Indianapolis Colts are Focused on Consistency and Toughness
By Dave McKee
Consistency in the Trenches is Essential to the Indianapolis Colts’ success in 2015
Monday’s camp practice was focused on the consistency of the offensive line and the short yardage game. For the eighth straight practice the first team offensive lines has been the same starting five. On a side note, none of us at Ink on Indy accurately predicted this lineup.
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However, this is a good sign that barring injuries this will be the starting line heading into the regular season:
Left Tackle – Anthony Castonzo
Left Guard – Lance Louis
Center- Khaled Holmes
Right Guard – Todd Herremans
Right Tackle – Jack Mewhort
Physicality Leads to Skirmishes
#colts in full pads and feisty. Art Jones and Lance Louis have to be pulled apart in line drills.
— Mike Chappell (@mchappell51) August 8, 2015
The second camp scuffle in back-to-back days sees Jonotthan Harrison and Kelcy Quarles get into it. They are sent into the locker room after
— Kevin Bowen (@KBowen1070) August 9, 2015
The dogs bared their teeth on Saturday and Sunday with full take-down tackling in short yardage drills, more Oklahoma drills and a second scuffle in camp. On Friday it was Art Jones – who has been a backfield disruption all camp – and Lance Louis in extracurricular action after the whistle. The enxt practice, the two offenders Jonotthan Harrison and Kelcy Quarles were dismissed for the day and sent to the locker room after their fracas.
On Sunday morning, Pagano addressed the fine line between competition and combat during his press conference:
"You got a bunch of guys that are trying to make a team and be evaluated and make an impression and do good, so the competition is there and sometimes, again, guys are tired and they are sore and all that stuff and tempers flare. It gets over the top and we can not tolerate it and we are not going to tolerate it, because like I said, if it happens in a game, you are done. They are going to hit them hard in their wallet, number one, and it hurts the team. If you are not available on game day and when dress 46 players that hurts the team. You can’t do it."