It’s the offensive line

[JAFF]

If the O line could get its collective shit together, Ryan might have a chance to get himself sorted out. Ryan hasnt been good, but there has been opportunity, with all the O-line breakdowns.

Colts D was pretty good. Nice to see.

[Hoopsdoc]

As pointed out by Bowen, the Colts made 3 major o line changes in a week they didn’t even practice. Thats crazy.

It smells of desperation.

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

As pointed out by Bowen, the Colts made 3 major o line changes in a week they didn’t even practice. Thats crazy.

It smells of desperation.

Looked like it too

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by JAFF

If the O line could get its collective shit together, Ryan might have a chance to get himself sorted out. Ryan hasnt been good, but there has been opportunity, with all the O-line breakdowns.

Colts D was pretty good. Nice to see.

If your oline is bad your QB looks bad. Hard to know what we have when the guy is under duress all the time. Is he making mistakes? Yup. Is it his fault? Not entirely.

[ChaosTheory]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

If your oline is bad your QB looks bad. Hard to know what we have when the guy is under duress all the time. Is he making mistakes? Yup. Is it his fault? Not entirely.

Example of why it's hard to grade Ryan:

I'm only on the second or third drive of the all 22. There's a particular play, Pittman runs a 12-15yd in-route and he's easily open in the middle of the field, and Ryan sees him the whole time, the line holds up except for Kelly who gets trashed by the nose so fast that Ryan has to bail.

Stuff like that is such a killer. You're watching a 15yd catch with room to run from a good YAC receiver just disappear. Ryan sees him and has no chance.

[Chromeburn]

https://twitter.com/vevejones007/sta...UUDF7RqtMQ7WcQ

[ChaosTheory]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

https://twitter.com/vevejones007/sta...UUDF7RqtMQ7WcQ

Jewell, the ILB, threatens to blitz and if he does Pryor takes him. That would allow Browning a free run at Ryan and it would be up to him to hit Lindsay out of the backfield.

But Jewell fakes the blitz, then covers Lindsay, so it looks like Pryor's responsibility is to slide out to Browning after Jewell is not a threat but he a little late/slow.

To be fair, this is not an easy play. But we still need a guy athletic enough to make it.

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

https://twitter.com/vevejones007/sta...UUDF7RqtMQ7WcQ

That was actually one of the better pass blocked plays of the night (smh).

[CanuckColt]

Meh.
When we talk about the Colts offensive line, we mean a line that is "offensive".

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

https://twitter.com/JoelAErickson/st...30544818044933

Frank Reich says the Colts are planning to stick with Bernhard Raimann at LT and let him grow.

https://twitter.com/zkeefer/status/1580230720307724288

For those curious why Colts moved Braden Smith from RT to RG:

Team wanted (needed) to shore up the pocket, and they felt Smith in the interior could do that. "Elite run blocker," Reich calls him.

Whether he stays there is fluid, but Colts knew they needed to protect Ryan better.

https://twitter.com/zkeefer/status/1580231220298133504

Asked if the team has considered Danny Pinter as the starting center, regardless of Ryan Kelly's status, Reich says, "that has not been discussed."

https://twitter.com/zkeefer/status/1580243578957070336

Talked with OT Dennis Kelly today, the vet tackle the Colts have yet to play. Said he's been healthy since about Week 2. "Until we find that rhythm, we keep working to find that answer," he said of the o-line issues.

Why's he not playing?

"I don’t know why that hasn’t come up."

https://twitter.com/zkeefer/status/1580243886831984640

Is Dennis frustrated?

"A little bit," he said, adding later, "I came here to play."

"At the same time, everybody in here wants to play... the first month as an offense, it hasn’t gone the way we wanted it go. We’re trying to figure out the issues and how to fix it."