quick thoughts on the gayders game

[omahacolt]

1) Jones can play. this wasn't a great game from him but you can win a lot of games with his ability

2) downs, warren and Dulin are great players at what they do. championship level players. downs was amazing today

3) our lbers are terrible

4) we really need to get some more dudes at dt. draft or free agency. we need more dudes here. grover may be out for awhile and that will kill us

5) blackmon needs to stay on his feet

6) cross is a really good player and we need to pay him. he isn't bob sanders but he makes some plays like him

7) nelson pulling is just beautiful

8) JT has really improved his catching and blocking. love to see it

9) pass rush is just not good. paye can't get home at all.

10) really want to see us upgrade our dt's, lbers and guards next year. for guards more depth depending on what we do with goncalves and smith

11) great win. this team is a legit playoff team.

[Dam8610]

Need better DTs and an elite pass rusher at EDGE to pair with Latu. Would've been nice to get more than Tim Smith out of last year's deep DT class.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by omahacolt

1) Jones can play. this wasn't a great game from him but you can win a lot of games with his ability

2) downs, warren and Dulin are great players at what they do. championship level players. downs was amazing today

3) our lbers are terrible

4) we really need to get some more dudes at dt. draft or free agency. we need more dudes here. grover may be out for awhile and that will kill us

5) blackmon needs to stay on his feet

6) cross is a really good player and we need to pay him. he isn't bob sanders but he makes some plays like him

7) nelson pulling is just beautiful

8) JT has really improved his catching and blocking. love to see it

9) pass rush is just not good. paye can't get home at all.

10) really want to see us upgrade our dt's, lbers and guards next year. for guards more depth depending on what we do with goncalves and smith

11) great win. this team is a legit playoff team.

Agree with everything in this post. Where are the Ballard haters now?

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Regarding pass rush help:

I've seen a few names mentioned in the last few days.

Drake Jackson - drafted in the 2nd Round by the 49'ers. Had decent production when he was healthy...but staying healthy has been a problem. However...supposedly he is fully healthy right now and he has a few visits lined up with teams this week (Wash, NYJ, Balt, etc). He is a free agent...so there is really no downside to bringing him in for a look. If the visit goes well, sign him to the practice squad and slowly ramp up his usage and hope he can make it to the end of the year.

Jaelan Phillips - drafted in 1st Round by the Dolphins. The Dolphins aren't going anywhere this year and they have already indicated that Phillips is available since he is on the last year of his contract. Again, his injury history isn't great. But might be worth a gamble if the asking price isn't too high. Could potentially receive a comp pick if the Colts don't intend to re-sign him next year.

[ChaosTheory]

-One of those anti-stats games.

-I cannot believe the CB room this year. Absolutely merc'd over and over. Are we going to have to call Stephon Gilmore again at this point? My God.

-Trujillo tried out for the Falcons... is that the call? Shrader went straight for his knee and the early word seems to be that it's not good.

-LB will need to be a priority next season. I think Franklin is playing fine-to-good mostly, but even he is about to be 30. McGrone is already gone, Bachie is not a starter. Rewatching Leonard this week makes it more apparent.

-Agreed on DT. And where was Latu today? Weird to say because he got an INT.

-Nick Cross may be the #1 re-sign priority ahead of Pierce and Smith (depending on Travis). He should've had that INT.

-Josh Downs doesn't have wow-stats... but he's awesome. There's not a stat for the value of a catch-and-conversion that he gives you.

He needs to name that little loopdy-loop move he does, because he's been fucking defenders up with it for a while now.

-I'm glad Dulin is on our team. Mitchell coming in and not seeing AR audible the route is why his all-world talent is on the bench.

-Did anybody else feel it when AR and Mitchell came in? It was brief, but it was like... man, I remember what the past few years have felt like.

-Jones is just efficient as hell in this offense. And he hangs in there under pressure. Not panicking.

-At this point, JT seems like he'll get the elusive third contract as a RB. There's a BUNCH of interesting contract decisions to be made for '25 and '26.

[CletusPyle]

Mike Badgley is available, considering the injury to Schrader, I think the Colts should give him a call....if they haven't already!

[Butter]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

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-Nick Cross may be the #1 re-sign priority ahead of Pierce and Smith (depending on Travis). He should've had that INT.

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I think Indianapolis Jones might be higher priority than them.

[Butter]

Originally Posted by omahacolt

5) blackmon needs to stay on his feet




7) nelson pulling is just beautiful

8) JT has really improved his catching and blocking. love to see it

5 is an understatement, he has seemed decent much of the time, but he need to reaccess his cleats or something.

7. It truly is, amazing how quickly he can get there and his nonstop motor, love that guy.

8. It is amazing to see a RB at this point in his career add so much to his game.

[Hoopsdoc]

I agree Jones can play but I always feel like he’s very limited physically and relies very much on his brain and his supporting cast. It doesn’t seem to me like he can win a game outright just on his physical talent alone like all the great quarterbacks can.

He’s still a helluva lot better than AR. And he’s fun to watch when he’s dealing.

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by CletusPyle

Mike Badgley is available, considering the injury to Schrader, I think the Colts should give him a call....if they haven't already!

Blankenship?

Nah, forget that. I don’t miss that squirrelly bastard.