DeForest Buckner

So I don't think that, you're worried about Luana Rumo.

I don't think you were worried about anything really other than DeForest Buckner and this Colts pass rush in front.

Yeah, and just reading up on it, it sounds like it's a little bit of like trying to create confusion by changing looks pre-snap.

So I kind of wrote down in my notes here, like Doyle can counter that, just pound the rock early and often with Henry and Lamar.

And they're going to be starting Jovan Winn at center after Tyler Linderbaum was lost and their center was injured this preseason.

He's going to be going up against DeForest Buckner.

So they're going to be tested right away on the interior.

I think the Colts have pass rush concerns on the outside.

Latu is a really good player, but DeForest Buckner is a game wrecker, a potential game wrecker on the interior.

I'm very interested to see if the Ravens are going to play under center and like an 11 personnel with this new changing pieces on the offensive line and it being a strength potentially for Big Lou, who's also no stranger to Lamar Jackson from all his time in Cincinnati.

Right.

And I think it's between those two.

I would love to see Indianapolis go back just for DeForest Buckner, good friend of the show.

So it's almost like who is going to play Buffalo in the AFC championship game? I really have a hard time picking the one team that I think is going to be that good.

I don't think it'll be Pittsburgh.

Remember, Halsey is listed as the starter on this week's depth chart, for what it's worth.

And one more injury note, it's great to see guys like DeForest Buckner and Mooney Ward as full participants after they were both limited throughout training camp.

Now, does Halsey's return to practice give you optimism that he'll be out there this Sunday? Or do you think it's too little too late and the Colts are better off starting Wohler for week one while Halsey gets reintegrated into the defense? Let me know.

All right, it's time for my Cal Sheet Colts pick of the week.

The Ravens are starting Jovon Gwin at center, who's played a total of 11 offensive snaps in three NFL seasons.

Now, on either side of him are guards who weren't on the team last season.

So the opportunity should be there for a healthy DeForest Buckner and Grover Stewart.

And I'd look for Lou Anarumo to scheme some plays to attack the middle of the Ravens offensive line.

Well, I appreciate you guys rolling with me on this because I'm out here Daniel Jones audibling right at the line of scrimmage as we jumped into this segment today.

You know, you heard DeForest Buckner, Jonathan Taylor at the top of the show.

Obviously, that's kind of the news of the day hearing from both of those guys.

And one of the things I asked to DeForest, and it really didn't come from the fact that so much of the media today had to do with the injury and going back to last year and all of that.

Alec Pierce comes back in free agency.

But then, oh, record scratch.

Now he has to have surgery, right? DeForest Buckner's coming back.

What's his situation going to be? It just feels like that all of these questions that we had, there is some finality to them in terms of getting finally getting to the regular season.

Now, Marcus pointed out his favorite signing of the offseason was Osa Odigizua.

Can he be the guy that Nick Bosa's needed next to him since, you know, God, since the days of DeForest Buckner, right?

Yeah, or is it a guy like Romelo Haidt, who they drafted this year in the third round, I believe? He seems like he's going to be a pass rush specialist.

I'm expecting to see him a lot on third down tonight.

But you talk about, like, that part of it, you know, players, their legacies.

Like, we were talking – To DeForest Buckner today, Jim.

And he was saying, yeah, like when I was with the 49ers earlier in my career and I played great, we lost in the Super Bowl.

I think it was against the Chiefs.

We have addressed this already, but I just think the depth everywhere is a little rough, and I think because of that, we could even see, my bold prediction is that Chris Ballard gets fired on or before Black Monday this season.

So, you know, when you talk about the defensive injury risks with DeForest Buckner, Sauce Gardner, all these guys, the wide receiver depth is being tested.

Daniel Jones is coming off an Achilles.

There are so many things up in the air that need to break right for this team to succeed, and it's hard to see all of them happening at the same time.