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Originally Posted by ChaosTheory
I didn't say the roster is golden and can't be improved. But it's a good roster. It's the margins and the perception. All things could be equal, but if the thin margin in a couple games goes our way, and we're not the "dumpster fire" some claim... we're division champs.
Those two designations are worlds apart, but when you break it down, the margin isn't that great. Same team.
Address the claim, for example. You don't think <insert "good" QB> would have made enough of a difference in the second Houston game? We lost by 3 after AR was 2/15 and gifted them a last second TD. Probably the first HOU game, too.
Even as weird as the GB and DEN games were... 17 measly points from AR and we win a game the DEF shit the bed in, and if we aren't throwing for 45%, we probably don't have 12 consecutive 4-play drives in DEN and blow a game where the DEF actually held them to under 200 yards of offense.
QB needs to be fixed. Unfortunately, everyone has to depend on AR developing this laser-focus and making a miraculous turnaround for that to happen. Let's hope he can and does.
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Who the hell is saying QB doesn’t need to be fixed? Guys just aren’t pretending that AR is the only thing holding this team back. Yes, with better QB play they could have won a couple more games. Malik Willis completed 86% of his passes and had a QBR of 128.6. Josh Jacob’s rushed for 151 yards. You don’t think that shit matters? And no, it wasn’t just because the D got tired because the offense sucked, first drive of the game Jacob’s had 49 rushing yards including a 34 yard run on 1st and 20. Do I need to pull out the stats for all the players that had season best games against this team? Want to talk about the Giants game and the stellar play of the team with the playoffs on the line? Or is it just easier to dump it all on AR? The reality is the team was just as close to losing 2-4 more games as it was to winning a few more. So just as close to true dumpster fire as to conference champs. Tends to be the case when you have a mediocre roster.
One thing we’ll agree on is that the line between winning and losing can be very, very thin. The difference is that 8 years in you see that as a reason to excuse Ballard’s failures. I see it as an indictment of Ballards philosophy. If margins are thin, wouldn’t a better secondary maybe get them into the playoffs? If margins are thin and the QBs is key to everything (contrary to Ballard’s previously stated vision) wouldn’t having a decent TE help that young inexperienced QB? If margins are thin why the fuck does Ballard sit on his hands every year with huge holes on the roster? And if margins are thin why is it that year after year under Ballard the Colts fall on the wrong side of it?
You want to know why many say it’s a dumpster fire and something stinks besides just QB? It’s because we’ve seen this show before. Yes shit can go wrong when margins are thin, but if you are truly doing shit right it will fall your way. And it hasn’t for the Colts. And that’s because something is rotten on 56th st. No it’s not a completely shit roster. No it’s not completely without talent. And yes, a few good bounces / breaks and the Colts are in the playoffs. But they don’t bounce the colts way for one fucking reason - Chris Ballard. He’s right that it’s hard to win in the NFL. You are right that margins are often thin. YOU DONT WIN IN THE NFL BY ACCIDENT. It takes purpose. And in 8 years Chris Ballard has not once purposefully said THIS IS OUR YEAR. Not fucking once. And they won’t win until he does. That’s the dumpster fire. This can easily be a playoff team next year for a GM that builds a roster to compete now and not 2 years down the road.