Colts ILB's

[ukcolt]

I was just looking at a few stats and was looking at the pass deflections from our ILB's. Between Antonio Morrison, Jon Bostic, Jeremiah George and Anthony Walker we had a grand total of 4 pass deflections. That's not for 1 game, that's an entire season! To make matters even worse there was not a single interception from that group of guys. How can you go through an entire season with your ILB's only touching the ball a grand total of 4 times. And as for the bone jarring hits that cause a fumble, well we had a total of........ZERO, yes not a single forced fumble from this pathetic group.

I knew our interior linebackers were not good, but i hadn't realised that they were quite as bad as the raw statistics would indicate.

We really do need to bring in a better pass rush and offensive line help, but i am not so sure if either of those positions are actually our biggest weakness.

[rcubed]

how does that compare to other teams?

[Brylok]

It's been a problem for a while now and one of the many reasons we were 4-12. If a couple of those games had been 2 minutes longer we'd have been 2-14.

[ukcolt]

Comparing 3-4 base defenses in our conference according to NFL.com

Tennessee:
Wesley Woodyard, Avery Williamson, Jayon Brown, and a few other guys, i don't pretend to know others teams rosters that well......they combined for 7 pass deflections, 2 forced fumbles, but they also contributed with 9 and a half sacks. Colts group had 1 and a half.

Houston:
Zach Cunningham, Dylan Cole, Benardrick McKinney combined for 10 pass deflections, 2 interceptions and 2 forced fumbles plus 5 and a half sacks.

Chiefs:
Derrick Johnson, Reggie Ragland, Kevin Pierre-Louis, Terrance Smith, and a few others came up with 11, (Johnson had 7 himself), 1 int, 1 forced fumble and 1 sack.

Chargers:
Jatavis Brown, Densel Perryman, Hayes Pullard, Korey Toomer had 5 pass deflections, 2 ints, 2 forced fumbles with just the 1 sack.

Ravens:
C.J. Mosley, Kamalei Correa, Patrick Onweasor, had 12 (Mosley had 7) pass deflections, 2 ints, 4 forced fumbles and 2 sacks.

Steelers:
Vince Williams, Sean Spence, L.J. Fort, Tyler Matakevich had 6 pass deflections, 1 int, with no forced fumbles, but they did have 10 sacks

Denver:
Brandon Marshall, Todd Davis and Corey Nelson had 4 pass deflections, 0 ints, 1 forced fumble along with 4 sacks.

[Coltsalr]

Looks like Anthony Hitchens is going to be joining our ILB's:

According to Chad Forbes, an NFL pro personnel executive that he has spoken with mentioned that he thought Dallas Cowboys free agent linebacker Anthony Hitchens will wind up with the Indianapolis Colts this spring.


Chad Forbes
@NFLDraftBites
Pro Personnel Exec mentioned strength FA group Off ball LBs. Said his team recognizes area as value $ wise. Find potential Pro Bowler if nail scheme/role for $4-6M Per Yr. Mentioned 2 Broncos Corey Nelson & Todd Davis. Said team likes Anthony Hitchens but he’ll end up w/ Colts.

https://www.stampedeblue.com/2018/2/2/16963784/anthony-hitchens-to-the-colts-a-likely-scenario-in-free-agency

[YDFL Commish]

ILB has been pure trash for the Colts since Grigson let Jerrell Freeman get away.

[omahacolt]

ILB has been pure trash for the Colts since Grigson let Jerrell Freeman get away.

yeah but hasn't freeman been busted twice with roids?

i liked freeman and wish he would have stayed. always was confusing how we let him get away

[Chromeburn]

yeah but hasn't freeman been busted twice with roids?

i liked freeman and wish he would have stayed. always was confusing how we let him get away

I don't think Grigson placed much value on the mike position. Why he went to the cfl for a starter in the first place.

[Coltsalr]

Sad to see one of our current ILB’s go down like this:

Breaking: Colts player Edwin Jackson killed by suspected drunken driver on I-70.

https://twitter.com/indystar/status/960243791700488192

[kitekrazy]

Ditch the 3-4. Always wondered how the 4-3 would work if the again Mathis and Freeney were not converted LBers.