Matt Rhule after 1st Joint Practice with the Colts

[SBBlue]

"I thought we got better as it went on really not real happy with our receivers today not a lot of discipline in terms of route running wrong depths a lot of wrong with missed assignments today and so put a lot of pressure on our quarterbacks to have to adjust "

"Paradis was out today Cam got some rest ... but for having some young guys have to go in there I thought we protected pretty well"

"I thought Sam was he was the least of our problems. (he) was good "

How live is the line play?
"Far as the line it's not live. I mean we're not cutting they're not tackling so it's a it's a controlled.  Like you're trying to not be on the ground so you're trying to play as fast as possible but not be on the ground "

"On the offensive line some of those down the line guys did a really nice job with some things today."

"They're an 11-5 team I mean they their playoff team last year. So that's one of the reasons why we came here was to see how far away are we from them "

" I think we protect the quarterback pretty well except for a couple pressures and some play actions which are when they pressure into play action you just gotta get rid of the ball.   So I was  frustrated about some things today and I didn't really notice that as being something that really bothered me."

"I thought early on on offense we were really sort of kind of hesitant I thought guys like Christian got really upset about that and they brought the group along but it has to be way better "

"Tomorrow will be a great day for us to learn from this tape and come back tomorrow."

[SBBlue]

We needed this.   They're watching tape now and seeing how we can get better against a good team.

Edited August 13, 2021 by SBBlue

[panthers55]

13 minutes ago, SBBlue said:

We needed this.   They're watching tape now and seeing how we can get better against a good team.

C'mon now stop being positive. You need to bitch and complain about how bad we were. Everything Rhule said was coach-speak just to shine the turd. Everyone knows that players don't get better over time.  

 

[SBBlue]

Just now, panthers55 said:

C'mon now stop being positive. You need to bitch and complain about how bad we were. Everything Rhule said was coach-speak just to shine the turd. Everyone knows that players don't get better over time.  

 

/sarcasm

 

[pantherj]

Rhule is starting to say "it is what it is" more often.

[SBBlue]

Just now, pantherj said:

Rhule is starting to say "it is what it is" more often.

Yeah. Except he didn't say that soooo.

[pantherj]

What worries me is that the passing game i sway off. The WRs are not running the routes correctly per Rhule, and we're hearing through the grapevine that the o-line is not protection well. We can't start the season this way and hope to make the playoffs imo. We have to come out hot.

[pantherj]

2 minutes ago, SBBlue said:

Yeah. Except he didn't say that soooo.

Go to 1:53 of the video above. Sooooo...

[SBBlue]

1 minute ago, pantherj said:

What worries me is that the passing game i sway off. The WRs are not running the routes correctly per Rhule, and we're hearing through the grapevine that the o-line is not protection well. We can't start the season this way and hope to make the playoffs imo. We have to come out hot.

I agree, which is exactly why we are doing this.  If we can compete with this 11-5 playoff team, we will be in really good shape.  We are watching tape and learning now, and I guarantee you the O won't come in slow tomorrow.  

[Jackie Lee]

Did the Colts lend them better mics and cameras? looks like a pro media interview

[pantherj]

3 minutes ago, SBBlue said:

I agree, which is exactly why we are doing this.  If we can compete with this 11-5 playoff team, we will be in really good shape.  We are watching tape and learning now, and I guarantee you the O won't come in slow tomorrow.  

I wonder which receivers were running the wrong depth. I don't think it would be DJ or Robby, but who knows.

[SBBlue]

9 minutes ago, pantherj said:

Go to 1:53 of the video above. Sooooo...

Oh good catch.  

So they're talking about how it's live and the question was, how can you evaluate o and d line when it isn't live... and he says it is what it is.

Your post implied he was referring to our performance, not that its hard to gauge the oline/dline when we are restricted from live hits.  It is what it is dude.  League rules.  What did you want him to say there?

 

Edited August 13, 2021 by SBBlue

[pantherj]

3 minutes ago, SBBlue said:

Oh good catch.  

So they're talking about how it's live and the question was, how can you evaluate o and d line when it isn't live... and he says it is what it is.

Your post implied he was referring to our performance, not that its hard to gauge the oline/dline when we are restricted from live hits.  It is what it is dude.  League rules.  What did you want him to say there?

Sheesh. 

I was just kidding around about him saying that. I don't think he's morphing into John Fox or anything. I was not making a serious criticism.

[Jon Snow]

I'm more concerned about the defense honestly.  Although not scoring at least one TD us concerning.   

I have to remind myself that it's a work in progress and it's just practice.  The test come when the game counts, then we will see if they've learned anything.