Warhawk
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I have to think Luck must have scored decently though.
Why is it so tough to get these exact scores?
Oh, I'm sure Luck did fine.
They're supposed to be confidential. Claiborne's score should never have been released in the first place. Unfortunately the NFL's idea of confidentiality seems to involve a sieve at some point in the process.
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It's a tough statement to read to me....kinda seems like they could be taking about either QB.
Guess we will know for sure sometime later.
I like nerds.
It's pretty clear the author was talking about Froman, not Luck...
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I'm not sure I agree with that article, simply because Powers and Wheeler were almost the exact same overall pick, and they give the Colts points for Wheeler, but not Powers?
You're kidding, right?
I could also quibble at how badly they rate Moala, although that may be a function of draft position.
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Hey, if you're gonna sign a guy from a DIII school, sign a guy from Mount Union...
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I still think that if Fleener falls to 34, we have to take him. Eldridge is not a receiving TE. We lost both of ours this offseason. If we can not only get a very good prospect at TE who can catch the ball, but also a guy that our new Quarterback played with in college, it would be a no-brainer of a pick.
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Erm, it looks to me like that article misread their source:
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/mar/29/shock-quarterback-froman-knows-all-the-angles/
Regarding Spokane Shock QB Adam Froman:
Throw in the fact that he ran a 4.55-second 40-yard time – Andrew Luck timed 4.59 at the scouting combine – and scored 41 on the Wonderlic test – apparently second among 2011 draft eligibles to Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy’s 43 . . . . -
We have NTs. Maybe not NTs suited to be a great NT in a 3-4, but we will have a NT. I just think everyone needs to relax on this. Different QBs play better in different systems. It's not like we will play without a NT. We might play with a NT that is better suited for a different system. I just feel since we are trying to build a better team we can wait until we have moremoney to find a great NT rather than wasting money on a stop gap measure now - like the Kerry Collins situation. That is the point of how this helps to defend my argument.
And to further the Indy car scenario. Just going and finding an average guy to drive that great car will probably mean you will end up putting that huge investment and that great car into the wall. It might be better to wait until you have the right driver to put that car on the track.
There's nothing wrong with a stop gap measure if it truly is temporary. Can't understand the argument that we shouldn't sign an average NT to, potentially, a 1-year deal (or a deal with an option after 1 year) when we can wait a year and sign a different guy to a multi-year deal. Those aren't mutually exclusive. Nothing wrong with signing a guy for the short term while actively looking for a long-term solution.
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Working on the assumption that we take Luck in the draft (or I guess RG3, though I'd prefer Luck), I would say that by far the biggest need is a legit nose tackle. Remember how well Green Bay made the transition to a 3-4 defense a few years back? Sure, they got good efforts from their LBs and what have you, but probably 75% of why that transition went so smoothly was B.J. Raji. Not saying we'll get a guy like Raji, but the 3-4 needs a competent nose tackle, or the entire scheme falls apart, especially if your LBs are kinda on the smallish side, like Angerer and (to a lesser extent) Connor are. Angerer is a quality LB, and has a great motor, but if we can't eat up the guards, he'll be spending a lot of time on his butt watching the RB go by him.
After that I would say it's a receiving TE (preferably one who can block better than Clark did... I'll take a poor man's Tony Gonzalez, thank you - we have Eldridge for pure blocking, but a safety blanket over the middle for Luck would be nice), and depth at CB (we have a couple guys who could, potentially, possibly, in theory, break out, but I don't like relying on the assumption that one of them is going to suddenly light the world on fire).
Oh, and guards. Obviously.
After that, just depth at various positions.
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I doubt any colts fan "panic" cause they know the colts dont put too much into preseason games.... i wonder what will happen if the colts actually go 4-0
The universe implodes, the Steelers complain, Wilford Brimley has a manly mustache, and I imagine we get fed to the pigs.
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I'm always reminded of the time we played in the HoF game a few years ago. My buddy is a Skins fan and he was all excited about Colt Brennan being their QB of the future after that preseason. Last I heard, he's trying out for the UFL.
Well, sure. My point is you can look at certain aspects of some rookies' games and draw some conclusions from them. But not everything, and not every position, and NOT stats.
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Keep in mind a number of those guys who are younger will end up on the practice squad, so a guy having future potential isn't necessarily a reason to give him a roster spot.
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go mynfldraft.com i looked up every colt draft pick from 2005 to present from rounds 4-7 polian is the greatest
but from rounds 1-3 in trhat time period he sucks and we hold on to these dumb 123 round picks because polian doesnt want to admit that they are bust go look it up....
Marlin Jackson, Kelvin Hayden, Joseph Addai, Jerraud Powers, and Pat Angerer are busts? News to me.
Jury still out on Hughes (as much as people here want to write him off after one season), Thomas, Moala, and, IMO, Brown (I don't think it's worth writing him off yet either).
Wheeler is still with the team, even though he's nothing special. So is Pollak, who is only backup quality tbh but is a bit better than people around here give him credit for.
Pitcock, I don't know if we could have predicted how that went down.
Jennings was ok, and is doing well on another team, so I wouldn't say "bust".
Burns, Keiaho, Ugoh, and Hughes were definite busts.
And they're all gone.
The only guy on that list who you can really make the argument that Polian is hanging on to because he doesn't want to admit it's a bad pick is Pollak, and as I said, I'd actually be perfectly happy with the guy as a backup. They got rid of the 4 guys I said were definite busts fairly quickly. Even people who don't much like Moala aren't saying we should cut him. Thomas has had injury problems and for the most part the fans are cutting him some slack.
While I agree that he hasn't found many "stars" in the first 3 rounds lately, that doesn't mean they're all busts. So many highly drafted players bust anyway, that finding a starter-quality player, or even an effective role player, even if he's not a cornerstone of your team, is a win in my book.
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lol all of those fair weather fans would be on the Packers or Steelers boards right now...
Chargers boards. :chargers:
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Collie should be fine this year. I feel he never really fully recovered from his initial concussion before he stepped back onto the field. That led to more head trauma because he wasn't fully healed. That definitely did not help the situation. I believe he will be fine this year. I can understand why people don't expect Gonzo to be healthy, but not Collie. He should be fine.
Agreed. Worst part of that is, if we weren't so decimated with injuries at the non-QB offensive skill positions, we would have never needed to rush him back in the first place. And if we had taken it slower, he might have been around, and healthy, for the playoffs - and that would have made a huge difference, I think.
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Well, that third one depends on what position the player plays and what your definition of "performance" is, but by and large I agree.
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I'm not sure actually. If Nevis, Hughes, and Harris are as good as they look so far in camp, we might actually get enough pressure with our front 4 that we don't really have to blitz.
It really depends on the D-line.
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15 mil is old news, that was before free agent signings and re-signings and whatnot. We're closer to 7 mil. And you need a bit of cap space for contingencies.
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This guy seems familiar somehow.
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I always did like Giordano, wouldn't complain if he came back.
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you think anyone who points out a colts weakness is not a fan!! who made you the fan judge!!you are not any good at being a fan judge and you are not any good at a colts forum BUT YOUR PRETTY GOOD AT BEING RUDE!!
You're pretty good at posting the same thing over and over again and not listening to anything anyone else says.
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who will stop the run best at dt? we cant let people run through our line because they can run over our small linebackers
Ok, first, Sims is a good tackler. So is Angerer, actually. The issue isn't whether the back gets through the line, it's whether the O-line (and, if there is one, the FB) gets to the second level before the RB. The idea is for the d-line to hold their ground, occupy blockers, disrupt the blocking scheme, and, ideally, to limit the RB's options and force the RB to hesitate before hitting the hole, allowing the LBs to play the gaps and hold the back to no gain or a short gain. The problem is when our LBs get blocked by a FB or a pulling guard or what have you, where their size does create problems. If the d-line does its job, then small, fast LBs fit the scheme quite well. And this is shaping up to be the best D-line we've had in years.
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I second the above post.
Additionally, I think a few of these newer usernames are actually the same person.
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I see you're making up for the lack of capital letters in the rest of your posts by making this one IN ALL CAPS.
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So if he sticks can we call him C-Spann?
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The upside here is that now we don't have to reach for an NT in the draft. I'd still like to get one, if we can get a good value player for the position, but it's not such a priority that we have to spend a high round pick on a mid-to-late round guy just because we have a glaring need.
IMO it would be really nice if Ta'amu fell to the third, since I want Fleener in the second (assuming he falls). Of course, who knows how things will shake out. But, like I said, if we have a guy the coaches think can be an adequate starter, we don't have to hit the panic button with a draft pick.