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Originally Posted by apballin (Post 310012)

Also heard JMV said he’s heard that AR shows up late for meetings and his work ethic factored into the decision

Also saying he was hurt on the play and gave that answer in the presser to avoid the injury prone stuff

The second part has been my assumption all along. The first part is definitely a bad look and it’s possible they need to get his attention. This doesn’t at all seem like the right way to go about it.

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Originally Posted by apballin (Post 310012)

And the plot thickens.

Barring something really fucked up, I still would not do what they are doing. We cannot get back into the spin cycle. Fuck, put him out there and run 70% of the time until he breaks and lose all of them. Draft high and get another QB. Doing what we are doing is the definition of insanity.

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Originally Posted by ChoppedWood (Post 309983)

100%!!!!!! Just heard that Steichen's statement was Flacco is the starter going forward. This season, is completely fucked, completely. This franchise is a NFL laughing stock. Bring back Jeff Saturday!!!!

So, now the couching of this buillshit is he will now grow by sitting behind Flacco, that that is where he is at in the developmental timeline.

Man---- every fucking one of you motherfuckers that wear the official Colts gear that you don't pay for but instead it is given to you as part of being a member of the organization---- EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU CAN STRAIGHT FUCK OFF!!!!

He was ready last year, in fact he was ready from day 1. He was ready this fucking year on day fucking 1. But now, nah, AR is best suited to watch and learn. So if he isn't ready, then Ballard isn't fucking ready! Fucking send that punk ass motherfucker packing--- SHIT CAN HIM!

EAT SOME TURDS! Ballard, Steichen, Jim, the whole lot of the scouting team, every last fucking one of you---- FUCK OFF!

Do the right thing- ship AR today, send him somewhere right fucking now. That way, when Flacco goes down, the ball goes back to Ehlinger and we just repeat the cycle of insanity. After this, absofucking lutely no motherfucking way you can ask AR to take that field again as a Colt.

FUCK THIS FRANCHISE!

While i understand how you feel, i think the rage at Ballard is somewhat misplaced. Sure, he drafted AR, but there’s no way he did so without Jim and Shane’s blessing.

Remember, Steichen is supposed to be the quarterback whisperer. And from everything I’ve heard, AR is being benched despite Ballards wishes.

So if anyone is to blame for this mess, it’s Shane Steichen, in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc (Post 310017)

Yeah I get it and I hear you. I'm probably just blowing vessels in any general direction of the organization at this point out of pure frustration of how fucking damaging this is to the team and now far away from success we really are.

So twisted up on this shit. I guess I am looking at it from the view of if AR is really a bust, which for this to be done so fucking soon and to be so harsh, it is very hard to straw man a scenario where he ISN'T a bust, well in that case, then enough is fucking enough- no more 2nd or 17th chances, Ballard needs to be held accountable for not being able to stabilize the most important position in all of sports.

At this point, I wouldn't have a problem at all with him and Steichen being let go as a package. You picked him, you knew the risks, they blew up in your face. The team has to start over with a new QB search and at this point there is nothing to indicate they are the right people for the selection and development.

Man it absolutely sucks to be back at this point.

The way everybody is talking... it sounds like a whole team thing. If the preparation thing was already something guys were looking sideways at, the tap out could've been a breaking point.

That's on top of on-field shortcomings that are likely frustrating guys. 7 points from sweeping the Texans, only needed 17 points to beat Green Bay, etc.

Not that AR is the sole blame for those, but you can imagine a locker room full of guys seeing what we all see, and saying, "Man, if we were just a liiiiitle better at QB, the season looks way different."

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If I recall correctly, there was a poster who said that Richardson needed to sit for 2 years.

Well ...... he sat almost all of last year because he was injured, he has already sat 2 games this year with an injury, and now he is going to sit some more in favor of Joe Flacco.

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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles (Post 310026)

This might actually work out well for him. (hear me out) He has seen the game speed and physicality of the league, and now he gets to do a reset and watch and learn from a guy who had a pretty good career. If (big if) the benching does not mess with his psyche, and if (big if) he is immature and grows up in his time on the bench, we might (might) be able to salvage they guy moving forward.

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Originally Posted by ChoppedWood (Post 309983)

Do the right thing- ship AR today, send him somewhere right fucking now. That way, when Flacco goes down, the ball goes back to Ehlinger and we just repeat the cycle of insanity. After this, absofucking lutely no motherfucking way you can ask AR to take that field again as a Colt.

FUCK THIS FRANCHISE!

I listen to Nashville radio, and one of their guys suggested Carthon call up and try to trade Levis for Richardson, because he thinks coaching messed AR up here.

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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles (Post 309978)

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P.S. ) And if Steichen DID call for a screen play, he must have been doing so on the advice of Joe Thiesmann, who has some experience in throwing screen passes deep in his own territory in the final seconds of the 1st half ......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fkE7OVc8Rw

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...AXu2DNfcReEw&s

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Yeah, I thought about that play before posting. But I also remember Peyton throwing a screen or swing pass to Addai at the end of the 1st half of the 2007 loss to Pats, that went for a 70+ yd TD.

I've got two questions?

Is Nat Atkins a trustworthy Colts source or is just another RATS moron who is talking outta his ass? How does he know the Colts play call as well as the mentality of the organization?

If we are truly in win now mode, then shouldn't Ballard be looking to make a trade before the deadline, for either a DB or a pass rusher? Dollars to donuts Ballard will not do damn thing.