Five Things Learned: Colts-Browns (2019 Preseason, Week 2)

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• QUICK KEMOKO: Defensive end Kemoko Turay showed plenty of flashes off the edge in his rookie season in 2018, finishing with four sacks and 13 quarterback hits. Heading into his second season, Turay has been working non-stop on his array of pass rush moves so that he can find more consistency throughout the entire season. His hard work has seemed to pay off the last couple weeks particularly, starting with the preseason opener against the Bills and then carrying over into the final few training camp practices, including the last two joint practice sessions with the Browns, where Turay at times looked unstoppable. That theme continued Saturday, as Turay, utilized primarily as a third-down specialist, had one sack of quarterback Garrett Gilbert for a loss of 10 yards, forcing a punt, while he also stuffed running back Duke Johnson for a loss of three on Cleveland’s next drive. “Some consistency and good durability. Just getting in better and better shape,” Reich said when asked what he’s seen out of Turay lately. “I mean, he made plays in the run game tonight and you always feel his presence in the pass game, so you know, I think with Turay, it’s just make small incremental improvements to show the consistencies, stay healthy and we really feel like he can have a big year for us.”


• SEEING YELLOW: Reich is sure glad Saturday’s game was a preseason contest, because the penalties called on his team really piled up by game’s end. In all, the Colts were flagged 16 times for 164 yards; the Browns weren’t much better, as they had 13 penalties for 119 yards. One can probably chalk that up to guys still knocking the rust off, and then the officials being a little bit more aggressive in preseason with their various points of emphasis. Whatever the case may be, the coaches will grade the game film and get those mistakes corrected ASAP. “Too many penalties, right?” Reich said. “I mean we had 16 (penalties) for 164 (yards), so it’s not only minus-164, it’s how many yards – the net yards you lose on those penalties, so we understand it’s preseason and the officials are going to point an emphasis on things, so we’ve got to use it as a learning opportunity. We don’t complain about that stuff. We need to figure it out, although we may complain about it on the field at the time, but afterwards we just gotta clean it up and figure out how to play within the rules.”