Colts

Search Results

Close Previous Now showing: of Next

Previous Next Close

Discussion

Welcome to our online comments feature. We welcome your thoughts and your opinions, including unpopular ones. We ask only that you keep the conversation civil and clean. We reserve the right to remove comments that are obscene, racist or abusive and statements that are false or unverifiable as well as posts that are attacking other users. Repeat offenders will be blocked. You may flag objectionable comments for review by a moderator.

comments powered by Disqus

August 19, 2009

Camp Scene: Colts looking for overall improvement in preaseason game against Eagles

By Tom James The Tribune Star Wed Aug 19, 2009, 10:49 PM EDT

TERRE HAUTE — Peyton Manning and the rest of the Indianapolis Colts first-team offense would like to get at least a quarter of work in tonight’s nationally televised preseason home game with the Philadelphia Eagles.

While Colts head coach Jim Caldwell will try to accommodate them, nothing is written is stone just yet.

“We’re probably going to end up somewhere the first quarter maybe for that first [offensive and defensive units]. Somewhere in that area, depending on the drives. But we’re looking somewhere around 20 plays or so,” Caldwell said Wednesday after putting his team through its final training camp workout.

After watching Indianapolis struggle at times in a 13-3 loss to the Minnesota Vikings last week, overall improvement is the goal against the Eagles.

“Just overall, we’re looking for improvement. I think that’s really, really important for us. We didn’t have a real good showing, collectively, last week so this week we want to make certain that we’re heading in that direction,” he said, adding he thinks the Colts got a lot accomplished over the last couple weeks.

“We think that we had a really good camp. We think that things went well. We believe we got better. That’s the important thing. So now we have to show it. We get an opportunity [tonight] to perform against a very, very good football team. But, overall, our camp I think was very, very productive.”

• Roster moves — The Colts waived offensive tackle Corey Hilliard Wednesday and have re-signed offensive guard Tom Pestock.

Hilliard had been with the team since Nov. 17, 2007, when he was signed to Indianapolis’ practice squad. The 6-foot-6, 300-pound offensive lineman, who attended Oklahoma State, was originally a sixth-round draft pick of the New England Patriots in 2007.

Pestock, meanwhile, was an undrafted free agent who was added to the Colts’ roster last spring and was waived Aug. 13. He played at Northwest Missouri State.

• Sitting out — Listed as out for the Eagles game are safety Antoine Bethea (hand), defensive end Raheem Brock (hand), cornerback Michael Coe (groin), cornerback Kelvin Hayden (hamstring), defensive end Robert Mathis (calf strain), tight end Gijon Robinson (back), tight end Tom Santi (shoulder) and quarterback Jim Sorgi (hamstring).

Cornerback Marlin Jackson is expected to be available to play but has been nursing a sore right knee. He will most likely be a game-time decision as will running back Mike Hart (ankle), offensive tackle Ryan Diem (back) and defensive tackle Antonio Johnson (knee).

• Final attendance figures — The final attendance numbers for the two-and-a-half weeks of training camp are in. The Colts attracted the second highest number of fans since the team moved its preseason practices to Rose-Hulman in 1999 at 24,053 (for 22 total workouts). Those figures fell below the record-setting mark of 27,340 (30 sessions), which was set in 2007.

One record was set though as the team averaged 1,083 fans per practice session. That tops the average of 911 from the 2007 training camp.

• No word on camp for 2010 — Wabash Valley fans should expect another offseason of waiting to find out if the Colts will return for training camp next summer.

While the team is expected to be back in 2010, no official announcement is likely to be made until early next spring. Caldwell — as did his predecessor Tony Dungy — likes having camp at Rose-Hulman.

“I try to focus in on the here and now. I’m glad that we were here. We got the things accomplished that we liked to get accomplished. And what happens next year is next year. But we certainly love this setting. We certainly love the atmosphere. The people that are here do a tremendous job accommodating us. They do a great job with the facilities,” he said.

“They’re also very, very friendly. I think our team enjoys coming here. Certainly I know our staff [does]. And I appreciate it even more as a head coach. I appreciated it as an assistant, but more so as a head coach because of the fact that it is such a great area to come to and such great focus. And also the interaction with the fans is priceless.”

• No Vick — Recently signed quarterback Michael Vick will not make the trip to Indianapolis for the Colts game.

Vick was added to the Eagles’ roster earlier this week after sitting out the past two years due to his conviction on dog fighting charges.

• Caught in the middle — Colts fans just missed seeing Brett Favre quarterback the Minnesota Vikings and won’t get an opportunity to see Vick play this week.

Favre signed with the Vikings on Tuesday. Minnesota played at Lucas Oil Stadium last Thursday. Vick, meanwhile, isn’t eligible to play until the third preseason game.

• Welcome back Klecko — Former Colts defensive tackle Dan Klecko is now a backup defensive tackle for Philadelphia.

Klecko, a member of Indianapolis’ Super Bowl XLI team, signed with the Eagles as a free agent prior to the 2008 season.

• Son of former Sycamore to play against Colts — Quintin Mikell, Jr., a seventh-year safety for Philadelphia, is the son of former Indiana State linebacker Quintin Mikell. Sr. He will start at strong safety against Indianapolis.

The younger Mikell, who attended Boise State, spent part of his youth in Terre Haute and still has several friends living in the area. His father, meanwhile, currently resides in Danville, Indiana.

Quintin Mikell, Sr., was a starting inside linebacker for the Sycamores in the mid-1980s, playing for then-ISU head coach Dennis Raetz.

Text Only | Photo Reprints

Colts

• Colts welcome Manusky aboard as defensive coordinator

  On Thursday, Indianapolis Colts general manager Ryan Grigson, coach Chuck Pagano and potential No. 1 draft pick Andrew Luck led the parade.
  Grigson and Pagano confirmed the hiring of several assistant coaches, including defensive coordinator Greg Manusky, Marwan Maalouf (special teams), Roy Anderson (safeties), Alfredo Roberts (tight ends) and Brandt Boyer (assistant special teams).

  February 3, 2012  

• Mathis, Garcon at top of Colts’ wish list; Wayne isn’t

  Expect defensive end Robert Mathis and wide receiver Pierre Garcon to be priorities for the Indianapolis Colts during free agency.

  February 2, 2012  

• Manning tiptoes around health questions

  Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and team owner Jim Irsay came to an agreement last week to keep any lingering issues about Manning's future with the team on the backburner during Super Bowl week.

  February 1, 2012  

• Back home again in Indiana

  Former Indianapolis Colts coach Jim Caldwell has landed a job as quarterbacks coach for the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens announced Caldwell’s hiring Monday.
   

  January 31, 2012 1 Photo  

• Patriots first to arrive in Indy

  Welcome to Super Bowl Week.

  January 30, 2012  

• Pagano wants aggressive defense with Colts

  When the Colts went looking for a new head coach, a good portion of the team’s fans made it clear that they wanted a departure from the laid-back style of former coaches Tony Dungy and Jim Caldwell.

  January 27, 2012  

• Irsay: Manning comments should have stayed in-house

  Not only did the Colts introduce new head coach Chuck Pagano during an afternoon press conference, team owner Jim Irsay also made his feelings known about recent comments that quarterback Peyton Manning made.

  January 27, 2012  

• Colts go with defensive specialist

  The Indianapolis Colts, after a weeklong search process, finally landed themselves a head coach Wednesday.

  January 26, 2012 1 Photo  

• Caldwell can’t survive 2-14 season in Indy

  The offseason moves just keep on coming for the Indianapolis Colts.

  January 18, 2012 2 Photos  

• Colts fire head coach Caldwell

  Tribune-Star correspondent Tom James reports that Colts head coach Jim Caldwell has been fired. No other details are known at this time.

  January 17, 2012  

• Colts hire Eagles exec Grigson as GM

  The Indianapolis Colts formally announced former Philadelphia director of player personnel Ryan Grigson as the team’s new general manager Wednesday.

  January 12, 2012  

• Colts hire Eagles executive Grigson as GM

  The Indianapolis Colts have hired Eagles executive Ryan Grigson as their new general manager.

  January 11, 2012  

• Irsay: Colts are in 'rebuilding stage'

  So are the Indianapolis Colts in a retooling or a rebuilding mode heading into the offseason?
  If you ask the players, they would prefer to use the retooling philosophy. In their minds, get some injured players back and the Colts can be right back in the thick of the AFC South title race and once again be a contender for the AFC championship.
  Team owner Jim Irsay, though, sees a tougher road ahead.

  January 6, 2012  

• Colts give the boot to Polian duo

  It didn’t take long for Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay to start making moves with his team.
  One day after Irsay’s Colts dropped a 19-13 road decision to Jacksonville, giving Indianapolis a 2-14 record and the No. 1 pick in the 2012 National Football League draft, longtime Colts executive Bill Polian and his son, vice-president/general manager Chris Polian, were both fired.
   

  January 2, 2012  

• Interesting subplots abound in Colts-Jags game

  This afternoon’s AFC South matchup between the Indianapolis Colts (2-13) and Jacksonville Jaguars (4-11) is the regular-season finale for both teams.

  January 1, 2012  

• Colts players a fan of Murphy's promotion to defensive coordinator

  Cohesion. That’s the word the keeps coming up when coach Jim Caldwell and many of the team’s players are asked about the turnaround of the Indianapolis Colts’ defensive unit.

  December 30, 2011  

• To win or to lose? For Colts fans, it's not an easy question

  With the No. 1 draft pick on the line if the Indianapolis Colts were to lose Sunday at Jacksonville, it’s easy to see why a lot of the team’s fans wouldn’t mind seeing the team fall to the Jaguars.

  December 29, 2011  

• Colts’ Freeney to play in seventh Pro Bowl

  Despite a team record of 2-13 heading into the final week of the National Football League regular season, there was some good news coming out of the Indianapolis Colts’ West 56th Street facility Tuesday night.

  December 28, 2011  

• Colts’ last game not without questions

  Are the Indianapolis Colts treating Sunday’s game at Jacksonville as the final game of the season or just the next game on the schedule? 
   

  December 27, 2011  

• Colts celebrate second straight division victory

  Indianapolis Colts fans finally got a little luck on their side Thursday night at Lucas Oil Stadium.
  It may not have been Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, who is expected to the top pick in next spring’s National Football League draft.

  December 23, 2011 1 Photo  

• With latest win, Colts provide suspense for 2012 draft position

  Now that the Indianapolis Colts have posted two straight wins in their last two games, including Thursday night’s 19-16 victory over AFC South champion Houston, many of the team’s fans find themselves in quite a quandary.
  The Colts will take a 2-13 record into next week’s New Year’s Day regular-season finale at Jacksonville.

  December 23, 2011  

• Colts face another tough running test

  The credit for the Indianapolis Colts’ win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday can go in a couple different directions.

  December 22, 2011  

• Colts taking no risks with injured Manning

  Both Bill Polian and Jim Caldwell are looking to the future when it comes to injured quarterback Peyton Manning.

  December 21, 2011  

• More wins to come?

  With a win finally under their belts, the Indianapolis Colts (1-13) now look forward to two days of intensive work beginning today.
   

  December 20, 2011  

• FINALLY! THEY WON

  It was a day of firsts for the Indianapolis Colts.

  December 19, 2011  

• Polian hopes to set ‘record straight’

  Indianapolis Colts vice chairman Bill Polian didn’t like what he was hearing prior to and during Sunday’s National Football League home game with the Tennessee Titans.

  December 19, 2011  

• Polian shares thoughts on QB situation

  With the Indianapolis Colts’ chances of clinching the No. 1 pick in the 2012 National Football League draft getting closer with each succeeding loss, talk among fans and team observers invariably goes to the possibility of the team selecting Stanford junior quarterback Andrew Luck.

  December 18, 2011  

• Colts prepared for Hasselbeck or Locker

  The Indianapolis Colts defense is preparing to face a two-pronged offensive attack when the Tennessee Titans visit Lucas Oil Stadium Sunday.

  December 16, 2011  

• Colts could still become spoiler

  Time is running short for the 2011 Indianapolis Colts.

  December 15, 2011  

• Colts have three more chances to win

  The Indianapolis Colts may be 0-13 for the season, but the team keeps battling.
   

  December 13, 2011  

• More Colts Headlines

© 2012 Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. · CNHI Classified Advertising Network · CNHI News Service
Associated Press content © 2012. All rights reserved. AP content may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Our site is powered by Zope. Some parts of our site may require you to download the Flash Player Plugin.
Privacy Policy | AP News Registry privacy policy
Terms and Conditions
Advertiser Index

Events by eviesays.com

News From Terre Haute, Indiana 222 S 7th St Terre Haute, IN 47807