thoughts on a shake up

[omahacolt]

sunday ticket took a shit on everyone yesterday so i missed a large portion of the game. that said, we couldn't block anyone. the offensive line was garbage.

to make a statement, what do we think of changing it up. and is Dennis Kelly healthy? I think he is


LT- Kelly
LG-nelson
C- ryan or pinter
rg - pryor
rt- smith

we aren't opening up holes in the run game. we aren't protecting ryan at all. i don't see how they just keep it as status quo

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by omahacolt

sunday ticket took a shit on everyone yesterday so i missed a large portion of the game. that said, we couldn't block anyone. the offensive line was garbage.

to make a statement, what do we think of changing it up. and is Dennis Kelly healthy? I think he is


LT- Kelly
LG-nelson
C- ryan or pinter
rg - pryor
rt- smith

we aren't opening up holes in the run game. we aren't protecting ryan at all. i don't see how they just keep it as status quo

It is obvious that what we are trying is not working. Why not try something different like this?

[jasperhobbs]

Did the rookie Raimann play yesterday?

[omahacolt]

Originally Posted by jasperhobbs

Did the rookie Raimann play yesterday?

he got some snaps at lt i believe. didn't see them

[omahacolt]

for the record


if we look back at last year, the oline was garbage for like the 1st 4 weeks for some reason. i don't know if we can improve like that but it is worth noting i guess

[YDFL Commish]

I think Pinter to center and Kelly to RG is what needs to happen.

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Originally Posted by omahacolt

for the record


if we look back at last year, the oline was garbage for like the 1st 4 weeks for some reason.

Last year, most of the OL starters missed significant time during training camp due to injury / recovery from prior injury.

There were usually 3 or 4 back-ups playing at the same time. I think Glow was the only lineman that didn't miss time.

It continued into the regular season.

I believe Week 5 was about the time when the Colts stopped using Davenport as the primary back-up tackle and switched to Pryor instead.

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Originally Posted by jasperhobbs

Did the rookie Raimann play yesterday?

There were 50 snaps on offense.

Pryor received 35 snaps - 70%

Raimann received 15 snaps - 30%

[HoosierinFL]

Raimann saw time in the 4th quarter and I thought he played pretty well. There was one play he got bull rushed back into Ryan, his stance was too high it seemed and let the rusher get into his pads, but he didn't lose the guy, he kept upper-body wrestling him the whole way. Ryan ended up taking a bigger hit from a guy coming from the other side on that play.
In general Raimann looks like he provides much more upside than Pryor, for sure he should be starting at LT now.

[HoosierinFL]

Skip to the 3:44 mark in this video, it is the first drive where they sat Pryor and put in Raimann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K35jfUcA-G4

The play I remember where Raimann got bullrushed a bit is not shown in this clip but there's some good views of his play.

Play 1: Ryan pumps, gets pressure from up the middle, flushed and throws it away. Raimann handled his side but then the defense all shifted away from him as Ryan left the pocket.

Play 2: Taylor runs up the middle for 2-3 yards, Raimann pancaked his dude. Nice.

Play 3: Raimann has nobody to block at first, eventually latches on to a guy. Ryan was not pressured but rolled out trying to wait for somebody to get open and tried to force it.

Play 4: Raimann lost the hand fighting, allowed himself to get turned around and his guy did beat him but had no effect on the play because Smith got abused at RT even with help from RG. Terrible. Smith's guy flattened Ryan.

Play 5: Generally decent pass blocking for the whole line here, but again Ryan tried to scramble around looking for an open guy.

Skip to 5:56 for next possession:
Play 6: Raimann was a little late picking up his man on an edge rush but had no impact on the play, maybe it hurried Ryan's throw, but I don't blame Raimann here for the deflection and interception.