Training Camp starts today

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

We are going to be cutting people that piss off some Colt fans big time including me. Love it

Yeah, WR4, WR5 may not be what we expect. Hell, I don't know if anything is certain beyond TY and Funchess.

[ChoppedWood]

And out of nowhere- apparently Chester had an exceptional day earlier this week. God bless I hope Luck is a go, if so, we might set new passing records.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

And out of nowhere- apparently Chester had an exceptional day earlier this week. God bless I hope Luck is a go, if so, we might set new passing records.

Chester is gonna make the squad. He can play slot or outside. Cain, Fountain, Funchess, Campbell, Pascal cannot play both. The last couple depth slots are going to be with versatile guys likely.

My prediction: TY, Funchess, Rogers, Campbell, Cain
Maybe Foutain or Pascal to PS

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

Chester is gonna make the squad. He can play slot or outside. Cain, Fountain, Funchess, Campbell, Pascal cannot play both. The last couple depth slots are going to be with versatile guys likely.

My prediction: TY, Funchess, Rogers, Campbell, Cain
Maybe Foutain or Pascal to PS

What an improvement over last season.

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

Chester is gonna make the squad. He can play slot or outside. Cain, Fountain, Funchess, Campbell, Pascal cannot play both. The last couple depth slots are going to be with versatile guys likely.

My prediction: TY, Funchess, Rogers, Campbell, Cain
Maybe Foutain or Pascal to PS

Is there anyone other than Chester who can reliably catch a punt?

[apballin]

Heading to camp today I’ll post observations later

[apballin]

Well TY Hilton stole the show, dude was killing it out there today

Other than that nothing stood out but there was NO— Leonard, Moore, Campbell

Walker was playing OLB, I like that okreke looked fast out there so I’m all for a Leonard- okreke- Walker LB core

Hines was back there fielding punts

Also I was watching practice thinking dam I’m glad they didn’t trade brisset

And Hunt is a monster out there

Finally grand park is nice but I’d honestly rather just go to Lucas oil and watch the practices

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by apballin

Walker was playing OLB, I like that okreke looked fast out there so I’m all for a Leonard- okreke- Walker LB core

My bet is that Speed wins the SAM spot.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by apballin

Well TY Hilton stole the show, dude was killing it out there today

Other than that nothing stood out but there was NO— Leonard, Moore, Campbell

Walker was playing OLB, I like that okreke looked fast out there so I’m all for a Leonard- okreke- Walker LB core

Hines was back there fielding punts

Also I was watching practice thinking dam I’m glad they didn’t trade brisset

And Hunt is a monster out there

Finally grand park is nice but I’d honestly rather just go to Lucas oil and watch the practices

My guess is they are getting the guys familiar with all positions in their group in case they have injuries and to help sow confusion in presnap reads. "Walker is a MIKE always right? No wait, now he is at WILL. ...Now he is at Nickle." Ebuflus' system of responsibilities is simple for the player, but his personnel groups have a lot of similar built athletes that can fulfill multiple tasks on the defense. Making pre-snap reads difficult, which is key to disrupting the best QB's. Looks at what Wade Phillips defenses do to Brady. Kinda reminds me in concept of Buddy Ryan's old 46 defense. That is completely different in execution, but you would have 10 guys near the line of scrimmage and you wouldn't always know what those guys were doing except the FS who was always covering the deep pass. Pre-snap reads are so important now, also the coach is in the QB's ear till the cut off point. Disguising what is happening is so important, especially with something based on the old cover-2 where responsibilities are simple.

I read something today that said the WR competition is fierce. On any given day one of the WRs is making plays Veasy, Hogan, Ishmael, Mojo, Fountain, Cain, Pascal, Rogers. They are going to have a tough time cutting them down.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by JAFF

Is there anyone other than Chester who can reliably catch a punt?

Reliably, I don't think so.

Catching and returning punts is becoming a lost art. Colleges don't use their best guys to do it anymore. And college teams have so many scholarship players they can find a guy who does it well keeping their best players free for the offense.

And of course its the best guys that get drafted. NFL rosters are so small they don't have that luxury. Unless you're the best on your NFL team, you will have to play special teams, but the player probably hasn't played special teams since middle school. If you are a good player, and you have special teams experience, it may actually help you make a roster.

Same concept of why Cambell was playing outside receiver. Cambell could do it, and he could run the whole route tree if they worked on it with him. But he played the slot so well and he did those plays so well, why move him? They also had good guys that could play the outside effectively. College specializes their players more, but the NFL requires versatility.