State of the Board

[Oldcolt]

The state of this board tells you everything you need to know about this season so far, even though it's early. I cannot remember it ever being this dead and lacking energy during the season. Hope seems to have taken a flyer, both with us on the board and with what is being written in general about the Colts. We need a statement game Sunday, which I am not sure we are capable of. Scrambling like we are to find offensive lineman and defensive backs this early in the season is a bad look. On the somewhat positive side I think Wentz may be the long term answer at QB, if we don't get him killed. What am I missing?

[Ironshaft]

For me, the thing you are missing is my general lack of interest in the NFL as a whole as it goes more and more woke and pounding the table for social justice.

In my opinion, the reason that folks have traditionally watched sports is for a "relief" from the worries and tribulations of life.

No matter what else was happening in your life or in the world, you could tune into a game and tune out of the world for 3 hours watching two teams compete on a level playing field. May the best team win.

Now? The "struggle for..." and the "fight against...." are brought up a fair amount. COVID restrictions on those not willing to get the shot border on insane. Rulings on the field that fly in the face of what you are seeing with your own eyes cheapen my enjoyment of the game. And, yeah, outside of the first two series last Sunday, our O-Line was just a train wreck.

Regardless of where the Colts franchise is, my overall desire to watch any NFL product is just a lot less than it was even a couple of years ago.

[Luck4Reich]

I think life balance has more to do with it.. I personally work a lot more now than pre Covid.. I was out of work a few months as well as Covid happened right in the middle of us buying a house... So it fell through.. not to mention lost family members and friends. I am still excited about the season and am hopeful but for me Football has taken more of a back seat. I, like others I am sure just have so much that has happened or is happening in their lives thanks to this pandemic.

Not to mention I have a 5 year old daughter who acts like she is turning 15. I get on here when I can.. lunch breaks etc.

Hopefully the Colts can get their shit together and get us all a little more excited.

[Oldcolt]

I know that these may be the reasons we give but I'm not buying into that. I think it is 90% we suck and there are very few reasons for hope early. NFL viewership was up 21% over last year, I know COVID but still. Cle/KC was CBS's most watched first weekend game since 2015. This team needs a complete attitude turnaround Sunday. Playing like we did Sunday is on the coaching staff in my mind.

[njcoltfan]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

I know that these may be the reasons we give but I'm not buying into that. I think it is 90% we suck and there are very few reasons for hope early. NFL viewership was up 21% over last year, I know COVID but still. Cle/KC was CBS's most watched first weekend game since 2015. This team needs a complete attitude turnaround Sunday. Playing like we did Sunday is on the coaching staff in my mind.

I live on the Jersey shore and almost never get to see the Colts, so I watch the RED Zone, and that was really depressing because last week any time they went to the Colt game it was to watch the Seachickens either score or stop the Colts, I do believe that this Colt team is not as good as we had hoped, as far as this board being inactive, whats there to be excited about, this is a team right now with a lot of injuries, and the updates we get are very generic. We did sign a safety that is older than me, yipee !!!

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

I know that these may be the reasons we give but I'm not buying into that. I think it is 90% we suck and there are very few reasons for hope early. NFL viewership was up 21% over last year, I know COVID but still. Cle/KC was CBS's most watched first weekend game since 2015. This team needs a complete attitude turnaround Sunday. Playing like we did Sunday is on the coaching staff in my mind.

I think it is because our membership is so low. For some reason, people prefer the stupidity of Facebook groups instead of a message board. Because of the low number, we get fewer posts, and people just find it lacking in value. We need to promote this site to our fans.

On a side note, we do not suck, we just have little chemistry right now.

[rm1369]

The combination of losing Luck and Ballard’s slow steady approach have just sucked some of the excitement out of the game for me. Add in the best players being anti-vax (a competitive disadvantage and harmful to the community) and I just can’t find anything to even convince myself this team COULD be special this year. I don’t think the team believes they could be either. I’ll watch every second they play and I’ll get too emotionally invested at times, but I feel like I already know they will ultimately underwhelm me.

[Puck]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

I think it is because our membership is so low. For some reason, people prefer the stupidity of Facebook groups instead of a message board. Because of the low number, we get fewer posts, and people just find it lacking in value. We need to promote this site to our fans.

On a side note, we do not suck, we just have little chemistry right now.

I'd be happy to have someone promote this site. Race you want to handle it? Any other takers?

Even though I am basically retired I am probably more busy with the company now than I was 6 months ago. So my time is very limited

[nate505]

Originally Posted by Ironshaft

For me, the thing you are missing is my general lack of interest in the NFL as a whole as it goes more and more woke and pounding the table for social justice.

In my opinion, the reason that folks have traditionally watched sports is for a "relief" from the worries and tribulations of life.

No matter what else was happening in your life or in the world, you could tune into a game and tune out of the world for 3 hours watching two teams compete on a level playing field. May the best team win.

Now? The "struggle for..." and the "fight against...." are brought up a fair amount. COVID restrictions on those not willing to get the shot border on insane. Rulings on the field that fly in the face of what you are seeing with your own eyes cheapen my enjoyment of the game. And, yeah, outside of the first two series last Sunday, our O-Line was just a train wreck.

Regardless of where the Colts franchise is, my overall desire to watch any NFL product is just a lot less than it was even a couple of years ago.

My interest in the NFL has waned a bit just for me getting older and having a kid which occupies what free time I used to have.

That said, I'm really not noticing anything very "woke" out there, at least from a tv perspective, and I still try to watch every Colts game I can.

[JAFF]

I work in a petri dish, and that was before the world disaster that will not be named. I’m tired. This is my last year of full employment, I will retire in the spring.

Its hard to get fired up for football when Im just trying to end my career and hopefully be heading into the future, despite all of the uncertainty of recent times.

I am hoping for a calmer Weekend this week, pour myself some small batch and see a good game