quick thoughts on the donkeys

[Dewey 5]

Originally Posted by Brylok

Two things I'm afraid of;

1. Fire Ballard and we'll be even worse. Yes, it's possible to get worse. I remember the 80s and 90s until we got Polian and Peyton. Awful. National laughing stock.

2. Colts "fans" don't have the patience to be bad anymore. LOS will be empty, games might be blacked out from TV again, and they could leave town (especially if Jim passes away). Colts fans are, largely, "fair weather" garbage. Y'all are okay though.

Aside from that, blow it all up. This team is unlikable. I feel sorry for Buckner.

Newsflash. Today right now they are a National laughing stock.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by Dewey 5

Newsflash. Today right now they are a National laughing stock.

Imagine if this game had been flexed for the whole world to see! This will go down in NFL folklore along with Pagano's puntarooski, Jim Marshall's wrong way run and the Leon Lett chronicles.

[apballin]

Originally Posted by Kray007

Okay, almost 24 hours later, and it’s time for everyone to turn off the gas and pull their heads out of the oven. No one is more disappointed with yesterday’s game than me. But, the cupboard is not dry and there is hope just over the horizon.

The defense played well, they throttled an offense that had begun to run on all eight cylinders. They took some of the gloss off Bo Nix and made him look like exactly what he is… a rookie. For a defense that specializes in making nondescript quarterbacks book like Dan Marino, that was a welcome sight.

The game, of course, hinged on Jonathan Taylor’s miscue. Calling it a miscue has a certain quality, almost like calling the Titanic, a minor traffic mishap. But, without a doubt in my mind, that play and the intersection/fumble that was returned for a touchdown were the only things that stood between the Colts and victory.

I’m with you on this, that blunder by JT was the difference in the game.

Outside of that this roster is definitely flawed and in need of some tweaking… AR reminds me a lot of Cam Newton, it would benefit this offense to be run heavy and involve some dual threat TEs which we currently have zero

It’s still not as bad as it looked, JT runs that in and there’s no doubt in my mind we win that game convincingly

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by Kray007

Okay, almost 24 hours later, and it’s time for everyone to turn off the gas and pull their heads out of the oven. No one is more disappointed with yesterday’s game than me. But, the cupboard is not dry and there is hope just over the horizon.

The defense played well, they throttled an offense that had begun to run on all eight cylinders. They took some of the gloss off Bo Nix and made him look like exactly what he is… a rookie. For a defense that specializes in making nondescript quarterbacks book like Dan Marino, that was a welcome sight.

The game, of course, hinged on Jonathan Taylor’s miscue. Calling it a miscue has a certain quality, almost like calling the Titanic, a minor traffic mishap. But, without a doubt in my mind, that play and the intersection/fumble that was returned for a touchdown were the only things that stood between the Colts and victory.

Sometimes, you hit rock bottom, and then it is all up afterwards. Living in the Nashville market, I can say that they feel like they are the laughingstock of the league. They won three games, and only one was against a good team (debatable that Houston is actually good). They lost to Jax, with Mac Jones at QB. They beat the Jests and the Phins without Tua, and lost to a QB they cast off for a late round draft pick. They are just three seasons away from the team that played in the AFFCG. Their salty tears are delicious.

Maybe this will wake them up, and turn them around. And without having to suffer through a season like the Tacks are in this year.

Further, there are a lot of teams in a more drastic level of futility, such as Carolina, Vegas, NE, NYG, and NYJ.

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by apballin

I’m with you on this, that blunder by JT was the difference in the game.

Outside of that this roster is definitely flawed and in need of some tweaking… AR reminds me a lot of Cam Newton, it would benefit this offense to be run heavy and involve some dual threat TEs which we currently have zero

It’s still not as bad as it looked, JT runs that in and there’s no doubt in my mind we win that game convincingly

It would have been close late and the Colts would have had a good chance of winning.

But winning convincingly? No.

This team is incapable of doing that.

[Kray007]

Originally Posted by Dewey 5

This team has no leadership or discipline. It starts with asshole Ballard & works down to Shane Stinkin. Flip the entire fucking building. The Colts flat out suck.

Leadership and discipline…for most teams, those attributes flow from the Quarterback position. The Colt’s problem is that Richardson simply doesn’t yet have the experience or the skill set he needs to operate at an elite level. Personally, I think that, given time, reps, and coaching, his ceiling is high. But, 14 games as a starter is simply not enough.

At this stage of his development, he needs a clean pocket, he doesn’t handle pressure well. Knowing that, confidence for victory in yesterday’s game was never high. The right side of the Colts Offensive Line was crippled by injuries. Matt Goncalves is a rookie, Mark Glowinski is a has been, and Danny Pinter is a never was.

Anthony Richardson dropped back and passed 38 times. On 21 of those snaps, he was under pressure. With a healthy OL, with Raimann, Nelson, Kelly, Fries, and Smith, they would have taken a 20-7 lead, then pounded away with Jonathan Taylor. The problem was that the line had an equally futile time blocking for the run.

There are, of course, other issues. After Pierce went down, the Raider D could breathe just a little easier. And, Richardson is set up for failure by the lack of a viable TE and Taylor’s shortcomings as a receiver. There’s also a critical need for a big time receiver, a Marvin Harrison for a new generation.

The idea of firing Ballard and Steichen, then tearing the team down to the foundation is too painful to contemplate

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by Kray007

Leadership and discipline…for most teams, those attributes flow from the Quarterback position. The Colt’s problem is that Richardson simply doesn’t yet have the experience or the skill set he needs to operate at an elite level. Personally, I think that, given time, reps, and coaching, his ceiling is high. But, 14 games as a starter is simply not enough.

At this stage of his development, he needs a clean pocket, he doesn’t handle pressure well. Knowing that, confidence for victory in yesterday’s game was never high. The right side of the Colts Offensive Line was crippled by injuries. Matt Goncalves is a rookie, Mark Glowinski is a has been, and Danny Pinter is a never was.

Anthony Richardson dropped back and passed 38 times. On 21 of those snaps, he was under pressure. With a healthy OL, with Raimann, Nelson, Kelly, Fries, and Smith, they would have taken a 20-7 lead, then pounded away with Jonathan Taylor. The problem was that the line had an equally futile time blocking for the run.

There are, of course, other issues. After Pierce went down, the Raider D could breathe just a little easier. And, Richardson is set up for failure by the lack of a viable TE and Taylor’s shortcomings as a receiver. There’s also a critical need for a big time receiver, a Marvin Harrison for a new generation.

The idea of firing Ballard and Steichen, then tearing the team down to the foundation is too painful to contemplate

If there were candidates available that we knew of that could get us over the himp, sure. But the candidates are few and far between that would be upgrades. There’s a reason good coaches are not fired.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Kray007

Leadership and discipline…for most teams, those attributes flow from the Quarterback position. The Colt’s problem is that Richardson simply doesn’t yet have the experience or the skill set he needs to operate at an elite level. Personally, I think that, given time, reps, and coaching, his ceiling is high. But, 14 games as a starter is simply not enough.

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I would like to point out something that l YDFL Commish l said in direct response to this point.

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Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

Do you know why it is that the Manning led teams didn't have this problem ???

It wasn't Irsay, it wasn't Dungy, it wasn't Polian. It was Manning himself, he was the de facto entire organization. It was PM's way or the eventual highway.

Luck, although a lot nicer about it and more political was much the same, as was Rivers. There is not one leader of men on this entire team.

What identity does the current version of the Colts have? Nothing, because they stand for nothing and are nothing in the eyes of the NFL. Only transcendent players can change that.

Maybe there is a transcendent coach out there that can, but I can't name him.

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1999 - 2010: lllllllll.. The Colts had leadership, with Peyton Manning.

2011: ))t,lllllllllllllllllllllllll. The Colts did not have leadership.

2012 - 2016: )lllllllll. The Colts had leadership, with Andrew Luck.

2017: )))tlllllllllllllllllllllllll. The Colts did not have leadership.

2018: )))tlllllllllllllllllllllllll. The Colts had leadership, with Andrew Luck.

2019: )))tlllllllllllllllllllllllll. The Colts did not have leadership.

2020: )))tlllllllllllllllllllllllll. The Colts had leadership, with Philip Rivers.

2021 - 2024: )tlllllllll The Colts did not have leadership. ) *



* ) 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, with only a modest improvement in the final few games of the season ...... 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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[rm1369]

The idea we can’t make a change because it could get worse is exactly why this team is a shit show. Ballard operates off the same scared mindset. Hopefully Jim sees differently or we’ll continue the “next year” narrative many of you seem to be happy with. One of these days you may even be right and the team will finally make the playoffs again! Ballard just needs another 3 or 4 years to build the roster.

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by rm1369

The idea we can’t make a change because it could get worse is exactly why this team is a shit show. Ballard operates off the same scared mindset. Hopefully Jim sees differently or we’ll continue the “next year” narrative many of you seem to be happy with. One of these days you may even be right and the team will finally make the playoffs again! Ballard just needs another 3 or 4 years to build the roster.

Exactly!

The time has come to end this fucking wash, rinse, recycle bullshit. Ballard has proven he is not a good GM. To say well our guy is bad, but the next guy could be worse, that's just fucking ludicrous and again, a reflection that some are just okay with mediocrity. Fuck being mediocre! I would much rather just fucking flat out suck and build up some draft capital that a REAL GM could convert to wins, than just watch bitch ass Ballard do absofuckinglutely NOTHING. You are right, he is a coward, period, he is afraid to take aggressive steps and this is the result- this same fucking middle of the pack bullshit over and over and over.

FUCK CHRIS BALLARD!