Not necessarily defending Steichen b/c he's definitely shit the bed this year, but you're putting way too much blame on him for the Bills FG at the end of the first half. The D did give up a 44 yard pass play on 3rd and 10 a couple of plays after his timeout which got the Bills in said FG range.

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The Colts' defense was definitely porous at times today, giving up 2nd-and-long and 3rd-and-longs on several occasions throughout the game.

And I understand what you are saying about the big chunks of yardage that they gave up after the timeout call, but considering what the NFL is today, excellent QB's like Josh Allen need very little time to get themselves into field-goal range right before halftime and/or at the end of a game ...... in the 2021 divisional playoff round, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen scored 3 times in the final 1:02 of regulation (2 TD's and 1 FG) to send the game into overtime.


https://www.pro-football-reference.c...2201230kan.htm


There was no need to tempt fate there, especially with a QB like Allen.

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I don't know how to post tweets, but I saw one from Kevin Bowen saying that Steichen never considered putting AR in the game. He said, "Until I say otherwise, Joe is the starter".

Maybe he's trying to sack himself?

If true, absolute complete idiocy. Dude shouldn't be the head coach of a pee wee league team.

Came down from the top that we want the 8th pick rather than the 15th. Since Joe has no allegiance, he's much more apt to take the money.

Since we have no chance, I like it!

On the plus side. I think the WR corps is solid. The OL is a bit overpaid but still in the bottom of the upper half of the NFL. Taylor when healthy is a top 10 running back. The DL could be better, but they're not the problem. In fact, the entire D has been playing better lately. The biggest reasons for the Colts losing so often is

1. Poor QB play
2. Shitty play calling
3. Terrible in game coaching

I'm hoping they put Richardson back in and let him sink or swim. There's only a small window to when a quality QB can turn this team around. It's time to find out if Richardson can become that QB or do we get another young stud.

I agree with all of the above.

That’s only a small part of it. The bigger part was what the fuck did he think the Colts offense would do if they did get the ball back? The offense had a bad first half and had two turnovers and nearly 2-3 more. Yet it was a close game. If Buffalo was willing to take it into the half you fucking let them. The risk / reward here was way skewed even if they succeeded in getting the ball back. There is a difference between aggressive and stupid, and Steichen is fucking stupid.

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That's exactly what I said in the "Colts' Defense" thread.

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[QUOTE=nate505;311408]Hey Steichan/Ballard/Irsay

"Suckass Triumvirate" made me laugh.