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Originally Posted by Dewey 5 (Post 318060)

Dam needs to submit himself to drug testing immediately

That, and if I ever decide to start a cult or a pyramid scheme he'll be one of the first people I contact w/ such a great opportunity :D

Watching the replay, I think pretty much the entire defense needs to be replaced.

At a minimum, Blackmon, Speed, and Franklin need to go. I’d also look into replacing Paye and both starting corners. Or at least bring in competition at cornerback.

Ballard needs to dip into free agency this offseason.

The defense needs a complete reboot. A new coordinator and a bunch of new players.

I think the offense is ok, at least outside of quarterback. Got pieces to work with on the OLine, got 3 good receivers coming back, and JT at running back.

We just need better quarterback play on offense.

I really don’t think we’re that far off, except at the most important positions.

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Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc (Post 318084)

We like our guys.

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Originally Posted by Dam8610 (Post 318058)

Defensively the team's biggest weakness to me is at LB. I suppose they don't really stack up there, either. Franklin and Speed should both be gone, play Carlies and Harrison if you need to. Olubi is an option as well, or draft someone.

That said, yes, for the most part, I feel like the defense is better than what the numbers indicate, in large part because in over half of the games, the offense was putting the defense in terrible spots. How many games did opponents have 2:1 TOP advantage this year? Some of that was on the defense, more of it was on the offense having far too many 3 and outs and far too little success. Also I agree with most here that Bradley's scheme is not the best at maximizing the skillsets of our players. I think with a different DC, the same defenders would perform better.

Agree that both Bradley and the LBs suck and should be replaced. The secondary is definitely below average and needs multiple upgrades. The DL is really good on paper but really underachieved this year. At the very least we need to bring in better depth at DT, b/c when either Defo and Grover are not in the game it becomes a shit show.

And yes in some games the O didn't do the D any favors, but in our D's worst performances this year that wasn't the case. In fact of the 5 games I listed we won TOP in 4 of them, and the O rarely put the D in a bad position in those games as well. For instance the shortest TD drive the Giants (who scored the most against us in their last 9 seasons BTW) was 56 yards, and 4 of their 5 TDs were all 70 yards.

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Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc (Post 318084)

I think we need a true #1 TE as well. Hopefully Warren is there when we draft, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

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Originally Posted by IndyNorm (Post 318087)

I think we need a true #1 TE as well. Hopefully Warren is there when we draft, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

I came back to edit my post and add that we need a legit tight end. No more mixing a stew of MAC, Gransen, Ogletree, and the other dude who’s always hurt and expecting crab bisque in the pot.

I wonder how different the season would have gone had they managed to get Bowers in the draft last year.

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Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc (Post 318091)

Wouldn’t have mattered with the instability at QB

IMO, our greatest off-season moves needed are:

#1 - A true #1 TE who will help our young, inexperienced QB more than anything else would.

#2 - A stud CB that most likely should come from free agency. We need someone who can play #1 WRs straight up man-to-man and erase them our at least limit them.

#3 - A stud LB the likes of which we have not had since, really, the younger days of Leonard.

Honestly, if our QB can play up to NFL quality (which, IMO, I don't think he can), then the 2024 verison of the Colts with the above additions I think puts us in pretty good shape.

Alas, I don't think AR is the guy. The above additions are really then building blocks for the next re-build of the Colts.

But, that is my two cents.

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Originally Posted by IndyNorm (Post 318087)

I think we need a true #1 TE as well. Hopefully Warren is there when we draft, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

I think I jinxed us. I mentioned him in like early December when he was projected late 1st-round... Ever since then, he just keeps going up and up the boards.

The stock exchange guys have him like right where we're picking currently... but I've seen him ranked as high as #6 overall. Pump the brakes, pundits.

o

Regarding the off-season (for the Colts), Cletus started a playoff thread in the NFL section ...... it's for all of the playoff games in the Wildcard, Divisional, and Conference Championship playoff rounds.

http://www.coltfreaks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=194050

I'll start a separate thread for the Super Bowl, when that time comes.

o