Colts
Colts DC Matt Eberflus said fifth-round LB E.J. Speed is โjumping off the tapeโ in practice and praised his tackling ability and speed.
โComing from a small school, our scouting department did a great job of looking at their measurables and those things were certainly high with him,โ Eberflus said, via Andrew Walker of the teamโs official site. โHeโs jumping off the tape right now in terms of just hitting, speed and those things.โ
- Ian Rapoport reports that Colts RB Spencer Ware, who was placed on the reserve/PUP list, is expected to miss 5-6 weeks after undergoing ankle surgery.
- Once healthy, Rapoport expects Ware to be released with an injury settlement and join another team.
- Colts HC Frank Reich said that QB Andrew Luck is making good progress, but wonโt practice this week. (Mike Chappell)
- Some other injuries theyโre dealing with right now include: C Ryan Kelly (shoulder), WR Parris Campbell (hamstring), TE Jack Doyle (oblique), LB Ben Banogu (back), and DE Jabaal Sheard (knee).
Texans
Texans HC Bill OโBrien said DE Jadeveon Clowney is โworking hardโ while he holds out for a new contract.
โI think just from my knowledge of what I know, heโs working hard,โ OโBrien said, via Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle. โWe want him back. We need him here, but heโll come when he decides itโs best for him to come.โ
OโBrien said they intend on running Clowney through conditioning tests when he returns to the team.
โWeโre going to have to see when he comes back, see where heโs at, run the conditioning test, see where heโs at just from a baseline conditioning standpoint, and then weโll go from there,โ OโBrien said. โI think a lot of that depends on when he decides to come back.โ
- Texans HC Bill OโBrien said C Nick Martin (ankle) is โcoming alongโ with his recovery and will travel with the team to their Week 1 preseason game against the Packers. (Aaron Wilson)
- Although OโBrien said, โwe need Nick back out there,โ he praised OL Greg Manczโs progress while filling in for Martin this offseason.
Titans
Titans OLB Harold Landry believes the game speed of the NFL has โslowed downโ for him and feels โmore reactionaryโ when playing.
โThe game speed has slowed down,โ Landry said. โLast year was a big learning experience for me. I am much more relaxed, and itโs much more reactionary; flying off the ball itโs a lot more read-and-react. I am developing these moves so when I am preparing for a game and see a guy thatโs a low puncher, thatโs good for a chop. When I see a high puncher, thatโs good for a dip. I can get under him. I want to go into a game and be able to use more than one move that I know will work. It might not be the best time to go to a dip and corner on him. I might have to stab him or do something else. Building my overall repertoire of moves helps me go against the tackles or tight ends.โ
Landry added that he is looking forward to implementing the โnew pass-rush movesโ heโs learned.
โItโs time to make those things [new pass-rush moves] my thing,โ Landry said. โIโve worked on them so much, and now itโs time to perfect it and make it ready to go.โ
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