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TBH I think he's matured a lot in the last 5 or so years, I wouldn't have a problem signing him in regards to his mentality.
That being said, I don't think he's physically capable anymore of producing at the level we'd be looking for, so, I'd still rather not.
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Historically speaking, rookie TEs very rarely produce at an elite level in terms of receiving, even ones that turn out great. Here's some notable TE's rookie years (rec/yds/tds) - all guys (other than Fleener) who have put up elite-level production (for a TE anyway) in later seasons:
Fleener: 26/281/2
Graham: 31/356/5
Gronkowski: 42/546/10
Gonzalez: 33/368/2
Clark: 29/340/1
Gates: 24/389/2
Davis: 20/265/3
Heap: 16/206/1
Witten: 35/347/1
Newsome: 38/589/2
Casper: 4/26/3 (and only had 5 catches his second year)
Sharpe: 7/99/1 (and only 22/322/1 his second year)
Smith: 28/445/2
Carmichael: 20/288/0
Coates: 10/95/1
Cooley: 37/314/6
Crumpler: 25/330/3
Winslow (the good one): 25/255/2
McMichael: 39/485/4
Wycheck: 16/113/0 (and he regressed his second year, believe it or not)
Jay Novacek had 2 catches total in his first 2 seasons.
Here's a few relative exceptions to the rule:
Mackey: 35/726/7 (approximately his 3rd or 4th best season, and it's fairly close)
Ditka: 56/1076/12 (by far his best season)
Shockey: 74/894/2 (best reception and yardage totals of his career)
So basically, in context, Fleener's season isn't really cause for concern, since TEs who end up being elite receivers very rarely have a rookie season that is even in the same ballpark statistically as they do later in their careers.
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1 or 2, I voted 2 because I'm an optimist.
To say that it takes 3 or 4 years get from making the playoffs to even having a shot at winning the Super Bowl is kinda silly in the free agency era, when you have a guy who looks like he'll be a great QB. Good management and coaching can make a team that had been terrible into one with deep playoff run potential in 2, maybe 3, years, and we're already 1 year into that.
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I guess it's officially the offseason then, what with this thread and all...
Anyway...
I've probably been using this one 10 years. I've used others but this one just ended up sticking somehow. The origin of it is pretty stupid though. The first time I ever used Warhawk was as the name for my AC in Armored Core 2, it seemed to fit the game's aesthetic. Somehow I ended up using it online too.
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Connecticut here, only Colts game I've been to was the Jets game this year (yeah, ugh). I've been a Colts fan since Manning was drafted, and I lived out in Illinois for 3 years while in Law School, and I still didn't get around to going to a game until this year.
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NO.
Nonononono.
I have no interest in signing a guy who can charitably be described as "selfish" and uncharitably be described as a "delusional psychotic narcissist."
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I think it went slightly different:
Phone rings.
Pep: "Hello?"
Grigson: "Hello Mr. Hamilton, this is Ryan Grigson, and I ..."
Pep: "Yes! When can I start?"
Came into this thread to basically post exactly this.
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So I believe that makes 3 minority offensive coordinators in the NFL?
The Colts OC, the Colts former HC, and the Colts former O-Line coach?
Clearly we must be doing something right in Indy.
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Purely in regards to the Colts-Ravens game...
IMO the only kind of knowledge Caldwell could have had that would have explained the loss is if Caldwell knew where our WRs keep their stickum and stole it.
Considering his offensive gameplan was "throw it in the general vicinity of whoever Cassius Vaughn was covering", the fact that Vaughn wasn't with the team last year precludes the idea that Caldwell's personal knowledge of the team was the reason for the game turning out the way it did.
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I wonder if any other team has been so unlucky?
The Broncos had 2 players die less than 2 months apart in 2007, and another in 2010.
I hardly think the Colts have been unusually unlucky in this regard.
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Well, if he's anything like Jim McMahon, I'll still have no clue about his impact as an ST Coordinator.
On the plus side, our special teams units would be groovy as all get-out.
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They've never seemed to have much faith in Carter, and Brown is injury prone.
Graham is projected as a mid-round guy at the moment. So don't panic and think we'll be taking a RB in the first round.
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Where did those rankings come in to play in the ravens game when i consistently saw Baltimore's kicker putting them through the endzone, whereas jacoby was tearing us a new on. (Don't give him a chance if you're capable)
Didn't Jacoby return some from pretty deep? Maybe my memory is spotty. In any case, if one bad playoff game was enough to get rid of a guy who performed well the rest of the season, we'd be starting next season with a roster of Luck, Wayne, Allen, Davis, and absolutely nobody else.
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5. i like Pat McAfee but to me he's becoming a overrated Punter and Kickoff man. His kickoffs rarely go through the endzone as i've seen many throughout the Playoffs and when has he drastically changed the field position and put the opposition in a tough spot?No i saw it but i just feel people want to throw money at a punter with a beautiful personality. I think his greatest contribution to us is on kickoffs and unlike his 1st year returners are given a chance. Seldom do i see this "Boomstick" they keep referring to anymore
He was 5th in punting average this year, 4th among guys with at least 20 punts, only Morestead and Fields were substantially better. He had the best kickoff average in the NFL at 69.1 yards, a full yard better than Walsh, who was 2nd. And he had 45 touchbacks on 79 kickoffs, which is 8th in the NFL in TB%, or 5th if you take out guys with fewer than 40 kickoffs.
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I love Peyton, but you can't make those mistakes. Honestly.
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I know it sounds crazy, but Larry Fitzgerald will be in the market this offseason. Just sayin'.
Well, we certainly have the money to do it.
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Dwayne and Reggie did well. Everyone else didn't show up.
Avery is the only one that really concerns me though, since he's a vet. Hilton had a bad game, but he's a rookie, and he's been productive this season, so he gets a pass. So does Fleener for the most part. And Ballard.
TBH the only guys on offense who could be described as having played "well" are Luck, Allen, and Wayne.
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Pats will have Gronk back. Hernandez didn't play against the Colts. With edelman out that just means more balls to woodhead. Look at what happened yesterday when Gronk and Hernandez were back on the field together. A 28-0 blowout and the Pats were pretty much done halfway into the 4th or it could have been uglier. Pats were also missing two starting guards against the Colts.
Well, I'm not sure if I were a Pats fan I'd completely trust the running backs, but more likely than not it'll end up being pretty irrelevant.
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I'd rather play Denver than New England. Partly because the weather in Denver is usually at least passable, and partly because the Colts have been so good in close games, and I think Denver is more likely to let us hang around than New England. New England certainly has the occasional off day, but they're also probably the more likely of the two to blow us out of the water in the first half and thereby prevent any kind of late-game heroics.
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FYI, Grimm and Reich also got the boot, along with the rest of the Cardinals' offensive staff.
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while i agree luck was never really a rookie. kolb was suppose to be the real deal, and ken ruined any shot of that. i would much raither put reid on my short list before ken.
Ehhhh, Kolb was never anything special.
Although this line of thought probably just causes us to end up back at Mornhinweg.
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I agree.
One team's trash is another teams treasure.
I think that has been proven a time or two.
Goodness gracious, you couldn't possibly mean a certain coach by the name of Bruce Arians, could you?
I'm pretty sure a Steelers fan told me he was the reason Ben Roethlisberger is terrible.
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From a pure Colts perspective, the continuity he would offer would be a plus to some and a minus to others. He has experience. To me he was more dynamic/creative in Pittsburgh than he was in Arizona, but I don't think he called plays in Arizona... He had Haley there.
There are two you hire. Up and comers without a ton of experience, or re-treads. Each have their own sets of pros and cons.
There's nothing wrong per se with a re-tread, if he's the right guy for the job.
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Anyone who knows anything at all about Arian Foster wouldn't even think to ask this question.
It's possible the Colts could lose Stanton to.....
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Stanton's never really gotten a fair, full shot at being a starter. The guy had some promise coming into the league, I almost kinda hope we do lose him to Arizona and that he gets a legitimate shot to start there.
And frankly, if he does better than Kolb he more-or-less automatically becomes the best QB from the 2007 draft, but that says more about that draft class since it consisted of Russell, Quinn, Kolb, Beck, Stanton, Edwards, Stanback, Rowe, Troy Smith, Jordan Palmer, and Thigpen (with Moore as a UDFA).
Man does that class smell bad.