Training camp started for the Colts yesterday. Here is an early report on who looks strong through the first couple of days of camp.
With camp finally starting yesterday, football is back. Games are just around the corner from being played. The Colts had plenty of people who needed to look good to start out camp. Not because of concerns over ability, but because of concerns over their past injury history.
The biggest of those being Andrew Luck. Everyone wants to know how he is going to respond after being out of football for a year and a half with a shoulder injury. No one really knows until he plays a game, but the early signs are encouraging.
Here are some updates from people who are at training camp currently from the local media.
I do know Andrew Luck has increased the velocity in his throws significantly over the last 6 weeks. #Colts hit the field for Practice 1 in a half hour. Will be interesting to see what he shows us.
— Zak Keefer (@zkeefer) July 26, 2018
A nugget I missed when Frank Reich was talking earlier: He mentioned rookie LB Darius Leonard got him in some good field work w the rookies the past two days.
— Stephen Holder (@HolderStephen) July 25, 2018
"He was a physical presence out there. I feel really good about Darius." A huge oppty for him at WILL linebacker.
Luck will obviously need to knock some rust off, but it seems as though he is doing that fairly well. Also Leonard emerging could be a big story line. The linebacker positions are up for grabs, and it would be really interesting to see the rookie second round pick snag a starter spot.
We will be at Colts training camp this weekend at some point to make some observations of our own. Looks like it will be on Sunday evening when the Colts have their practice then. We will be live tweeting our observations during practice, and will have a couple of follow up articles posted about what we have seen as well.
For now, it looks like the Colts are off to a good start in camp. Hopefully good reports keep coming out of Westfield.