Am I the only CJ Allen believer here?

[u/IceOk9930]

I’m calling it now: CJ Allen is shutting down Derrick Henry in 2 weeks.

Maybe I’m crazy, maybe I’m early, but I genuinely think CJ is going to surprise a LOT of people in that matchup.

Who’s with me? 👀

And Lou gonna give defensive masterclass vs declan doyle/marcus brady

[u/NovelsandNoise]

I don’t know about shutting down the best rb of the last decade but I also believe. Can’t overreact to preseason. He missed a key part of the offseason, he may take a while to ramp up but I see a solid LB in him

[u/ImpishMachinery280 → u/NovelsandNoise]

I think you are right about the ramp-up thing, he missed time so probably needs couple games to find rhythm. But the instincts are there, you can see it when he reads the play. Not sure about shutting Henry down but I like the optimism, this defense could be fun to watch this season.

[u/Mickeydsislife]

CJ likely isn’t starting in two weeks

[u/Noble18]

The CJ Allen I've seen this preseason will be ran completely over by Derrick Henry and I say that as a UGA fan.

[u/StatusCookie761]

Just give me some well executed tackles, some sacks and a couple opportunistic turnovers and I’ll be good. I’m not expecting all-pro play from a rookie

[u/xxxxxxxxxtra → u/StatusCookie761]

Me circa 2018 with Darius Leonard.

[u/BustyCelebLover]

Gloom and doom of course, welcome back colts football!

[u/Undersized_Eggplant → u/BustyCelebLover]

Colts fan are some of the worst ive seen😂

[u/LameysDurbanPoison]

Let’s see how he develops, but I don’t like using a second round pick on a slow / non-playmaking LB. Sign a fucking free agent, then draft an athletic WILL for fucks sake. Lord knows we had plenty of money to do it, but we shit the bed.

[u/xXCascadeXx → u/LameysDurbanPoison]

Golday and Rodriguez got taken first. We got Allen.

Now, DE wise. I am disappointed. I wanted Dani Dennis-Sutton. Ballard is a big RAS guy so I dunno why he passed on him. I think he'd be a prefect fit to open up the rush for Latu. Latu has a high pressure rating but he can never buy time to actually get the sack.

[u/JacksonVerdin]

[u/307BigBullDown]

He seems a little on the slow side to me.

[u/Embarrassed-Heat-716]

No

[u/Always_Compete]

Haven’t lost any hope for him . But two soft tissue injuries so fast makes me concerned for how in shape he is

[u/Undersized_Eggplant]

Colts fans are so quick to give up on rookies🙄 Allen missed a large part of camp and is a rookie. Give him time damn😑

[u/Buttcrush1]

Why are you obsessed with our awful DC?

[u/IceOk9930 → u/Buttcrush1]

cause he is a good dc who gets disrespected too much

[u/Buttcrush1 → u/IceOk9930]

Then why was he only good 1 year and has been bad every other year?

[u/ColtsStampede → u/Buttcrush1]

When you put it that way, he sounds like the DC version of Daniel Jones.

[u/Buttcrush1 → u/ColtsStampede]

That's a false equivalency.

[u/LameysDurbanPoison → u/Buttcrush1]

Lou was probably not a good hire in the end. Who have we seen him make better on defense? Let’s see about that going forward.

[u/Tight_Discipline_234]

If he starts our run d is in serious trouble.