quick thoughts on the donkeys

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Kray007

I’m sorry, but this kind of season was exactly what you signed up for when you reached down in the draft and took a Quarterback who had played all of 50 quarters of football since high school. The year that they took Peyton Manning, they struggled to a 3-13 record, and Peyton was vastly more experienced when he came into the league.

If winning, going 10-7, sneaking into the playoffs, and praying that the other guys team bus breaks down on the way to the stadium is what you want, Chris Ballard could’ve signed someone like Sam Darnold or Kirk Cousins and given you that. Heck, if the O Line was healthy, we’d be 7-7 and poised to close out the season with three more wins.

I know that a lot of people are unhappy, but Shane Steichen has been on the job for less than two freaking years. No one in their right mind fires a coach based on how they perform over that short a span.. With any luck, Jim Irsay will look back and remember the two decade long shit show that ensued when his father began firing head coaches, and general managers willy-nilly.

Ted Marchibroda can tell you exactly what that’s like. He lived it ...... Bob Irsay fired him after he lost a pre-season game.

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5 weeks ago, I made this post about what we need (and what we may or may not get) from Anthony Richardson in the long-run ...... and in order to see whether or not that will come to fruition, we would have to give Richardson at least another 2 full years as our starting quarterback.

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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A quarterback who is the equivalent of Philip Rivers in his prime ...... that's what we need.

Rivers was not mobile, Anthony Richardson is mobile ...... so if Anthony Richardson can be 80-85% of the quarterback that Philip Rivers was, add the mobility, and this team could consistently win between 11 and 13 games year in and year out.


Oh yeah ...... a head coach that was not a complete imbecile would also help.

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With Richardson's mobility (and super-strength, which has made him one of the best QB tackle-breakers in recent memory), I think that we need him to evolve into about 85% of the quarterbacks that Philip Rivers was in his prime ...... that would make them about even, because Rivers was an immobile quarterback in his prime.

And I would sign up for having the equivalent of a prime Philip Rivers in the long run any day of the week, and twice on Sundays (no pun intended, as obvious as it may have seemed.)

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[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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* ) In regard to the disastrous 2022 season, I thought that it was a minor miracle that Matt Ryan had the Colts with a record of 4-5-1 after 9 games with that atrocious line blocking for him. That offensive line was nothing short of awful that year ...... in fact, if Philip Rivers had had that same terrible offensive line "protecting" him, I think that that 2020 solid, playoff season would have resembled the disastrous 2022 season. Philip Rivers had the mobility of a statute at that point in his career, and there is almost no way that he would have survived that season without getting killed, let alone led the team to an 11-6 record and a playoff berth. Philip Rivers had one of the best offensive lines in all of football blocking for him, which is the complete opposite of the line that Matt Ryan had "blocking" for him. I believe that if Matt Ryan had had Philip Rivers' elite offensive line blocking for him, the Colts likely would have had a record of about 11-6, just like it was when Philip Rivers was here in 2020.



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Wentz was clearly not it going forward, so the Colts were quick to part ways with him, and went the veteran route again with former Falcons’ quarterback Matt Ryan, following the same path that helped the Colts make the playoffs in 2020. It was all nice in theory, but in practice it never materialized, l as the offensive line issues nearly got Matt Ryan, and then Nick Foles, murdered, l and the Colts had their worst season since the 2-14 year that resulted in Andrew Luck.



https://www.stampedeblue.com/2024/12...ent-fix-for-it

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[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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Wentz was clearly not it going forward, so the Colts were quick to part ways with him, and went the veteran route again with former Falcons’ quarterback Matt Ryan, following the same path that helped the Colts make the playoffs in 2020. It was all nice in theory, but in practice it never materialized, l as the offensive line issues nearly got Matt Ryan, and then Nick Foles, murdered, l and the Colts had their worst season since the 2-14 year that resulted in Andrew Luck.



https://www.stampedeblue.com/2024/12...ent-fix-for-it

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There are some obvious errors in that article, so it is hard to take it seriously. First, it said a 51 yard TD was negated by the fumble, but it was 41 yards. Second, Ballard never said he would never have a QB like Luck, but said he would not have a team that was dependent on a QB who could carry the team with a Superman cape, like Luck did for three seasons. Third, he stated that the Colts have not beaten a playoff caliber team, but last I checked, Pittsburgh was in the running for a home playoff game. I won't even address his spelling of "favour".

As for Mitchell, he seemed defensive to me, with false bravado. That is not a good look, but he is a rookie, who needs to accept blame for a play that he blew (he clearly didn't handle the ball well after he caught it, which led to the DB having just enough time to sniff out the actual play). He is immature, and tried to come off as confident, and able to do what was asked, which made it look to me as if he were blaming his coach for calling a bad play, but he executed it (and our playoff hopes, in the process). I would say "get him off my team", if he were not a rookie, who might develop and mature in time.

[Racehorse]

I forgot to address the Franklin mess. It seems he is too much about self-promotion, and not a true team player. We need to address LB badly in the draft, because I think he might be the problem with our lack of leadership.

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Originally Posted by Racehorse

There are some obvious errors in that article, so it is hard to take it seriously. First, it said a 51 yard TD was negated by the fumble, but it was 41 yards. Second, Ballard never said he would never have a QB like Luck, but said he would not have a team that was dependent on a QB who could carry the team with a Superman cape, like Luck did for three seasons. Third, he stated that the Colts have not beaten a playoff caliber team, but last I checked, Pittsburgh was in the running for a home playoff game. I won't even address his spelling of "favour".

As for Mitchell, he seemed defensive to me, with false bravado. That is not a good look, but he is a rookie, who needs to accept blame for a play that he blew (he clearly didn't handle the ball well after he caught it, which led to the DB having just enough time to sniff out the actual play). He is immature, and tried to come off as confident, and able to do what was asked, which made it look to me as if he were blaming his coach for calling a bad play, but he executed it (and our playoff hopes, in the process). I would say "get him off my team", if he were not a rookie, who might develop and mature in time.

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The article does indeed have 3 major errors, especially the one about Ballard. On numerous occasions, I have pointed out that Ballard was intent on building a roster that was not overly-dependent on a superstar QB.

That's why I specifically only included the highlighted portion, and not the rest of it ...... the difference between the 2020 offensive line that Philip Rivers played behind was the antitheses of the offensive line that Matt Ryan (and later in the season, Nick Foles) played behind in 2022. Seeing Nick Foles convulsing on the ground while the Giants' linebacker celebrated the sack by bird-flapping right next to him encapsulated the 2022 Colts' offensive line's entire season.

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Originally Posted by Racehorse

As for Mitchell, he seemed defensive to me, with false bravado. That is not a good look, but he is a rookie, who needs to accept blame for a play that he blew (he clearly didn't handle the ball well after he caught it, which led to the DB having just enough time to sniff out the actual play). He is immature, and tried to come off as confident, and able to do what was asked, which made it look to me as if he were blaming his coach for calling a bad play, but he executed it (and our playoff hopes, in the process). I would say "get him off my team", if he were not a rookie, who might develop and mature in time.

Exactly! When Mitchell mishandled the lateral, he should have abandoned the play and took either took off or searched for a forward pass. A pass play with only one option is doomed to fail.

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I was there behind our bench and I could hear myself say out loud, "Oh, shit..."
I saw it before anyone could react.

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I am not giving up on this team though they need to sit 76, 81, 14, 11, 1, 99 and 45 for the rest of the season.

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Kick in 7 for good measure.