I think thats largely dependent on if they can get the Oline shored up. If they dont then we will continue to struggle.

o


Starting badly has not just been a staple of the Frank Reich era.

Chuck Pagano coached the team for 6 seasons, between 2012 and 2017.

The only season in which Pagano's Colts started well was in 2013.

In the other 5 seasons, the Colts ......



2012: ) Started 2-3 ...... Went 9-2 the rest of the way. ) *


2014: ) Started 0-2 ...... Went 11-3 the rest of the way.


2015: ) Started 3-5 ...... Went 5-3 the rest of the way.


2016: ) Started 3-5 ...... Went 5-3 the rest of the way.


2017: ) Started badly ...... Remained bad for the entire season, finishing at 4-12 overall.


* ) First 4 Games under Chuck Pagano, Last 12 games under Bruce Arians

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The difference is none of those offenses were as bad as this one. This one is the worst in the league.

They won’t go from worst in the league to good enough to make the playoffs during the course of the season.

This will have to be addressed in the off-season. I just don’t see any way they can turn this around.

But…. The difference with this team is this is looking like the best defense we’ve ever seen in Indianapolis. How many years were we screaming for big DTs to shutdown the run? Well guess what we have monsters in the middle now

if they could just get the line fixed....

Theres no place like home……Theres no place like home…..

He started 4 games for us at RG last year and did ok, or am I misremembering?

You mean Pinter, right. I pretty sure he played center when Kelly was out.

https://www.pro-football-reference.c...021_roster.htm

The site above says he started 3 games last year, doesnt say what position. I think you are right.

I tried to break it down. It looks like Pryor had 3 starts at RT, 1 at LG and 1 at RG in 2021.

I had forgotten that the "Human Turnstile" Julian Davenport had gotten 4 starts last season.

Somehow Pryor seems to be playing worse than I remember Davenport playing in 2021.

Just dont say, it could be worse.

Thanks. You're correct except for the LG start b/c he started at LT for Fisher against the Raiders. Didn't realize when you click on the date in the game log it shows the starters for each team, and I thought he made all of his starts at RG prior to the Raiders game.

Anyway, the fact that his starts at RT weren't memorable and that our O played well during those games means he must have been at least ok. I wonder what happened during the offseason to turn him into complete garbage. Maybe he hurt his back again. He got paid a little bit, but not a ton so I wouldn't think he would have gotten the lazy bug.

It's pretty fucked up, well really fucked up, to think that two football lifers, two dudes who for some reason receive high praise in NFL circles, somehow convinced themselves that putting Pryor on the left edge was a good decision. Really, think about it for a minute- how could you watch what he has done this season, knowing that these guys had MONTHS to watch this guy in mini and training camps, and NOT think that Ballard and Reich are perhaps two of the worst talent evaluators in the history of football- he can't play LT, he can't play any tackle, he can't play football! WTF!!!

At some point doesn't Frank have to step up and say "Chris, we're not putting this guy out there at LT, he can't do it and he is going to wreck our QB, we have a major problem and I don't have the solution with the guys we have on the team right now"? Isn't that part of his fucking responsibilities as HC?

Again, to me, way too much patting each other on the back between these two.

Dang....I missed my cue! :)

Bump.

Plus, there is good reason to expect better with Taylor, Hines, and Leonard back next week (fingers crossed). Beat the Tits and run away with the division.

o


(vs. TITANS, 10/23)


The Colts failed to take advantage of getting their 2nd consecutive "revenge" win, and their 3rd consecutive win overall.

They won an ugly game against the Broncos, they played their best game of the season in their rematch against the Jaguars (ESPECIALLY the offensive line), and they shit the bed in their rematch against the Titans.

o