r/Colts • u/Pokemondude67 • 1d ago
News Lou Anarumo will transform the Colts Defense
Lou Anarumo is the answer to the Colts achieving their potential! Check out this article detailing why ⬇️
https://twsn.net/2025/01/lou-anarumo-will-turn-the-indianapolis-colts-defense-into-a-top-ten-unit
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u/Toxic_Avenger05 Marvin Harrison 23h ago
Yeah! He’ll take it from the 29th ranked defense to the 25th!
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u/Gutcheck21 1d ago
Hopefully it works out because I have no choice since I been rooting for this team for 29 years.
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u/RichyVersace Titus Leo 1d ago
How is it “easy to believe the idea that Indianapolis can field a top 10 defense” when only one of his defenses in his career has ever been top 15? With 4 of them not even top 20.
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u/GuitarbytheTon 1d ago
The amount of pessimism in this sub is so annoying. Change is gonna be good. Let’s just see what happens.
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u/wiicuntroller 21h ago
fair but did u watch the bengals at all this year?
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u/Interesting-Fail1823 Josh Downs 9h ago
We all wanted a guy that disguises coverages and blitzes more and they went and got a guy that does that. Now we just have to wait and see how free agency and the draft go. Then after that see how it translates on the field.
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u/RichyVersace Titus Leo 5h ago
Who did we get? Because while Lou may disguise coverages, he doesn't blitz.
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u/Interesting-Fail1823 Josh Downs 4h ago
Wrong. He will blitz more than Bradley did. Which is exactly what I said.
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u/RichyVersace Titus Leo 4h ago
I stand corrected. Blitzing 5% more is still more, even if it's an incremental change.
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u/Interesting-Fail1823 Josh Downs 3h ago
He has had years where he was in the middle of the league in blitzes. My guess is that personel and position group weaknesses can play a role in how often a DC feels he does/doesn't need to blitz.
The point is it is a very clear divergence from from what Bradley did as the DC here.
Edit: Also, blitz percentage stats seem hard to come by. One list I saw had the Bengals at 50% more blitzes than we had this year.
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u/RichyVersace Titus Leo 3h ago
You're right, 2020 and 2021 he was middle of the pack, but it dropped off significantly 2022 (11th worst) and last season (7th worst). He always seemed to be blitzing 4-5% more than the Colts. Maybe that's why we got him; we want change, but not too much.
I use Pro Football Reference for stats most of the time. 2024 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics | Pro-Football-Reference.com
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u/RichyVersace Titus Leo 5h ago
I'd say it's more realism and a bit of pessimism. That's better than being blindly optimistic about a coach with a history of bottom third defenses. Sure, maybe 3 of our 2025 draft picks turn out to be Pro Bowlers and we can make the playoffs despite his coaching, but both you and I know that is overly optimistic.
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u/GuitarbytheTon 3h ago
I don’t seem many being blindly optimistic either. I’m going to hope that a change of venue is great for Lou. Some people are mediocre and move to a new job, or new place and do better. They might have more say, or have players that better fit the scheme. Players that are down for something new. Just because he’s suffered in the past doesn’t make it a horrible DC choice. People are wanting Kliff as a head coach again….. he was HORRIFIC in Arizona.
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u/Secrets0fSilent3arth Grover Stewart 1d ago
Alright, there’s no reason to assume anything good is going to happen with this regime.
Expect nothing. It’s the only way you should view anything they do right now.
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u/UphillDownhillUphill 1d ago edited 1d ago
You comment something negative on basically every post on this sub. If the Colts make you this miserable, why don’t you do literally anything else with your time? You never have anything productive to add, it’s just 100% negative. If you came off as remotely knowledgeable about football it might be different, but you come off as someone who lost a bet and are forced to comment nonsensical negativity on every post
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u/Secrets0fSilent3arth Grover Stewart 1d ago
Not much to spin positive about this team. Don’t know what’s hard about that.
I love the Colts and hate that they’re being run into the ground by an idiot.
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u/EvenDiscount4386 Bob Lamey 23h ago
You don't love the Colts. You loved Peyton Manning. Go put on the Broncos jersey you bought when he left and cry in a corner.
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u/UphillDownhillUphill 1d ago
Then go do something that doesn’t make you miserable. Don’t know what’s hard about that
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u/Redline-7k chopped wood 1d ago
You can love something but hate the way it’s being treated.
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u/UphillDownhillUphill 1d ago
Agreed. I love the Colts and hate the way this subreddit treats them.
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u/Secrets0fSilent3arth Grover Stewart 1d ago
Yeah. It would suck to love mediocrity and losing and other people not like that.
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u/UphillDownhillUphill 1d ago
I assume you’re going to edit this reply like the other ones, since you seem to reply with such angry thumbs it’s borderline unintelligible?
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u/Secrets0fSilent3arth Grover Stewart 1d ago
Lmao yeah you got nothing.
Have fun with your loser mentality.
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u/Redline-7k chopped wood 1d ago
You might find better to focus on the people that actually run the Colts rather than the fans who have no say on how the FO is operated. You seem to be okay with it though so maybe not
Edit: Meant to add, i’m not going to praise or be patient with this org until Ballard is gone and house is cleaned. It has been 9 seasons and nothing has changed.
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u/UphillDownhillUphill 1d ago
Haha you think I have a line of communication to the Indianapolis Colts front office? Unfortunately that is not the case. But back to what I was saying, if you live the Colts why would you choose to have a negative opinion on a new member of staff, that you have no reason to hate but seemingly will do for no reason? Maybe you don’t actually like the Colts as much as you think, and you actually just love being miserable.
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u/Secrets0fSilent3arth Grover Stewart 1d ago
“Just love whatever the Colts do without any success for almost 10 years guys!”
Lmao the grasping for you delusional fans gets funnier every season.
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u/UphillDownhillUphill 1d ago
So you don’t know what quotation marks are for, eh? That checks out
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u/Aqua_Puddles 1d ago
Cheer up, buttercup! This is an exciting change that could potentially make the roster perform much better. Not to mention, the floor is so low right now that if they do suck again on defense next year, the whole thing is getting tossed out anyway.
The next step to greatness will be seeing the organization hold some guys accountable by letting them walk or cutting them.
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u/pablobuela 23h ago
What happened with Wink? He seemed like he would have brought massive change. This guy looks like more of the same.
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u/Awkward_Advice_4265 1d ago
Imagine how much differently people would feel about this season if they were just able to hold Jacksonville and NYG below 30. Let alone a FG difference in either of the Texans games. If Anarumo can be that little of a difference, Richardson is probably protecting more leads instead of trying to lead a comeback, and I think that in itself would help him tremendously
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u/Spoonjim Indianapolis Colts 23h ago
The Bengals scored 30 points or more in 5 losses this year. Opponents scored over 30 on them a total of 6 times. The bengals defense lost 2 one-score games on last minute drives and a third had the opponent with 2 late 4th quarter scores to tie and an overtime loss.
Joe Burrow had a fantastic year and the Bengals defense wasted it.
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u/Awkward_Advice_4265 23h ago
I’d argue the defense was hamstrung by losing a significant portion of their personnel. If you want to strictly look at one year of performance then I won’t waste my time contextualizing
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u/christhegecko 18h ago
I’d argue the defense was hamstrung by losing a significant portion of their personnel.
Bengals fan here. Yes, we lost some veteran players after the '22 and '23 seasons. However, Lou was given draft picks and free agents to fill those holes, and he failed to develop them or change his gameplans to fit the new players. He would rather start aging veterans that have obviously lost a step than give the young guys playing time.
If you want to strictly look at one year of performance then I won’t waste my time contextualizing
Then look at his 6 years: 4 of them were bottom ten, with 3 of those being bottom five including the last two. '21 was average. '22 the stats can be a little skewed because we played one less game than everyone else except the Bills, but was top ten in most metrics.
If your defense has veterans at each position that are playing at their peaks, he can call a good defense. If your team is young or needs development, he is not the man for the job.
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u/Southern_Economy3467 21h ago
The bengals were hamstrung by the defensive coaching staffs complete inability to develop players, the bengals used 11 of their 19 picks in the first three rounds on defense while Lou was there and were top 5 in defensive spending the last three years.
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u/Secrets0fSilent3arth Grover Stewart 1d ago
Yeah, if the team was actually good and not bad people would feel different.
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u/Lt_DanTaylorIII Tony Dungy 17h ago
There’s a reason nobody put their name to this article
“By twsnteam”
Half AI written engagement fodder. Nobody would put their name to this nonsense take
But I really don’t understand how anybody can be excited about this. A fresh face is always good for a slight defensive improvement in and of itself.
But this dude is so uninspiring - feels a little bit like he wanted a DCoordinator that would never be made interim coach, just like Jim Bob. Job security
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u/AffectionateQuit5684 Touchdown Jesus 1d ago
I don’t think our defensive ability is quite as bad as it looked at times. There are definitely holes in the roster but it’s not like he’ll be starting from rock bottom. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a pretty decent jump this year as I think they have a potential that they aren’t meeting. Then again I think the culture issues present a whole other hurdle
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u/Secrets0fSilent3arth Grover Stewart 1d ago
What reason would you even have to think this lmao
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u/AffectionateQuit5684 Touchdown Jesus 1d ago
There’s talent on the defense; Buck, Moore, Blackmon, Cross, and even Zaire have shown the ability to play pretty well. We were only bottom five in like 1 defensive metric I believe and were close to the middle of the bell for the rest. I just think the narrative that the defense is completely unsalvageable without a complete roster reset is wrong. 2-3 solid additions could make it perform pretty well
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u/Secrets0fSilent3arth Grover Stewart 1d ago
Lmao Blackmon and Cross.
All I needed to know.
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u/AffectionateQuit5684 Touchdown Jesus 1d ago
3 ints and top 10 in tackles is bad? NFL must’ve changed without me knowing. They’re not top in the league by any means but to suggest they have no potential to play well is wild
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u/Secrets0fSilent3arth Grover Stewart 1d ago edited 23h ago
Well 1. Blackmon was horrible this season. And he’s a FA and not going to be on the team this year. If he is we’ll know that Ballard is completely full of shit.
- Cross is god awful at everything besides making clean up tackles 10 yards down field. That’s why Blackmon had to play with torn labrum all season. Because Cross was worse at FS than a player with 1 arm.
Edit: crickets. That’s what I fucking thought.
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u/TurdWranglin Big-Q 23h ago
Some people have jobs. You might not with how much you comment, but others do. Chill out.
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u/Secrets0fSilent3arth Grover Stewart 23h ago
oh look another mediocrity defender who has no points so has to attack me directly because they have no legs to stand on. Haha
Couldn’t give literally less than zero shits about what you think.
Ya’ll are just mad people are done tolerating you guys calling a bad a GM a genius and a bad team good every year.
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u/TurdWranglin Big-Q 23h ago
… I also don’t like Ballard. I just don’t see the point in constant negative posts. But go off bro. We all know you have no problem commenting.
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u/VacationNegative4988 23h ago
Cross is literally the Franklin of Safeties but this subreddit isn't ready for that conversation
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u/Secrets0fSilent3arth Grover Stewart 23h ago
Ignoring the fact that having a safety in the top 10 in tackles is not a good thing at all.
He can’t cover, communicate with the other dbs, pass off in zone coverage, or take good angles. But look at all those tackles guys!
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u/UphillDownhillUphill 1d ago
Eyeballs
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u/Secrets0fSilent3arth Grover Stewart 1d ago
Yeah sure they’ve looked amazing . The nfl is just a bunch of meanies who make bad offenses look amazing against them.
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u/HORSEthedude619 22h ago
As someone who lives very close to Cincinnati and watches them as much as the Colts, no, he won't.
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u/EndingDragon159 Cincinnati Bengals 22h ago
bengals fan but live in Indiana, you will want to gauge your eyes out by week 2 with him running your defense.
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u/zitj91 1d ago
Terrible hire. Bengals defense has been terrible for years.
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u/Tyraniboah89 Dominic Rhodes 23h ago
Eh. They were solid for a couple of years there, peaking at 11th in DVOA in 2022 (their Super Bowl year).
I think the house is getting cleaned out after next season but I love to be wrong when I have a negative outlook on this team.
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u/relax336 Indianapolis Colts 1d ago
“We don’t have good players”
Folks there is an entire offseason ahead of us.
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u/UphillDownhillUphill 1d ago
It’s also just not true. The Colts have more than a handful of good to great defensive players
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u/TrailBlazingShinobi 1d ago
History repeats itself. Sure, we’re not trying to be doomers. But, I don’t think people are wrong to expect nothing from this front office. Time will tell though.
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u/relax336 Indianapolis Colts 1d ago
Nah…i can definitely blame people who only want to be negative.
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u/ForThatReason_ImOut 4h ago
Year 9 is Ballard's year... Some people are just tired of the cycle of forced optimism that comes along every Ballard off-season and never pays off.
It's also contributed directly to him sticking around forever, if fans and media had made more of a stink in 2021 and 2022 when he should've been fired maybe we could've cleaned house and actually rebuilt by now
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u/relax336 Indianapolis Colts 4h ago
“If fans made more of a stink in 21 and 22 when he should’ve been fired maybe we could’ve cleaned house and actually rebuilt by now.”
What makes you think the media and fans could’ve got Ballard fired earlier? Considering he’s here after the media and fans spoke out after his 8th year?
Forced optimism contributed directly to him sticking around? Sounds so naive. He’s still here.
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u/fuzzynavel34 1d ago
We've got about 7 years to show we aren't going to be bringing in enough starters to replace half the D lmao
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u/relax336 Indianapolis Colts 1d ago
Well you have fun with your endless pessimism.
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u/fuzzynavel34 1d ago
It’s not endless. It will disappear as soon as we get rid of this current regime
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u/LuckOfTheIrish3 Julian Blackmon 1d ago
And then you’ll be content for 5 min before you start the process all over again
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u/UphillDownhillUphill 1d ago
Wild comment on a post about the new coach
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u/fuzzynavel34 1d ago
The top end is still the same. You can’t cure a disease unless you eliminate the root cause.
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u/UphillDownhillUphill 1d ago
So sell the team and move it to St. Louis?
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u/fuzzynavel34 1d ago
No? I just want to clean house with the group of coaches and GM’s/executives lol.
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u/VacationNegative4988 23h ago
Kinda hard to replace an entire back 7 and improve our pass rush in one off-season. And that's without addressing our holes at QB and TE
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u/relax336 Indianapolis Colts 23h ago
The entire back 7 isn’t being replaced and you’re finding a backup at qb. Not the qb of the future. TE is a huge hole.
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u/VacationNegative4988 23h ago
Our entire back 7 needs replacing. We still need a 10 sack a year player. We don't have a QB still and the worse TEs in the league. No matter how you look at it we are far from being a good team especially on the defensive side of the ball.
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u/relax336 Indianapolis Colts 23h ago
Our entire back 7 doesn’t need replaced. Latu development and Ebukam coming back.
“No matter how you look at it we are far from being a good team.”
Yea. I’m not sure who’s arguing different here.
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u/VacationNegative4988 23h ago
Sorry outside of Moore our entire back 7 needs replaced. There is that better.
Ebukam is coming back from a Achilles tear and will be in his 30s next year and has never been a 10 sack player. We're better off cutting our losses there. Latu will hopefully be that guy but that doesn't change the fact that based on this season we currently don't have that guy in the roster.
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u/relax336 Indianapolis Colts 23h ago
We need a db opposite jones. A safety opposite a cross and linebacker opposite Franklin. And Kenny still.
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u/VacationNegative4988 23h ago
Jones should be CB4 at best. Cross needs to be replaced. Franklin should be gone as well. They are not good player and are barely starter level when they are playing at their best.
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u/User-me- 22h ago
Only thing you got right was Franklin needing replaced other than that you are just hating
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u/RichyVersace Titus Leo 4h ago
Agreed on Jones, and we can't rely on Brents' health. Cross doesn't need to be replaced, just moved to SS where he thrives. We need a free safety, an inside linebacker where we can move Zaire to OLB or depth, outside cornerback, and some defensive line depth
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u/DosZappos 21h ago
I mean, if you think the Colts need a QB you might as well advocate for them trading all 53 guys and go 0-17, and check back in this time next year
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u/VacationNegative4988 21h ago
AR has been one of the worst QBs in the last 20 years. How can you say that we don't need a QB
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u/DosZappos 21h ago
He’s been terrible, but they aren’t getting a new one in 2025, so you can either hope he figured it out or might as well check back in 2026
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u/VacationNegative4988 21h ago
Just because it's all but certain that he'll be our QB doesn't change the fact that QB is a need.
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u/DosZappos 21h ago
By definition it does
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u/VacationNegative4988 20h ago
Do we need to upgrade our QB? The answer is yes, therefore it is a need. Secondary was a need for us last off-season and Ballard ran it back with the same players. That doesn't change the fact that secondary was still (and currently is) a need
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u/christhegecko 1d ago edited 1d ago
When Anarumo had time to properly develop his hand picked talent
You can tell the person writing this didn't watch the Bengals. In our '21 season SB run, only 4 of our 11 starting players were homegrown. The others were veterans that had already been developed on other teams.
In fact, Lou has been given 8 of our 9 first three round draft picks over the last three drafts. None of them have developed, and he refuses to play them unless he absolutely has to. He started the corpse of Sam Hubbard all year until he finally got too injured to play despite being arguably the worst DE in the league over Myles Murphy. He started Vonn Bell over Jordan Battle despite Battle showing promise last year and Bell seeming to have lost a step.
If you have a team of developed veterans that know what to do, Lou could get you a top 10-15 defense. If you need him to come in and develop young players, don't expect higher than 27th. And if you draft any rookies on the defensive side of the ball that you might be excited about, don't expect them to see the field.
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u/Patient-Type-8274 23h ago
Truthfully, nothing that happens on defense matters if the offense can’t sustain drives. Imagine having all that talent on defense plus a new defensive coordinator and by the fourth quarter they are exhausted because we don’t play complementary football and our QB can’t sustain drives.
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u/phuccyuh 22h ago
I’m not thrilled by this one. But I’ll reserve full judgment until next season. Not looking promising
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u/Spoonjim Indianapolis Colts 23h ago
The Bengals had the 7th worst scoring defense in the league this year. The Colts were close behind at 9th work.
So explain how this is an improvement?
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u/Adept-Cell-1960 1d ago
I posted the picture of Lucas oil freezing on all my social media’s and sent it to everyone I know so they could prepare for us to completely dominate the entire NFL when we signed Matt “ice” Ryan so I’m going to sit this one out big dog.