Stampede Blue: for Indianapolis Colts fans

The Indianapolis Colts have new expectations after another offseason of re-tooling their roster under GM Chris Ballard. They've mades some offseason moves with a very popular trade, free agency, and have even added a few faces via the NFL Draft. With such a mass of the unit no older than 25, and less than a handful of seasoned veterans sprinkled into the bunch, there's still a lot we don't know about how this group will grasp the 2020 season. One thing is for sure, this group has a lot of potential, and a lot to prove. Today, in the second part of our positional breakdowns of the roster, we take a look at the Colts defense, it's offseason additions, and the overall growth that may be expected out of Matt Eberflus and his bunch this season. Matt Danely will go through each individual group, take a look through offseason moves, and describe what he envisions for them this year. Has the position improved, remained largely even, or have they declined -- and which factors make it so? While we have a large amount of unknowns heading into the season with individual pieces this year, there's a lot we do know, and that will make this defense one of the more interesting, and fun groups to watch in the conference in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Indianapolis Colts have new expectations after another offseason of re-tooling their roster under GM Chris Ballard. They've made some offseason moves through free agency, and have added a group of rookies through the NFL Draft. Now, we need to assess what these changes have done to this roster for the upcoming 2020 NFL season. Today, in our first part of a two-part look, we take gander at the Colts' offense to see, by position, what the Colts have done in each area of the unit as a whole. Have they improved, stayed relatively level, or have they declined? Ballard and the Colts have added to the quarterback position in, both, free agency as well as the draft. They've added to the backfield in a couple different ways, have added another type of tight end, as well as what they perceive to be the missing piece to the receiver corps from the second round of the draft, and have high hopes for an addition to the offensive line. Overall, most likely feel that the offense is better than the 2019 version that was marred by key injuries, and very modest big-play ability to say the least. Is the 2020 version under Frank Reich actually better though? Matt Danely breaks down each position, gives them the "up" or "down" then delivers his all-encompassing opinion for the Colts scoring attack as a whole heading into the upcoming season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the latest episode of Stampede Radio, the guys are still recovering from a long draft weekend and breaking down the Colts 2020 draft class. They kick the show off talking about the latest and final episode of the Colts' draft series, "With the Next Pick." They go through each selection briefly and detail what the Colts had to say about them, both in their post-draft press conferences and on the With The Next Pick episode, and talk about their fits with the team and how they should improve the 2020 Colts. Next, they talk about Zach Hicks' film breakdown interview with Colts DE Ben Banogu. Then they dig into Michael Pittman Jr. and talk about what exactly he brings to the roster after having gone deep on his college All-22, as well as how he'll benefit the other offensive weapons on the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jared @likelalien and Stephen @nicereedsteve record an almost 2 hour podcast covering the Colts draft plus UDFAs, go over the best and worst of the rest and finish up with NFL news. As a reminder, please observe social distancing, wear a mask, wash your hands and stay home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Indianapolis Colts added pieces to improve their explosiveness on Day's 1 and 2 in the 2020 NFL Draft, along with improving in the secondary. On Day 3, the Colts added what they hope is their future at the QB position in Jacob Eason, as well as some help along the interior of the offensive line, and some contributors on the defensive side of the ball. Overall, the Colts were very balanced in their approach to this year's draft, adding five picks offensively (4 of their first 5 selections), and another four picks to the defense. Chris Ballard moved up, he moved back, and in the end, navigated the draft much like we all expected him to. Today Matt Danely will go through each of the Colts' picks, discuss their fit with the team, how they can improve their respective positions, and what this draft might do for the immediate, and long-term future of the organization. Additionally, Matt will go through all of the UDFAs that the Colts have added to this point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Indianapolis Colts headed into the 2020 NFL Draft with no picks in the first round, and that remained true as they passed on trading into the first round as some suspected they may attempt to do. On Day 2, the Colts did make a trade, but it wasn't the path typical of GM Chris Ballard. At the end of the day, the Colts did indeed make three picks, grabbing Michael Pittman at No. 34 overall, they moved up to No. 41 from 44 overall to take Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor, and added Julian Blackmon (DB) with the No. 85 overall selection after trading back from No. 75 overall (with the Lions). Matt Danely is joined by the boys from Stampede Radio (Chris Blystone, Chris Shepherd, and Jim Campbell) to discuss their thoughts on how the first round played out, their reactions on the Colts picks on Day 2 of the NFL Draft, as well as some of what we all have witnessed with the 'virtual' aspect of the draft process thus far, including some interesting Roger Goodell takes. The Colts, for now, still hold four more picks for Day three (Rounds 4-7), and have some clear areas of need that the guys discuss as well, as the Colts draft haul rounds into place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the last episode of Stampede Radio before the 2020 NFL Draft kicks off we talk about the latest episode of the With the Next Pick series put out there by the Indianapolis Colts. We also take a look at the signings of TE Trey Burton and WR Marcus Johnson that took place Wednesday and dig into how that might affect their draft strategy. Finally, we each give our own player who we would pound the table for if we were in the draft room with Chris Ballard on draft day at pick 34 before closing out the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are less than 24 hours until the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft is officially underway. This year presents an interesting twist to the draft as the vast majority of it will be conducted in the homes of those participating, including the NFL Commish himself. Chris Ballard, Frank Reich and their scouting staff have worked tirelessly for months upon months to get to this point in order to boost the skill of the Indianapolis Colts' roster. The boom stage of free agency has ended, and the Colts have made a few moves. Now, it's time for the team to use the draft for their bread and butter additions for the future of the organization. Today, Matt Danely will discuss some of the pertinent news surrounding the team over the past couple weeks, including how recent additions will affect the team, as well as other additions that were brought in. Sheldon Day, Roosevelt Nix, T.J. Carrie, Xavier Rhodes just as a starting point to discuss the movement of the team. Does this mean the Colts will focus on offense through this draft? While a healthy dose of their picks could come on that side of the ball, the defense needs some top talent as well. Danely will go through his top positional needs for the Colts heading into the draft, discussing how he would prioritize them idealy, and he will also touch on the top five talents at those positions determined by the Stampede Blue team within their portions of the 2020 Draft Guide ($4.99). Matt finishes today's show by running through the top 30 players on the Stampede Blue big board as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Although Jared keeps referring to this as Episode 40, we can look and see that this is not Episode 40. This is Episode 39. Recorded about 30 hours before the start of the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft, Jared and Stephen spin their tires on Gronk/Brady, Marcus Johnson re-signing and then the rest of the almost 2 hour podcast talking about the 2020 NFL Draft and how we see it unfolding. We thank you for your continued support. Stay safe out there. Follow the podcast @podpancake and follow Stephen @nicereedsteve & Jared @LikelyAlien on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The guys kick this episode off by discussing the Colts Life Bobby Okereke episode. Then they get break down their 4-round mock drafts and discuss why they selected who they did. Finally, they wrap up the episode by making some predictions about the upcoming NFL Draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode the guys talk about the second episode of With The Next Pick, answer a handful of questions related to the Colts offseason so far, and then talk about the release of our draft guide as well as how the NFL Draft is likely to be different in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We start off this week's episode with a stern COVID-19 warning and cascade into great signings and finish with available free agents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the recent acquisition of Philip Rivers to the Indianapolis Colts, there are still some questions that can, and will only be answered by what we see on the field. We can look back on Rivers' history to tell us he's a Hall of Fame worthy quarterback when looking at the totality of his career, or we can pick and choose a few seasons, look at his stats and argue otherwise. Additionally, the past season (23 TDs, 20 INTs) may be what some will hang on to and suggest that it's the beginning of the end for the former Chargers' passer. We can do this all off-season long, and the arguments could go back and forth, and nobody will actually be wrong. Today, however, Matt Danely wants to talk about a possible parallel that Rivers could hold to another Hall of Fame quarterback that Colts' fans know very well. He went to another team after he was thought to be on his last leg, he took a young, underwhelming roster to the next level. And, it wasn't just off of his arm talent in which he was able to achieve that. Matt talks the latest Colts news in free agency, releases, and re-signings, this intriguing parallel of top tier quarterbacks of our time, and speaks with Derek Togerson of NBC San Diego to discuss what Philip Rivers brings to this Colts roster that is dying to surge defensively, but deserves a top-notch all-time quarterback to get this offense to explode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Afternoon Pancakes @podpandcake Episode 37, Stephen @nicereedsteve and Jared @likelyalien tackle as many topics as they can in an hour and change. This week we talk Philip Rivers, DeForest Bucker, Anthony Castonzo, Brian Hoyer to New England!? Can you keep up? Give us 5 Stars to help us grow! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode the guys talk about the Colts' big news, the signing of QB Philip Rivers. They discuss his strengths and weaknesses, how he differs from Brissett, and what the offense may look like with him under center. Additionally they talk about Rivers' interceptions and whether he is likely to be more like 2018 or 2019 Philip Rivers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices