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2 minutes ago, NFLfan said:
The Ravens. They are the shining example of a team that consistently contends for the playoffs. I think it has to do with stability within the organization and with building their team through the draft. There is stability in the front office and they hire from within. They do a good job of developing players and letting some of them walk in free agency which allows them to get compensatory picks to build their team through the draft. I love what the Ravens do.
The Colts used to have stability too.
The Colts used to have what the Ravens currently have.
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Aikman just discussed the woes of the Eagles offense and attributed some of it to "missing Shane Steichen."
"There's an art to calling plays in this league, and we've seen what Steichen was able to do in Indianapolis this year."It's obvious they have felt his absence. Just like the Chiefs have missed Bieniemy this year.
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Just now, NewColtsFan said:
Well…. Now you’ve moved the goal posts from the outcome this year to the outcomes over the next several years.
Sure, you want to capitalize the opportunity of Purdy’s rookie deal…. But the Colts didn’t get to a Super Bowl in Luck’s rookie contract and the world didn’t end. Life goes on. Contracts get re-worked, and some good players are let go. It’s the same for every NFL team. It’s not the end of the world.
Not really. You quoted all but the part i edited at the end where i said "this is a big year for them." It is. It's a huge year because of the point we are discussing. Not making a superbowl with a roster built for championships.And let's be real: Andrew Luck never had a championship roster. Not once. This 49ers team is loaded. They are in win-now mode. and yes, for the next few years until they have to reset and rebuild around whatever key players they decide to build around.
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5 minutes ago, NewColtsFan said:
I think there are about 30 franchises who would KILL to get to the conference championship three straight years and lose.
I think you make way too much out of way too little.
Of course there is. I wouldn't be mad either. But I'm not making too much out of "too little." Little is not having a window of a few years to keep a very top heavy roster in tact because your starting qb counts for a million towards the cap. They have 5 players that will have an over 20 mil cap hit for the next several years. Trent Williams is projected to be over 30. If you don't view this as a window for a championship, i dont know what to tell you. To continue to not even get there, let alone not win one, would be a MASSIVE disappointment for the 49ers. They are in championship mode... not losing in the conference championship year after year. This is a big year for them.
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1 minute ago, ColtStrong2013 said:
With the roster that they have built, yes there will be question marks if they lose in the conference championship three straight years...
...especially if Purdy gets hurt or falls on his face. That will be the big one.
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1 minute ago, #12. said:
In 2018, we had made the playoffs in 17 of 24 years? Something like that.
I don't remember his name, but there's a Lions fan on YouTube who makes Colts videos. Why? Because he feels sorry for us. According to him, we're a down and out franchise that never gets any media attention, so he wants to shine a light on some of our players.
It was playoffs in 17 of 24 years, and now "Lions" fans are making pity videos for us.
Lions are a home win away from playing for a superbowl birth. They deserve it, but imagine being sorry for anyone but yourself as a Lions fan. Lol.
1 minute ago, NewColtsFan said:
“If they don’t make the Super Bowl they’ll have major question marks.”I think there are all sorts of things that could happen and few would say they have major question marks.
Is it a shame to lose in the NFC Championship game? Is it a shame to lose on a fluke finish? A late field goal?
Stuff happens every season. I rarely subscribe to the theory if a team doesn’t reach the Super Bowl their season was a failure or they now have major question marks.With the roster that they have built, yes there will be question marks if they lose in the conference championship three straight years...
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2 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
Andrew luck retired. Some of you forget we weee in the playoffs when he came back and were considered a SB contender before he retired ten days before the season.
The Ballard hate is humorous to me. He inherited a pretty lousy roster and a battered franchise qb. We've been about as competitive as anyone would have expected to be in that circumstance. Sure, other teams might have continued their dysfunctional way of managing by firing and hiring new managers and coaches during the last 8 years, but it wouldn't have resulted in much. We are coming off the closest season to a divisional title that we've had since Andrew Luck was under center and are going into the most promising offseason we have had since 2019 when he retired abruptly.
I think the continuity and patience that Irsay family has shown since Luck's retirement is exactly why we continue to be in the same discussions by a majority of the league as the question that was posed in the original post. Why is the indianapolis colts so competitive even after Manning/Luck have been long gone. If this franchise takes a jump next year, those comments and the franchise record over the past 24 years will be shown more and more.-
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1 minute ago, ColtStrong2013 said:
You could say the same for the Indianapolis Colts. We've had 5 below .500 seasons since 1999... 49ers had 14, i believe.
And by the way, Since Ballard was hired as GM, we share the same below .500 seasons (3) as the 49ers... They have won their division 3 times, and were 3rd and 4th twice each in their divisions in that timeframe. We obviously have zero division titles in that timeframe, but have never finished 4th under Ballard, and have been 2nd in the division 4 times.
I don't think they are good example. Just recency bias, even though they haven't accomplished much other than 1 seeds. If they don't make it to the superbowl again this year, they'll have major question marks. -
5 minutes ago, indyagent17 said:
I’m talking about San Francisco being a team that dominates for a while they go away but they come back again and again
You could say the same for the Indianapolis Colts. We've had 5 below .500 seasons since 1999... 49ers had 14, i believe.
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25 minutes ago, indyagent17 said:
I’ve been putting a lot of thought to this just thinking about it how come Pittsburgh has never had a losing season. Why was the New England so good for so many years? Why is San Francisco always competing for championship? It’s because they have great owners that their general managers on the team. Great coaching from the entire staff and steller scouting. Rarely missing on draft picks
San Fran really doesn’t belong in this discussion. They have been so hit and miss over the last two decades, you can’t reasonably say they are “always competing for a championship.”
from 2014-2018 season they were 25-55. they were 6-10 in 2020. They’ve lost two superbowls in modern era. I’m not saying they aren’t a solid franchise, but let’s be real.
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15 minutes ago, Stephen said:
The strength of the draft is wr and we truly need a true number 1. Reaching for a defensive player won't help
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1 hour ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
Bur let me ask you this. What we would be his floor the . Correct?
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1 minute ago, BProland85 said:
Freeland only needs to be a very good swing tackle.
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man, if Smith can stay healthy, Anthony Richardson (if he can stay healthy too) is going to play with one of the best tackle combos in the league.
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Happy for Detroit.
I would play for Dan Campbell. If anyone is running through a brick wall for a coach, it's for that guy... Because he'd be the one running through it first.-
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Just now, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
I think Wentz is going to finish this game.
I don't see a way Stafford is back in this game. It looked like a bad shoulder injury and a concussion.
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Enter Carson Wentz...
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2 hours ago, AustexColt said:
I am tired of trading back for more picks. Get that great WR like a Jamarr Chase. Alex Pierce is a nice player but not a savvy player like TY Hilton. If the Texans can develop players Dell and Collins in one year, why can't we? Reggie Wayne and Steichen need to work harder
i saw cj stroud only throwing to dell and Collins this year… -
4 minutes ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:
Yeah as funny as this sounds, this isn't over yet.
it’s not over… except in Jerry Jones’ eyes. That dude is down cleaning McCarthy’s office out. -
6 hours ago, teganslaw said:
The media has lost even more credibility recently. I saw several headlines (didn't read the articles) about how Taylor Swift braved frigid temperatures to attend the KC game. I'm sure she was freezing in her heated suite, and the walk from her limo to the stadium must have been rough. 🙄
Do they actually think people buy this nonsense? Maybe some actually think she's so brave. It's because of these articles that I couldn't care less about Swift.
Vent over. Just had to post on the stupidity of the media.
they aren’t stupid… they know exactly what they are doing, which is pandering to what is a very large new viewership in the nfl in the swiftie culture. -
56 minutes ago, BProland85 said:
Bowers can do it all at TE. He can block good enough to be effective. With proper coaching he could be as good a blocker as Kittle potentially.
this is how I feel about him.
he’s going to get bigger in the nfl. As Ballard has said many times, guys just get bigger as they get older and especially in nfl weight programs. Any knock on his blocking is because of his size, not because of his effort. He is as elite as they come as a pass catcher. I certainly wouldn’t pass him up for something that he will no doubt get better at regarding blocking… He would move sticks and make big plays in this offense. The biggest problem he poses is a mismatch against virtually everyone that would be tasked with defending him. Some of the most efficient offenses in the past decade had/has a major advantage at tight end.
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10 hours ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
That’s why I said there would be more picks. Maybe a player. I was just highlighted swapping of picks and next years first. This would be the time to do it with QB and LT locked up. It’s not happening because I doubt cardinals would trade the pick. NE is a wildcard too depending on what they do at QB.
there is always that possibility- that another team values him and is in position to put a better offer on the table.
I think he’s too expensive. Especially given the depth of the receiving class in this draft. If we didn’t trade up to get CJ Stroud over Anthony Richardson, then we are certainly not going to trade up even further to get MJH over another explosive receiver.
just hope they both pan out correctly
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Just now, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
Let me start by saying we aren’t getting Harrison. This is just a hypothetical. Colts have their QB and LT. So would you swap 1sts and give up a 25 first for Harrison? There would be other picks involved but the future first is thr most important. Probably something I would do since we have the QB and LT.
I don’t think it would get the trade done. Going to take more.
if you look at a draft chart, you have to consider a future pick as a lower value than current year.
I don’t think anyone here sees Ballard making any kind of move like that ever. If anything, they are going to justify not doing it by saying they can get an explosive receiver where they are. It’s just not going to happen.
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4 minutes ago, Happy2BeHere said:
Unless you are picking with the number 1 overall pick I don’t believe a word from anyone when they say “this is who we wanted all along above everyone else” hehe
if they were convicted on any player outside of Richardson, they would have traded up to make sure they got them.
but they didn’t. They stayed put and picked Richardson and said they had been following him since August…
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Imagine the Colts being in there instead of the Browns.
Round 3 in Houston would have been 1000 times better than this atrocity. Ball don’t lie. Browns were in due to a sham win over the Colts and it shows.
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Why are some teams always in playoff contention
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I've said this regarding free agency during Ballard's entire tenure. Who wants to come to Indianapolis? You better have a good quarterback and willing to spend the money, because that's exactly what it takes.