What worries me before the season

[omahacolt]

So starting out, this seems like a wasted year. I do not expect us to make any noise as a contender. at best just another middling team. that said, I will hate every single loss we get. things that worry me this year are as follows


1) usually I don't care about this but holy shit are the colts getting trashed by the media. everywhere you look, the colts are a joke. is this a Daniel Jones thing? most people acknowledge the colts have a decent roster, yet they don't even think we will be mediocre. I see way more hype for the Titans and jags than the colts. has to be d Jones right? most people have the colts as a bottom 5 team. this is a bit surprising to me.


2) how Ballard looks at our linebacking group and says "yeah, that will do" is beyond me. our best linebacker sucks. once again a position group that is a known issue that Ballard just refuses to address.

3) dline? just rolling it back with the guys that were bad last year. maybe a new DC will help out here but I really don't like the depth here. basically just putting all our hope on latu becoming a guy.

4) I get we had to get younger on oline but no proven depth or competition at RG? I have a bad feeling this oline will have some issues. guard depth is atrocious.

5) the fact that AR just seems to not understand how to properly prepare as a QB. who the fuck has been working with this dude? does he just not want to put in the work? why is his footwork still so bad at times? why didn't we bring in a Matt Hasselbeck like player to help him figure this out?

6) can dj deal with pressure? can dj actually throw 20 yards downfield? what if dj is just slightly better than minshew and these idiots give him a contract? really wish we would have just rolled with AR and let the chips fall where they may.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by omahacolt

So starting out, this seems like a wasted year. I do not expect us to make any noise as a contender. at best just another middling team. That said, I will hate every single loss we get. Things that worry me this year are as follows ......


1) Usually I don't care about this, but holy shit, the Colts getting trashed by the media. Everywhere you look, the colts are a joke. Is this a Daniel Jones thing? Most people acknowledge that the Colts have a decent roster, yet they don't even think we will be mediocre. I see way more hype for the Titans and the Jaguars than the Colts. It has to be Daniel Jones, right ??? Most people have the Colts as a bottom-5 team. This is a bit surprising to me.


2) How Ballard looks at our linebacking group and says, "Yeah, that will do" is beyond me. Our best linebacker sucks. Once again, a position group that is a known issue that Ballard just refuses to address.

3) D-Line ??? Just rolling it back with the guys that were bad last year. Maybe a new DC will help out here, but I really don't like the depth in this particular area ...... we're basically putting all our hope on Latu becoming a guy.

4) I get the fact that we had to get younger on the O-Line, but why do we have no proven depth or competition at RG ??? I have a bad feeling that this O-Line will have some issues ...... the guard-depth is atrocious.

5) The fact that AR just seems to not understand how to properly prepare as a QB. Who the fuck has been working with this dude ??? Does he just not want to put in the work ??? Why is his footwork still so bad at times ??? Why didn't we bring in a Matt Hasselbeck-like player to help him figure this out ???

6) Can Daniel Jones deal with pressure ??? Can he actually throw 20 yards downfield ??? What if Jones is just slightly better than Minshew, and these idiots give him a contract ??? I really wish that we would have just rolled with AR, and let the chips fall where they may.

o


7) l 11 straight seasons of not winning the opening game of the season (0-10-1 from 2014 through 2024)

8) l The Colts have lost 10 consecutive games to the Jaguars in northeastern Florida ...... when Andrew Luck or Peyton Manning were QB-ing the team between 2002 and 2014, they went 9-3 against the Jaguars down there (they lost down there in 2011 when Manning was injured, and Luck was still at Stanford.)

o

[Brylok]

Hey Omaha, I'll add something else:

7. There still aren't any leaders on that team outside of Buckner. Maybe Kenny Moore. Maybe Nelson. Maybe. Other than that? Zilch as far as I see. Is Daniel Jones the leader of the offense now? Yikes. It sure isn't AR, or Jonathan Taylor, or Pittman. Ryan Kelly might have been a leader, but he's gone. Rudderless out there.

[omahacolt]

Originally Posted by Brylok

Hey Omaha, I'll add something else:

7. There still aren't any leaders on that team outside of Buckner. Maybe Kenny Moore. Maybe Nelson. Maybe. Other than that? Zilch as far as I see. Is Daniel Jones the leader of the offense now? Yikes. It sure isn't AR, or Jonathan Taylor, or Pittman. Ryan Kelly might have been a leader, but he's gone. Rudderless out there.

can Daniel Jones be a leader if he sucks ass? probably not

[Hoopsdoc]

That linebacker group is laughable. Absolutely pathetic. Franklin is literally the only guy with experience and that fact alone guarantees he’ll get hurt at some point, probably early.

I foresee the Colts starting guys off the street at linebacker at some point.

And the infuriating part is that we all see it coming on Coltfreaks but that swine Ballard will act like it’s just mind boggling that something like that could happen. Like there is NO WAY anyone could have seen it coming.

I’m not optimistic about any part of the upcoming season.

[sherck]

Well.....

It was only one week, but......

A. Loved how DJ looked early and often attempting to throw to three receivers: Warren, Pittman and JT. On the first drive, 5 of his 6 pass attempts were to Warren and Pittman. On the first TD drive, 2 of 4 attempts were to JT and the TD throw was to Pittman. Those three guys should be driving our offense and DJ went to them early and often.

B. The defense? How can you not say so many good things about their performance? From NFL.com, the Dolphins did not have 100 yards of offense until 39 minutes into the game! Forcing turnovers? Forcing turnover on downs? It was a great performance and I hope it was not a one and done.

I was not able to see the game because of committments and just followed on the NFL.com app but things appeared great.