Dwight lowery agrees to terms with us

[12isthenew18]

per app

[mattceinicram]

eh

[CR91]

I guess its better then the invisible man that was gonna be starting

[RockThatBlue]

He can't be any worse than Landry. So there's that at least

[TKnight24]

Smh, no big name so everyone complains

[Dustin]

Wow! He sucks. 

[12isthenew18]

i don't know much about him so can someone let me know on him like skill etc.

[Dustin]

i don't know much about him so can someone let me know on him like skill etc.

 

He gave up over 600 yards in coverage last season.

 

For comparison

 

Adams gave up 298

Landry gave up 120

Brown gave up 90. 

 

For a total of 508!

[12isthenew18]

He gave up over 600 yards in coverage last season.

 

For comparison

 

Adams gave up 298

Landry gave up 120

Brown gave up 90. 

 

For a total of 508!

no my god lets hope he doesn't make the roster

[RealityIsLuck]

He's a decent SS, forced into action last year. 85 Tackles, 2 INT's. Will fill the Sergio Brown spot nicely as a vet S, that can come off the bench as a 3rd S. Good signing to me, as I assume it will be 1M or less for the year.

[Gabriel Alexander Morillo]

He gave up over 600 yards in coverage last season.

For comparison

Adams gave up 298

Landry gave up 120

Brown gave up 90.

For a total of 508!

Holy crap

[BlueShoe]

Exactly what we needed. A true Free Safety. Now we draft a safety to groom and we have 2 vets starting with Dewey in his second year.

 

Good signing. Not sure why anyone would be upset with this pickup.

[Dustin]

Oh god he's expected to start. 

[NBColtsFanatic]

He should be better than Landry, right, right??!?

[Dustin]

Holy crap

 

630 to be exact, the most in the league. 

[Dustin]

1.1 yards per cover snap. That means on any given passing play, he was giving up 1.1 yards. For comparison Landry was at .66

[BlueShoe]

Good grief guys, the Falcons were second worse in the league with only 22 sacks last season. No player can cover receivers all day long. There was a lot wrong with the Falcons last year.

 

Lowery played well in Rex's system, and I expect him to do well in ours. He is not a superstar but he should be solid for us.

[Bravo]

1.1 yards per cover snap. That means on any given passing play, he was giving up 1.1 yards. For comparison Landry was at .66

Landry also didn't play a full season

[Bravo]

Good grief guys, the Falcons were second worse in the league with only 22 sacks last season. No player can cover receivers all day long. There was a lot wrong with the Falcons last year.

Lowery played well in Rex's system, and I expect him to do well in ours. He is not a superstar but he should be solid for us.

Speaking the truth! Give the guy a chance!!! Not every player is going to be a shining star!!!!

Besides what else would you rather do? I'm sure we will draft a S still. Slow offseason. Gotta complain about something.

[Dustin]

 

Lowery played well in Rex's system, and I expect him to do well in ours. He is not a superstar but he should be solid for us.

 

No he didn't. He gave up over 300 yards on only 300ish pass plays in the year he played safety under Rex. 1.51 yards per cover snap was by far the worst in the league. The next closest was at 1.27.

[Dustin]

Landry also didn't play a full season

 

YPCS isn't a volume stat so that doesn't make a difference.

[12isthenew18]

lets just wait until we can draft karl joseph next year

[Dustin]

why does ryan grigson hate defense

[Bravo]

why does ryan grigson hate defense

What else would you suggest us do sir?

[GAColtsFan]

He gave up over 600 yards in coverage last season.

 

For comparison

 

Adams gave up 298

Landry gave up 120

Brown gave up 90. 

 

For a total of 508!

 

I believe you, but that seems not NFL worthy. I saw he started 15 games for the Falcons. I'm wondering why he played even with a bad Falcon pass rush.

[Dustin]

What else would you suggest us do sir?

 

A.) Sign one of the 5 or so better safties on the market

 

B.) Wait until the draft

 

c.) Just roll with Dewey. 

[Bravo]

A.) Sign one of the 5 or so better safties on the market

B.) Wait until the draft

c.) Just roll with Dewey.

We will still do B.

Also can still do C!

Can't help ya with A but It's okay I promise!

[MTC]

Meh, whatever. I still believe we'll draft a safety in the early rounds.

[Dustin]

I believe you, but that seems not NFL worthy. I saw he started 15 games for the Falcons. I'm wondering why he played even with a bad Falcon pass rush.

 

For some reason, NFL decision makers prefer to start bad players over unknown players. See how long it took Boom Herron to steal carries from Trent Richardson even though conventional wisdom told you you could pick any RB off of the street and he'd be more effective? 

[Superman]

Grigson was hoping I had checked out for the weekend...

[Dustin]

I actually think this helps improve the run defense. Nobody is going to not throw the ball with Dwight Lowery in the backfield. 

[ColtsLegacy]

I actually think this helps improve the run defense. Nobody is going to not throw the ball with Dwight Lowery in the backfield. 

 

I can't say I know much about Lowery but prior to 2014, before the Falcons, as a safety, he never had a negative pass coverage grade for a season on PFF. In just 557 snaps in 2012 (he was inured in 2013) he was +6.1 pass coverage, which is quite good.

[Dustin]

I can't say I know much about Lowery but prior to 2014, before the Falcons, as a safety, he never had a negative pass coverage grade for a season on PFF.

That's cool, but his passing stats have been bad to below average most of his career. Awful in his years with the Jets (as a safety) and Falcons.. He had 1 good year in Jacksonville (which viewed with the rest of his career is a complete outlier) and another below average one.

His PFF grade doesn't mean anything to me if he's giving up 80 yard plays every other game.

[BigQandTheManiac]

I Wish we never got rid of bethae with the season he had last year and the season adams had, could you imagine those two together?

[COLTS449]

Don't worry about it. He's good depth. We'll draft a safety in the first 3 rounds who'll beat him out.

[Flash7]

Here's what Grigson has done regarding the safety position since getting here:

 

1. Sign Zibikowski - bad signing

2. Sign Landry - bad signing

3. Let Bethea leave -  although he did not have great cover skills, was our best safety. (I'm okay with this knowing what SF gave for him).

4. Sign Adams- good signing

5. Through the draft he added Dewey McDonald. 

 

Then he signs Winston Guy and now Dwight Lowery. Both played for the God-awful Jaguars and were let go.....from the Jaguars!

 

Colts fans seam obsessed with being like the Patriots (the Pagano thread) while Grigson is trying to make us more like the Jaguars. (sarcasm)

[Smonroe]

Anyone tracking how many we have signed now?

[TKnight24]

I Wish we never got rid of bethae with the season he had last year and the season adams had, could you imagine those two together?

BETHEA SUCKED HERE! LET IT GO

[GAColtsFan]

I'll give Grigs and Lowery the benefit of the doubt, but he has a lot to prove if the Jags and Falcons let him go.

 

 

The 29-year old Lowery comes to Indianapolis after seven NFL seasons (84 games played, 62 career starts).

Lowery played with the Atlanta Falcons last season, where he started 15 of 16 games.

As free agency began, Lowery told ESPN.com he didn’t expect the Falcons to re-sign him with new head coach Dan Quinn arriving after time as the Seahawks defensive coordinator.

"The Seattle system, they like taller, longer players that can run and are physical. ... I'm not the tallest guy (5-11 and 212 pounds),” Lowery told ESPN.com.

“I'm definitely not a blazer as far as 40 times go. But I play football. I know what I'm doing, and I understand what I'm doing. There are places for players like that, too."

[Flash7]

BETHEA SUCKED HERE! LET IT GO

No....Bethea won a Super Bowl while he was here.

 

Zibikowski and Landry sucked.