Is Malik Hooker a problem?

[Oldcolt]

Some people take a year or so to get back their explosiveness after an injury. Especially one as bad as Hookers. He came back quickly and he hasn't been a disaster this year. I'm hoping he get all the way back with a year under his belt to heal.

[VeveJones007]

We haven't seen him flash as much this year, but that doesn't mean he isn't having an impact. Colts are top 10 in the league in limiting explosive plays. Hooker patrolling the deep third is helping there.

[omahacolt]

I think it is very fair to expect him to play as well as bethea did. And he isn’t.


Watching the all 22, he does his job in coverage. He just has zero impact on anything in front of him. That is where I want to see some improvement. Can’t get much worse

[rcubed]

Originally Posted by omahacolt

I think it is very fair to expect him to play as well as bethea did. And he isn’t.


Watching the all 22, he does his job in coverage. He just has zero impact on anything in front of him. That is where I want to see some improvement. Can’t get much worse

Is that what he is supposed to do though? I am actually asking as I dont watch the all 22 and am not super knowledgable on D schemes.

From my limited understanding what I see is he is decent/good in coverage. We have a tackling machine at LB and the other safety often plays up in support of the front 7. So if hooker isnt getting burned and maybe they arent really throwing his way then thats good, right?

[omahacolt]

Originally Posted by rcubed

Is that what he is supposed to do though? I am actually asking as I dont watch the all 22 and am not super knowledgable on D schemes.

From my limited understanding what I see is he is decent/good in coverage. We have a tackling machine at LB and the other safety often plays up in support of the front 7. So if hooker isnt getting burned and maybe they arent really throwing his way then thats good, right?

It is good. But wouldn’t you still like to see him diagnose plays and come up and get dirty. They do a lot of 2 deep just like bethea did with the colts and bethea looked better imo.

Geathers is a lot more instinctual from what I see. He will fly up and hit somebody

[albany ed]

Maybe he's inherited Wilson's laziness.

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

Some people take a year or so to get back their explosiveness after an injury. Especially one as bad as Hookers. He came back quickly and he hasn't been a disaster this year. I'm hoping he get all the way back with a year under his belt to heal.

He has to learn to trust his body again. The psychology of an injury is often worse than the physical problems that they cause.

[Chromeburn]

I literally just commented on this. I think it's a combo of scheme, not throwing his way, and injury.

[Brylok]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

I literally just commented on this. I think it's a combo of scheme, not throwing his way, and injury.

Same here. I'm not going to trash the kid, but I'm afraid he's injury prone and he hasn't done anything good that stands out this year (at least to me). I don't watch the all 22 though, so I just hope for the best.