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The reason deflategate was important, was it happened between NE and Baltimore, not the Colts. NE used easier to catch “softer” balls in the Ravens game. The Ravens couldn’t catch balls in that weather, but somehow NE could? So the Ravens warned the Colts to watch for it. Here’s the important part- had Baltimore hung on and beaten NE- (the Ravens were ahead until some ‘miracle catches’) the Championship game would have been the Ravens coming to Indy! The Colts would have been the Home Team.

I have to go beyond 20 yrs: Bert Jones- backed up Marty Domres. Until he started. Unless we count Johnny Unitas backing up Earl Morral who was backing up Johnny Unitas. Or Tom Matte- Emergency QB backing up Gary Cuozo who backed up Unitas. Matte became first to use the wristband, and QBed almost to the Championship Game

I don’t see the games, I hear them while I’m working. Are we keeping TE in to help Freeland block?

That was supposed to be the plan last year when they said Sam would finish out the year. Jeff Saturday quashed that. In truth, Sam probably wasn’t going to be much anyway, but now it seems we’ll never know….

I see that a lot. I don’t believe today’s Colts can compare with the Bengals getting Burrow, and two really good receivers in a short time. Our record will probably put us in the top ten draft order, but the Bengals were #1. Too late to tank that bad. I doubt we can even get up high enough now for Marvin Harrison Jr, and that or someone like him is needed for sure!

I’m a Penn St fan, so naturally I’d like to see if Castro-Fields could develop. He has fantastic speed and can cover tall receivers, but reports are he is way too inconsistent. His Combine report said he’d become a reliable backup/Special Teamer. 6’1”/197 runs 4.3 40. His best reason to take him is he’s young, and moldable. He was good enough in college to be a 6th round pick by SF. Now good enough to be on the Commanders PS, which I’m guessing is a tougher Defense than ours. Of course, in college he played with All Americans, and maybe his numbers were good because Joey Porter Jr covered the best receivers? A J Green is still in the NFL?????? Tremendous Prospect- always just a millisecond behind….. (as is every CB on a PS)

The unheard of Richmond Spiders knocked 1987 NCAA Champ IU out of the Tournament in 88.

I met him at the Pocono Mtn Basketball Camp in 1968. He was coaching Army, and brought Mike (Now called Coach)K- his Team Captain. Coach Knight ‘voluntold’ me I was the guy he would use to demonstrate teaching Defense. He was an *. From what I hear he was Always an *, all Life Long. But he definitely taught me how to play Defense. In HS and Work Leagues after HS, no one got by me. He made you afraid to fail him., even when he was long gone. That’s Teaching…..

Brings me back to a PS question I asked in the Colts Forum. Can a PS Player refuse to sign if a team makes an offer? Maybe the Colts tried to get him after they cut him, and he didn’t want anything to do with the Colts after we cut him?

I’ve wondered- do the PS players who are asked about have a choice as to come or stay? I have no idea- but it does seem strange….

It’s also possible the Packers did their player a favor and sent him to a better team for HIM, as we did sending Hines to Buffalo, or as many say we might do for Moss????? Or maybe someone on the Colts staff knows the kid and told Ballard to stay away? None of us were there in the office to know????? It’s been posted on here that the Colts have been known to cooperate and help their players who were good to them in the past.

That was the crux of my post. Just say “this is what I would have done”, or “I don’t get it why this wasn’t done”. In your posts, you said this HAD to have happened, or you guaranteed this. Comes across like you think you should be the Colts GM, and chases away readers of your posts. Nite, I’m late for bed….

Besides the original arrogance (which is why I pointed it out), you can’t just assume that our Better Offer, or our probably finishing further up the draft order HAD to be accepted over some other teams offer. Yes, it probably would be as conventional wisdom- but it’s never guaranteed. I.E. my Wife and I recently went car shopping. I found what I thought was an interesting deal. She, on the other hand, would NOT buy the car from that salesman or dealer if it meant walking. Some GMs may not want to help Ballard or the Colts. Maybe some players would threaten to not play here? Your scenario sounds reasonable- but NEVER Assume or guarantee unless you were a witness….

I wasn’t picking on you because of Ballard. I was picking on you because you presented it as if things happened as you guaranteed they had- they HAD to happen as you presented, and the kid would now have to be a Colt. That’s nothing but supposition. I don’t care either way. I just pointed out that you’re making it up…

I’d be fine with most of what you say here IF you presented it as what you believe you would do in that scenario. But it’s total B.S. when you add that the things you present happened as Fact. And you can’t prove that a ‘Better Deal’ would be accepted over a ‘worse deal’. Maybe there are other reasons, like personalities Or something? Relax, come off the high horse and just post it as something you would have done, and move on. We’re all fans, we pretty much all want better players, but in the end- they get paid to do this, and we don’t. It’s entertainment, nothing more. We can guess what may happen behind the scenes, but none of us can guarantee things are Facts.

I resemble that remark!

Unless you were in the office or on the call (if there even was one) all you have is your opinion of what you think should have/ might have happened. That’s fine- this is an opinion board. But you expressed the whole post as FACT, and it can’t be known, let alone presented as 100% accurate.

We’re you in the Packers Office, or do you just like to make up stories, since you 100% guarantee things?

It’s the type Ballard likes. Plus the kind Eberflus used here.

I like Iowa. But I’m a Penn St fan. I’d take Manny Diaz.

I’m almost 70. Been a Colts fan as long as I can remember. I always want wins! But before the season started I believed this year they’d be lucky to win ONE game. They’ve won three- have a decent chance to win another three. So I’m ecstatic. Finish the year, hopefully get KJ Hamler healthy and playing- draft a fantastic WR and a few CBs, and let’s GO!!!!

I wanted Levis, but my excuse is I’m a Penn St Fan, and Will played there before transferring to Ky. I believe we’d have been 5-2 before yesterday , with either Levis or a healthy AR. But we have AR, and he has shown great Learning of the passing game in limited time. Steichen can coach him like he did Hurts, and I believe we’ll be just fine with him. Before these last 3 games I thought we’d be replacing Gardner next year- that he’d move somewhere to be a starter. After the last 3 games with all his turnovers, I have to believe GM will want to stay with Steichen, even tho it means being a career Backup. The Stache would make more mistakes away from his Mentor, and he knows it- IMO…

I wanted Levis for us and I posted that.

I prefaced the post by saying it was probably stupid to suggest- but I’d love it if they did it.

I posted in the Trade Thread- I’d try to trade Sam and a low pick for Trey Lance to back up AR next year. I expect Minshew to be gone next year, and Sam just doesn’t fit the profile of a Steichen type QB. Lance is an AR Clone which seems to fit Steichen’s plan for the Colts. Sam and Lance both make the same Base Salary, and both are signed thru next year. Or, maybe the ex Mississippi kid (Matt Corral) the Panthers drafted last year? He, Lance, and AR are all runners, but all three got hurt early in their careers…