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Welcome to training camp day 5!

 

I just finished my 3, 12 hour over night shifts as a Corrections Officer this weekend and have the next two days off! Im gonna grab a couple hours of sleep and head up to Anderson! I'm excited to finally be able to make it to training camp this year! Have been the past 3 years.

 

I will try to update while I am there but I will for sure write about what I saw afterwards. All of the updates from the fellow forum members have been great, so keep them coming!

 

Hope everyone has a good day!

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I posted my initial concerns about safety, although I did forget we have guys like Darius Butler and Djoun Smith who can also play safety if we had some serious hits to the depth.  I feel like we really only have one guy that can play in the box and that's Geathers although Green did play quite a bit in the box at Clemson. 

 

I guess that next box safety would be Green although I feel he's more skillset wise a FS.  He's not really scared to tackle, but I just don't think he arrives with authority like Geathers. Winston Guy I am not confident of their stance on him.   I do like the UDFA McClure but not sure if he'll make the team or not.  Obviously Adams is still playing at a high level. Durability is my concern with him this year.

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18 minutes ago, krunk said:

I posted my initial concerns about safety, although I did forget we have guys like Darius Butler and Djoun Smith who can also play safety if we had some serious hits to the depth.  I feel like we really only have one guy that can play in the box and that's Geathers although Green did play quite a bit in the box at Clemson. 

 

I guess that next box safety would be Green although I feel he's more skillset wise a FS.  He's not really scared to tackle, but I just don't think he arrives with authority like Geathers. Winston Guy I am not confident of their stance on him.   I do like the UDFA McClure but not sure if he'll make the team or not.  Obviously Adams is still playing at a high level. Durability is my concern with him this year.

Tevin Mitchel has also played safety right? He might need to step up sooner than expected. 

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1 minute ago, SP_21 said:

Tevin Mitchel has also played safety right? He might need to step up sooner than expected. 

I don't think he's played any safety. Mostly nickel cornerback and some on the outside at Arkansas. If Mitchel continues to play well we could slide him in at the Nickel and put Smith at safety in an emergency situation if we lost a number of safeties to injury.   I'm only speaking in terms of injury/emergency, not that I want him to play safety. It's just another option along with the Butler option.

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18 minutes ago, Coffeedrinker said:

I like Thornton and I think he could be an excellent guard in the NFL if he can get healthy.  But doesn't the male lion lay around and let the females do the hunting and then he just comes and eats. and keeps the hyena's away?

And he keeps the "Rival" lions at bay. 

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19 minutes ago, Coffeedrinker said:

I like Thornton and I think he could be an excellent guard in the NFL if he can get healthy.  But doesn't the male lion lay around and let the females do the hunting and then he just comes and eats. and keeps the hyena's away?

Yes, and I also remember from Wild Kingdom that coitus is brief and perfunctory...but I don't know how that figures in to Thornton.  (It might be where the metaphor breaks down...)

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2 minutes ago, Archer said:

Yes, and I also remember from Wild Kingdom that coitus is brief and perfunctory...but I don't know how that figures in to Thornton.  (It might be where the metaphor breaks down...)

Please don't use the phrase "breaks down" and Thorton in the same sentence.

They have been together far too much already.haha

 

Seriously, though, if it helps him focus on staying fit then I'm all for it.  Kinda' hard to prevent someone

rolling on ya', but the mental aspect of it all can get him into better condition.  If he plays the way the

coaches think he can this line will have solid depth.  I am loving the competition.

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2 hours ago, Smonroe said:

I'm assuming Pagano means all totally healthy Colts will play.  I doubt they'll put even a slightly hurt guy out there.

 

If Kelly's strain is more than a grade 1, he won't play.

 

Yeah especially the words "no resting of guys" . . . He's basically saying he's not going to be giving any vets the day completely off just cause they are vets.  

 

That happens in the last pre-season game.  

 

But yeah he's not going to send anyone out there with an injury, nor should he.  

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26 minutes ago, Coffeedrinker said:

I like Thornton and I think he could be an excellent guard in the NFL if he can get healthy.  But doesn't the male lion lay around and let the females do the hunting and then he just comes and eats. and keeps the hyena's away?

He walks around marking the territory.  Turns out male lions have vast sums of urine reserve.

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1 hour ago, Coffeedrinker said:

I like Thornton and I think he could be an excellent guard in the NFL if he can get healthy.  But doesn't the male lion lay around and let the females do the hunting and then he just comes and eats. and keeps the hyena's away?

 

Yeah he basically does most of the fighting, but does very little of the hunting.  

 

Although the male will sometimes take part if they are aiming to take down really big prey.  At that point it seems to be all hands on deck.  

 

I'd rather Thornton play like a Hippo.  One of the most aggressive and dangerous animals in the world.  

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3 minutes ago, Steamboat_Shaun said:

 

Josh seems high on him playing back there, FWIW

 

 

Not so sure that that he thinks it's a good move as much as it is that he thinks that it is more than just something they're doing to provide "camp bodies" at the position?  He may be, but that's not how I'm taking it.

It will be interesting to see how much playing time he gets there Sunday.

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9 minutes ago, Valpo2004 said:

 

 

 

I'd rather Thornton play like a Hippo.  One of the most aggressive and dangerous animals in the world.  

Hippos kill more humans in Africa then any other animal, they're mean sons of guns.

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46 minutes ago, Coffeedrinker said:

I like Thornton and I think he could be an excellent guard in the NFL if he can get healthy.  But doesn't the male lion lay around and let the females do the hunting and then he just comes and eats. and keeps the hyena's away?

 

He says he checked in at 313 this year, down from 340 last year. You've always said he has a conditioning problem, hopefully that helps. I still think he's one of the most talented linemen on the team, but he definitely has to play better and stay on the field.

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58 minutes ago, \m/COLTS\m/ said:

Hippos kill more humans in Africa then any other animal, they're mean sons of guns.

 

Oh yeah they are like Badgers if a badger was 3,000 pounds.  

 

They are funny to look at but they will freaking kill you for the fun of it.  

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2 minutes ago, IndyD4U said:

Roster Update:  The Indianapolis Colts today waived-injured safety Andrew Williamson. If Williamson clears waivers, he will revert to the Colts Injured Reserve list. 

 

He went down with a right knee yesterday

 

 

 

They're barely hitting, so it must mean our WRs and RBs are juking them so hard they're spraining their knees.

 

Yeah, right.  Well, I try to put a positive spin on everything that happens in camp.

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2 minutes ago, Smonroe said:

 

They're barely hitting, so it must mean our WRs and RBs are juking them so hard they're spraining their knees.

 

Yeah, right.  Well, I try to put a positive spin on everything that happens in camp.

 

I believe Williamson was the one that went down during 11v11 special teams work yesterday. He was on the punt return team if I recall correctly.

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4 minutes ago, Smonroe said:

 

They're barely hitting, so it must mean our WRs and RBs are juking them so hard they're spraining their knees.

 

Yeah, right.  Well, I try to put a positive spin on everything that happens in camp.

 If I'm not mistaken, he went down during ST punting drills yesterday

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