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By John Waylon · Posted
Honestly, I don’t think his ceiling is much higher (if it’s even higher at all,) than MAC’s. And I’d have to give MAC an edge because at least he’s the size of a Mack truck and can reach for some of the overthrows and bowl a dude over with the ball in his hands. Mallory is somewhere between warm camp body and JAG. -
By Restinpeacesweetchloe · Posted
Taylor had 500 yards receiving when Carson was here. So him not being a pass catching back is just silly. -
Why not give Will Mallory a shot he looked decent the few times his number was called. -
I think it's a mischaracterization to say that building from the inside out isn't prioritizing the passing game, on either side of the ball. The most devastating pass rush comes from the interior. And while I think a lot of what Bradley has said recently is crazy, I fully agree with him when he says that you have to earn the right to rush the passer by stopping the run. Sunday's game is a prime example. I agree that if you spend a bunch of assets on OL/DL, you have to be good in those areas, and so far, we are not. The OL looked better against the Packers, but then Steichen didn't lean on them in the way you'd expect if that's the strength of the roster. The bolded are the basic limitations I was talking about, so I agree there. But I think there's a significant range that we can explore within those limitations, and Bradley won't do it. His method of limiting deep shots is playing ten yards off on the outside, letting WRs hit top speed before the CB can even turn to run, and then giving up deep shots anyway. Let the corners engage within five yards, disrupt the timing, give the pass rush a chance to influence the play, and still use your safeties over the top. It's a simple adjustment, and it doesn't require lockdown corners to be successful. We won't even try. There are other versions of this scheme around the league. Bradley's is, by far, the most conservative and rigid, when you consider the refusal to blitz and the heavy reliance on two main coverages. And yeah, there are similarities between Bradley and Eberflus, but Eberflus went down with the ship when we played the Ravens, letting Lamar do whatever he wanted, refusing to blitz, even though everyone knows Lamar struggles with the blitz and excels against four man rush. Bradley blitzed like his life depended on it, and had success. So the idea that rigidity and predictability are a prerequisite doesn't hold up, IMO. I'm not fully qualified to answer that. If I had sat in interviews with DC candidates in 2022 or HC candidates in 2023, then I could tell you what ideas they had for defensive scheme, and what they might do. If forced to answer, I'd point to Robert Saleh -- he's actually from the Bradley/LOB tree, plays zone, not blitz heavy, but also not passive and rigid. But again, he's had some really good players in the secondary. I think it's noteworthy, though, that the Colts interviewed guys like Chris Harris and Jim Schwartz for DC in 2022, both guys who presumably would play more variable defenses. And then in 2023, they interviewed Aaron Glenn, Ejiro Eviro, Raheem Morris, for HC, who would probably have brought something different defensively. Why even go down that path if Ballard is completely closed off to the idea of something other than Gus Bradley's ultra passive and predictable approach? (And side point, I think Reich's connection to Bradley, and Steichen's connection to Bradley, play a bigger role in his being hired and retained so far, than most people will admit.) -
By Moosejawcolt · Posted
I think teams are going to give up the run and make Richardson beat them. I said earlier in the season that I am not sure the RPO game is going to be a world beater for the Colts. They are going to sit back and not bite. Defences are being more disciplined snd that's why I think u see a decline in the effectiveness of the RPO game. I could see Taylor get 150 and still lose. That being said, I tjink Colts win 23-14. I said Williams would be a bust.
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