Ivory Panther

this one game got me really excited about Hoskins. He even lined up at edge and bullrushed a guy into the QB lap. if this continues, we may have the steal of the draft. And that's saying a lot with all of the rookies we have.

We will see... it's only 1 game after all, but based off that one game, Braviyion was really really bad. He got pushed around all game opening up huge lanes. Couldn't beat any 1o1 at all (I watched every snap). His arms are really short (now I understand the criticism about short arms) which made it really easy to block him. if this continues and the other 2 play well, he will not make the team unless favoritism which would be pretty bad for the team.

Miller is super raw. He had no rush plan for the most part. with the depth we have, I don't see him stick around. The surprising thing about Hoskins, he played some DE and was effective with his bullrush. I didn't expect that. It shows how mobile he is for his size, when they put him at DE. Based on the words in camp and his game on Sunday, Miller is not a threat to him.

I think big snack has a good chance to stick around. Heard he was having a good camp & yesterday confirmed it. I think Bravyion may be in trouble based on yesterday performance. I'll be really interested to see where he ranks after this game in the depth chart. He couldn't get off any blocks with his short arms. I think it may be in the same situation as Troy Pride. They both played a lot last year because of lack of talent on the team, but now with the talent we have, I don't know if they will have a spot anymore. I may be overreacting since it was literary one pre-season game, so we will see.

I want to point out that Hoskins played early in the 1st quarter & had the same success he had later on in the game. I have watched every defensive snap & he beat his 1o1 consistently and even pushed his double team back. he was both powerful & quick. unless this was a fluke performance, he can be a real steal. I was even surprised, he played on the edge and had a nice bullrush, pushing his man into the QB laps. Very promising 1st game. Nixon played early and was fairly effective. Nothing flashy, but he wasn't pushed around & got some penetrations. The big disappointment was Bravyion Roy. He was pushed around on every play. while he was double teamed at the beginning of the game, the colts understood quickly he was no threat and put 1 guy on him while doubling Nixon. They were right. He got consistently handled by 1 man all game long. If this continues, I wouldn't be surprised if he is moved to PS. Although he is a Rhule guy, he was a 6th round guy last year on a pretty bad team.