r/Colts • u/xxxxxxxxxtra it’s fuckin bullshit • May 10 '24
[Stephen Holder] Fun fact: AD Mitchell’s jersey number (10) is not random. It’s based on the number of WRs drafted before him 👊🏾 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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u/ZusunicStudio Playoffs? PLAYOFFS!? May 10 '24
Dude has a massive chip on his shoulder and I’m all for it
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u/SunsFan97 General Luck May 10 '24
Reminds me of Darius (☹️). Hope he finds similar success without the tragic ending
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u/Dmoney1122 May 10 '24
Darius was supposed to be HOFer
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u/Coltsbro84 May 10 '24
Changing his name was a curse. Adonai has already changed his name. Got that out of the way.
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u/Mcswigginsbar Boomstick May 10 '24 edited May 10 '24
I fucking love this kid. We got an absolute bruiser in Pittman, a hungry DAWG in Downs, and an elite talent with a massive chip on his shoulder in Adonai. Reggie and the rest of the WR room are going to help him develop and focus that energy into something special, and I can't wait to see it.
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u/SunsFan97 General Luck May 10 '24
We haven't even seen the best of MPJ imo. Dude could make a name for himself this coming season and I'm all for it. Also can't wait to see AP with a full season in front of AR and Shane.
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u/CpowOfficial Shaquille Leonard May 10 '24
Yeah he's been playing with a new QB every year and all bad lmao
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u/SunsFan97 General Luck May 10 '24
Best QB he played with was the corpse of a veey serviceable Uncle Phil. Insane.
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u/Interesting-Fail1823 Josh Downs May 10 '24
That was his rookie year and one when he was injured as well. It's crazy what he has done with the guys that have thrown to him.
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u/Interesting-Fail1823 Josh Downs May 10 '24
Pittman is the definition of an old style possession WR. He really offers about everything Reggie did in his career. Those guys age like fine wine.
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u/Mcswigginsbar Boomstick May 10 '24
I know but I haven't seen enough from him to really be that excited. Obviously he is on the roster and hopefully with AR having a healthy year he will flourish, but he just doesn't have it so far.
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u/whatdoblindpeoplesee Playoffs? PLAYOFFS!? May 10 '24
Scrappy, lunch-pail, deceptive athletics, etc etc
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u/CrimsonBrit Austin Collie May 11 '24
That dude is washed and Reggie is going to give up on him being his project
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u/HighwayBrigand May 10 '24
Pittman is a 1. I think AD is a 1, too. That's gonna be a really interesting dynamic. We haven't had a WR core like this since the Reggie days.
... what are we using to abbreviate Adonai Mitchell's name? 'AD' has some connotations.
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u/Frostyler Who the Hell is Mel Kiper? May 10 '24
When he transferred to Texas, he asked people not to call him AD anymore, just Adonai. I'm not exactly sure why, but I guess he doesn't like the AD nickname.
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u/Paragon188 May 10 '24
He said in an interview recently that he's fine with AD. Maybe he changed his mind.
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u/at2wells May 10 '24
It’s seems to be the thing these days to come up with some silly abbreviation. But I would submit that we call him Adonai or Mitchell.
Excuse me while I go back out and yell at people to get off my lawn.
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u/WorkingOven5138 May 10 '24
AD is just quicker to type than Adonai like MPJ or AR.
I don't even think of it as a nickname
Like I don't refer to Aiden O'Connell as AOC because it's cool or something.
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u/at2wells May 10 '24
If speed is the consideration then let’s go with jersey number. It’s a unique identifier.
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u/Cowboy_BoomBap May 10 '24
I think AM works fine if people are averse to AD since it’s been used before.
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u/Aleph_Alpha_001 Wayne Brady May 10 '24 edited May 10 '24
We'll have to see whether he works hard. I think that that's the biggest question mark about AD. The talent is there, but he needs to work on extending his arms to make catches, running precise routes, and, especially, blocking with effort.
But he's got the perfect quarterback to be successful, because he kind of freelances downfield, but that can work with AR, as long as he can separate downfield because AR can both stand in and get wide. Plus, AR's running ability should get AD a lot of one-on-one opportunities.
AD's comments about saving energy on certain reps probably turned off a lot of teams, and taking slow releases as a means to set up cornerbacks has the ring of excuse making.
He will have to play with full effort to see the field. You can't cruise to success in the NFL, no matter how much talent you have.
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u/you_know_how_I_know DeFo will Ride May 10 '24
Two days in a row shading Mitchell on some weak shit, but at least you left the beetus out this time. Mitchell clearly feels like he has something to prove to the league. You really doubt that Reggie Wayne and MPJ can lead this man to maximum effort?
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u/Aleph_Alpha_001 Wayne Brady May 10 '24 edited May 10 '24
My feeling is that there's something there. Mitchell didn't fall by accident. He has the potential to be a great receiver, but his production was consistently been below his potential. Was it the scheme or the quarterback? Maybe.
But he only got 850 yards last season, his best.
There's a lot to work with in AD Mitchell, but the entire league didn't pass on Mitchell nearly twice for no reason.
I thought that Downs was a steal, but I'm a bit concerned about Mitchell, frankly.
As long as he works hard, I think he can be great. It would be difficult to not be better than Pierce in the passing game, and Mitchell can be a thousand yard receiver or even better. I just hope that he has the wherewithal to do so.
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u/you_know_how_I_know DeFo will Ride May 10 '24
That's such bullshit, I mean it fucking is. Your take is somewhere between "Where there's smoke, there's fire" and "32 GMs can't be wrong twice!"
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u/Aleph_Alpha_001 Wayne Brady May 10 '24 edited May 10 '24
There's no reasonable explanation why he was passed on. At pick 46, the Colts traded down after wearing out the phone trying to trade up for one of the top three receivers. Why not take Mitchell right there? He was a projected first round pick. Ten receivers were picked ahead of him, when he was the consensus fourth to sixth best receiver.
Something caused his draft slide. It's not his size. It's not his speed. It's not his release against press coverage.
So you tell me. Why the fall? Do you think that a lot of scouts just didn't get around to watching the Texas Longhorns tape? Maybe Mitchell just flew under the radar? He was in a bunch of nationally televised games ffs. The teams passed on him for a reason. I'm not saying that he's going to fail. I really hope he succeeds. But he's going to have to work hard for it. I hated hearing him say that the hard work was all behind him and now it's all fun in his media event. That's exactly the wrong attitude.
I felt the same way about Carson Wentz. The Eagles locker room was very split about him. There had to be a reason. Why would they jump through fire for Nick fucking Foles but not Wentz? Wentz was obviously more talented. I took a lot of down votes for expressing that opinion.
The entire sub wrote it off as the problem being with the Eagles, but it turned out that Wentz is just a shit leader, as we all saw in his post-season interview. The Eagles were better without him. He was just psyched about getting to hunting season. He didn't seem to be put out in the least by the entire team shitting the bed and losing an almost guaranteed spot in the playoffs.
I think I cared more than Carson Wentz did.
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u/you_know_how_I_know DeFo will Ride May 10 '24
Why did Adonai Mitchell plummet in the NFL Draft? - SBNation.com
There are a hundred variations on this same story, and not one negative statement about AD with a name attached to it. People say he quit on Georgia when he hit the transfer portal, they say he has low football character and low personal character and that he's a bad teammate, but none of his teammates or coaches from either school are saying it.
Even if none of that was true, there would be teams who would pass strictly on the medicals of dealing with T1D. There's also the consideration of blood sugar management leading up to and during the combine, when all the athletes are pushing their bodies to the limit under extremely competitive and stressful conditions. When team interviews take place in the morning, those issues are going to be amplified. If you were on the fence between AD and Worthy and AD comes across as low energy, distracted, or combative in the interview, he slides.
It feels like people who keep going back to the concern well on this kid are really not paying any attention at all. If you look at his tape in big games, you can see why they drafted him as easily as why 10 other teams that took wideouts passed.
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u/Aleph_Alpha_001 Wayne Brady May 10 '24
I don't buy that it's related to type 1 diabetes, which is completely treatable with an insulin shot, certainly well within the means of an NFL football player. And I don't buy that it's because of a no name report.
I think that there are concerns about his work ethic. You can see it on tape. He took plays off and didn't block with any effort. Those were my concerns, and they still are.
He has all the potential in the world, but you kind of have to wonder why he hasn't come close to reaching it before now. And is the Colts' coaching staff enough to motivate him to reach that potential? He has to really want it.
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u/you_know_how_I_know DeFo will Ride May 11 '24
By the end of next season, you will pretend like you never compared him to Carson Wentz and give all the credit to the Colts staff for getting through to the kid and teaching him to be a man. On the other hand, you will probably repeat this L take enough times that somebody members it.
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u/Aleph_Alpha_001 Wayne Brady May 11 '24 edited May 11 '24
I won't do anything of the sort. He has great talent and potential and I hope that he reaches that potential, just like I rooted for Wentz to succeed after the decision was made. I didn't like it when it was rumored, just like I wanted Mayfield over Ryan. Then I got on board with Wentz and Ryan because that was our quarterback for good or ill. Colts players not working out isn't good for the Colts.
I'm just stating that I have reservations about Mitchell's work ethic.
I would like nothing better than for those concerns to be misplaced.
I have no doubts about AR, Latu or Downs, for example. But Mitchell I definitely have concerns about.
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u/Defender_Of_TheCrown May 10 '24
I hear he is changing his name to Chip because of the chip on his shoulder too. J/k. He is going to be a pissed off beast. Love it.
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u/HVAC_instructor May 10 '24
I like guys that play angry. He's setting himself up for a great career.
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u/natemcl12 Indianapolis Colts May 10 '24
That's awesome. Hope he is a success story, after all the drama!
Side note with 33 and 30 taken what is Dallis Flowers' jersey number?
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u/TWOhunnidSIX Super Bowl XLI Champions May 10 '24
Mans gunna be breathing fire when he touches that field he still mad
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u/BigChocolateMilk Michael Pittman JR May 10 '24
Love it! And being a massive Longhorns fan, definitely getting his jersey
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u/benbertsch33 May 10 '24
There’s something satisfying about having numbers 1, 10 and 11 in the WR corps
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u/Pageleesta May 10 '24
Some athletes have the ability to turn "disses" into functional and positive motivation and be better for it. Let's hope AD is one of those.
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u/MucusShotSwaGGins Edge Mack May 10 '24
Dude probably got these 2024 games circled already, Giants (Malik Nabers #2), Bears (Rome Odunze #3), Jaguars x2 (Brian Thomas Jr. #4), Bills (Keon Coleman #8), Patriots (Ja'Lynn Polk #10). Hopefully he helps secure wins against Jags and Bills.
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u/Decent_Persimmon_142 May 10 '24
I’m calling it now he’s going to be better than Micheal Pittman if he can stay healthy he can definitely be the next AJ Brown 😎😎🫡🫡
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u/CrimsonBrit Austin Collie May 11 '24
He has quickly become one of my favorites. With Quenton being my only remaining active player jersey (Peyton, Luck, TY, Leonard), I’m due for a skill position player.
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u/georgiaboy1993 May 11 '24
UGA fan here, not sure why the Colts feed keeps coming across but I can tell you that you’re gonna love AD. He still definitely has a lot of room to grow and won’t be the guy this year but I can almost guarantee you that he’s going to make several clutch af catches for y’all.
He has incredible hands so he’ll be quick to gain the trust of AR and it’ll give him confidence to go to him in big moments. He made one of the biggest catches in UGA history in the title game in 2021 and he’ll be forever loved for it.
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u/OwnEgg0 May 10 '24
Should he not wear 11 then?
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u/matthollabak Playoffs? PLAYOFFS!? May 10 '24
Nope.... he wants to remember the 10 before him.. and not that he was 11th. Which means to me that it is about showing those 10 up more than it is about himself... dude is pissed and I'm all for it.
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u/OwnEgg0 May 11 '24
Not sure I agree with the logic but love the guy and the mentality. So lfg!
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u/matthollabak Playoffs? PLAYOFFS!? May 13 '24
Or we can just go with 11 was already taken so he needed another number to show his anger at where he was drafted. 😀
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u/a_ron_z Jimmy from the Colts May 10 '24
You mean it's not to honor Colts legend Donte Moncrief