Colts Thread

kmart6 wrote:

Wilkins has ran 3 times, Glowinski has been penalised on all 3!

Yeah penaties were killers, we have alot to clean up on. But at least our run game was good.

Boy Nelson is something else. Pity the Wilkins TD was called back, that was a beautiful sight seeing Nelson escort him in!!

Eberflus getting HC interest, Browns have requested an interview. He might not get a HC offer this year but its only a matter of time with the results he is getting with our defense. We don't have much talent on D much Eberflus has done a great job it getting them playing at a good level.

Excellent addition! Has made massive plays in recent weeks.

Grant looked promising at start of season but after injuries and drops it seems he's dropped off completely! Thought he was going to be our Wr2 this season!

Arthur Daley wrote: »

That's a great half. Very impressive run of form. especially good to see O line strength, after the diceyness of it at times during the Peyton Manning years.

Great first half, pity Chester couldn't get out of bounds there. I think if we can prevent a TD when the Texans get the ball at the start of the 2nd half, we should have enough.

Frank Reich is calling a great game and the guys in the trenches are playing great. Very good all round team performance so far.

But we have to keep it up.

Sweet! That was nice.. and we did it with little pressure on us! Bring on Kansas.. no reason why we can't go there and get a win! Here's hoping Hilton can get some training in this week!

That really stung. In all honesty, I don't mean to exaggerate but that for me is the worst way to lose. I would prefer to be blown out or lose by a point, but just to sit there in front of the tv and watch a team find every way to f*ck it up was unbearable. Even at the end, we just drop a wide open pass, and then cant get set for 4th and goal.

Infairness, penalties aside the defense did as best they could against an outstanding offense. Being realistic, you couldn't ask for more for the players.

Like on offense, I don't really have much to say. One thing though I noticed early was their timing was all off from the start. Luck was constantly going up to the line to make audibles. Maybe Sutton called a great game on D for KC, but in that noisy environment that's not practical. The whole offense was a complete systems failure to be honest.


Look overall we did great to get here after going 1-5 to start. There were alot of positives, with Reich having a good first year, Luck being healthy and alot of young layers making the breakthough. We need alot more talent though if we want to be contenders. I think not having a premier passrusher or two and a lack of depth at WR was really exposed today, amongst other things. But Ballard knows this and I have confident in him evaluating talent.

Anybody have any favourites or predictions for tomorrow night?

In all honesty it's a tricky one to predict. We don't have a blatant need anywhere, yet because we don't have a lot of high end talent, there are quite a few positions that we could look to pick with the #26 pick. I think our biggest needs are DE, DT, WR and SS (possibly CB). The are a couple of back-up/development positions I would like to see us draft in the mid/late rounds in LB, OT and a north/south, short yardage RB.

It feels like d-line will be the pick. Most likely there will be a good DT available #26, but I get the feeling Ballard covets a DE more. I think he likes Autry with Lewis and Ward as back-ups at 3-tech and I don't see him going for a nose with a first round pick. But it's 50-50 whether a DE worth taking will be there with our first round pick.


Some of the players I like are Jerry Tillery, Jeffery Simmons, Christian Wilkins, Cody Ford (those may not be available by #26), and then Juan Thornhill, Darnell Savage, Terry McLaurin, JJ Arcega-Whiteside, Rennell Wren in the 2nd/3rd round. I like Clelin Ferrell only as a left DE to replace Jabaal Sheard, not as the main right DE playing wide 9-tech rusher role. I don't like this corner back class too much, Jamel Dean and Armani Orwariye (sp) would be my favourites there.

decolts wrote:

No surprises with the trade last night - 3 picks coming tonight, and will very likely still get a player they could've taken at 26.. glad i didnt stay up for it anyway! ha.. here's hoping for a similar set of second round picks to what we got last year!

Im a little on the fence about the trade, I liked Sweat and Tillery. If Sweat turns out to be very good, that will be a knock on Ballard. Anyway, we will see what we get with those 2 picks. Some good prospects at WR and CB left. I would pick Greedy Williams with the #34 pick tbh. I know we are a zone defense team but he is the best man cover CB in the draft and we need to start playing more man if we want to improve.

I also like safeties Gardener Jr and Thornhill. Jawaan Taylor is the biggest drop, I would draft him even if he has to sit for alot of this year. I would like some more help on the right side of our oline. I dont love any d-linemen in the 2nd round.

decolts wrote:

yeah it's a risk as Sweat could have the potential to be good but Ballard was never going to risk him with the question marks around his heart / health. They have a lot of good options left for them in the secondary / wr area for the 34th pick.. tho not liking the rumours of them possibly trading out of the 34th pick! I'm hoping they are only rumours!

Yeah would prefer to just draft a player now at 34. The best players for us I think are Jawaan Taylor, Greedy Williams, Chauncy Gardener and AJ Brown imo. Just thinking there, next year that extra second could be really valuable in trading up in the 1st to get a top pass rusher, so it could work out well.

Must admit I was clueless about most of the draft picks when they happened, having read up on the picks now and see how others have reviewed the draft for the Colts it seems we've definitely boosted areas of need! Our 3 second round picks all have the potential to be immediate game changers.

Also - saw this info from some tweets from one of the Colts writers - some of the picks had pretty decent combines! We've definitely injected a load of speed into this team... Also managed to pick some of the best named players too! ha..

"WR Parris Campbell had a 40.0" vertical at the Combine, which was tied for 12th among all participants. One of those players he tied with was fellow Colts second-round LB Ben Banogu, who were both behind Colts fifth-round CB Marvel Tell, who was fifth (42.0").
the broad jump, too. Tell was fourth (136.0"), Campbell was tied for fifth (135.0"), and Banogu tied for sixth (134.0")
Tell was third in the short shuttle (4.01), and Campbell was tied for fourth (4.03)."

Hey all, just checkin in to see what you all think about Luck and this injury? I thought we were past hearing only about Andrew Luck injuries in preseason after the last couple of years! it's so frustrating to hear how they weren't able to diagnose the issue earlier, and couldn't figure out what was wrong with him! Really don't have much confidence in him appearing in the first few weeks of the season at this rate!

And related to the above.. Jacoby Brissett. Sounds like he hasnt been having the best training camp up to now, and after all the talk from the colts about how good he is, and how it would take a top draft pick to trade him im not so sure he is as good as they seem to think he is! In saying that, it sounds like he had his best day of preseason yesterday in the session with the Browns - which is encouraging.. so maybe he's starting to go in the right direction!

Away from the QB position.. positive reports are coming out on quite a few areas.. the DL in particular sounds like it is stepping up which is awesome.. Autry sounds like he's been a beast all training camp and Houston sounds like he is settling in nicely as well. Rock Ya-Sin is another one who sounds like a top quality draft pick.. looking forward to seeing our secondary in action now - we've really improved there, and having Hooker fit for preseason will make a huge difference to his season. WR's is another area that there is big excitement around - the strength in depth there is nuts.. if all the reports are to be believed.. delighted to hear Cain is performing after what happened last year, Fountain has also come on after a not so good rookie season. Have to think Pascal and Rogers are in line to be cut as it stands - cant' be taking more than 5 wr's into the final squad right?! Hilton, Funchess, Cain, Fountain, Campbell..

If Luck gets fit and can play in final pre-season game.. which seems to be the target at the moment.. then i'm super excited for the season! if he can't get fit tho for that, and miss few games.. i worry we might just be getting a wildcard route at best. Interested to hear your thoughts guys!

The Luck injury is extremely frustrating. When we first heard about it, back in mini camp in March, the Colts sat out Luck for the mini camp because of a 'minor calf strain'. That was fine at the time and sensible. But when he came back months later or training camp in July and the Colts said he was still dealing with the calf strain.. like, that was clearly BS. Even a severe calf strain would be cleared up by then. Then there was rumors circulating that it was his ankle and he might have a Kevin Durant type Achilles injury. Now its an issue with his bone in his ankle. And the Colts only released this info because Irsay spoke out of turn in an interview.

I'm not sure who to blame, but there is obviously a disconnect between the Colts PR team, medical team and the fans. Obviously the Colts have no obligation to release information to anybody, but this issue is getting more and more out of hand now to the point most shows and socal media are talking about it now. And if its the medical teams fault, serious questions have to be asked of their rehab staff and procedure that this is the second major injury to the franchise QB where there have been significant set-backs. Or maybe its just Luck's fault i dont know.

Reich said he will make a decision whether they go with Brissett for Wk1 @ LAC after the 3rd preseason game. To be honest, even if Luck is back, I'd just throw the game against LAC, start Brissett and give Luck 20 days from the 3rd preseason game to Wk2 v Titans. Play him then. It's highly unlikely Luck will be able to go LAC and get a win of the back of hardly any practice.

Was looking forward to this season but the off season has been a real disaster to be honest. Hopefully they can get it together but they looked bad against Buffalo and apparently Cleveland are dominating them in joint practice along with multiple fights. They can get things straightened out, get Luck back and get the season on track.