Who's your Top 5?

[TKnight24]

Question that popped into my head today. Name the 5 most indispensable @Colts for 2015. Who MUST stay healthy to reach February goals?

— Kevin Bowen (@KBowenColts)

July 21, 2015

My 5

1. Andrew Luck

2. Vontae Davis

3. T.Y. Hilton

4. Robert Mathis

5. Dwayne Allen

[Nobody]

Your top three are obvious but I'd go 

 

4. Anthony Castonzo

 

5. Arthur Jones

 

No one injury except Luck would sink us, it would take a lot (and we overcome those too)

[21isSuperman]

I actually don't think it's vital if Hilton stays healthy.  Given how deep our WR corps is, I think we'd be able to manage with an injury to him.  It'd be difficult, but I think we could still manage.

[mikey287]

1. A.Luck

2. V.Davis

3. A.Costanzo

4. [best interior o-lineman]

5. [second best interior o-lineman]/A.Jones

HM: F.Gore

Edited July 21, 2015 by 21isSuperman

[TonyBungee]

Ok, JMO.

Andrew Luck

Vontae Davis

Robert Mathis

Pat MacAfee

Frank Gore

[Gavin]

1.Luck

2.Davis

3.Hilton

4.Castonzo

5.Mike Adams...Yep in no way shape or form do I trust our back up Safeties to start a lengthy amount of time till proven otherwise.

[BProland85]

1. Luck

2. Davis

3. Costanzo

4. Hilton

5. Mathis

[peytonmanning18]

1. Luck

2. Castonzo

3. Davis

4. Mathis

5. Adams

[21isSuperman]

I'm surprised at how many people are saying Mathis.  We didn't have him for last season and we were still able to muster up a decent pass rush.  Even if he's healthy, I don't think he'll be able to have a huge impact

[bananabucket]

1. Luck -- ...next

2. Castonzo -- our pass protection would instantly be garbage.

3. Davis -- would no longer have anyone to shut down #1 WRs.  Toler would be picked on all day.

4. Hilton -- "pick your poison" would turn into "cover Andre"

5. Adams -- didn't enter my mind at first, but I have to agree with the other posters ITT.  Geathers could be good eventually, but I sure as hell don't wanna throw him into the fire right away.

 

 

Mathis would be next.  Didn't put him in the top 5 because hopefully Cole/Newsome could do a reasonable job in his absence.

[peytonmanning18]

I'm surprised at how many people are saying Mathis. We didn't have him for last season and we were still able to muster up a decent pass rush. Even if he's healthy, I don't think he'll be able to have a huge impact

Our pass rush was not good last year. When we got pressure it was because we blitzed which can leave the secondary exposed. By having Mathis (hopefully healthy and at least half of what he was in 2013) we can generate more pressure without having to constantly blitz.

[Grigs build the lines plz.]

Gore has to be in the mix.

[peytonmanning18]

Gore has to be in the mix.

We don't even know what Gore can do with our subpar offensive line. He ran behind one of the best in SF. He'll be an upgrade but this is pass first offense

[akcolt]

I'm surprised at how many people are saying Mathis. We didn't have him for last season and we were still able to muster up a decent pass rush. Even if he's healthy, I don't think he'll be able to have a huge impact

I feel the same way about Mathis but not TY if he goes down we have an aging #1 and a bunch of guys who have done nothing in the NFL almost same impact as losing Adams.

As a franchise we have gotten lucky with guys like Marvin and TY producing early that's not the norm. There would be a lot of pressure on the youngsters and more 2 TE sets. I think it would really limit us offensively.

Luck Davis Castonzo TY Adams

[braveheartcolt]

Luck

Davis

Gore

Castonzo

Patty Mac

[Hoosiernsavga]

Im putting the entire starting  OL after Luck! 

[Defjamz26]

Luck

Hilton

Davis

Castonzo

Moncrief

[CR91]

luck

davis

hilton

castonzo

art jones-surprised? when hes healthy, we do a great job stopping the run. we need him to stay healthy

[lollygagger8]

1. Luck 

2. Davis 

3. Adams 

4. Castanzo 

5. Allen 

[Chucklez]

I'm only going to do 2-5 because mentioning #1 is pointless.

 

2. Davis

3. Castonzo

4. Irving (much bigger signing than people think..... IF he is healthy)

5. Jones

[Maniq]

1. Luck

2. Castonzo

3. Davis

4. Hilton

5. Cole

[Kenny]

1. Luck

2. Castonzo

3. Davis

4. Mathis

5. Adams

My list except swap 2 n 3 and 4 n 5.

[Andrew Luck's Beard]

1. Luck

2. Vontae

3. Castonzo

4. Adams

5. Gore

[superrep1967]

1. Luck

2. Vontae

3. Castonzo

4. Adams

5. Gore

I agree with you these are me top 5 as well.

[aaron11]

luck- captain obvious

castonzo - second most important player.  we would have trouble against any half decent defense without him

mathis-  not super obvious, but hes our only guy with any experience at all getting pressure on the leagues best QBs

davis- he could miss a game or two, but going on IR might be too much

??? not sure who to put here, no one else on defense seems indispensable(id feel lucky to get another good season out of adams anyway), and we are pretty deep at offensive skill positions.  mewhort maybe?

[Dustin]

1. Luck

2. Vontae

3. Castanzo

4. Mathis

5. Hilton

This is the only correct answer.

[Archer]

1 Luck

2 Vontae

3 Costanzo

4 Langford

5 Freeman

[ColtRider]

1. Luck

2. Davis & the entire starting defense (it better be as much as possible)

3. Castonzo

4. Gore

5. Hilton

[PhillyCOLTSfan]

1.Luck

2.Davis

3.Castonzo

4.any pass rusher

5.Vinteria we goin be in close games need him to come through

[Grigs build the lines plz.]

We don't even know what Gore can do with our subpar offensive line. He ran behind one of the best in SF. He'll be an upgrade but this is pass first offense

Yup, both lines need to step it up but our RB rotation needs to stay healthy as it has not

for the last 2 or 3 seasons.

[JH8788]

1. Andrew

 

2. Vontae

 

3. Castonzo

 

4. T.Y.

 

5. Adams

 

 

HM: Allen, Fleener, Jones, Mewhort

[jskinnz]

To me this list begins and ends with Luck.  Everyone else by themselves can be replaced and the team can compensate in some fashion.  There is no compensating without Luck.

[JH8788]

To me this list begins and ends with Luck.  Everyone else by themselves can be replaced and the team can compensate in some fashion.  There is no compensating without Luck.

Explain how the likes of Vontae & Castonzo can be replaced. Shutdown CBs & pro bowl caliber LTs don't grow on trees.

[southwest1]

1. Luck

2. Gore

3.Davis

4. The entire offensive line

5. Trent Cole. Hopefully, money well spent making contributions stopping the run & making opposing QBs feel very uncomfortable. 

 

Yes, I revere Dwayne Allen, but our defense was our achilles heel which is why I put Cole at #5. I just needed to clear the air. Thank you. 

[Smurphy1]

1. Luck

2. Castonzo

3. davis

4. Andre

5. Not sure, Ask me after pre season

 

I've said it before but I think Andre will be the biggest difference maker. We did not have a receiver of his skill set on our team last year who was healthy. If all he catches are < 10 yard passes for first downs and no TDs we can easily win the superbowl because that was the main thing missing in our offense down the stretch.

[southwest1]

1. Luck

2. Vontae

3. Castanzo

4. Mathis

5. Hilton

This is the only correct answer.

Cute. Confidence has never been your kryptonite has it Dustin?  Just kidding! 

[Andrew Luck's Beard]

I think that we have enough decent receivers that we can deal with one injury with little difficulty. TY, Andre, and Moncrief have proven that they can make plays. Dorsett or Carter will hope to become playmakers as well, and at least one of them should be able to show their worth if they're suddenly thrust into a starting spot. Plus, it's not like we're gonna have to run three or more receiver formations every down. There are plenty of playmakers available in our receiving corps.

[ColtsBlueFL]

Granting these are healthy to start (and also my necessary 5 to stay healthy), in the pass happy, QB driven NFL, my indispensable 5-

 

Luck

Mathis

Castonzo

Davis

Hilton

 

Those 5, that order.

 

If Mathis isn't (close to)  his old self to start the season, that is a huge setback. 

[ColtsBlueFL]

1. Luck

2. Vontae

3. Castanzo

4. Mathis

5. Hilton

This is the only correct answer.

 

Wow! Swap Davis and Mathis, and I agree 100%. Otherwise I agree nearly 100%  ;-)

[jskinnz]

Explain how the likes of Vontae & Castonzo can be replaced. Shutdown CBs & pro bowl caliber LTs don't grow on trees.

 

OK Sparky - here goes...

 

1) Last year Mathis would have been said to be the 2nd most irreplaceable Colt and they made it all the way to the AFC Championship Game without him.  

 

2) They can roll coverage to Davis' replacement

 

3) They can slide protection to whoever the new LT would be.

 

4) Plus in both instances they have more depth than in previous years

 

5) Luck goes down and there is no replacing him

 

The point is they will be contenders largely because of the QB play.  Everyone is replaceable to one extent or another.  Not easily replaced and their losses would be felt.