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Don't know what happened from the 1st 2 weeks til this week with the run defense. They weren't great the 1st 2 weeks, but this week they are God awful. The Skins would be better off just handing the ball off every play and not let RG3 throw it. RG3 keeps killing their drives by trying to throw the ball. Heck their gaining 10 yds a carry(at least it feels that way).

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yeah, my excitement for fleener is starting to fade... and i catch myself looking at who was still on the board in the second rd. (knowing that allen would still be there in the 3rd)

I know people will probably jump all over me for this but if Fleener wasn't a high draft pick, he would be hitting the waiver wire in a few days. Although, I don't think its all his fault because they haven't really called anything for him but the few chances he's had hasn't been impressive at all.

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I know people will probably jump all over me for this but if Fleener wasn't a high draft pick, he would be hitting the waiver wire in a few days. Although, I don't think its all his fault because they haven't really called anything for him but the few chances he's had hasn't been impressive at all.

yeah i think i have to agree, i really hope he turns it around and proves me wrong. however he seems like a better late rd pick up or a unsigned free agent at this point certainly not a high second rd pick. and if he was one of those two i would not lose any sleep over him being cut.

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yeah i think i have to agree, i really hope he turns it around and proves me wrong. however he seems like a better late rd pick up or a unsigned free agent at this point certainly not a high second rd pick. and if he was one of those two i would not lose any sleep over him being cut.

Honestly I think Fleener will come around. To me he's doing a lot of thinking out there.

I remember Reggie Waynes' rookie year I thought he sucked too, but he got better as he

learned and grew in the offense. Right now though he looks like Ben Utecht

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trade freeney and play jerry h get oline help

No one is going to trade for Freeney with his contract our best hope of moving him would be to release him and get nothing for him. Hughes took reps with the first unit today in place of Mathis and was around he ball but was really struggling to tackle which is a common complaint about the guys on defense.

The right side of the line is scary to say the least.

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Breath in and Breath out. First its pre season. Second we tore everything down and now we are rebuilding. We are still putting the pieces together. Things don't happened overnight. We will get there, it might not be this year though. But we will get there. Things don't magically happened overnight. Go Colts.

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I feel this "very young" team needed a dose of reality after a nationally televised game in which they played very well.

This is not quit a playoff caliber team just yet. I think it is good to get smacked in the chops every now and again. Puts things in the proper perspective.

The Colts are way better than last season but they have a LONG ways to go....

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so we replaced manning with luck (even) but we still can't stop the run.

This should not be shocking. It's a new system but for the most part (especially today with Redding and McKinney out) it's the same players that couldn't stop the run last year. We still don't have a true starting 3-4 DT. Till we get one the Colts are going to struggle against the run even with the new system.
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This should not be shocking. It's a new system but for the most part (especially today with Redding and McKinney out) it's the same players that couldn't stop the run last year. We still don't have a true starting 3-4 DT. Till we get one the Colts are going to struggle against the run even with the new system.

Exactly.. a QB can fix ANY O pretty quickly.. Fixing a D takes time.

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