Posts tagged 2008 NFL Draft
Profiling Colts Tight End Jacob Tamme
Sep 11th
Jacob Tamme
Birth: March 15, 1985
Hometown: Danville, KY
College: University of Kentucky
Draft: 4th round, 127th overall – 2008 (Indianapolis Colts)
Height: 6 feet 3 inches
Weight: 236 pounds
Taj Smith
Aug 22nd
Profiling Colts Wide Receiver Taj Smith
Aug 22nd
Taj Smith
Born: 30th of September, 1983
Hometown: Newark, NJ
College: University of Syracuse
Draft: UDFA – 2008 (Green Bay Packers)
Height: 6 feet 0 inches
Weight: 192 lbs.
Profiling Colts Quarterback Curtis Painter
Jul 1st
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YEAR | ATT | COMP | YDS | LG | TD | INT | S | YDS/G | HI Game | Rating |
2009 | 28 | 8 | 83 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 41.5 | 44 | 9.8 |
CAREER | 28 | 8 | 83 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 41.5 | 44 | 9.8 |
Stats from Colts.com
Stats Overview | Passing | |||||||||
YEAR | CMP | ATT | YDS | CMP% | YPA | LNG | TD | INT | SACK | RAT |
2005 | 89 | 170 | 932 | 52.4 | 5.48 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 98.34 |
2006 | 315 | 530 | 4015 | 59.4 | 7.58 | 88 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 129.59 |
2007 | 356 | 569 | 3848 | 62.6 | 6.76 | 80 | 29 | 11 | 25 | 132.33 |
2008 | 227 | 379 | 2400 | 59.9 | 6.33 | 79 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 118.60 |
Stats from ESPN.com
Curtis Painter finished his career at Purdue as the best quarterback in the school’s history statistically, which is impressive considering NFL quarterbacks Drew Brees and Kyle Orton both played for the Boilermakers. He finished his collegiate career with 11,195 passing yards, 67 touchdowns, 46 interceptions, and an impressive 59.9% completion percentage. His sophomore and junior years were the highlights of his collegiate career. Had Painter entered the 2008 NFL Draft he would have been considered one of the top prospects available, and would have likely gone in the first round. A shoulder injury slowed him down in his senior season, and the loss of players like Dustin Keller and Dorian Bryant, his two biggest targets as a junior, helped culminate into a disappointing senior effort. The biggest knock on Painter is that he failed to come through too often against his best opponents and was inconsistent in high pressure situations. More >
Curtis Painter
Jun 30th
YEAR | ATT | COMP | YDS | LG | TD | INT | S | YDS/G | HI Game | Rating |
2009 | 28 | 8 | 83 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 41.5 | 44 | 9.8 |
CAREER | 28 | 8 | 83 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 41.5 | 44 | 9.8 |
Stats from Colts.com
Stats Overview | Passing | |||||||||
YEAR | CMP | ATT | YDS | CMP% | YPA | LNG | TD | INT | SACK | RAT |
2005 | 89 | 170 | 932 | 52.4 | 5.48 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 98.34 |
2006 | 315 | 530 | 4015 | 59.4 | 7.58 | 88 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 129.59 |
2007 | 356 | 569 | 3848 | 62.6 | 6.76 | 80 | 29 | 11 | 25 | 132.33 |
2008 | 227 | 379 | 2400 | 59.9 | 6.33 | 79 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 118.60 |
Stats from ESPN.com
Curtis Painter finished his career at Purdue as the best quarterback in the school’s history statistically, which is impressive considering NFL quarterbacks Drew Brees and Kyle Orton both played for the Boilermakers. He finished his collegiate career with 11,195 passing yards, 67 touchdowns, 46 interceptions, and an impressive 59.9% completion percentage. His sophomore and junior years were the highlights of his collegiate career. Had Painter entered the 2008 NFL Draft he would have been considered one of the top prospects available, and would have likely gone in the first round. A shoulder injury slowed him down in his senior season, and the loss of players like Dustin Keller and Dorian Bryant, his two biggest targets as a junior, helped culminate into a disappointing senior effort. The biggest knock on Painter is that he failed to come through too often against his best opponents and was inconsistent in high pressure situations.
After sitting behind Jim Sorgi on the roster in his rookie season, third on the Colts quarterback depth chart, Painter had his opportunity to play in the final two games of the 2009 season (Sorgi had been placed on the injured reserve). Against the Jets Painter struggled, throwing 11 passes but connecting on only four for 44 yards, including one interception and a fumble that was returned one yard for a Jets touchdown. Although the Colts had a small 15-10 lead early in the third quarter, after Painter entered the game the Colts failed to score again and the Jets went on to win 29-15. Against the Bills a week later Painter struggled again, passing for only 39 yards, connecting on four of 17 passes in the Buffalo snow, including another interception and fumble.
Despite his rookie struggles, he was certainly thrown to the wolves against the Jets, with the task of maintaining a shallow lead over a team that would meet the Colts again for the AFC Championship game, trying to keep the team undefeated in his first regular season NFL action. Bill Polian has indicated that he will be the primary back-up for Manning in 2010, and Painter has suggested that he feels more comfortable after getting some experience under his belt. It will be interesting to see how his performance changes now that he has had a chance to learn the Colts offense and has played against NFL-caliber competition.
One thing is certain, he is a lot different than Sorgi. At 6-foot 4-inches tall he is a closer to a prototypical NFL quarterback size, and he has an arm capable of making some sharp short to mid-range passes, and strong enough to get the ball down the field if he needs to as well. If he can translate his physical abilities into NFL-level talent and can remain consistent with his normally impressive accuracy, he could develop into a back-up Colts fans are happy to have around.
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Colts Mini-Camp Roster Predictions: Offense
Jun 5th
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Now that we have taken a look at what we have lost, let’s take a look at the 53-man roster that I feel the team would likely end up with if they had to make decisions today regarding which players will develop most and prove capable of forming the most talented roster the team can carry into the new season.
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Don’t Forget Ervin Baldwin
May 25th
Any time a team drafts a player at a certain position in the first round of the draft, the dynamic of the depth chart at that position will undergo noticeable change. When that first round selection coincides with the release of a player who was amongst the longest tenured defensive linemen on the team, the certainty of change is even greater.
It is easy for drafted players to steal all of the attention away from the depth a team already has, when that depth has yet to see extensive time on the field. Still, the importance of players the Colts took the time to acquire in previous seasons should not be overlooked, as they have had the benefit of learning the team’s system, working with the team’s coaching and training staff, and playing at the faster speed of the NFL.
One such player, who showed promise in his limited opportunities is Ervin Baldwin, who was added off of waivers after being drafted in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears, a team that plays a very similar defensive style to the Colts.
Don’t Forget Mike Hart
May 22nd
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Mike Hart joined the team when he was drafted in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. What is alarming about Hart is that despite being the most productive running back in Michigan football history, he slipped to the bottom of the draft. It is somewhat rare for the best running back in the history of one of the most successful college football programs in the country to see his draft stock plummet to near irrelevance.
The reason for Hart’s plummet is his small size and poor performance in the NFL Combine. At only 5-foot 9-inches tall and 206 pounds he is considered too small to be a legitimate NFL starter. His 40-yard dash time of 4.67-seconds is much slower than the coveted 4.4-second time most teams look for in running backs. Still, a guy has to know how to carry a football to completely obliterate division I level competition in college.
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Something to Prove: Tom Santi
May 19th
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In the 2008 NFL Draft the Colts selected two tight ends, the first was Jacob Tamme in the fourth round and the second was Tom Santi in the sixth. One of Tamme or Santi was to eventually replace the departing Ben Utecht, with Santi being compared as a Utecht-clone at the time he was drafted.
Unfortunately, since Santi joined the team he has suffered numerous injuries, missing time for shoulder, hand, and back injuries in his first two seasons. Despite these injuries, Santi has shown remarkable potential, mainly as a receiver, breaking out in 2009 against Baltimore when he caught six passes for 80 yards, and showed the kind of hands and straight-line speed that should give fans something to be excited about.
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Don’t Forget Kyle DeVan
May 18th
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For years the Colts have been known as having one of the most consistent offensive lines in the NFL. Howard Mudd built his reputation of getting more out of less and finding ways to make low draft picks, waiver acquisitions, and undrafted free agents the envy of the league as pass blockers.
In 2007 the Colts started to see the offensive line Mudd carefully built, the solid starting five of Tarik Glenn, Ryan Lilja, Jeff Saturday, Jake Scott, and Ryan Diem begin to crack. Glenn retired, and the Colts could only afford to retain Lilja or Scott.
The Colts unfortunate injury luck continued as Ryan Lilja, the guard they chose to retain, suffered a season-ending knee injury in 2008, even Saturday missed time to injury. Mudd plugged Charlie Johnson and rookies Mike Pollak and Jamey Richard and made it work. Unfortunately, though, Pollak struggled in his role and 2008 starter Tony Ugoh lost his starting job to Charlie Johson at left tackle in 2009.
Ryan Lilja returned from his knee injury in 2009 but struggled as a run blocker and was released by the Colts. The surprise of the 2009 offensive line had to be Kyle DeVan, an undrafted player who played for the Boise Burn in Arena II football who took over for Mike Pollak.
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