DeForest Buckner always appreciated watching Gus Bradley's defenses. It was the scheme Buckner thrived in with San Francisco, the scheme that created Seattle's “Legion of Boom," and the scheme that finally led the Raiders back to the playoffs last season. So when Indianapolis hired Bradley as its new defensive coordinator, the Colts' top defensive tackle was thrilled to start working with the defensive mastermind.
"You take in a child — and we have such a need for foster parents right now — but you take them in, you expect you're going to give them a nice home, go to good schools, you think they're going to love you right back and that's not how it works," Ballard said. "You've gotta earn that. It takes a lot of time, it takes a lot of effort.
Lots of former Irish talent in the NFL
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
3 | QB | |
4 | QB | |
9 | QB | |
5 | QB | |
2 | QB |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
21 | RB | |
35 | RB | |
30 | RB | |
27 | RB | |
28 | RB | |
42 | RB | |
43 | RB |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
1 | WR | |
15 | WR | |
16 | WR | |
7 | WR | |
6 | WR | |
12 | WR | |
9 | WR | |
8 | WR | |
86 | WR | |
10 | WR | |
14 | WR | |
11 | WR | |
84 | WR |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
81 | TE | |
83 | TE | |
49 | TE | |
48 | TE | |
85 | TE | |
80 | TE |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
62 | C | |
75 | G | |
78 | C | |
73 | T | |
66 | T | |
65 | C | |
71 | T | |
56 | G | |
61 | T | |
63 | G | |
69 | T | |
79 | T | |
46 | C | |
60 | G | |
72 | T | |
76 | T | |
74 | T |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
52 | DE | |
97 | DT | |
99 | DT | |
92 | DE | |
68 | DT | |
93 | DT | |
96 | DT | |
91 | DE | |
59 | DE | |
54 | DE | |
64 | DT | |
51 | DE | |
90 | DT | |
95 | DT |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
57 | LB | |
44 | LB | |
36 | LB | |
58 | LB | |
49 | LB | |
48 | LB | |
45 | LB | |
55 | LB |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
32 | S | |
38 | CB | |
47 | CB | |
20 | S | |
42 | CB | |
43 | S | |
31 | CB | |
30 | CB | |
5 | CB | |
23 | CB | |
41 | CB | |
29 | S | |
39 | CB | |
25 | S | |
33 | S | |
40 | CB |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
34 | CB | |
8 | P |