Bernhard Raimann
 

Anyone here know why he was pulled after 2 series? Injury or performance are the usual reasons

Very odd, but apparently the idea was to rotate after a couple series and then OL coach Strausser would make a call on who would stay in.

Re-watched the game and Raimann seemed to be playing fine. Kelly was okay in his place, but not as good as some on here are suggesting.

Raimann has more upside than Kelly, so I say keep him out there.

Pryor still sucks, even at RG. We can just hide his sucktivity that much more at G.

Best lineup would be Raimann, Nelson, Kelly, Smith, Kelly.

Maybe Raimann to guard for the season then move him outside next off-season like they did Tarik Glenn.

Worth a try. Get your best 5 out there. Chris Reed has been a healthy scratch for the Vikings most of the year. There has to be a guard out there who we can get that could help us out that we can get.

Either of those could well be the best lineup. Smith has shown to be our best RG and RT so far. I'm just not sure if they want to do anymore shuffling.

As for Raimann... I guess the luxury of easing him into things slowly disappeared after Pryor's performance. So he was thrown to the wolves. Then D. Kelly comes in and does ok (far better than Pryor). So maybe they feel they have that "luxury" again.

Raimann at guard might be interesting. Pryor just isn't an athlete when you boil it down. Raimann, Smith, and Nelson score 9.97, 9.71, and 9.66 respectively in RAS for guards. Pryor is like a 3.

i would be more inclined to let him just be the backup and learn the lt spot. but i wouldn't hate it either.

Raimann is not a guard. His biggest weakness to this point is against power.

Just keep giving reps to Raimann every game and let him develop...we are going to need him at LT.

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(2 YEARS LATER)



Colts May Get Back Critical Starter Against Patriots

(By Drake Wally)

https://www.mywabashvalley.com/sport...inst-patriots/

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Last week, the Colts' offensive line was horrible.

This week, the Colts' offensive line was considerably better.


2 major factors in the transformation of the Colts' offensive line's performance were getting Raimann back for today's game, and the fact that they were playing the Patriots instead of the Lions.

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We can't overlook the fact that Mark Glowinski is a considerable upgrade over Dalton Tucker.

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OK, I didn't think of that.

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Massively, we are fortunate he was still out there this late in the season.

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The Colts Found a New Starter off of the Streets, and He Subsequently Earned the Job for the Rest of the Season in Week 13

(By Destin Adams)

https://atozsports.com/nfl/indianapo...going-forward/

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More on Glowinski ......



Mark Glowinski Has Given Banged-up Colts' OL the Presence They Didn’t Know They Needed

(By Joel A. Erickson)

https://www.indystar.com/story/sport...e/76937456007/

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Cheap Bastard Ballard should've never let him go.

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Letting Glowinski go may very well have been a mistake, but is it really a matter of cheapness on Ballard's part ???

Aside from the fact that it's Jim Irsay's money that's he's doling out and not his own, all NFL teams have a salary cap, so they're all essentially working with the same amount of money. It's not like baseball where you have one team with a $75 Million payroll, and another team with a $350 Million payroll.

You could argue that Ballard ought to spend more money on free agents and less money/resources on drafted players from within, but Ballard (and all 31 other NFL GM's) really doesn't have a free hand in terms of just throwing out money to anybody without having to concern himself with working within the restrictions of the salary cap.

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Colts Elevate OL Mark Glowinski From Practice Squad to Gameday Roster

(By Paul Bretl)

https://sports.yahoo.com/colts-eleva...224012166.html

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Fries was better than Glowinski before he got hurt.

couldn't afford them all



glowinski got some cash to leave

That’s one decision of Ballards that I have NO issue with.

If Fries hadn’t shredded his knee, no one would even be talking about Glowinski.

Fries is just better when he’s healthy.