Examining NFL Strategies: Flores' Blitz Tactics and More

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00:00Yeah, they don't have much of anything really going on over there. But most importantly,

00:07the conversation was more so around Flores and his 56% blitz rate. But we saw a lot of

00:12pressure coming in from the Colts and their ability to consistently get to Sam Darnold.

00:16But that brings me to the next other conversation that took place in this matchup. It was Kim

00:21Robinson being a new addition to this team and being so helpful and a team player right

00:25out the gate. Yeah, that's certainly one thing I think a lot of teams will be dealing

00:31with making new additions in in season, especially for alignment. You know, they spoke about

00:39on the broadcast, like always been there for like 100 hours or whatever it was, that's

00:43going to be a big key for the Vikings, obviously, with getting their offensive line set, we

00:47did see Sam Darnold, like on the touchdown pass, the second one, he did like fall down

00:52and hit his knee, he was flexing on sideline, we got to remember, he had a little bit of

00:55a knee get banged up earlier in the season. So like, if this is starting to wear on them,

01:00like they really need to go make sure they're going out of their way to protect Sam Darnold,

01:05obviously, is the key to their offense right now. So protecting Sam Darnold, getting that

01:09offensive line intact, getting things moving. And ultimately, I want to see like a little

01:13bit of a better ground game from the Vikings Jones 21 of 64, a little bit inefficient. Overall,

01:20we'd like to see him move the ball, let's see him get a little bit more involved in

01:23the passing game as well. And then that will open up, you know, the ability to get TJ Hawkinson

01:28more involved in the offense. Granted, slow game from him, three catches for 27 yards.

01:32It was his first game back in over a year coming off of a major injury. So as he gets

01:36more involved, as we've seen Jordan Addison continue to develop as a receiver, and of

01:40course, with Justin Jefferson, his Vikings offense has all the parts that you possibly

01:44want to be a high-flying offense overall. So great stuff from them on the Colts side

01:52of things. Flacco, you know, what are we going to be getting from Flacco and the Colts offense

01:57for the rest of the season? If they're going to be inefficient on the ground, and it's

02:00not going to be Jonathan Taylor kind of controlling their offense as ultimately I think they should.

02:05I think that's the strength of their offense. You know, we're going to need to see Flacco

02:08get some of these shots a little bit deeper downfield, as we've seen with Aidy Mitchell,

02:11we've seen with Downs, we've seen with Alec Pierce. You know, I think that we should be

02:15seeing Michael Pittman as the move-the-chains kind of receiver, as I say, for a lot of teams.

02:18You know, that's what we have with the Lions, with Amon Ross St. Brown. He's the kind of

02:21move-the-chains receiver. That's the role that Pittman should be playing. And then we

02:24have these deeper shots downfield, which are set up by Jonathan Taylor running the ball

02:29effectively. So if we can get Taylor to run the ball effectively, the Colts should be

02:33in a spot to compete for a wild card. I'm not going to say they're going to win the

02:36division. I still think the Texans are the best team in that division, not to say that

02:39they're a perfect team. They still have plenty of issues they need to figure out, but the

02:42Colts are in a spot where they can absolutely compete for a wild card. They just need to

02:46figure things out, especially when it comes to Flacco, how they're moving the offense,

02:49because their defense was like pretty good today. It wasn't amazing. It was pretty good.

02:54I think there's some encouraging signs looking forward, but of course, you need to get those

02:57things figured out.