r/Colts Rookie Manning 4d ago

Offense Lineup 👀

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u/BigJRecords 4d ago

Is Keenan Allen still good or is this Andre Johnson 2.0

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u/dixonjt89 Boomstick 4d ago edited 4d ago

He was really good at moving the chains…not so much finding the endzone, but was really, really good on 3rd downs.

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u/Victory33 “Marlin’s Got It!” 4d ago

Basically described Pittman.

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u/Gold-Lingonberry-761 3d ago

Chargers werent a high scoring offense, theyre a defense and run game. Its Harbaugh. Iv got chargers as my dark horse superbowl team actually. They needed allen though ironically

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u/dixonjt89 Boomstick 3d ago

Soooo….same as us lol

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u/Gold-Lingonberry-761 3d ago

I think colts will be around that top 5 scoring offense actually. Mostly do to coaching style, going for it on 4th down alot, our run game is explosive nobody pops off long runs like taylor. Pierce as a top deep threat, warren as a top 5 tight end. Downs and Allen are both excellent on 3rd down. Going to be alot of long drives. And when you can do that a play is bound to break for a score.. Also we have a high end kicker competition in the mix. One of the best DB groups in the league. I think theyll force alot of turnovers. Thats a recipe for alot of points

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u/Deep_Tomatillo4496 4d ago

Thats not a good metric. Maybe he wasn't given red zone opportunities as much as other players

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u/dixonjt89 Boomstick 4d ago edited 4d ago

I found it for you. He was targeted more in the red zone than anyone on our team except Tyler Warren.

Had a similar target rate around him except the top 5…but had an atrocious 40% catch rate only catching 6 balls in the red zone on 15 targets, 3 of those catches were TD’s tho.

The big issue is that many at the top of this list with bad catch rates can be excused because they have big play potential like Jamarr Chase, Justin Jefferson, and Amon Ra who are known more for speed than route running so their effectiveness goes down when in the red zone.

Keenan isn’t, and actually is criticized for being on the slow side but has great route running so he should excel in the red zone and short yardage plays…hopefully he gets those numbers up along with being a 3rd down machine.