INDIANAPOLIS — Perhaps Jim Irsay said it best on Saturday, when he sent out a tweet to thank Johnathan Hankins for his contributions to the team.
“Scheme changes are hard.”
With a brand new coaching staff in place, the Indianapolis Colts will have a brand new look and feel in 2018 and beyond. Accordingly, the coaching and player personnel staffs have come to the determination that some players who made key contributions in 2017 simply aren’t ideal fits for those new schemes moving forward.
The key examples of these changes both come on the defensive side of the ball: defensive lineman Johnathan Hankins and cornerback Rashaan Melvin.