Maniac Mic'd up

[1965southpaw]

Good stuff!!!! My favorites

:42 - Let's go big boy
1:50 - I'll give you a dollar if you tell me what you're going to run.
5:20 - Somebody get the GOAT. I need some milk



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhEqOnAAuKo#action=share

[Luck4Reich]

We need more players on Defense to bring it like he does.. I hate to say it but when he was on the bench trying to get them pumped up some of them looked like they didn’t even want to be there. Hooker really looked disinterested.

I hope Hooker gets it figured out. I believe he like most players have the physical attributes but mentally lose the passion. Did the last injury finish him? I hope not!

[Spike]

Good stuff!!!! My favorites

:42 - Let's go big boy
1:50 - I'll give you a dollar if you tell me what you're going to run.
5:20 - Somebody get the GOAT. I need some milk



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhEqOnAAuKo#action=share

Love Leonard's energy, that dude is a beast.

[Brylok]

He's got some Ray Lewis in him. That's something that I've always wanted the Colts to have, well, without the homicide of course. Allegedly.
"Get off me, Kenny!" Lol

[Dam8610]

He's got some Ray Lewis in him. That's something that I've always wanted the Colts to have, well, without the homicide of course. Allegedly.
"Get off me, Kenny!" Lol

He's very quickly becoming one of my favorite Colts ever for that exact reason.

[Chromeburn]

We need more players on Defense to bring it like he does.. I hate to say it but when he was on the bench trying to get them pumped up some of them looked like they didn’t even want to be there. Hooker really looked disinterested.

I hope Hooker gets it figured out. I believe he like most players have the physical attributes but mentally lose the passion. Did the last injury finish him? I hope not!

You saw his face for ten seconds and concluded he doesn’t have things figured out and he isn’t passionate? That is a lot of assumptions. You know I could stick a camera on you all day, choose whatever piece I want, and make people conclude just about anything. You shouldn’t believe everything you see on TV especially with such a limited sample size.

[Chromeburn]

He's got some Ray Lewis in him. That's something that I've always wanted the Colts to have, well, without the homicide of course. Allegedly.
"Get off me, Kenny!" Lol

Ray Lewis was his idol. He’s who he watched growing up. He was being Interviewed by Rich Eisen and he offered to introduce him. Sounded like a kid getting a autograph.

https://youtu.be/B-dUrb7R68Y

[Luck4Reich]

You saw his face for ten seconds and concluded he doesn’t have things figured out and he isn’t passionate? That is a lot of assumptions. You know I could stick a camera on you all day, choose whatever piece I want, and make people conclude just about anything. You shouldn’t believe everything you see on TV especially with such a limited sample size.

Good point. I should have added how slow he looked on several plays where he didnt seem to have much effort. He hasn't come close to playing anything near to deserve where he was picked.

[nate505]

The man is a national treasure

[FatDT]

It just dawned on me that Leonard leads the team in sacks, with 6.

[1965southpaw]

I just listened to it again....I missed it the first time. Much of the time he's hyping everyone else up (including the crowd)...but there's a moment when he's hyping himself too.....it was cute. He tells himself "go out there and earn your name maniac, dawg. You just do you". Cracked me up.

[Racehorse]

Good point. I should have added how slow he looked on several plays where he didnt seem to have much effort. He hasn't come close to playing anything near to deserve where he was picked.

His injury is not one that you come back from quickly. It takes time to get back up to speed, literally and figuratively. He has to learn to trust his body again. Now, it it lingers into next year, you can make this case against him again and you won't hear a peep from me.

[Luck4Reich]

His injury is not one that you come back from quickly. It takes time to get back up to speed, literally and figuratively. He has to learn to trust his body again. Now, it it lingers into next year, you can make this case against him again and you won't hear a peep from me.

I'm hopeful that is the case.

[Chromeburn]

Good point. I should have added how slow he looked on several plays where he didnt seem to have much effort. He hasn't come close to playing anything near to deserve where he was picked.

That would have helped. But Stampede Blue just did a break down of his game a few weeks ago and he is playing very well. There are a couple things to consider, teams are not throwing his way, means they respect him. The scheme he is playing is making him drop deep a lot, it isn't the one cover that Pagano wanted him for which put him in a better position to make plays. Finally, although guys come back quicker than ever from knee injuries, it usually takes two years for them to come all the way back and get that speed they used to have. So the issue might be a little more complicated.

[Dam8610]

That would have helped. But Stampede Blue just did a break down of his game a few weeks ago and he is playing very well. There are a couple things to consider, teams are not throwing his way, means they respect him. The scheme he is playing is making him drop deep a lot, it isn't the one cover that Pagano wanted him for which put him in a better position to make plays. Finally, although guys come back quicker than ever from knee injuries, it usually takes two years for them to come all the way back and get that speed they used to have. So the issue might be a little more complicated.

This scheme is cover 3 heavy I thought? The FS has a very similar role in cover 1 and cover 3. In both, his job is to cover the deep middle of the field. This is why a ballhawk with good range and speed is preferable for the position, because taking away the deep middle and generating turnovers on deep throws is important to any defense. I can't say whether Hooker is performing well or poorly (need All-22 for that), but I don't think a switch from primarily cover 1 looks to primarily cover 3 looks is a good explanation for poor performance if he is performing poorly. Recovery from injury would be a better excuse.

[Brylok]

He's very quickly becoming one of my favorite Colts ever for that exact reason.
I said in a game thread a few weeks ago that if I were a jersey-wearing person, I'd get a Leonard 53. I still would, but he hasn't reached a favorite of all time status yet...but I hope he does.

[Brylok]

Ray Lewis was his idol. He’s who he watched growing up. He was being Interviewed by Rich Eisen and he offered to introduce him. Sounded like a kid getting a autograph.

https://youtu.be/B-dUrb7R68Y
Thank you for that. I mainly listen to podcasts: Grady and Joe, Dakich, JMV, Cowherd, Rome, PTI. It's hard to keep up with all of it and I would have missed that.

[omahacolt]

It just dawned on me that Leonard leads the team in sacks, with 6.

Which is pretty sad

[omahacolt]

This scheme is cover 3 heavy I thought? The FS has a very similar role in cover 1 and cover 3. In both, his job is to cover the deep middle of the field. This is why a ballhawk with good range and speed is preferable for the position, because taking away the deep middle and generating turnovers on deep throws is important to any defense. I can't say whether Hooker is performing well or poorly (need All-22 for that), but I don't think a switch from primarily cover 1 looks to primarily cover 3 looks is a good explanation for poor performance if he is performing poorly. Recovery from injury would be a better excuse.

They mix it up. At times they are heavy in a cover 2 over the game. They mix in cover 6 and go to a single high (usually cover 3) some.

I would say we are a zone team that favors a cover 2.