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January 23

27 minutes ago, Solid84 said:

I don’t know, but I vastly prefer him spending time coaching up our future franchise QB instead of trying to get us to eke into the playoffs to be one and done.

I think he’s spending time with him to prepare him so we hopefully can hit the ground running come september. I doubt he spends anywhere near this amount of time with a backup QB.

I agree. My point was that we haven’t even seen a truly focused Steichen yet.

January 23

15 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

Probably because he’s not easily available.

January 23

The thought that keeps coming to my mind is this:

How much more could we have gotten out of Shane Steichen the coach if he wasn’t juggling between coaching a team fighting for the playoffs and coaching up the 4th pick overall that is sidelined with injury?

I’ve seen throughout the year people say AR is soaking up information. Always with an iPad. Always next to coach asking questions. That is a difficult situation for a rookie head coach. Coach for this year, but also prepping for the coming years by getting an injured qb up to speed. Meeting individually with him often. Maybe that is just Shane, but I can’t imagine when AR is healthy, he is spending much time with other quarterbacks…

January 23

12 hours ago, John Hammonds said:

I agree, Chloe.

Totally get tired of social media post after social media post pretending to be news. Some guy out there thinks, hey, this guy likes chocolate ice cream... and that guy likes chocolate ice cream! This could be a thing!!! I saw a thing go by on FB saying that "Bucs WR Mike Evans could be the PERFECT FIT for the Colts!" Why? Because his contract is up? And the Colts have a need at WR? Therefore it makes it a "perfect fit"? Jim Bob Cooter is the OC under Steichen. Steichen was once the OC under Sirianni. They would run the same offense. This could be a thing!!!! Uh huh.

I get what you are saying, but is Adam schefter, who largely uses social media to report his news, just pretending? Or is it more likely he has information?

this came from an nfl insider… and now it’s reported that Brian Johnson is not likely returning to Philly as OC. So while it may be speculation that they will attempt to get Jim Bob, it could also be highly likely there have been discussions, which is where the reports are stemming from.

It’s not like it came from a forum board or some nobody on twitter.

January 23

1 hour ago, csmopar said:

The thing with Narcan, as someone who has used it to save drug addicts, there’s really no “slightly”. It either works or it doesn’t. It can raise pulse rate so maybe that’s why they say “slightly”. Not sure honestly why the report says “slightly”. Not saying they’re wrong, reports aren’t typically supposed to be left to interpretation like that. Makes me wonder exactly what the response was(my department, we had to describe the response in detail)

It said he was unresponsive and had a weak pulse when they arrived, so I would assume both in pulse rate and any sort of response could be interpreted that way.

It’s a pretty vague report…

January 23

1 hour ago, John Hammonds said:

Gus Bradley doesn't run the Fangio defense, not because he's stubborn, but because he can't. He's limited by personnel. Blackmon and Cross both play Strong Safety. Thomas is our only Free Safety. He doesn't play it that well, so he barely counts. We don't play this defense because we can't play this defense. And he won't play it next year either, unless he gets better personnel at the Free Safety position.

I agree. I think personnel, especially at safety has been limiting for Gus. I don't think it's ironic Ballard talked about needing to improve the safety play. I think they like Blackmon, and will look to retain him, but I see Ballard potentially being aggressive at the safety position in Free agency. I know they like Scott coming back from injury, but he's still raw. They want a veteran back there as a major upgrade.

January 23

1 hour ago, OLD FAN MAN said:

i thought he had a respiratory illness, why does people think it was drugs

It's speculative based on the report that Carmel police gave.

It was listed by the authorities (not the media) that it was suspected overdose. He responded "slightly" to narcan, and was turning blue upon their arrival. No mention of drugs used, just speculated by authorities.

Of course the Colts are going to state it was respiratory illness. If there is no definitive proof (aside from what most certainly will not be released to the media by any doctors that cared for him following the event), then they can control the narrative. The media ran with the "suspected overdose" line big time, and created their own narrative that the Colts were just doing damage control.

🤷‍♂️

January 22

1 hour ago, Chucklez said:

Yeah the insurance companies telling doctors how to practice medicine in particular is just pure insanity.

I live in the UK (I have dual nationality) and you can say the NHS is flawed (which is it), but id take this slow flawed machine over the US system 100/100 times.

Insurance makes the world go round.

If insurance fails, then the dominos fall. The U.S monetary system (and a great chunk of the global system) is entirely built around a type of trust in the dollar, which is backed by the US government, which is insured, hence the insurance makes the world go round. Healthcare insurance, in my opinion, will never be "solved" in this country. The entire system is now at their mercy, and if the government tries to socialize medicine, it would fail entirely before anything new would be built. We cannot even perceive how devastating that would be.

But I digress, because I don't disagree. When a licensed practitioner cannot authorize a certain exam because there are steps that insurance requires leading up to that exam, it's a real problem. To make matters worse, the backlog (especially after Covid shutdowns) of even getting into a physician, especially in specialty, causes even more issues with the said necessary steps, just to schedule an exam deemed necessary by a practitioner. In short, it's a mess.

January 22

1 minute ago, Chucklez said:

Go watch Painkiller on Netflix. There is a reason they are overprescribing them, and it is disgusting. The US healthcare system is disgusting and frankly we should all be ashamed of ourselves for letting it get to this state.

Have seen it. My wife is a medical provider, and has strong feelings on the state of healthcare. There are a lot of suits and not enough white coats.

St. Vincent Indianapolis is now controlled in St. Louis. There are bean counters in Missouri telling the doctors in Indiana how to practice medicine.

January 22

9 minutes ago, King Colt said:

Bill Romanowski said he had twenty documented concussion and late in his career he stated he was eating as many as 150 pills per day!! So I ask where was he getting all those pills? Dr. Feel Good?

Painkillers are vastly overprescribed. I once received an addiction-inducing amount by a urologist after I had a kidney stone. I took maybe two and disposed of the remainder, as they weren't needed. The next urologist I went to gave me one on my next encounter... One.

Some doctors are just out of their minds when it comes to overprescribing pain medication.

January 22

On 1/20/2024 at 10:04 PM, colts89 said:

but he has to give up those responsibilities to his daughter if he's been making any decisions under the influence.

im not sure he’s making many decisions. He may be have a drug issue, but he’s not dumb. His daughters have been heavily involved, even representing the team in various capacities at nfl meetings.

He granted Ballard full control over the hiring process last offseason, so there is no mistaking or debating who was responsible for the hiring of Shane Steichen. The only decision that is apparent that he made was the firing of Frank Reich and hiring of Jeff Saturday, and it’s hard to argue it didn’t lead to a successful offseason transition, which it was intended for. We can even debate if Saturday didn’t establish a new identity/culture of accountability in his short time here. Offensive line flipped a switch at the end of last season and played pretty dang good this season.

im not worried about Irsay’s involvement. He owns the team, he has a capable team (including his daughters and longstanding executives like Pete Ward) in place to continue operations without him being involved.

January 22

Just now, NFLfan said:

Is that right?

Mahomes just about got hit in the dome.

ducking and covering his head to get out of there.

January 22

Just now, chad72 said:

Can the Bills recover from this? They got Mahomes at home and we’re moving the ball well and suddenly the curse struck

tough.

they are going to walk into an even tougher afc next year, imo.

January 22

Couple great games today.

Kicking game lost overtime opportunities for the Bills and Packers this weekend. Tough to swallow.

going to be a fun conference championship weekend

January 21

13 minutes ago, w87r said:

This is what I'm referring to.

Kelce loss would definitely hurt, if is still allowed.

I see little chance it isn’t addressed in some form this offseason.

January 21

2 hours ago, w87r said:

Don't forget, they likely are going to lose the tush push play as well. Their window has closed.

I thought of this as well. Kelce was as instrumental on that play as Hurts was. Not to mention if the league does away with it.

January 21

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2JOaDTL3Ts/?igsh=bGw4NmttYXNtaXk5

January 21

6 minutes ago, SSColts said:

Jim Bob Cooties if he leaves to Eagles.

Jim Bob Scooter…

scootin on out of Indy.

January 21

2 hours ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

I may be crazy but with AR coming back and Shane's stock is on the rise, I think the Colts have more upside than Philly has right now so not sure why Jim-Bob would want to leave here to go there. I think Philly is on the downward spiral.

Jim-Bob going there would be like someone leaving a job to make the same amount of money, but that job is tougher. Makes no sense to me.

I don’t think you are crazy. They are set to lose one of their pillars on offense in Jason Kelce. They are going to 1000% regress at that position. Lane Johnson is potentially ready to retire. Their receiving core is very thin, as obvious by the last several weeks. and as you mention- tougher job, not very stable at all… If he goes there and they regress even further, he could be hard pressed to find another OC job right away…

His best opportunity for advancement is with us, even as a non-playcalling coordinator. There have been several coordinators come out of Indy during Ballard’s tenure and into head coaching positions. Shane is going to give credit where it’s due during success. If this offense continues on an upward trajectory, I think Jim Bob is sitting in HC interviews within the next few seasons.

January 21

21 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

It’s been speculated all over Twitter but it’s just speculation. Not really rumor.

i don’t see it as speculation. There was a report through nfl media that said Sirianni has been calling people for the coordinator position and Jim Bob was one of them. So it’s highly likely he’s been reached out to and either two things have happened- a) he’s flat out rejected it and that has just been kept out of the media or b) he’s entertaining it and possibly has had discussions with Steichen/Ballard about it.

January 21

7 hours ago, Shive said:

At this point, it seems like pure speculation, especially because Philly has an OC at the moment and based on what happened this season, I don't see him getting a HC position.

I don’t either. But nbc just posted an article saying “they could hire him.”

I don’t know where that even comes from, but it sounds like the media doing the eagles work for them. Maybe he would prefer to go back to Philly in a playcalling role and hence the desire to work out a deal.

has a trade ever happened at the coordinator level? lol.

January 21

3 minutes ago, chad72 said:

Desperate and good teams make their own luck

I'm not sure that's how luck works. One team dropped multiple interceptions tonight, the other did not. I can't hardly say that the linebacker that intercepted Love is better at catching the ball than the defensive backs from the Packers that dropped them. In a rainy game, it's a little bit of luck (and bad luck) really.

January 21

3 minutes ago, chad72 said:

Good teams find a way to overcome. The Packers had 5-6 minutes to get the ball back or keep a TD from being scored. When it counted and they HAD TO score a TD, Brock delivered

Lol. I'm not discrediting his confidence on the last drive. He made some big plays. But I believe Mr. McCaffery delivered when they had to score a TD... He delivered several times tonight

January 21

2 minutes ago, Solid84 said:

To be fair the 49'ers had one too.

Not with 3 minutes left in the game up 4, only to lose by 3.

I get it, and i don't generally play the what-if game. But man, it was big in the moment and it ended up being the difference in the game.

January 21

Purdy stepped up when it mattered, and defense closed it out.

Hard to not blame a missed fieldgoal for me though.

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