Colts Practice Squad

[TKnight24]

 

 

[Lawrence Owen]

I was going to do this a couple minutes ago..but figured i'd wait and let you...lol

Also,...Very happy with the guys we got on it.

[TKnight24]

 

[Boiler_Colt]

I bet they hope to sneak Delaire and Pipkins in there too.

[Scott Pennock]

So those 5, plus MLB Ahmad Thomas from Green Bay and now DE Carroll Phillips from Jacksonville.

 

Phillips has that prototypical right end size, speed and length and two other interesting tid bits - he played in Lovie Smith's Tampa 2 at Illinois WITH our current defensive line coach so there is familiarity there!

[Scott Pennock]

Curious why the above two aren't reported as official yet....? Physicals needed? Or?

[richard pallo]

I can't believe it is taking this long to fill out the practice squad.  Maybe more moves in the making.  Paxton Lynch?

[Coltsman1788]

19 hours ago, TKnight24 said:

 

 

Glad to see that Phillip Walker made it back to us. 

[JRnINDY]

 

[Blueblood23]

38 minutes ago, Coltsman1788 said:

Glad to see that Phillip Walker made it back to us. 

How many games do you think he would win if he played them all?

[Coltsman1788]

Just now, Blueblood23 said:

How many games do you think he would win if he played them all?

I'd say less than Jacoby did last year.  This year's team is worse than last year (if you take Luck out of the equation.)  Only thing that makes people think we can be .500 is the fact that Luck will be back under center.  But roster wise we are very inexperienced in a lot of areas and the defense overall has gotten worse.

 

Why does it matter?  No one expects Walker to play the whole season for us.

 

[Hoose]

2 hours ago, richard pallo said:

I can't believe it is taking this long to fill out the practice squad.  Maybe more moves in the making.  Paxton Lynch?

It is curious how long this is taking. Makes you wonder if they are working out something like a larger than normal PS salary for someone like Delaire. Hope so. Once they can put Lewis on Injured Reserve, I'd like to see him back on the 53 man roster ASAP. 

[1959Colts]

23 minutes ago, JRnINDY said:

 

Douglas was listed as G/C with Falcons

I read he played LT in college at Arizona St.

 

https://www.thefalcoholic.com/2018/8/31/17798578/atlanta-falcons-release-vet-ols-pasztor-douglas-rookie-lb-winbush-cuts-final-roster

 

...Douglas was a former Patriot and Dolphin who was a practice squad guy for the Falcons in 2017 before making the active roster late in the season. He got some run in preseason but couldn’t notch a place in the team’s lineup...

 

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2015/profiles/jamil-douglas?id=2552339

 

 

[Jason_]

Full practice squad according to NFL. Com

 

Indianapolis Colts

 

TE Mo Alie-Cox, WR Reece Fountain, WR Steve Ishmael, QB Phillip Walker, CB D.J. White, TE Ryan Hewitt, G Jamil Douglas, DE Carroll Phillips, LB Ahmad Thomas, DE Jihad Ward

[stitches]

Ward was a second round pick several years ago. Lets see if we can develop him. 

[richard pallo]

11 minutes ago, J@son said:

Full practice squad according to NFL. Com

 

Indianapolis Colts

 

TE Mo Alie-Cox, WR Reece Fountain, WR Steve Ishmael, QB Phillip Walker, CB D.J. White, TE Ryan Hewitt, G Jamil Douglas, DE Carroll Phillips, LB Ahmad Thomas, DE Jihad Ward

Hewitt was signed to the active roster. Still one more spot to fill. 

[Scott Pennock]

Jihad Ward is more of a UT than a DT. 

 

Coached at Illinois by our current dline coach as well as Lovie Smith. 

 

Rod Marinelli (and subsequently Eberflus) coached him at the Senior Bowl in 2016.

 

So both he and Carroll Phillips have ties to the current coaching staff as well as working knowledge of the system.....

 

Interesting connecting the dots at times....

[Horse Shoe Heaven]

1 hour ago, JRnINDY said:

 

Liked him coming out of school, glad Colts gave him a chance!

[Horse Shoe Heaven]

15 minutes ago, richard pallo said:

Hewitt was signed to the active roster. Still one more spot to fill. 

Yup hopefully sign Delaire but with 2 DL men already signed chance are slim I think?

[Boiler_Colt]

21 minutes ago, richard pallo said:

Hewitt was signed to the active roster. Still one more spot to fill. 

Makes sense he can fill the H-back and FB role that Daniels was playing. Doesnt hurt that he probably has intel on our week 1 opponent.

[Blueblood23]

1 hour ago, Coltsman1788 said:

I'd say less than Jacoby did last year.  This year's team is worse than last year (if you take Luck out of the equation.)  Only thing that makes people think we can be .500 is the fact that Luck will be back under center.  But roster wise we are very inexperienced in a lot of areas and the defense overall has gotten worse.

 

Why does it matter?  No one expects Walker to play the whole season for us.

 

Then why do you want him?  Maybe they could sign a better option from some of the other players which were cut.

[krunk]

Ward is a good pick up

[NewColtsFan]

Best Practice Squad of my 7-years as a Colts fan.     By far!

 

Great job by Ballard and his staff!

 

 

[PrincetonTiger]

It is interesting that the 2 DL have ties to Mike Phair(Illinois)

[Coltsman1788]

40 minutes ago, Blueblood23 said:

Then why do you want him?  Maybe they could sign a better option from some of the other players which were cut.

Maybe they could.  They haven’t as of yet and he played well for us in the preseason. So...nice that he is back on the practice squad.  He also knows our system so could be valuable to the team during practices, scout team, etc. 

 

 I don’t really get all excited over signing rejects from other teams. Anyone that might be signed will also not play much this season barring a disaster at QB. This is 3rd string QB we are talking about. 

[Four2itus]

57 minutes ago, Blueblood23 said:

Then why do you want him?  Maybe they could sign a better option from some of the other players which were cut.

#3 QB is not about becoming a starter as much as being another arm at practice, knows the playbook, and can emulate some of the characteristics that our #1 does not. If the only criteria for being a #3 qb was winning, there would be hardly any in the league. Heck, the league can barely find enough starters to play on Sunday. Expecting winners from the #3 spot is unrealistic. 

[Blueblood23]

1 hour ago, Four2itus said:

#3 QB is not about becoming a starter as much as being another arm at practice, knows the playbook, and can emulate some of the characteristics that our #1 does not. If the only criteria for being a #3 qb was winning, there would be hardly any in the league. Heck, the league can barely find enough starters to play on Sunday. Expecting winners from the #3 spot is unrealistic. 

I agree however, we may develop qb from picking up another and could be trade bait. I just don't see Walker as that guy.

[PrincetonTiger]

1 minute ago, Blueblood23 said:

I agree however, we may develop qb from picking up another and could be trade bait. I just don't see Walker as that guy.

3rd QBs are rarely trade bait

[Blueblood23]

5 minutes ago, PrincetonTiger said:

3rd QBs are rarely trade bait

I'm thinking more like if Brissett is traded then our number three becomes number two. Colts may feel good about doing that if qb three is pretty good. Again don't see that with Walker.

[PrincetonTiger]

3 minutes ago, Blueblood23 said:

I'm thinking more like if Brissett is traded then our number three becomes number two. Colts may feel good about doing that if qb three is pretty good. Again don't see that with Walker.

I don’t see a trade of Brissett and any qb that could do that were kept on their active roster on did not make it through waivers

[AZColt11]

Looks like RB McNichols is now there too.  Didn't make Niners roster.  Could be a sneaky good move there.

[PrincetonTiger]

1 minute ago, AZColt11 said:

Looks like RB McNichols is now there too.  Didn't make Niners roster.  Could be a sneaky good move there.

On his third roster in 2 years 

 

    TB cut him because of immaturity and inability to learn schemes 

[AZColt11]

3 minutes ago, PrincetonTiger said:

On his third roster in 2 years 

 

    TB cut him because of immaturity and inability to learn schemes 

Hopefully he's learned from it?

[Scott Pennock]

McNichols was extremely productive his 2 years as a starter at Boise after Ajayi moved on to the NFL.

 

He was considered a steal in the 6th round last year and it gives me pause he couldn't make the RB hungry Bucs (last year) or 49ers (this year).....

 

Perhaps that whole change of scenery thing will help....?

[richard pallo]

28 minutes ago, PrincetonTiger said:

3rd QBs are rarely trade bait

Don't forget Brissett was 3rd. string and developed into trade bait.  Of course that was after their 2nd. string QB was also trade bait.  

[1959Colts]

15 minutes ago, Scott Pennock said:

McNichols was extremely productive his 2 years as a starter at Boise after Ajayi moved on to the NFL.

 

He was considered a steal in the 6th round last year and it gives me pause he couldn't make the RB hungry Bucs (last year) or 49ers (this year).....

 

Perhaps that whole change of scenery thing will help....?

 

You are right!

Ridiculous numbers at Boise St:

             

                         rushing                                               receiving

              carries        yards     avg                 receptions   yards    avg

2014 (Fr)       17         159        9.4                          15           155      10.3

 

2015 (So)      240      1337       5.6                           51           460        9.0

2016 (Jr)       314      1709       5.4                           37           474      12.8

Career          571      3205       5.6                           103        1089     10.6

 

 

https://ninernoise.com/2018/06/18/49ers-2018-series-running-back-jeremy-mcnichols/

 

 

 

[PrincetonTiger]

17 minutes ago, richard pallo said:

Don't forget Brissett was 3rd. string and developed into trade bait.  Of course that was after their 2nd. string QB was also trade bait.  

  Lets focus on the 2018 PS 

 

 

 

   Did you not read my next response

 

   Any QB that could replace PW or JB were not released or did not make it through the waivers

 

  

 

      

 

     

[PrincetonTiger]

5 minutes ago, 1959Colts said:

 

You are right!

Ridiculous numbers at Boise St:

             

                         rushing                                               receiving

              carries        yards     avg                 receptions   yards    avg

2014 (Fr)       17         159        9.4                          15           155      10.3

 

2015 (So)      240      1337       5.6                           51           460        9.0

2016 (Jr)       314      1709       5.4                           37           474      12.8

Career          571      3205       5.6                           103        1089     10.6

 

 

https://ninernoise.com/2018/06/18/49ers-2018-series-running-back-jeremy-mcnichols/

 

 

 

Agreed 

 

   I only hope that the stuff that got him cut in TB and maybe SF has changed

[JRnINDY]

Surprised Delair is not on it

[1959Colts]

2 minutes ago, PrincetonTiger said:

Agreed 

 

   I only hope that the stuff that got him cut in TB and maybe SF has changed

Do you know what it is that he did?