Colts rookie inside linebacker is taking advantage of playing more preseason snaps and showing he can make the right calls.
Before rookie inside linebacker Amarlo Herrera made his preseason debut, Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator Greg Manusky told the sixth-round draft choice he would blow out his lungs.
In the later stages of playing 47 snaps at Philadelphia, Herrera was gassed.
Asked about his fatigue last week, he laughed and said, “That’s football. You’re supposed to be wore out. If you ain’t wore out after a game, you ain’t going hard.”
What impressed Colts coaches is how the rookie handled the defensive calls.