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Poor coverage Always hinders the Pass Rush.
Poor execution by interior Linemen has a far greater affect on Pass Rush than CB coverage does.
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We need a dangerous RB even if he isn't the most polished to keep the defense honest and open up the passing game.
Perhaps...but wouldn't commonsense first call for an adequate stable of OLlinemen that can create running lanes for such a RB?
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Even with the addition of a starting CB through Free Agency, the Cornerbackites return to form: rambling on with the sheer fantasy of taking a CB in the 1st round.
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U have that backwards
If you are referring to his statement of poor DBs resulting in a poor pass rush
He was....and he was correct.
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Yep, the bottom line is the city of Baltimore played chicken with Irsay and he called their bluff. It really is that simple when you break it down.
I think you give the politicians in Baltimore too much credit. Baltimore had a well-entrenched policy of condemning private property and siezing it with eminent domain laws. They honestly assumed they could do it with the Colts as well. It was their idea to create the legislation to condemn the Colts. But they did not consider that condemning physical structures, buildings and land is nowhere near the same as condemning a business (people & paperwork) that can get up and walk out the door.
It wasn't so much they were playing chicken....they actually thought they were going to get away with it. They were just as stunned as the citizens of Baltimore were.
Politicians. -smh-
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that guy is literally reading from my Wikipedia entry. He ginned up two of his own transitions and one brief point but the overwhelming majority of his narration is lifted straight from what I wrote...and how I wrote it. But, he does begin by sourcing Wikipedia so... 
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That was a possibility at one point before Manning came in and saved the franchise.
No, it wasn't. The NFL owners were never going to allow Jim Irsay to operate out of Los Angeles. That was just some uninformed word count nonsense.
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I remember watching footage the Mayflower Trucks coming to Indy
I remember waking up on the 29th, climbing down from my top bunk, looking out my window to an all white landscape, turning on my little 8" black & white T.V. to the breaking news that the Colts had moved to Indianapolis. I was like: The Colts? Who are the Colts?!
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http://forums.colts.com/index.php?/blog/118/entry-277-the-move-to-indianapolis-the-true-story/
"Meanwhile in Baltimore, the situation continued to deteriorate. On March 26th the Maryland state Senate considered taking up two proposed bills. The first called for the state of Maryland to offer Colts Owner Robert Irsay $40 million to purchase the team and then sell it back to local investors. The second called for the state to condemn the Colts and begin eminent domain proceedings to take the team from Irsay outright (an idea first floated in a memo written by Baltimore mayoral aide Mark Wasserman). The Maryland politicians chose the eminent domain route and on March 27th the Maryland Senate passed legislation giving the city of Baltimore the legal right to seize ownership of the Colts Franchise. Colts owner Robert Irsay said that the move to Indianapolis was "a direct result" of the eminent domain bill and Colts counsel Michael Chernoff would say of the Senate vote: "They not only threw down the gauntlet, but they put a gun to his head and cocked it and asked, 'Want to see if it's loaded?' They forced him to make a decision that day."
On March 28th citing the recent moves by the Maryland legislature, the Phoenix group withdrew their offer. Robert Irsay then called Indianapolis Mayor Hudnut in order to expedite negotiations. Indianapolis offered the Colts owner a $12,500,000 loan, a $4,000,000 training complex, and the use of the brand new $77.5 million, 57,980 seat Hoosier Dome. And Irsay agreed.
In turn Mayor Hudnut called his neighbor and friend, John B. Smith who was the chief executive officer of Mayflower Transit, an Indiana-based moving company, and Hudnut asked him for assistance. Smith dispatched twenty-two Mayflower trucks to the Colts' facility in Owings Mills, Maryland arriving at 2:00 AM the following morning. The motivation for the late hour was the realization that the following business day, the Maryland House of Delegates would also approve the eminent domain bill which if signed by the Maryland Governor, would result in Irsay losing ownership of his NFL franchise. Mayflower workers arrived and loaded all of the team's belongings and the trucks left for Indianapolis.
By 10:00 AM the following morning the Colts franchise was completely gone from Baltimore.
Later that day the Maryland House of Delegates did indeed pass the eminent domain bill by a vote of 103-19 and the legislation taking control of the Colts was then sent to Maryland Governor Harry Hughes who signed it immediately (at that point, in the state of Maryland the Colts franchise no longer belonged to Robert Irsay).
Departing Maryland, each of the Mayflower trucks took a slightly different route on the way to Indianapolis. This was done to confuse the Maryland State Police, who could've been called on to put a stop to the move. Once each van was at the Indiana state line, it was met by Indiana State Police, who escorted each van to the Colts new home in Indianapolis.
On March 29th Baltimore representatives wired a $40 million offer to Irsay to purchase the team. However, the Colts owner did not respond. Unlike the aforementioned eminent domain legislation, no bill had been passed providing for the funds being offered. That day Baltimore's Mayor Schaefer, appeared on the front page of the Baltimore Sun in tears. After the Colts left and in spite of his earlier stance that the city of Baltimore would not build a new stadium, the politician immediately prioritized the building of a brand new stadium. Putting it at the top of his legislative agenda.
Later John Moag, Jr., chairman of the Maryland Stadium Authority, stated in sworn testimony before the U.S. Senate subcommittee responsible for the Fan Freedom and Community Protection Act: "It was the failure of our local (Baltimore) and state elected officials in Maryland to provide the Colts with a firm proposal for a new stadium that led Mr. Irsay to accept an offer from Indianapolis to play in a new dome in that city."
Indianapolis Mayor Hudnut held a press conference March 29 to announce an agreement had been reached and the team was on its way to Indianapolis. The deal was sealed March 30 with approval by the Capital Improvement Board, which operated the Hoosier Dome. Two days later, 20,000 new Colts fans cheered as Mayor Hudnut proclaimed March 29, 1984...
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It's always tedious to listen to the same old papered over axe to grind regarding GMs not giving out information. *Facepalm That is part of their job. Oi...
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What do people think about Shaun Philips and the potential leadership he can bring to the table on the OLB front?
I think we are set at OLB.
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Good afternoon Colts fans! Here's my Inside the War Room preview for you guys
Enjoy!
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Can't say I agree with you guys. ILB is a position I would like to upgrade if the right player fell. Freeman is great, Angerer does not seem to fit this system, though he may improve this season and Conner is just okay. If Ogletree fell or T'eo was there, I would be pretty happy if we picked them. Solidifying the position for years to come isn't a bad idea considering how much we have patched up other positions.
Brian made a great point a few weeks back in another thread... we are basing this defense on the Ravens... Ray Lewis was the heart and soul of that defense for years, Ravens value the ILB position highly.
Although I don't think CB is a need, ILB is. And judging from our bringing in Heyward Bay, the organization wants to get better at WR.
I'd have no problem with a LB or Olineman in the 1st.
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The above being a shining example
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A lot of stuff
Yeah, you really went all the way around your elbow to get to your nose.
Polian is just responding (like the bitter resentful person that he is) to the point made on NFL network about James Laurinaitis being overlooked because of his 40 time (and the snickering that followed).
I enjoy reading/listening to Bill too....because a solid minute of him talking provides more insight into football in general than you'd get spending a solid day online in forums (and I'm being conservative). But him talking about James Laurinaitis sounds like C.Y.A.
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By my calculations we have 111,066,551 in contracts which would leave us almost 12 mil left.
So around 2-3 Million for anymore Free Agents? Because we still have the rookies and want to leave some cushion.
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Guarantee if Te'o was mocked to us before the Catfish scandal, many people would be extremely excited.
And?
So would a lot of team's GMs.
And a lot of people in Pittsburg liked Rashaad Mendenhall before he started defending Osama Bin Laden. Afterwards, not so much.
That's how life works. You reap what you sow.
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Pep and Luck can get together and compile their favorite plays from both systems...plays that worked and plays that Andrew feels the most comfortable in. A true hybrid just like our defense. We are building the hybrid monster.
West Coast Offense isn't just plays. It is how you practice, how you prepare, it is a culture unto itself.
That is now in Indy.
A few plays from Arians playbook that worked will probably be added....but this isn't a 50/50 play calling split.
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Nonsense. Pompei is parsing. What's Pep gonna say: "Yeah, I'm coming in & flipping over the table!" ?
We're switching to a West coast Offense that'll reflect what Stanford was running when Luck was there. The only difference is we have real WRs and not mid-tier guys (like they had). So that capability and the resulting plays will be there. But make no mistake, the brief Arians era is gone.
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Was the guy or girl who wrote it, one of the same dummies that picked us to be AFC South cellar dwellers last season?
I have this much......
.......regard for prognostications from people on a hard word count requirement/who do not know this team. -
Loving all of our moves so far.
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Lemme tell you something, if it takes this long for Darrius Heyward-Bey to sign with the Indianapolis Colts...I don't want him.
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Folks still sleeping on Jake Killeen.
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No, No and he|| No!
Not even looking at the mockup so it isn't about that. DO NOT fool with our uniforms and DO NOT fool with our helmet.
Leave it along. Walk away. Forget it.
that guy is literally reading from my Wikipedia entry. He ginned up two of his own transitions and one brief point but the overwhelming majority of his narration is lifted straight from what I wrote...and how I wrote it. But, he does begin by sourcing Wikipedia so... 
.......regard for prognostications from people on a hard word count requirement/who do not know this team.
Im all in for a CB in the first.
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...wait, what? LOL