My 80-year-old neighbor checks the mailbox wearing snow boots and no pants.

That is where I am on this. Saturday is a leader, and he will surround himself with good tacticians to do the little stuff and he will do the stuff that makes all the difference.

IndyStar makes up shit and speculates with no real details. That is why Doyel still has a job.

What I know is that he won't stick his head in the play call sheet and hope that's where the answers come from.

As far as I am concerned, Irsay is one of the biggest culprits of what has happened to his franchise ! Now he is desperate, and I hate saying this, but he may be tanking !

I don’t think Irsay is looking for the next long term answer here. You all saw what Sunday was, a complete mental/emotional melt down. This team needs to rebuild with at least some of these same players getting back to close to what they were. They need to get shit together and start becoming a team. Saturday can help facilitate this. He knows how to lead men, did it on the field and off the field for years. I hope it works out but am still pessimistic. It’s a tough ask.

If they are tanking for a QB, they better have either the first or second pick this year,

He must be reading my posts and tweets.

Is she hot? Can you share her number?

None of that is happening. You can't implement a new offense mid-season. We don't even know who will call plays or insert the offense week to week. This has to be a tank job of epic proportions. Otherwise, it is massive incompetence in action. Saturday is probably there just to report who they should keep and not going forward. Full rebuild I expect.

Thats why I think Reich resigned. He had enough.

We have the tenth currently. We won't get the 1st or 2nd. And I'm not a fan of the QB's in this draft. Young is short and skinny. Stroud is Dwayne Haskins 2.0. Levis is really inconsistent. I might gamble on Richardson but he is a huge project who would ironically fit into Reich's system. No surefire QB's this draft.

I would look at Tanner McKee later on.

Granted that the hire of Jeff Saturday came out of left field, and that there were other coaches who seemed to be more obvious choices. But…

You weren’t going to do someone like Ventrone any favor by making him the sacrificial interim head coach. Let him coach out the season, then interview him without the shadow of a 1-8 stint as interim coach hanging over him.

Yep. Stroud and Young seem to be the runaway, consensus #1 and #2, but I'm not a fan of either. Don't feel like either of them have "high-probability franchise QB" potential. Of course I'm not as keen on pro-talent-prospects in football as I am in basketball. Just don't get that franchise QB feel from Young or Stroud.

It's possible he and Irsay got into it and he said, "fire me then"....but does it really matter? It should have been done at the end of last season!

Another underwhelming QB draft. Maybe we will fuck even more and trade 2 firsts for Aaron Rodgers. It would fit with the pattern.

There are no first round qbs I would consider outside of Levis, and he definitely needs time for development and a friendly system. With a very high pick I’d def go with Anderson, the edge rusher from Alabama. For picks in the 8-10 range, OT Skoronski should be there.

I think they handed him an impossible situation. I also don't think he wanted to fire Brady or bench Ryan.

I think Irsay is just like, no more mediocrity, just go for a new young QB. The problem is I wouldn't do that in this draft. Unless you want to take on a project at the position. It's too bad because I think Reich would have done well coaching a young QB up.

Reich had a top ten offense every year except this one and the Brisset year.

I would go with the LT from Penn State. Guy is a natural and will be a monster. But there are about four underclassmen LT's that should be good.

Hopefully the truth comes out tonight. IMO, it was Reich who made every move from Ryan to Brady, to his dismissal. The Christian in him could not let it go on any longer.

I disagree. I think this is all Irsay. NFL radio has had several guys on close with Frank and they were all saying he would never fire his coordinator mid-season and Ehlinger is not ready to play. Its pretty obvious. This screams Irsay calling the shots now. And now Saturday which is out of left field.

If that is the case we are fucked!

Matt Ryan.

The offense only really moved the ball when they went hurry-up, and he was calling them then.

Ok, thanks. That makes sense.

I don’t know what to think about this, I respect Saturday but a guy with no coaching experience seems crazy

The problem with that theory is that Strausser has been here since '19. I wouldn't think changing assistants would be that detrimental. Maybe replacing Fisher and Glow w/ Pryor and Pinter was so disruptive that it caused Nelson's, Kelly's, and Smith's play to go to shit, but seems like there's more too than just that.

Has it been confirmed that Reich resigned? Seems like that would cost him a lot of money if he had. Although I suppose he could have worked something out a settlement w/ Irsay.

What about Hooker at QB? I know he struggled against UGA, but he's been lighting it up against everyone else including Bama.

Nope.

Colts fans will live to regret this move. Reich is a good coach, he just had literally nothing to work with. And that’s on Ballard.

If he lands somewhere with a good quarterback in place, he’ll be really good.

No we won't. Reich was trash!

I'm embracing the insanity. The worst thing that could have happened was Reich limping along and seeing games like we saw on Sunday.

At least now things are interesting, even in a train wreck sort of way.

Should be an easy turnaround then. I guess you believe year 7 for Ballard will be the year it all comes together?

Jeff Saturday is one of my all time favorite Colts behind Reggie, Edge, and Peyton in that order. My daughter got me a 63 jersey for Christmas a few years ago and it is only the 2nd jersey that I hang in my man cave. Reggie of course is the main one (thanks Pez).

With that said. I think he is very knowledgeable and wish him the best but I highly doubt he becomes the long term answer. UNLESS he can surround himself with a top OC and DC. Although I do like Gus at the moment.

IMO. the HC needs to lead and let the coordinators run their platoons and oversee/motivate where needed.

Can Jeff do this. Time will tell. Either way I am rooting for him.

I wouldn't be doing my job as a humanitarian if I didn't express my concern for ChoppedWood moving forward.

Can we get a welfare check on him? I mean, who is he going to bitch about now?

I'm worried for you, Dude!

Hi Frank Reich's wife. How's life?

Yea he's been missing Maybe that is why the press conference keeps getting postponed. He's trying to break in just to hug Irsay

Oh. and he will find something to bitch about. We all know that. HA

I wonder if Peyton and Eli might have Jeff on there tonight?

I mean, Ballard's still here.

Yeah, we'll just wait for you in 2025 to tell us who he obviously should've sold the farm for in 2023. All he has to do is whatever it takes. Make something happen. Don't take no for an answer. Give 110%.

Maybe Saturday can be one of those player/coaches.