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    Colts Release FB Roosevelt Nix

    INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts today released fullback Roosevelt Nix. Nix, 5-11, 248 pounds, played in 60 career games (nine starts) in five seasons (2015-19) with the Pittsburgh Steelers and compiled four carries for four yards and one touchdown. He also registered 34 special teams...
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    Top Takeaways: Colts Wrap Up 2020 Training Camp

    » The COVID-19 protocols put into place worked: It took weeks of careful planning, both in conjunction with the league and internally, but by the time the players started reporting to the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center in late-July, the focus, like every other training camp, was on football...
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    Frank Reich On Offensive Progress In Camp, DeForest Buckner's Impact, Injury Updates

    » Reich feels the offense is "in sync" as camp wraps up: Saturday's practice — the second and final scrimmage of the week at Lucas Oil Stadium — represented the Colts' last official day of training camp this year. The players return Monday, and that's when the preparations for the team's Week 1...
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    2020 #ColtsCamp Notebook, Aug. 29: Training Camp Comes To Close With Final Scrimmage At Lucas Oil Stadium

    » As mentioned, today was the final official day of training camp for the year. The players, who have an off day Sunday, return Monday for one more week with the entire 80-man offseason roster, but the focus really turns to beginning preparations for Indy's Week 1 opponent, the Jacksonville...
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    Philip Rivers On T.Y. Hilton's Feel, Going To The No-Huddle, Being Multiple On Offense

    » Rivers and T.Y. Hilton just continue to build better and better rapport: It can take some time for a new quarterback to get on the same page with his top wide receiver, as the two navigate the process of feeling each other out not only on the field, but in talking through various situations...
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    Chris Ballard On Social Initiatives, Training Camp Takeaways, Philip Rivers Expectations

    On practice time during training camp: Ballard: "We went 110 plays on Monday — 110-play scrimmage — and then we turn around on Wednesday and went 80 snaps. So we're getting after it pretty good there. I think we went another 80 today, so we're getting after it. Frank (Reich) gets after it...
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    2020 #ColtsCamp Notebook, Aug. 28: T.Y. Hilton Gets Fired Up, Ben Banogu Returns

    » The Colts returned to the practice field this morning after deciding to use Thursday to discuss and work towards making a lasting social impact and inspiring change in their communities. Today was the final actual training camp practice the team is scheduled to hold at the Indiana Farm Bureau...
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    Frank Reich On His Players Taking A Stand, Potential Returns For Parris Campbell & Julian Blackmon

    » Reich lauded his players for "standing up for the right thing at the right time:" It was Wednesday night when the Colts' nine-player leadership committee called a meeting with Reich and "laid out a very clear vision" of how they wanted to respond — and actions they wanted to take — in the wake...
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    Colts Live: Lucas Oil Stadium Scrimmage Pre-Show - Saturday, August 29th @ Noon ET

    On Saturday, August 29th the Indianapolis Colts will conduct the second of two training camp practices at Lucas Oil Stadium. While the practices are closed to the public, Colts fans can tune in for a live pre-show at noon ET on Colts.com, the Colts mobile app, Facebook and Twitter.
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    Colts Players Share Plan To Make Lasting Social Impact, Target Systemic Racism

    Quarterback Jacoby Brissett "On behalf of the players, team, coaches, the staff, the organization, we're here to say we're hurt. We're hurt because we feel the pain of not only our black teammates, but our black community. We understand that we have to use our platform — not only individually...
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    2020 Camp Chatter: Daurice Fountain & Dezmon Patmon

    » Fountain has endured three surgeries and a rough recovery process since suffering a brutal ankle injury last year: Fountain was showing all the makings of a significant Year 2 jump in training camp last year — making big play after big play, day after day — when he suffered a gruesome ankle...
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    Nick Sirianni On Trey Burton's Presence, Dezmon Patmon's Rise, Danny Pinter's Development

    » Sirianni has enjoyed incorporating new tight end Trey Burton into the offense: The Colts added the veteran Burton this season via free agency, the main draw — beyond his skillset at the position — being his familiarity within head coach Frank Reich's offensive system. Burton played under...
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    Matt Eberflus On Malik Hooker's Camp, Two Risers On D-Line, Rookie Progress

    » Malik Hooker has had a solid training camp so far: Hooker recently told reporters that better consistency, as well as a continuation of the improvement playing in the box that he showed last year, were two of his primary goals heading into his fourth NFL season in 2020. Eberflus said today...
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    2020 #ColtsCamp Notebook, Aug. 26: Philip Rivers Throwing The Ball Down The Field; Rock Ya-Sin, Xavier Rhodes Show Off Physicality

    » Today was the seventh of 11 scheduled fully-padded practices so far throughout training camp, and it was perhaps the muggiest day of camp. It's good for this Colts team to get used to those conditions, though, as it opens up its season on the road in Jacksonville on Sept. 13. The average high...
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    Colts Sign Free Agent TE Dominique Dafney; Waive RB Bruce Anderson III

    INDIANAPOLIS —The Indianapolis Colts today signed undrafted free agent tight end Dominique Dafney and waived running back Bruce Anderson III. Dafney, 6-3, 235 pounds, played collegiately at Indiana State (2019), Iowa (2017-18) and Iowa Western Community College (2016). In 2019, he was a Second...
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    FT. Wayne Northrop's Jason Doerffler Named First 2020 'Coach Of The Week'

    This season marks the 21st year the Colts are recognizing outstanding high school football coaches throughout the state. Each week following a high school football weekend, one coach will be announced as the honoree. All high school head coaches in the state are eligible regardless of their...
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    2020 Camp Chatter: Anthony Castonzo, Justin Houston, Darius Leonard & Zach Pascal

    » Side throwing sessions before training camp helped Pascal get on the same page with Philip Rivers: We're often reminded of the fact that the Colts, and every other NFL team, didn't get a true offseason workout program this year; the COVID-19 pandemic, of course, led to the utilization of...
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    Colts Mailbag: Defensive End Possibilities, Receiver Depth, T.Y. Hilton's Health

    Aleph_Alpha_001 on Colts Reddit: "From what you've seen so far, what is the Colts plan to replace Jabaal Sheard at DE? Is there a clear #1, or is there a rotation? How do you see the position shaking out for game 1 versus the Jags?" Walker: There's been a lot of Denico Autry and Al-Quadin...
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    2020 #ColtsCamp Notebook, Aug. 24: Colts Face Game-Like Conditions In First Scrimmage At Lucas Oil Stadium

    » The Colts treated today's practice/scrimmage as if it were a real game; the team rode the bus together from the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center to Lucas Oil Stadium, it got ready in the locker room, went through typical pregame warmups, ran back out on the field as a team just before the...
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    Frank Reich Evaluates Philip Rivers' Camp So Far: 'I Like The Trajectory That We're On'

    » Philip Rivers looks better and better as practice scenarios become more realistic: Reich and others have raved about how Rivers has had a seamless transition taking hold of the Colts' offense from the start of training camp. Without the benefit of the on-field portion of the offseason workout...
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