Not only did the near-perfect attendance for the Indianapolis Colts this spring show what type of culture they are building, but it also allowed them to dive deeper into the schemes on both sides of the ball.
Because the Colts had the majority of their players working on the field together and sitting in the classroom with each other, head coach Frank Reich believes it allows them to hit on the finer points of the concepts.
“Yeah, I think it’s kind of like once you know the scheme, you know each other and there is a level of trust that has been built it allows you to get to the second, third and fourth layers of things – to get there faster, to kind of get down there further with technique and fundamentals,” Reich told reporters last week.
A number of players did have to sit out during the spring workouts due to injury, including guys like Andrew Luck, Eric Ebron and Jack Doyle.
However, they were all able to sit in the room and participate in the deeper layers of the schemes simply because they were attending the spring workouts.
“It’s going to help us take a next step to get down into the second and third layer of a scheme, what we are trying to do and why we are trying to do it,” Reich said. “I think that all is a good starting point for us.”
The Colts won’t be together again until they return for training camp at the end of July, but they’ve already gotten a head start on diving deeper into the schemes on both sides of the ball thanks to strong attendance during the spring.
