[Kray007]

I think that, as much as anything, Anthony Richardson needs a clean pocket. He might never be a 70% passer, but with a clean pocket, he might get to 60. The bottom line is that any quarterback’s performance deteriorates when they see the kind of pressure Richardson often encountered.

I think that I’d pay Danny Pinter and Mark Glowinski to leave the country. If they never take another snap with the Colts, I’ll be a happy man. The Bronco game was an excruciating exercise in futility for both of those guys. Richardson‘s stat sheet took a hit simply because time after time, he had to get rid of the ball to avoid getting sacked.. Two of the reasons he was under such pressure was Danny Pinter and Mark Glowinski. Pinter A) was incapable of recognizing Denver’s pass rush schemes and making line adjustments, and B) kept committing penalties that put them in 3rd and long situations. On play after play, Glowinski was little more than a turnstile.

I think that there’s nothing wrong with running the ball 34 times a game, but giving Jonathan Taylor every one of those carries is simply untenable. We don’t need to add another Eric Dickerson, just a quality guy who runs well, can block, and doesn’t have hands of stone.

I think that part of Anthony Richardson‘s problems with accuracy stems from personnel. It’s easy to say that he needs to hit the easy layups; but, for most Quarterbacks, easy layups involve easy tosses to Running Backs and Tight Ends.

I think that the who of our next Defensive Coordinator isn’t as important as the philosophy he brings to the table. I want to see a more dynamic, creative approach, someone who doesn’t see stunts and blitzes as foreign concepts.

I think that Chris Ballard and, by extension, Jim Irsay need to take free agency a little more seriously. They don’t have to swing for the fences every year, but the have to do more than settle for bunt and sac flies.

I think that a strength of this year’s draft is at Corner and Safety, and that validates, to some extent, Chris Ballard’s decision to take a waiver on the position last year.

I think the fact that this isn’t a star studded, 6 player deep, Quarterback class spares them from having to ask difficult questions about Anthony Richardson’s viability.

I think that Pat McAfee’s right about one thing…this team has a lot of talent in place. I think that he’s wrong about the culture holding the team back. What’s holding the team back is lack of production at the most important position in the game.

I think that it’s blitheringly obvious that Ballard has got to go out and sign a high quality backup capable of stepping in if Richardson goes down. Nothing about Richardson screams that he’s an iron man type who takes a licking and keeps on ticking.