08/18/2020 Tuesday Colts Practice - Pittman and Taylor making plays with the 1s

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First some players missing (hopefully nothing serious health-wise):

 

Here's some kicker competition news:

Some tweets about the rookies:

 

Reece Fountain sighting:

... and Parris Campbell:

Mack and Q:

 

 

[Yoshinator]

Thanks for the practice updates @stitches Didn't want to quote the post as it was extremely long. Looking like our players are doing great and especially the WRs working with Rivers! Can't wait for more updates!

[Myles]

The Chase McLaughlin and Rodrigo Blankenship battle should be a good one.   It almost feels like the Colts can't lose because I think they are both good kickers.  

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[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

It’s nice to see Campbell having a great camp to start. I think he is going to be on a mission. 

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[Hark]

@stitches, thanks as always for posting these updates!

[DynaMike]

Thanks for the updates, keep them coming please!!!

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[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

The WR group seems to have started camp well. Lewis andvAQM hopefully will be good replacements for  Sheard. Pittman seems to have some early chemistry with rivers and Hines should do incredibly well with Rivers. Noticed RB passes have been mentioned quite a bit.

 

The battle with Kelly and Eason is interesting. 

[EastStreet]

20 minutes ago, Hark said:

@stitches, thanks as always for posting these updates!

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[Yoshinator]

Taylor is going to be an absolute MONSTER for us. Can't wait to see what he does for us this season!  

[krunk]

The Taylor updates are exciting

[krunk]

Who was the last back weve had outside of maybe EJ who has hit a truck stick on anybody? I love it!

Shot out to my boy Reece Fountain as well!

[EastStreet]

 

[Smonroe]

Thanks again @stitches!

 

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for no injuries (and for a real NFL season).

[Chucklez]

3 minutes ago, krunk said:

Who was the last back weve had outside of maybe EJ who has hit a truck stick on anybody? I love it!

Shot out to my boy Reece Fountain as well!

Oof, the Frank Gore disrespect is real...

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7 minutes ago, krunk said:

Who was the last back weve had outside of maybe EJ who has hit a truck stick on anybody? I love it!

Shot out to my boy Reece Fountain as well!

I'm rooting for Reece so bad. Seems like he's worked real hard to get back to where he was last year before his injury. Big props to him, hope he makes the team. 

[EastStreet]

Not camp related, but just saw J Williams (RB) was picked up by Detroit. He had a couple very nice and productive games for us last year. Wish him well.

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Part of the kicking competition ^ 

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Here's a bit about Kenny Moore's injury:

 

 

Not great... 

 

[Chucklez]

ah man, not the groin.

 

keep him out until week 1 at least, if you don’t take care of those upfront they can linger all season.

[EastStreet]

5 minutes ago, stitches said:

I'm rooting for Reece so bad. Seems like he's worked real hard to get back to where he was last year before his injury. Big props to him, hope he makes the team. 

He worked his tail off last year (off season) too before injury. 

Hope he didn't lose any of that freak explosiveness. Kid can climb the ladder. 

[Superman]

10 minutes ago, stitches said:

 

 

Part of the kicking competition ^ 

 

Yikes.

[shasta519]

31 minutes ago, krunk said:

The Taylor updates are exciting

 

I can't wait to see him in action. Not to disparage what Mack can and has done...I just think Taylor is a different type of RB than we have seen. The power and speed make him a threat to consistently rip off huge runs behind this OL.

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4 minutes ago, Superman said:

 

Yikes.

Not a fan? 

[shasta519]

14 minutes ago, stitches said:

Here's a bit about Kenny Moore's injury:

 

 

Not great... 

 

 

Nope...groin injuries can hamper an entire season. 

[EastStreet]

 

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[chad72]

1 hour ago, Myles said:

The Chase McLaughlin and Rodrigo Blankenship battle should be a good one.   It almost feels like the Colts can't lose because I think they are both good kickers.  

 

The key is competition. It lights a fire under everyone's butt and no one takes their jobs for granted, especially when they haven't entrenched themselves as a starter.

 

Applies to a lot of 2nd and 3rd year players like Chase McLaughlin, Tyquan Lewis, Parris Campbell etc. Ballard is getting exactly what he wanted, I expect the same fire with Marlon Mack too. 

[Superman]

17 minutes ago, stitches said:

Not a fan? 

 

I have no issue with it, just thinking about the stakes for the rest of the team, and wondering whether they alternate which kicker they're assigned to periodically.

[Myles]

4 minutes ago, chad72 said:

 

The key is competition. It lights a fire under everyone's butt and no one takes their jobs for granted, especially when they haven't entrenched themselves as a starter.

 

 

Yes.   A good competition between 2 good kickers with neither having the advantage.   It's been a long time since the Colts had a legit kicking competition.     

[Dogg63]

 

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12 minutes ago, Superman said:

 

I have no issue with it, just thinking about the stakes for the rest of the team, and wondering whether they alternate which kicker they're assigned to periodically.

I hope they are not. I think it would put some extra pressure to perform and test fortitude and composure. It's practically what they will face in the league - the dread of ruining the game for your teammates... one... two... three weeks in a row lets say. How do they react on the 4th day after losing the previous 3? Do they crumble or get back on track? IMO it makes it have more of a stake, rather than what would otherwise be a random punishment for half the team. 

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[MB-ColtsFan]

12 minutes ago, stitches said:

I hope they are not. I think it would put some extra pressure to perform and test fortitude and composure. It's practically what they will face in the league - the dread of ruining the game for your teammates... one... two... three weeks in a row lets say. How do they react on the 4th day after losing the previous 3? Do they crumble or get back on track? IMO it makes it have more of a stake, rather than what would otherwise be a random punishment for half the team. 

I'm thinking differently.  If one kicker does poorly and has the same guys then one half of the team "doesn't like him", whereas if the entire team has to deal with the poorer kicker then the entire team "doesn't like him".  Much more pressure if they alternate in my opinion.

 

Either way it is huge pressure for both guys that are young and don't have deep roots in this team.  I like it!

[Superman]

27 minutes ago, stitches said:

I hope they are not. I think it would put some extra pressure to perform and test fortitude and composure. It's practically what they will face in the league - the dread of ruining the game for your teammates... one... two... three weeks in a row lets say. How do they react on the 4th day after losing the previous 3? Do they crumble or get back on track? IMO it makes it have more of a stake, rather than what would otherwise be a random punishment for half the team. 

 

All true and probably good.