Colts Daily Headlines: July 30th Edition

Posted by Kevin Bowen on July 30, 2013 – 9:09 am

Another day down at Colts training camp. The news of Monday came with LaVon Brazill addressing his four-game suspension, Andrew Luck’s day on the practice field, Donald Thomas’ journey to playing football and what Robert Mathis main goal is in 2013.

Each morning Colts.com will take a look at the top headlines surrounding the Indianapolis Colts from around the globe. What is the local and national media saying about the Colts?

Take a look below at the top pieces from Tuesday, July 30^th.  

LaVon Brazill admits ‘mistakes’

By: Associated Press, ESPN.com

Second-year wide receiver LaVon Brazill addressed the media on Monday morning for the first time since it was announced he would miss the first four games of the regular season.

The second-year Colts receiver insisted it’s an easy choice: He’ll take money over marijuana any day.

On Monday, Brazill promised to avoid any more off-the-field missteps as he made his first public comments since the NFL imposed a four-game suspension for a failed drug test. Brazill admitted he alone was to blame and said he has promised the Colts it won’t happen again.

“I know any one of you would choose money any day, so that’s gone and I’m choosing money any day,” Brazill said Monday after Indianapolis’ morning walkthrough at Anderson University

At Indianapolis Colts training camp, QB Andrew Luck ends practice on sour note

By: Mike Chappell, Indy Star

Chappell’s daily look at Colts training camp includes the numbers for Andrew Luck after Day Two, along with a new piece of clothing that has been spotted around Colts camp.

Charting Luck

QB Andrew Luck seemed to use every option at his disposal during 7-on-7 and team drills, connecting with eight receivers, but he ended the day on a sour note. His final pass in a two-minute drill was intercepted by CB Darius Butler. On the day, Luck completed 27-of-43 passes. WR T.Y. Hilton provided the catch of the day, a diving grab in front of the bleachers.

Luck’s two-day totals: 49-of-77, two TDs, two interceptions.

Motivational T-shirt

Another season, another motivational T-shirt. Players are wearing a T-shirt that has a hand grasping the Lombardi Trophy and the words ‘Hoist It!’ on the back. The ultimate goal is doing precisely that Feb. 2 at Super Bowl XLVIII. Last summer, players wore a T-shirt that featured a poll listing the Colts No. 32 in a power ranking.

Indianapolis Colts guard Donald Thomas: ‘I never had aspirations of playing in the NFL’

By: Michael Pointer, Indy Star

Pointer has an in-depth feature into Donald Thomas journey from a college walk-on who was found during a pickup basketball game.

A few Connecticut football players urged Thomas to try out for the team and with that came a Division I career followed by a starting job in the NFL.

“I never had aspirations of playing in the NFL,” Thomas said during a recent interview in the Colts locker room. “Even when I came back for my senior year, before the season started, I didn’t know I had a shot.

“I was just cool with coming back, finishing my (political science) degree and maybe going to law school.”

Thomas’ college coach Randy Edsall said it was a no-brainer to give the 6-4, 250-pound freshman a tryout.

“With that kind of a body, I didn’t have to think very long about giving him a chance,” Edsall said. “We knew he was a hard worker once we saw him in the weight room. If a player is going to do that, to try to develop himself before we’ve got a chance to work with him, you knew he had a tremendous work ethic.”

Mathis aims to silence doubters again

By: George Bremer, The Herald Bulletin

Robert Mathis is a man of few words but like Chuck Pagano says, when he speaks people listen.

That was the case on Monday as Mathis was the focal point following the morning walk-through.

Bremer wrote…

He’s arguably gotten better with age, being selected to the Pro Bowl in four of the past five seasons, and he needs just 8.5 sacks to join Freeney as the only players in franchise history with 100 career quarterback takedowns.

But, true to form, that’s not at the forefront of Mathis’ mind.

“That’s a secondary goal,” he said. “The goal is to get to New York in February (for the Super Bowl). If getting five sacks or 15 sacks is what’s going to get us there, then so be it.”

 

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