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Colts fans and Stampede Blue readers can submit their Colts questions to have a chance of them being answered in our Q&A.
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Let’s jump straight into this week’s questions:
Clydesdales (Stampede Blue Comments): Will the Colts make a trade before the deadline...
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The Indianapolis Colts (4-2) have their bye week in Week 7, which means unfortunately, there’s no Horseshoe football this Sunday.
However, it does provide some time for other rest, relaxation, and reflection on the team’s standouts so far during the Colts’ 2020 campaign:
Photo by MSA/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colts Most Valuable Player: DT DeForest BucknerFrom Weeks 1 to 6, new All-Pro defensive tackle DeForest Buckner has...
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The Indianapolis Colts and the Stampede Blue writing staff has a Sunday off. The last Sunday off of the 2020 NFL season. We welcome the community to use this story as a place to discuss games going on around the league, or to debate IU’s win over Penn State, or the Dodgers choking away a big game in the World Series, or maybe Antonio Brown’s big role with the Bucs.
Who: The Bye vs the Indianapolis Colts What: Week 7 of the 2020 NFL season. Where: Wherever you want it to be When: All day, Sunday, October 25th.
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts where SB Nation gets fan reactions from the previous week’s results, as well as asking questions about the coming week’s slate. We also take a look at the weekly changes in confidence level from the team’s fans.
With the Indianapolis Colts heading into their bye week sitting at a solid 4-2 record after coming back from a 21-point deficit, many fans have regained some of the lost confidence in the team after...
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The Indianapolis Colts announced on Saturday that the team has signed veteran defensive end Cassius Marsh to their practice squad.
It comes just a few days after the Colts brought Marsh in for a team workout earlier this week.
The 6’4”, 254 pound defensive end is a former 2014 4th round pick of the Seattle Seahawks (2014-16), but has also spent time with the New England Patriots (2017), San Francisco 49ers...
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According to The Houston Chronicle’s Aaron Wilson, the Indianapolis Colts recently worked out a duo of cornerbacks: Kevon Seymour and Will Sunderland:
Colts working out Kevon Seymour, Will Sunderland
— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) October 23, 2020Regarding Seymour, the 6’0”, 186 pound cornerback was a former 2016 6th round pick of the Buffalo Bills (2016) but has also spent time with the Carolina Panthers organization (2017-18).
He’s...
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The salary cap has had a tremendously large impact on the sports and especially in the NFL, where they employ a hard salary cap, which means all teams work with the same amount of money and cannot exceed it. It’s important that when spending money, you get the proper value from the dollars you spend. If you spend a lot of money at one position, that position better perform at a high level. If you don’t spend a lot of money at one position, then...
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Soft schedule nearly behind them, Colts upcoming slate fraught with roadblocks
After the Lions, the Colts face off with some elite foes
Colts RBs coach Tom Rathman discusses rookie Jonathan Taylor's adaptation to the NFL after his first six games
Indianapolis Colts running backs coach Tom Rathman spoke to local reporters this week via video conference. What did he have to say about rookie Jonathan Taylor’s adaptation to an NFL offense, as well...
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It’s the Colts’ bye week!
Every week during the NFL season and well into the offseason, Stephen Reed (@nicereedsteve) and I (@likelyalien) put out a podcast for Stampede Blue and Indianapolis Colts fans that we try to keep to around an hour. This week, we talk at length about the Colts’ Week 6 win over the Bengals, looked back at this first six weeks of games and then we end our podcast with a good ole fashioned NFL pick’em. Please rate our...
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The Colts have been a top tier run defense for two years now
Ever since Matt Eberflus was hired as the Colts’ Defensive Coordinator in 2018, the Colts defense has had a few key points of emphasis that they live by. One of the most important points for this defense to have success has been the ability to stop the run. This is something that Eberflus has preached his entire career and has always wanted his teams to have an elite run...
The Cincinnati Bengals got off to a hot start on Sunday when they took a commanding 21-0 lead early in the second quarter against the Colts. The game was getting out of hand, but after a laundry list of quality defensive plays for the Colts and a strong performance by Philip Rivers, Indy came out with a 31-27 victory and improved to a record of 4-2 on the season.
Last week, the Colts cooled off on the thermometer. Let’s check on their temperature for the end of week 6.
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In this series on Stampede Blue, I’m going to break down each player on a 50-100 Madden-style scale each week to help identify and illustrate which players are the best and most valuable players on the team. Please take note that these are current values and don’t think into account the value or future potential (or regression) of a player. Here is a breakdown of the tiers:
Tiers
95 to 100 — One of the 3, 4 best players at his...
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Wide receiver DeMichael Harris might be Colts' latest undrafted gem
DeMichael Harris, who caught three passes for 29 yards in his NFL debut last week, has a skill set the Colts lacked after losing Parris Campbell.
Colts Rookie Watch, Bye Week Edition: Julian Blackmon with game-sealing INT, Rodrigo Blankenship continues to lead NFL in FGs made, points scored
It’s time for the bye week version of the 2020 Colts Rookie Watch, where we take a look...
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The Colts Have a Bye. Just saying.
This is not gambling advice. Gamble at your own risk.
Every week during the NFL season, I will put out my picks with the spread for each NFL game. This is my first year writing about sports betting because I live in Indiana. Sports betting was made legal in 2019. If it helps you to know that I’d placed bets before, understand the betting structure, and going into last week, I was placing the correct bet 63% of the...
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Each week during the season, I will be walking through the data from the previous Colts game analyzing the numbers to form a sort of “what happened” narrative as well as comparing the Colts against all other teams in the league. For a glossary of the stats listed, reference Season Stats. Thanks to Pro Football Reference, NFL.com, Football Outsiders and the nflFastR project for being awesome sources of weekly data.
I don’t judge a team by how they...
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This is an exercise in building a simple blind predictive model based on a team’s historical stats in 4 areas: pass and rush efficiency, and avg EPA for special teams and penalties. The season long experiment will track how well future games are determined by past statistical performance and compare that record against Vegas betting lines.
All data used originates from Pro Football Reference and nflFastR.
Week 6 was a good week. I went 11 for 14 and erased...
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The Colts’ offense finally came alive against the Cincinnati Bengals
The Indianapolis Colts’ offense has surprisingly been a pretty big let down on the season. The Colts have suffered a few injuries but overall this has been a big disappointment considering the weapons the team added this offseason, including Michael Pittman Jr., Jonathan Taylor, and most notably Philip Rivers. The biggest areas of struggle have been in the most important...
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Colts: Get ready to see more Tyquan Lewis after bye week
Colts defensive line coach Brian Baker says Tyquan Lewis has earned a bigger part in the Colts gameplan
How Have The Colts Rookies Performed In 2020? | 93.5 & 107.5 The Fan
How Have The Colts Rookies Performed In 2020?
So far, so very good with Colts and protecting Philip Rivers | Fox 59
INDIANAPOLIS – Priority 1 every game for every defense – OK, after stopping the run, we get it –...
Photo by MSA/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Tennessee Titans (5-0) Score this week: Beat the Houston Texans 42-36 in overtime
The Titans managed to survive the Texans thanks to a dominant Derrick Henry, some questionable decisions by Romeo Crennel, and some crafty gamesmanship by Mike Vrabel. The Titans offense continues humming along with Tannehill at the helm, as he has not taken the step back I expected from him after signing a massive contract extension in the off-season....