Donald Brown

[BleedingBlue]

looked good today. He made a lot of second efforts broke a couple of tackles, had a nice stiff arm and had a nice reception.

[PrincetonTiger]

it took a while but he showed quite a bit.

[GoColts8818]

If we could ever give him the blocking we gave Edge back in the day Brown would be a star. I've really come around on Brown. He's got speed and lowered his shoulder several times today to get an extra yard. His biggest challenge remains the line blocking in front of him. I did notice they were calling more runs to the outside today unlike last week which was good to see.

[ALL BLUE]

Donald is a all out effort guy dont understand why so many are down on him.

[lollygagger8]

Why don't we use him more in some stretch plays, or at least run around the pile instead of trying to run up the middle all the time??

[PrincetonTiger]

Why don't we use him more in some stretch plays, or at least run around the pile instead of trying to run up the middle all the time??

offensive scheme

[manning04]

i would like to see some slip screens or delayed outs for him

[Mouthfire]

Donald Brown had a tremendous game today. If he didn't get hit so often and so far in the backfield, he would've had a career game today.

And to note, he trucked quite a few defenders today and picked up extra yards. He looks like he can actually get extra yards after contact, when he's not hit as soon as he gets the ball.

[inviolable]

I got to say he is proving me wrong I wanted to bench him at the start of the season I will be the first to admit I was wrong. He made me so mad when he dropped those passes in the Bears game, but he is a good back.

[Nobody]

Yes, more screens to Brown. If he catches them, he always seems to turn receptions into long gains. See: Luck's first pass.

[oldunclemark]

absolutely right.....

////He always a blocker on pass protection so if he fakes a block .....in passing situations...he's open.

..When he got those seven yards and Viantieri kickdedd the field goal....I thouhgt we'd pulled it out

[lollygagger8]

Too bad Arians is allergic to screens

[GoColts8818]

Too bad Arians is allergic to screens

We tried to run some screens and the Jags sniffed them out and blew them up before they happened.

[ColtJ82]

I have been very happy with Donald's effort this year.

[lollygagger8]

We tried to run some screens and the Jags sniffed them out and blew them up before they happened.

I only remember one try.

If we had more than that, then they were such feeble attempts that they didn't even resemble a screen.

[The Fish]

Meh.

[lollygagger8]

Meh.

That Matt Schaub picture is incredibly hard to look at. lol

[King Colt]

Unless you passing game AND running game are "threatening" then they are useless. If the oppolsitions sees no or little possibility of success they will abandon one and concentrate on the other. The Colts aere again this year without a running" threat". We have a first round draft pick next year, I pray they pick a monster running back.

[PatMcAfeeFan]

Meh.

That Matt Schaub picture is inaccurate as of yesterday. He is missing part of his left ear.

[jwilli69]

Unless you passing game AND running game are "threatening" then they are useless. If the oppolsitions sees no or little possibility of success they will abandon one and concentrate on the other. The Colts aere again this year without a running" threat". We have a first round draft pick next year, I pray they pick a monster running back.

You realize without a oline to open any holes, a monster back is not going to help. Getting hit in the backfield by a back is a plan of disaster and that's what we have on our line, a disaster. We need a very solid lineman to match up with canstanzo.

[The Fish]

That Matt Schaub picture is incredibly hard to look at. lol

It's like he's looking at "both" of you..

[Mouthfire]

Unless you passing game AND running game are "threatening" then they are useless. If the oppolsitions sees no or little possibility of success they will abandon one and concentrate on the other. The Colts aere again this year without a running" threat". We have a first round draft pick next year, I pray they pick a monster running back.

Nobody short of Barry Sanders could run effectively behind our mess of an O line.

[GoDeep]

Brown has been better and had a good day. There is no way a monster back does anything with this line. There are no holes.

[mystrymaster]

Brown continues to show that he is effective in space get him outside

[SilentHill]

Brown up the middle = Horrible play calling

Brown on the outside = Good play calling

[swflacoltsfans]

They should let him play for some other team during the bye week that has a good line to see what he can do. Is it our running backs or is it the line? Tough to run when there is no hole or the defense is in the backfield as soon as you get the ball.

[Nostrils]

Why don't we use him more in some stretch plays, or at least run around the pile instead of trying to run up the middle all the time??

exactly!

[BleedingBlue]

From what I saw it seemed both the coaches and Brown have been reading these forums.

I said Donald can;t block or catch so Mewelde Moore seemed to be doing all the blocking and was a check down for Luck.

Then Brown came in to purely run.

Brown showed a lot of heart and even caught a nice pass for a big gain.

As for the comments about running Brown up the middle, I completley agree, Ballard needs to be our middle guy. Brown our misdirection and outside. A good test for Brown will be Texas. darn those guys cover the spread well.

[JustAColtsFan]

Unless you passing game AND running game are "threatening" then they are useless. If the oppolsitions sees no or little possibility of success they will abandon one and concentrate on the other. The Colts aere again this year without a running" threat". We have a first round draft pick next year, I pray they pick a monster running back.

AGAIN!!!! It will do us little good to draft a monster back without a decent OL to block for him.. We need some big bruisers up front to push the defenders out of the way ;)

[JoKeR]

Brown has some wheels, he just needs some space to get to speed. More PA passes to Brown please.

[jbaron04]

Why don't we run more stretch plays an screens brown always make big plays in space

[Mouthfire]

Why don't we run more stretch plays an screens brown always make big plays in space

That's a good question. I'm guessing it still boils down to the offensive linemen. You need fairly mobile linemen to run both plays. If anything, our linemen are bigger and less mobile than what we've had in the past.

[Tree]

I am not completely sure that Brown could ever be a feature back, but I never want to see him go. He is a big play waiting to happen, and if we ever need a quick score, I am not sure if there is anyone else on the roster I want to have the ball.

[TKnight24]

I am not completely sure that Brown could ever be a feature back, but I never want to see him go. He is a big play waiting to happen, and if we ever need a quick score, I am not sure if there is anyone else on the roster I want to have the ball.

Hard to be a Feature Back when your Front 5 won't Block for you

[chad hugo]

he needs to be more elusive, he has zero moves to evade or do anything to avoid a tackler. BTW where's delone carter??

[jbaron04]

That's a good question. I'm guessing it still boils down to the offensive linemen. You need fairly mobile linemen to run both plays. If anything, our linemen are bigger and less mobile than what we've had in the past.

I mean even when we have te sets we should try to run on edges can run up middle