Joel A. Erickson
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The offseason has officially arrived for the entire NFL, and for the first time in half a decade, the Colts' offseason won't be defined by the search for a QB.
For Chris Ballard and Shane Steichen, explosive plays are the offseason's driving force.
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Matt Ryan had lunch with Quenton Nelson and Ryan Kelly today.
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Jonathan Taylor continues to lead the NFL's Pro Bowl fan voting, because fans have eyes
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Stephon Gilmore visited the Colts today, per source.
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Ballard says Colts want Quenton Nelson to be in Indy long-term.
“Quenton’s a Colt”
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Colts have told Ryan Kelly to take all the time he needs, they're behind Ryan and Emma 100 percent, it's completely up to Kelly to decide when he comes back
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Colts defense now has five players who’ve been to a Pro Bowl:
- DeForest Buckner (2x)
- Yannick Ngakoue
- Darius Leonard (3x)
- Stephon Gilmore (5x)
- Kenny Moore
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DeForest Buckner: 52 tackles, 7.5 sacks, 8 TFL, 24 QB hits, 1 PBU, 2 FF, 1 FR
Cameron Heyward: 42 tackles, 3 sacks, 5 TFL, 17 QB hits, 3 PBU, INT
Calais Campbell: 27 tackles, 4 sacks, 5 TFL, 10 QB hits, 6 PBU
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Sean Payton is obviously the biggest name on the market.
One thing to remember: You have to trade for him, and the Saints have no reason to offer anybody a discount.
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The Indianapolis defensive line has now recorded 43 sacks on the season.
That's the most for the Colts defense since 2005.
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DeForest Buckner: “I knew Frank was a special coach when I first got here.”
Says it’s the bonds that Reich builds with players. Reich was at Buckner’s baptism, and that mattered deeply to the DT
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The Colts are hiring Gus Bradley as defensive coordinator.
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Colts gave Chris Ballard a game ball for the team’s depth
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Colts went 4-0 against the NFC North last year.
Indianapolis goes 4-0 against the AFC East this year.
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Jacob Eason today: 8 of 11, TD
Sam Ehlinger: 13 of 16, 3 TDs
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The Colts traded pick No. 82, their original pick, for Ryan, a source says. So the third-rounder they keep is No. 73 from Washington.
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The Colts have 7 Pro Bowlers, the most since 2014. Indianapolis landed:
- Jonathan Taylor
- Quenton Nelson
- Ryan Kelly
- DeForest Buckner
- Darius Leonard
- Kenny Moore
- Luke Rhodes
In the Pro Bowl
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The Colts are basically the NFC North champs. 4-0 against that division.
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Clayton Geathers is finalizing a deal to return to the Colts, according to a source.
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I haven’t seen Alec Pierce drop a ball this weekend, and we’ve just seen him make two big jump-ball catches in the end zone
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Matt Ryan has now taken 19 sacks this season.
Andrew Luck took 18 in his full season with Reich.
Philip Rivers took 19 in his full season with Reich.
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Another thing that jumped out:
Peyton Manning was once again involved in the Colts’ QB search.
“I know Peyton is ecstatic, and was behind the scenes trying to contribute his evaluations.”
Frank Reich has asked Manning for QB advice in the past.
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Khari Willis is wearing Julian Blackmon’s jersey today, Zach Pascal has Parris Campbell’s
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Find someone who loves you like Darius Leonard loves the football.
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The Carson Wentz mistake is still a mistake.
But the Colts responded to that mistake, essentially, by getting a Day 2 draft pick and Matt Ryan in exchange for their mistake.
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Colts landed three on All-Pro team: Jonathan Taylor, Darius Leonard, Luke Rhodes.
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Frank Reich with a personal word, says Tony Dungy started a tradition of Colts reading through Bible in a year.
Revelation 5.
Says he was in his room weeping with joy this morning. "It just gave me sobbing joy, it gave me confidence and strength."
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Taylor on Richardson: "I just keep thinking about Los Angeles. Donald was coming down the pike, he stood tall, and the accuracy of that ball..."
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Nyheim Hines on what he thinks about when he hears the Colts talking about getting him in the slot more:
“Opportunity.”
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The Irsays are donating $650,000 to Riley Children's Foundation to expand and improve access to mental health services for children and adolescents.
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Don't understand why Facyson's out there instead of Rodgers.
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Multiple draft picks and the other team taking on the entire salary is more than a lot of people thought Indianapolis would get for Wentz
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Carson Wentz through 5 games: 65.3 percent completions, 7.6 yards per attempt, 7 TDs, 1 INT, 99.4 rating.
Wentz hasn’t been perfect, and he was kicking himself for the first-half fumble last night.
But Wentz is playing pretty darn good football for the Colts so far.
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The Colts also tried out longtime Jaguars kicker Josh Lambo, per source.
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DeForest Buckner says it's got to be a mentality and a mindset to avoid whatever weird Florida juju has cursed the Colts in Jacksonville.
"We're dialed in."
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We keep saying this.
But it should be Isaiah Rodgers.
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New Saints safety Kurt Coleman says he joined New Orleans in part because he believes team is knocking on the door of a Super Bowl
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Sam Ehlinger has already been through unimaginable loss, and his father's death taught him something that's helping him deal with his brother's sudden death.
Bottling up grief, pushing it down only leads to more pain.
You have to get that emotion out.
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Under the new NFL protocols, every Colt currently on the reserve/COVID-19 list has a chance to come off of it before Sunday, I believe.
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Parris Campbell is doing some field work, Reich says.
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Anthony Richardson says Indy feels like home now. Says he's gotten a house, says he still hasn't seen much of Indy yet.
"I've seen my playbook a lot. ... And I think it's going to be that way for a long time."
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From what I can tell, it sounds like Colts have significant interest in Gilmore. More than just kicking tires.
Not that it’s a surprise or anything. Gilmore’s not the kind of guy who’s visiting on a whim.
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Frank Reich has a little bit of a coaching tree going now. Sirianni to Philly last year, Eberflus to Chicago this year.
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Frank Reich: “I think Kenny Moore is a Pro Bowl player”
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Darius Leonard says Deshaun Watson told him he had the ball out.
Leonard says he had the ball on the ground
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DeForest Buckner on why Jonathan Taylor should be MVP: "He's a walking touchdown"
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DeForest Buckner today: 3 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 4 QB hits, 1 TFL.
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Kenny Moore II’s absence from OTAs this week is intentional, source says. Moore II is upset and feels like he’s underpaid, given his importance to Colts defense. Moore II is scheduled to make $6.75 million in ‘22 and $8.245 million in final two years of deal.
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Philip Rivers on Steichen: “Super fired up for Shane. ... It was just a matter of time before he got the opportunity to be a head coach. His offensive mind and feel for calling a game is elite. The Colts got a heck of a coach and person.”
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The Colts made a significant financial commitment to Matt Ryan for two seasons, and Jim Irsay said during the draft that he could see that extended to 3 or even 4 years.
To pull the plug this early, even given Ryan's play, is wild.
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Quenton Nelson, Dayo Odeyingbo and Dezmon Patmon will return to practice this week.
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The Colts now have 46 sacks on the season. I believe that ties the record for sacks by a Colts defense in the Indianapolis era.
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Steelers won. Colts are eliminated.
Didn’t deserve to be in anyway.
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The 4-8-1 Colts are now going to play four straight games where they’re the only game going
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Nyheim Hines in May: “I hope to play there my entire career, and I hope to establish a legacy where Indianapolis is always going to have that slasher, scatback, that little fast guy who’s so versatile.”
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On the Wentz stuff, I’ll stick with where I’ve been since end of season:
1. Wentz’s season felt like Brissett's
2. A cap hit didn’t stop Indy from making a QB move after ’19.
3. You can’t like a person more than entire Colts org liked Jacoby. That didn’t stop them, either.
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Matt Ryan really likes what he’s seen from Nyheim Hines. “The way he gets in and out of cuts is special”
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Hilton on the contract: “I want to be a Colt for life"
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DeForest Buckner not being voted to the Pro Bowl is insane
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DeForest Buckner: 5 tackles, 1 sack, 4 QB hits, 2 TFL
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Alec Pierce says a ton of Colts guys have reached out to him to welcome him to the roster.
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Ashton Dulin leads the NFL in special teams tackles. The Colts gunner has 12.
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Feel so bad for Marlon Mack, who handled the Colts drafting another RB better than just about anybody else would, and who now loses the rest of a contract year
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Colts 2024 class
Round 1: DE Laiatu Latu
Round 2: WR Adonai Mitchell
Round 3: OL Matt Goncalves
Round 4: C/G Tanor Bortolini
Round 5: WR/KR Anthony Gould
Round 5: LB Jaylon Carlies
Round 5: DB Jaylin Simpson
Round 6: CB Micah Abraham
Round 7: DT: Jonah Laulu
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The most Jonathan Taylor thing ever is that his look back is checking with the sideline to see if the coaches want him to go down before the end zone.
"Go ahead and pop one off right here, huh?"
@cj_wentz
asked.
@JayT23
delivered.
New episode of
#HardKnocks
: In Season with the
@Colts
drops tomorrow at 10pm ET on HBO/HBO Max!
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Colts go non-exclusive with the franchise tag.
Under non-exclusive tag, Pittman can negotiate with other teams, and if he gets an offer elsewhere, Indy can either match the deal or get two first-round picks from his new team.
First time Colts have used tag since 2013.
We have placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on WR Michael Pittman Jr.
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The Colts have re-signed cornerback TJ Carrie, per source
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Kelly says he's watched the clip of Irsay giving him and Emma the game ball 100 times.
Says he can see where Irsay's heart is in the clip
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Frank Reich: “It’s not uncommon for players all over the league to miss a lot of practice time. … Those players still have to come in and play well.”
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Philip Rivers in a crucial November for the Colts so far: 101-of-151, 1,085 yards, 7 TDs, 2 INTs, 97.7 quarterback rating.
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Matt Gay becomes the first kicker in NFL history to make four 50-yarders in a game, burying a 53-yarder to win, 22-19.
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This Colts fan’s bag reads “At Least We Didn’t Hire McDaniels”
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Kenny Moore II is the Colts' Walter Payton Man of the Year.
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Shane Steichen on Gus Bradley on Nov. 17th:
“I’ve got a ton of respect for Gus Bradley. I worked with him for four years in L.A. Hell of a football coach, hell of a human being.”
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Two years ago the Colts sat out the initial edge-rusher wave in a class that looked fairly deep, then signed Justin Houston the next week.
Houston ended up with more sacks over his two-year deal than anybody in that class, other than Za'Darius Smith.
Got to give it time.
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Ballard says he believes the Colts have flexibility they haven't had the last few years, cites Richardson's rookie contract. "We'll be as aggressive as we need to be in free agency with players that we think can help us."
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Rookie Colts running back Jonathan Taylor is up to 10th in the NFL in rushing, with 842 yards this season.
Needs 158 in the final two games to get to 1,000.
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T.Y. Hilton says he's not thinking at all about the possibility that Sunday's game might be his last at Lucas Oil.
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Mo Alie-Cox: “That one play on the goal line, I turn my head and there’s (JT) flying through the air like a f*%^ing superhero”
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Rodney McLeod contract:
2022
Base: $1.12 million
Signing bonus: $650K
Total guarantee: $1.77 million
Cap: $1.77m
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The Colts preseason opener against Carolina will be live on NFL Network
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If they're going to keep taking shots, I say ROOF/WINDOW OPEN.
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The Carson Wentz-Michael Pittman Jr. relationship is becoming a beautiful thing to watch.
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All Jonathan Taylor did during the bye week was Leg Day.
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Carson Wentz’s
@AO1Foundation
is bringing its food truck, Thy Kingdom Crumb, to Indy, where it will distribute free meals
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Ballard says Morocco Brown was texting him from Florida's practice field in August, saying he couldn't believe the show he was seeing.
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Carson Wentz says he doesn’t think he’s ever gotten that heated in a game before, but “When a man’s ability to reproduce is getting” (compromised)…
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Frank Reich says "if I was a fantasy owner, I'd consider drafting Nyheim" this year.
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Alec Pierce got a text from his barber today.
The barber said God told him Pierce was going to the Colts. The barber wanted him to go to the Bengals so he could keep cutting his hair, but God told the barber Pierce was Colts-bound.
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Isaiah Rodgers wearing Rock Ya-Sin’s number out at practice
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Anthony Richardson says he played at 240 pounds at Florida, but he’s 248, 250 now.
Asked why he wanted to put on weight, he says “I didn’t. That’s just my body, muscle mass growing”
Some people are literally built different.
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