Greatness, or Disaster ??? The Chargers Game Could Send the Colts in Either Direction

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by apballin

Steelers gave everyone the blueprint that up until that point nobody had a clue the Colts offense was setting records and barely punting. Steelers showed the NFL stack the line blitz like crazy and make Jones make quick decisions. If Taylor isn’t running well and Jones scripted throw isn’t there he panics and once he starts turning it over, he’ll continue to turn it over.

Falcons used the Steelers blue print and if not for an Epic performance from Jonathan Taylor that would’ve been a loss also

I agree. Our offense was very much exposed at Pitt, and if not for an otherworldly performance by JT we would have been saying the same thing vs. ATL. When KC implemented this gameplan after the half our O became a 3 and out machine. Then this carried over into the Hou game (although Hou doesn't really need to blitz b/c of their DL). Of course we have no idea how much Jones' injury had to play in the KC and Hou games.

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

IIRC, they were not debating AR or Anderson. They were all in on a QB, so it was AR or Levis.

Yeah, we seemed hellbent on drafting a QB. Would have been interesting to see if Ballard had read the tea leaves correct and would have traded down or drafted Anderson and attempted to trade up later to draft Levis if someone other than Hou had traded up to 3 and took AR.

[Oldcolt]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

IIRC, they were not debating AR or Anderson. They were all in on a QB, so it was AR or Levis.

Racehorse, that is exactly my point. To the Colts and Ballard, AR/Lewis > Anderson. As others have said, Ballard isn't very good at evaluating pass rushers or QBs.