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Originally Posted by YDFL Commish
Which of these dudes need to be replaced? I'm not sure of the answer here, but I do have an observation.
Since Sirani left and Brady took over the offense, other than JT and the running game, this offense has been putrid, while Siriani has the eagles flying high at 6-0.
Maybe replace them all?
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I will have to go back and look but I don't think the Colts have discussed the coaching staff's roles and responsibilities at length since Sirianni + others left. While Sirianni was here, the Colts had detailed what each individual's roles were. But since people have different strengths and weaknesses, the roles might have morphed a little bit over time with different coaches / coordinators now in the various jobs.
One observation that I have is that even when the Colts had been rotating through with a new QB every year, the offense usually started games off in sync as they were running through the first dozen or so scripted plays. They may not have always scored on the first + second drives but they generally appeared to be on the same page and could drive the ball with relative ease (although sometimes it took a few games at the start of the season to reach that point). This topic came up multiple times on this forum over the last several years - why did the offense start out clicking at the beginning of the game and then go downhill from there.
It seemed to be the case with Luck, Brissett, Rivers and Wentz. Until this year with Matt Ryan. So I think Ryan is / (or now) was part of the issue. There was a comment made in consecutive weeks by two different broadcasting crews (one was CBS, the other was FOX) that hinted at one potential issue that Ryan was working through - an issue that should have improved over the course of the season as Ryan had more playing time. Someone on the Colts (either a player, coach or both - it could have even been Matt Ryan himself) had to have made that remark to those broadcasting crews in the off camera pre-game interviews.