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Do the Colts really need to sign a safety? Pretty deep with these guys now unless an injury of course
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By RollerColt · Posted
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I see two possible outcomes right now: 1. The Colts sign Simmons (yay) 2. The Saints sign Simmons and Holder tweets that the Colts were aggressive as they could be, but Simmons just really loves etoufee.
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Glad football is back. Thankfully I don't live or die with the results on Sunday's anymore but I'm glad it's that time of year again.
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Agree. It's been harped on considerably (probably by me), but I think the impact of how last year's schedule played out is an underrated factor. There was a commonality in when they accrued certain counting stats. In the case of sacks, 35 came in 6 games...against some combination of injured/bad OLs and/or rookie/bad QBs. They had 16 sacks in the other 11 games. This disproportion was especially true at ER, as Paye/Dayo/Ebukam has nearly 3/4 of their sacks in those same 6 games. Love to see them tee off on good matchups, but that inconsistency is an issue. Hopefully, Latu helps fix that. Then you have the pass defense with INTs. On the season, 9/17 games (more than half) were against the following QBs: Tannehill, PJ Walker, Mac Jones, rookie Bryce Young, Mitch Trubisky, Jake Browning, Taylor Heinecke, AOC and rookie Wil Levis. Only two of those QBs are even NFL starters any more, and both clearly struggled as rookies. For the season, the Colts had 15 INTs...and 11 came in those 9 games, with 4 in the other 8 games. So they had 1.2 ints/game in 9 games and .5 ints/game in the other 8. Of those 15 INTs, Blackmon and Moore had 7. And 6/7 ints were in those 9 games against bad QBs. (Blackmon and Moore missed some games in 2022, but they only had ONE combined INT in the same defense). When you look at the upcoming schedule and projected opponent QBs, it is a large difference in not only volume of good QBs, but overall quality as well. And I think that's a pretty big wildcard for the defense. Even with those 9 games, the Colts defense still managed to be #28 in ppg allowed. So not are there concerns about what we saw last year, but there could also be a a false sense of stability for even the entrenched players too. I want to see the young guys grow and improve, but I think it's a risky bet, given what we know so far.
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