Reich has a lot to answer for.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

When you lose the coach can always be criticized. We are what we are. A lousy team. Reich doesn't have great options at this point. The wrong guy retires, we lose our qb and pretty much all of our receivers. Chad Kelly isn't some savior, he probably is the Deon Cain of qb's. Nobody can run the ball in this league without the threat of a forward pass. We got nothing right now. If guys get healthy this offense looks completely different by the end of the year and Reich is a genius again.

Pretty much this. Our top three receivers are down. I mean our number one receiver is Zach Pascal.Hoyer to Pascal isn't going to scare anyone, not even the dolphins. I hate to say injuries are the reason, but they kinda are.

[Colt Classic]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

Pretty much this. Our top three receivers are down. I mean our number one receiver is Zach Pascal.Hoyer to Pascal isn't going to scare anyone, not even the dolphins. I hate to say injuries are the reason, but they kinda are.

Ok, then put in a scrambling QB rather than a pocket kinda/sorta passer.

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by Colt Classic

Ok, then put in a scrambling QB rather than a pocket kinda/sorta passer.

Or, prove that your Oline is elite as it is alleged to be- and fucking stick with the running game and demand they capitulate. Way too many fucking Bruce Arians yesterday- damn!

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by Colt Classic

Ok, then put in a scrambling QB rather than a pocket kinda/sorta passer.

I'm not going to sit here and say that Hoyer should have been pulled in favor of Kelly. But how about designing up some packages for Kelly for a series or in the red zone, 4th down etc.

Maybe even line him out wide and see if you can throw him a backward pass and he can find somebody open downfield?

Reich had to know that points were going to be hard to come by, so you gotta steal those points.

[Colt Classic]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

Pretty much this. Our top three receivers are down. I mean our number one receiver is Zach Pascal.Hoyer to Pascal isn't going to scare anyone, not even the dolphins. I hate to say injuries are the reason, but they kinda are.

So "next man up" and talk of how solid the roster is 1 to 53 is just week 1 chatter without any real meaning? Sure, on a weekly basis I don't expect Moe-Allie to be a world-beater, but he can't beat coverage against lower tier competition? No play-action down the seam against a heavy run defense? No short drag routes with the RB's who are always hyped as being quasi-WR's? No gadget plays if it really looks like there's positively nothing working? I'd prefer they all call in sick next time.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Colt Classic

So "next man up" and talk of how solid the roster is 1 to 53 is just Week 1 chatter, without any real meaning? Sure, on a weekly basis I don't expect Moe-Allie to be a world-beater, but he can't beat coverage against lower tier competition? No play-action down the seam against a heavy run defense? No short drag routes with the RB's who are always hyped as being quasi-WR's? No gadget plays if it really looks like there's positively nothing working? I'd prefer they all call in sick next time.

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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Yesterday, I said that I believed that this was indeed a solid team overall, and that the notion that the Colts are a bad team that just happens to have a solid record of 5-3 (now 5-4) is/was reactionary ........, the Colts were on their 3rd choice of quarterbacks for 2019 in yesterday's game ........ Andrew Luck retired just prior to the start of the season, and Jacoby Brissett went down with an injury last week.


Hoyer was indeed awful yesterday, but again, he WAS the team's 3rd choice of QB for this season ........ additionally, Hoyer WAS NOT so awful last week against the Steelers. There was reason to think that he could have the kind of game that he had against the Dolphins that he had against the Steelers, and if he had, the Colts would have won yesterday's game by more than 7 points.


I think that this team has been somewhat reminiscent of the 2010 "Next Man Up" team, who went 10-6 and won the division title in spite of a myriad of injuries to key players.



http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/re...Teams/2010-ind



5-4 overall is relatively disappointing considering the heartbreaking losses that the Colts sustained in their last 2 games ........ but if somebody had stated that the Colts would be 5-2 after 7 games 5 minutes after Andrew Luck had announced his retirement on August 24th, most Colts fans would be rather shocked (shocked in a good way.)


Let it play out, stop the nonsensical talk of intentionally losing every game from here on out to bolster the position of the team's 2020 draft pick, and let Reich and company do what they have been doing since he came on board prior to the start of the 2018 season ........ fight like crazy to win each and every game, regardless of how good or bad the opponent is. Hardly anybody expected the Colts to lose at home to the Dolphins yesterday, but hardly anybody expected them to put the clamps on Patrick Mahomes and company on their homefield in western Missouri last month, either.


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The Colts have the same record as that 2010 team had after 10 games (6-4.)


http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/re...Teams/2010-ind



Today, 2 key players went down with an injury during the game ........ Marlon Mack on offense, and Rock Ya-Sin on defense.

Jonathan Williams did very well at running back after Mack hurt his hand, and the defense overall continued to play well after Ya-Sin hurt his ankle ........ next man up.


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[Racehorse]

I'd say he answered for it quite well.

[Thorgrim]

Reich deserves a lot of credit for bringing the guys out of the locker room with some fire, particularly after halftime. With Mack’s hand injury I expect Thursday nights game to really be a serious test of devising an effective game plan.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Colt Classic

So "next man up" and talk of how solid the roster is 1 to 53 is just Week 1 chatter, without any real meaning? Sure, on a weekly basis I don't expect Moe-Allie to be a world-beater, but he can't beat coverage against lower tier competition? No play-action down the seam against a heavy run defense? No short drag routes with the RB's who are always hyped as being quasi-WR's? No gadget plays if it really looks like there's positively nothing working? I'd prefer they all call in sick next time.

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Yesterday, I said that I believed that this was indeed a solid team overall, and that the notion that the Colts are a bad team that just happens to have a solid record of 5-3 (now 5-4) is/was reactionary ........, the Colts were on their 3rd choice of quarterbacks for 2019 in yesterday's game ........ Andrew Luck retired just prior to the start of the season, and Jacoby Brissett went down with an injury last week.


Hoyer was indeed awful yesterday, but again, he WAS the team's 3rd choice of QB for this season ........ additionally, Hoyer WAS NOT so awful last week against the Steelers. There was reason to think that he could have the kind of game that he had against the Dolphins that he had against the Steelers, and if he had, the Colts would have won yesterday's game by more than 7 points.


I think that this team has been somewhat reminiscent of the 2010 "Next Man Up" team, who went 10-6 and won the division title in spite of a myriad of injuries to key players.



http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/re...Teams/2010-ind



5-4 overall is relatively disappointing considering the heartbreaking losses that the Colts sustained in their last 2 games ........ but if somebody had stated that the Colts would be 5-2 after 7 games 5 minutes after Andrew Luck had announced his retirement on August 24th, most Colts fans would be rather shocked (shocked in a good way.)


Let it play out, stop the nonsensical talk of intentionally losing every game from here on out to bolster the position of the team's 2020 draft pick, and let Reich and company do what they have been doing since he came on board prior to the start of the 2018 season ........ fight like crazy to win each and every game, regardless of how good or bad the opponent is. Hardly anybody expected the Colts to lose at home to the Dolphins yesterday, but hardly anybody expected them to put the clamps on Patrick Mahomes and company on their homefield in western Missouri last month, either.


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[Dam8610]

It's funny how quickly you guys turn on a coach. Two weeks ago, Reich was "ZOMG BEST COACH EVAR!" around here, but to read this thread, you'd think you guys were talking about Pagano.