Mike Tahoe
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Did Kenny Viccaro already sign with somebody?
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I think this is not true.
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Speed may be able to get you drafted, but in order to sustain you need to make plays on the field.
Unfortunately for Green he just didn't make enough of them. I will be curious to see if any other teams sign him. I believe he still can improve his game, but I don't know if teams have that much patience.
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I've been rooting for this guy to make it ever since we drafted him. Could be a secret weapon for the DL this year with his size and quick get off.
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Cain is in the building..
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These guys just came to mind
Gilbert Gardner - came out of Purdue but was awful in the NFL
Kavell Conner - showed glimpses but was under valued by management
Kendyll Pope - lot of potential just never got on the field
Keyon Whiteside - never made it on the field much
David Thornton - went on to Tennessee and had a decent career
The GM had a hell of a time trying to put together a formidable defense. So many whiffs at the LB position.
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42 minutes ago, Four2itus said:
What if the Redskins didn't bend Peyton in half like a pretzel?
Aahh don't remind me... I had a mild heart attack watching that. Seeing Manning laying on the field, grimacing in pain, and struggling to call timeout was one of the worst plays I watched of his career.
It's right up there with the play against Miami when Lorenzo Bromell fractured Manning's Jaw after hitting him under the chin strap. Manning left the game for one play, replaced by Mark Rypien, then returned despite his bloodied and swollen jaw. Absolutely terrible
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8 hours ago, TonyBungee said:
Yeah, that sucked. Then 2 months later, the Colts won the Superbowl : )
What an amazing time to be a Colts fan. We finished with one of the worst run defenses in history that regular season. Then Bob Sanders comes back for the playoffs and we managed to shutdown both Larry Johnson and Jamal Lewis, and finally we beat New England in one of the best games ever.
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19 minutes ago, NewColtsFan said:
Likely backed up by Stewart. He's 333 pounds, biggest player on the team.
Im a fan of Grover's. He's a big guy coming from a small school and a late rd pick. Ballard mentioned something last year about how if Stewart develops he could be quick enough to continually get in the other teams back field. Apparently he has a quick first step for his size.
“Grover Stewart, one of the reasons I was so attracted to him coming out was he had great get off,” Ballard said. “For a big man, Grover can really run. This scheme is predicated on being able to get up field and penetrate into the gap. We got work to do."
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4 hours ago, ztboiler said:
Article on the front page suggests Tyquan Smith and Denico Autry are being used heavily on the inside. This would foreshadow being even lighter and quicker than many of us hoped...and maybe not just on obvious passing downs. I'd rather not swing the pendulum all the way back to Raheem Brock on base downs.
I'd hate to see us back in that same situation where one draw play allows the opponents RB to get 8 yds and a full head of steam before even being touched by a player on our defense. It puts Too much pressure on the secondary to make tackles that normally your linebackers should be making, and with the size of the RBs in the AFC South... well I'd rather not think about that again lol.
Hopefully Reich and Eberflus know that teams will wear us down and control the game too easily if we field a defensive line that is undersized to the point of getting blown off the line of scrimmage like we did in the Dungy era. I can still picture some Jags fans posting MJD 375 baby!!!11!1! That was the worst. Yuck.
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I remember when we signed Corey Simon as a free agent after having a great start to his career with the Eagles. He had 32 sacks and 8 forced fumbles on his rookie deal. It was really good production for being a huge man beast of a person that clogged the middle and chewed up blockers.
Our Defensive Line that year had Freeney, Mathis, Montae Reagor, and Simon. It appeared we had finally found someone to be our "Warren Sapp" in the Tampa-2. But it didn't work out that way, Simon ends up having only one lackluster season with us. 25 tackles and 1 forced fumble. Turns out he was poly-arthritic and had arthritis practically in all of the joints in his lower body. Luckily, we landed Booger the following season and the rest was history, but that defensive line could have been formidable back in 2005 had it worked out.
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Mychal Kendricks was an above average coverage linebacker for the Eagles, and he wasn't even brought in for an interview to my knowledge. Hopefully that means the coaches feel good about the potential they already have at LB.
Once training camp is over we should be able to have identified the three best linebackers on the team and still have quality depth behind them for start the season.
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37 minutes ago, tikyle said:
Quinn Pitcock and Drake Nevis. Man I was so excited when those guys got drafted. How wrong I was.
I wonder if Quinn Pitcock is still into video games as much as he was his rookie year. Or, if he regrets giving up on football at such a young age. There has got to be more to the story than just a video game addiction I would think. He could have thrived in the Colts defense back then.
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50 minutes ago, Grigson's Gaffes said:
One that always sticks out to me is Josh Chapman. There was also a cornerback who I believe we traded for from the New York Giants that started for one season but I can't remember his name now. It was late in the Polian era.
I think his name was Justin Tryon. We ended up trading him to the Giants in 2011 I believe
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2 hours ago, coltsfeva said:
Emptman could have been a great player. It just stinks that he got a double whammy with two knee operations.
I’ll always remember this game:
Wow that is some Colts nostalgia right there. Thanks for sharing that gem of a video.
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26 minutes ago, CR91 said:
wasnt that the year his son took over?
Good point. That would definitely explain the lack of success drafted that year
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3 minutes ago, Indyfan4life said:
I was such a big fan of Gonzalez. Even bought his jersey when drafted. Dude just couldn’t stay healthy. Same for Austin Collie. Unfortunate too. When healthy, both of them were fantastic receivers.
I enjoyed watching Gonzalez too. I remember his very first NFL touchdown against the Ravens. He put a double move on David Pittman, it was an out and up type pattern and Pittman was faked out so hard he fell to the ground leaving Gonzo wide open for a 57 yard dart from Manning.
Now Gonzalez is the GOP Primary in Ohio, if he wins the November election against Democrat Susan Moran, he will have a seat in the House of Representatives at just 33 years old.
Its good to see he is still successful outside of football after injuries derailed his career.
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25 minutes ago, Coffeedrinker said:
No, Dallas traded a 7th round pick.
OK my mistake... a 7th rounder seems a lot more reasonable. Thanks for the clarification
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1 hour ago, pgt_rob said:
Caesar Rayford. The man, the myth, the legend. lol
Didn't we fleece a 4th rd pick from Dallas for that guy bc he had like 4 sacks in a preseason game against some fourth stingers? One of the few highlights on Grigson's resume.
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Looking back on it... Pretty much the entire 2007 draft for us was a swing and a miss. Clint Session was decent but then we lost him to free agency. This had to be the worst of the worst for the Polian era of drafted players
2007 Draft class for Colts:
Anthony Gonzalez
Tony Ugoh
Dante Hughes
Quinn Pitcock
Brannon Condren
Clint Session
Roy Hall
Michael Coe
Keyunta Dawson
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I was just thinking about some of the players we drafted (or signed) in the past who had a ton of potential or were popular college players and for whatever reason they just never established themselves as long term successful players. Can you guys think of any others? I'll start
Roy Hall - 5th Round pick in 2007. Physical specimen. He was big, strong, fast, and built like a prototypical NFL player, but for whatever reason he just never amounted to much with the Colts. Possibly bc his hands were a liability?
Mike Hart - 6th Round pick in 2008 Big time running back at Michigan and fan favorite. Just when it seemed like he would catch on and get some playing time his career got derailed by injuries.
Vincent "Sweet Pea" Burns - 3rd Round pick in 2005. This was one of many defensive lineman drafted during the Dungy era. He was a 3rd round pick and seemed quick enough to play DE in Tampa-2, but for some reason he just never could become a productive player.
Marcus Howard - 5th Round pick in 2008. Similar to Sweet Pea, he was a fast, under-sized defensive end who looked like he had potential. But, he never really caught on and was gone a couple years after being drafted.
Da'rick Rodgers - Undrafted. Signed in 2013. He was a tall, fast receiver who looked like he could become a receiving threat and appeared to have a bright future for the Colts, but I think he had some issues off the field and never really played any more after the 2013 season.
I will stop there and add more later... Its wild to think of how many gifted athletes come through the league and just either don't get their chance or have a set back that keeps them from making it long-term.
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On 6/5/2018 at 11:47 PM, HectorRoberts said:
We just have good luck with punters! Our last three punters have been Sanchez, patty, and hunter smith all three have been probowl caliber.
Even before Hunter the Punter, we had Ron Stark who was no slouch of a punter either.
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Ahhh McAfee, probably the most impressive highlight tape for any punter ever. The only thing missing from this is him breaking the longest FG record. He definitely had the leg to do it. He would kick 65+ yard field goals in practice.
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1 hour ago, MTC said:
Now what about Ryan Grigson and Pagano?
I'm pretty sure they get together and watch highlights from Luck's rookie season at least once a week. Reminiscing over the good ol' days.
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ahhh the Titans, Thanks.