Nate Hairston to be nickel corner

[RockThatBlue]

 

Bob Kravitz @bkravitz

 

 

Hairston will be the Colts nickel corner, per Pagano.

[Coltsman1788]

He was pretty impressive during preseason.  Excited for the rookie.

[IndyScribe]

Hairston will take over Butler's role. I'm interested in seeing how he does.

[Smitto]

3 minutes ago, IndyScribe said:

Hairston will take over Butler's role. I'm interested in seeing how he does.

He'll definitely be a better tackler that's for sure 

[chad72]

Hairston will have his hands full with Arians and Fitzgerald though, not easy to handle, IMO. 

 

I expect them to line Tavon Austin in the slot and run crossing routes like Nick Foles and the Chiefs did with Tyreek Hill,  with the slot guy running a skinny post deep. I hope Hairston and Hooker are ready for it because odds are, our pass rush won't get there and it will be up to the secondary.

 

Tavon Austin and John Brown/J.J.Nelson are the kind of players you run such plays with from the slot. I don't know about Jared Goff but Carson Palmer will put the ball on the money on those deep balls. You can bet that with VD not there, there will be plenty of shots taken on the outside. However, it all starts with stopping the run. 

[VaAllDay757]

He just has to step up he will make mistakes so I'm not worried I think he will be fine

[twfish]

He has heavily impressed Me, personally I think he's built more for outside cb the a nickel but maybe he can transition outside next year

[chad72]

9 minutes ago, twfish said:

He has heavily impressed Me, personally I think he's built more for outside cb the a nickel but maybe he can transition outside next year

 

There have been plenty of bigger nickels used for blitzing and run support.

 

Walter Thurmond, when he manned the slot for the Seahawks in 2013 and stepped in for Brandon Browner in the slot with Sherman and Maxwell manning the outside, the Seahawks LOB was pretty much unstoppable during the SB winning run. He was 5'11", 190 and Hairston is 6'0", 185 lbs, similar size. Darius Butler is more nimble but run support suffers with him at nickel, Hairston COULD change it. I think we leave him where he is for now and he is our long term plan there if he does well.

 

If anything, I am more worried about Quincy Wilson who got behind before TC on the learning curve behind Hairston because of his injury.

[DougDew]

Hairston was an excellent draft pick.

[krunk]

I like the other corner we picked up from New England too. I assume he will be the Dime corner.

[Colt Overseas]

I think it goes without saying he is going to have some tough times this season, so too will Quincy should he start now that Vontae is out. But this could well be a good thing long term, that they get thrown into the deep end. 

[krunk]

Forgot about Chris Milton too

[JRnINDY]

Desir will be a very good corner and possible starter.

[Jason_]

59 minutes ago, JRnINDY said:

Desir will be a very good corner and possible starter.

 

Yeah I wouldn't be surprised to see those 2 as the starters sooner rather than later.

[AKB]

3 hours ago, krunk said:

Forgot about Chris Milton too

I don't like chris Milton. 

[cbear]

Did he say who were the two starters? 

[krunk]

1 hour ago, AustinnKaine said:

I don't like chris Milton. 

I'm not a big fan either but its likely he will play more than the corner from New England. Specifically the dime corner. At least initially.

[OHColtfan]

He looks aggressive, especially in run support. Like to see someone not afraid to tackle on this team. We sure need it.