Good time for the Bye

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

With regards to the pass protection. Yes, the O-Line has regressed in pass protection ...... in particular Braden Smith ...... but that is not the whole story.

It's not like Daniel Jones was besieged by an early pass rush. In fact, that was rarely the case. I can place equal blame on Jones as well as play-calling.

Maybe Jones needs more freedom at the line to check to whatever he wants, because there were obvious blitz situations where we just were not prepared.

Yes, this an excellent time for the bye for the Colts. Some self-scouting needs to be done to break tendencies. I also believe that more bootlegs for Jones would be beneficial. Jones has got to stop drifting back in the pocket though, because he's turning 5-yd sacks into 10-yd sacks.

Shout out to the special teams !!! Every one of those big returns were critical to the victory.

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In another thread, I pointed out my concerns about Jones' lack of pocket-presence.


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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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(vs. FALCONS, 11/09)



Jones's pass-protection from the offensive line was awful today, but I also think that he showed a lack of pocket-presence on several occasions ...... late in the first half, the Colts had 2nd-and-1 near midfield. Jones took a sack to put them in a near-impossible 3rd-and-11 with the clock running. He needed to get rid of the ball for an incomplete pass to stop the clock and save the yards, and the Colts still would have been in good shape at 3rd-and-1 ....... also with the fumbles, he was lucky that he didn't lose 2 today, as one of his fumbles very fortuitously fell out of bounds before the Falcons could recover it.

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