hoosierhawk Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Seems as several on here are fairly high on Ulrick John. Were does the optimism come from? He was on the IR all year if I recall. Not knocking him, just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR91 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 its not really our optimism. more of grigs. I think fans just wanna see what grigs sees in john. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhawk Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 its not really our optimism. more of grigs. I think fans just wanna see what grigs sees in john. Has he raved about him? Have not read that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throwing BBZ Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Seems as several on here are fairly high on Ulrick John. Were does the optimism come from? He was on the IR all year if I recall. Not knocking him, just curious. From actually watching him in pre-season. He was athletic, and was holding his blocks and moving his man very nicely. A 2nd year of development and Ya just never know. There isn`t Anyone else on our roster that i care to see at LT if AC is out. So Maybe UJ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR91 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Has he raved about him? Have not read that. hes talked about him improving and bulking up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valpo2004 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Seems as several on here are fairly high on Ulrick John. Were does the optimism come from? He was on the IR all year if I recall. Not knocking him, just curious. He played well in pretty limited action in pre-season. It's hard to say how good he really is because the sample size is really low, but in the plays he did get in during pre-season he looked really good. That's always going to get fans excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrentMc11 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 He bulked to 300....he will be interesting to watch. I think he makes the cut or goes back to the practice squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valpo2004 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Seems as several on here are fairly high on Ulrick John. Were does the optimism come from? He was on the IR all year if I recall. Not knocking him, just curious. For the record I may have mentioned this before but it sounds like you root for all of the right football teams. Colts and Iowa Hawkeyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColtStronger Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I don't understand why anybody would be high on him. He's what a 7th or 8th rd pick. What's so special about him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valpo2004 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I don't understand why anybody would be high on him. He's what a 7th or 8th rd pick. What's so special about him? 7th, there is no 8th round. And as I pointed out, he played well in the offseason in limited action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurphy1 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 he's a diamond in the ruff pick. People are always interested in how those pan out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColtStronger Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 7th, there is no 8th round. And as I pointed out, he played well in the offseason in limited action. It sounds like Cherilus is going to be back, and if not I wouldn't mind letting him compete for the starting job, with somebody drafted early this year, but then again, why not just start an early round pick from this years draft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProblChld32 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Seems as several on here are fairly high on Ulrick John. Were does the optimism come from? He was on the IR all year if I recall. Not knocking him, just curious. Its the mystery factor, who doesnt like rooting for the under dog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BPindy Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I don't understand why anybody would be high on him. He's what a 7th or 8th rd pick. What's so special about him? He's bulked up considerably, I'll be interested to watch him in action this preseason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollygagger8 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Man, I hate it when people have last names as first names and first names as last names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jskinnz Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 From actually watching him in pre-season. He was athletic, and was holding his blocks and moving his man very nicely. A 2nd year of development and Ya just never know. There isn`t Anyone else on our roster that i care to see at LT if AC is out. So Maybe UJ? So you were able to discern this in his 10 preseason snaps before he got injured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewColtsFan Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 For me, the reason I'm very curious about John is how Grigson talks about him. If you watch a Grigson interview and he's asked about Ulrick John, Grigson's face lights up... his voice goes up... he loves to talk about him... one gets the feeling that Grigson thinks he's found a diamond in the rough. Though he's currently listed at 300, I believe I've heard Grigson reference him at 315. I think he's someone we should all keep an eye on this off-season and pre-season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurphy1 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 For me, the reason I'm very curious about John is how Grigson talks about him. If you watch a Grigson interview and he's asked about Ulrick John, Grigson's face lights up... his voice goes up... he loves to talk about him... one gets the feeling that Grigson thinks he's found a diamond in the rough. Though he's currently listed at 300, I believe I've heard Grigson reference him at 315. I think he's someone we should all keep an eye on this off-season and pre-season.Either that or he is just happy to be asked a non nonsense question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDakColts Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I didn't get to see much of him as he was hurt early on in preseason, but from what I did see I would have to say there was reason for optimism. He was playing LT filling in for Castanzo which surprised me as I thought that was going to be Reitz. He was holding his blocks very well at the point of attack not giving much ground in the pass game, and moving his man in the run game. He showed IMO above average athleticism last year in the preseason enough so to make me start thinking Grigs got a steal in the draft in the 7th round. I am glad we was able to carry him through the season on IR so he can have another opportunity in camp to show what he has this preseason. Who knows he may very well have as good a shot as any for our RT hole given Gosder doesn't come back the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valpo2004 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 It sounds like Cherilus is going to be back, and if not I wouldn't mind letting him compete for the starting job, with somebody drafted early this year, but then again, why not just start an early round pick from this years draft? I doubt he'd be a likely starter, however we severely need depth at tackle. I'd be happy if he was just good depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefire4 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I guess we'll see just how confident Grigs is in Ulrick John by how early we draft a tackle this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyD4U Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 For the life of me, I cannot stop calling him John Ulrick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 For the life of me, I cannot stop calling him John Ulrick.You're not the only one lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougDew Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Man, I hate it when people have last names as first names and first names as last names. Maybe the hospital accidentally erased the comma in between his real last and first name at birth. What exactly do you pair with the last name of John? Jonotthan? Richard? Elton would be worse than Ulrick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horse Shoe Heaven Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Ahhhh I think people saw him play OK in pre season! Haven't heard anyone proclaim him as the next Johnathan Ogden? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollygagger8 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Maybe the hospital accidentally erased the comma in between his real last and first name at birth. What exactly do you pair with the last name of John? Jonotthan? Richard? Elton would be worse than Ulrick. Some lady at my work is named Gretchen Carol, or Carol Gretchen. I can never remember what her name is so I just say "hey" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckColt Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Man, I hate it when people have last names as first names and first names as last names. Yeah, it's like he filled out one of those forms wrong when he was a kid starting school...you know "last name first/first name last"...and it stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dee Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Local radio has mentioned many times how high the Colts are on U J .. We will soon see first hand, if dude can stay in the game and be an asset that will be HUGE for this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockeDown Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 What if Ulrick John has a first name for his middle name? like Ulrick James John? or Ulrick Scott John? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueShoe Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Seems as several on here are fairly high on Ulrick John. Were does the optimism come from? He was on the IR all year if I recall. Not knocking him, just curious. Last preseason when AC left with the starters, John was second in at LT. It surprised me, so I took interest in him, and watched replay after replay on him. I am not a scout, but he looked really good before he got hurt. He passed the test with the coaches (to be so high on the depth chart) in such a short time, along with my amateur eyeball test. There is absolutely some potential with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanianColtsFan Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Last preseason when AC left with the starters, John was second in at LT. It surprised me, so I took interest in him, and watched replay after replay on him. I am not a scout, but he looked really good before he got hurt.He passed the test with the coaches (to be so high on the depth chart) in such a short time, along with my amateur eyeball test. There is absolutely some potential with him.Can you please post a link to preseason highlights of Ulrick? I didn't get the chance to watch that Jets game in which he made his appearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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