trade value instead of actually taking a QB (Stafford's cap hit is really high if they were to cut him etc)
1 hour ago, richard pallo said:Or they could trade him to the Colts. But I think they will most likely trade back and use the picks to strengthen the team.
If the rumors are true the Lion's ownership said win next season or everyone is gone. If this is the case I can't see how a rookie QB is going to give them a better chance than Stafford. Also they would probably be better off spending their #3 pick on a "win now" piece versus a rookie QB who may have to sit a year, or even trading down a bit and possibly acquiring a couple immediate impact players. But who knows with all the misinformation this time of year.
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38 minutes ago, King Colt said:
University of Utah's QB Jordon Love seems to be in the buzz for the Colts first round pick. He is among the top four or five QBs.
... Also the sky is blue. grass is green, and water is wet. Everyone caught up?
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1 hour ago, MikeCurtis said:
I get this
But..... who is the LOCK QB that you see available at 13?
Burrow is really the ONLY QB that doesnt have as much risk..... Cincy is NOT going to part ways with that pick
What if you trade down to 4 and get Tua...... and you find out, that the ankles (both had surgery)
AND the HIP surgery make him unable to play for 2 years
Tua ISNT the answer for 2020.... (I am a HUGE Tua fan)
Tua IS a risk.
Are you going to tell me that Herbert is a lock to take this team anywhere in 2020?
We will have to trade PAST LAC to get him. Remember, that they have a better first round pick to offer to move up.
Are you going to tell me Love is a lock to take this team anywhere in 2020?
We MAY have to trade past Carolina to get him.
I believe Eason and Gordon will be available with our second pick and are good potential players.... The gap between Eason and Love isnt huge.
The ONLY.... WIN NOW guy that I see, (IF they are considering trading him) is Derek Carr
Which I support 100%
So to summarize
Tua is a RISK
Herbert is a RISK
Love is a RISK
Eason is a RISK
Gordon is a RISK
Which risk do you want to play with?
I would like to take a smaller risk and take Gordon and Eason who both MIGHT end up to be better than average pro QBs
AND.... we get our TWO needed Trench folks
This is going to to be the situation every year unless we have a top 3-5 pick; that's just the nature of the beast. We are going to have to do the research, take a risk, and choose one (even if that means pay to move up) or we are going to be stuck in mediocrity forever.
I would be open to considering Carr, but other than wild rumors that is likely a pipe dream ... and even if it were real it would still be a risk.
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26 minutes ago, AZColt11 said:
I want a QB as bad as anybody, but IMHO there are only 2 QB's I'd take at #13, and I expect both to be gone: Burrow and Tua. So in that vein, I've always subscribed to BPA that fits a need. DT is not usually sought after as high as position players like QB and WR, and Derrick Brown, by most accounts, is a top 5 talent in this draft. Due to the likely run on QB's, and if he is still somehow there at #13, I would RUN to the podium to take this guy if I'm Chris Ballard. How long has it been since we've had a TRUE 2-way guy like that from the middle? He can stop the run and he can rush the passer. When I watch him I see him just below a guy like Donald, and that would totally change the feel of the defense, perhaps in the same way that Nelson did for the offense. Remember when people said guard is too high to draft at #6? Where are those people now? I think this guy's impact can be just as good for the defense.
I want a QB too, but I'm not about to REACH for one just because it's a need. And there's always FA.
Do you think there is going to be more QBs without ??? where we draft next year? Without the top pick, or at the very least a top 5ish pick we are always going to be "reaching" for a QB who is not a sure thing.
Why is it people who don't want to reach/take a chance for a Qb always point to FA. Do you really see a good option for QB in FA; it almost never happens. Elite DL hit FA way more often ... they may be expensive but they are much easier to acquire in FA than an elite QB.
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1 hour ago, Orioles22 said:
Probably more bad picks of quarterbacks than any other position also. The Colts have been lucky in that regard so far. I don't think we should push our luck this year. We didn't have to reach for the last two.
There is a chart floating around somewhere that shows busts by position; If I remember correctly the bust rate between Qb and other positions was not that big of difference. (maybe some one who has that chart or knows offhand where it was last posted will chime in).
We didn't have to reach (or take as big of chance) on the last two because we had the #1 pick. Do you see us being in that position in the near future? If I knew we could roll with JB and pick #1 next year and have our choice between Lawrence and Fields I would be all for totally skipping drafting a QB this year. But reality is whether this year or next odds are we are going to have to roll the dice, take a chance, and draft a QB (higher than we might want to) who has more risk than Manning, Luck, etc ...
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2 hours ago, Orioles22 said:
Who are the right ones?
I'd rather fill our needs on defense and maybe at receiver and sign a quarterback.
Sign a QB? And who would that be? If we are going to spend big on a position in FA it is much easier to find a good DT in FA than a good QB. If Ballard thinks there is 0% chance any of the guys are franchise quality , than sure grab another position at 13 ... But you have to roll the dice on QB in the draft even if you only think they might be the guy.
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14 minutes ago, SR711 said:
The more I think about it, the most prudent move for the Colts to make regarding the QB situation is to look into acquiring David Carr this offseason.
Here is my reasoning: the most important thing, IMO, Ballard stated in his season end presser was the danger of "forcing the evaluation" during the draft and pre-draft prcoess of a quarterback. I agree 100% with this. This more than anything is what keeps certain franchises in a perpetual cycle of of mediocrity or worse. Seasons are wasted on a guy teams are forced to talk themselves into because of a hole they have on their roster at QB.
To me, it would seem highly likely that the Colts are doing the above if they draft a guy in the 1st rd one year after their franchise QB retires and a season in which Brissett showed he probably is not the longterm answer.
The best scenario with our current draft pick, roster is to get a guy who has mutiple years of being a starter with a proven track record of solid play/sucess showing he can play well in this league, has been part of winning teams, and, most importantly, is young enough that he can still grow/improve his game, allow a team to be built around him, and allow a team to make a decision solely based on talent upgrade to trade up or take a QB in the 1st round if a favorable opportunity presents itself in the draft over the nesxt few years.
The only guy I see who meets the above criteria is David Carr. If the asking price is not to steep, this makes the most sense for us going forward. This is similar to what the KC Chiefs did with Alex Smith after Andy Reid arrived and it allowed the team to get better in others until they found their guy in Mahomes. This is the model the Colts should follow.
What kind of draft picks you think the NFL channel will want?
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