coltsblue1844

i’m not sure how many of you took the time to actually read the entire article, but I think that everything he said was reasonable. He didn’t bash Richardson at all, he didn’t say that he wouldn’t end up as a starting quarterback or the face of our franchise.

Cooper is 31...thats the backside of a WR career...look how fast almost all decline at that age...then look at his contract. if you were still in his 20s sure, but he’s not so I would rather keep the second round pick because we’re going to need as many high picks as we can get if we are pretty well rebuilding now.

I think the reason some of us have issue with Richardson is the fact that we are almost a decade into a rebuild, and now we practically need to rebuild AGAIN...and have a huge project at QB. We are a proud fanbase, we are used to winning (at least some of us that are a bit older)...losing for as long as we have, is not easy (and shouldnt be happening). I think that Ballard is tied to AR at this point...we basically have to ride with Richardson through is rookie deal and then I'd say we either move on from Ballard and AR or keep both... But if we end up with the #1 pick in the Arch Manning draft, I'm drafting him... Ballard and AR can go elsewhere (unless he's a huge success by that point...but my money says it's more of the same thing we are seeing now). I do think (have for a while) that Ballard is over rated and needs to go...you dont rebuild for so long, unsuccessfully that you find yourself moving into another rebuild, without ever having a good stretch in between, unless you just suck at your job. Gus needs to go... and As much as I like Shane, if he doesnt improve in a hurry, I dont see him lasting much longer than Ballard and Richardson.

QBs honestly arent what they used to be. Peyton and Brady...and several others... they were able to make average WRs/RBs look like Pro Bowlers, routinely. I put a lot of that on the college game changing so much and not preparing players like they used to...and also players coming out early now, and teams drafting on potential. The NBA has a lot of "busts" because they draft on potential, they dont want to be the team to miss out on "the next big thing"... sadly, the NFL is starting to do the same thing. If teams would stop drafting on potential, and let all of the projects drop to lower rounds, perhaps things would change and they'd get better development in college, to prepare for the NFL (because they'd stay in school longer).

If I were the lowest rated QB in the NFL I dont think I'd be talking about being "one of one".... You can look it up, since 2000 there have been 1,107 QBs in the NFL with at lest 100 snaps... Richardson ranks 1,097 with a 46.3% completion percentage. Maybe he will end up being a good QB one day...but right now he is historically bad.

Josh Allen still looks awful in a lot of games, in my opinion. One week he will look like an MVP and the next he looks horrible...so to me at least, Allen is also still a work in progress

You let them help you do your job... I think Peyton and Brady both took a huge chunk of the offenses they like to run, to their new teams...Yes some new stuff was added in, but I think the bulk of it was what they each wanted to run.

Isn't it ironic how we never went after free agents with Polian while Peyton was here... But Denver went all in and went to 2 Super Bowls in 4 years (and won 1)...and it took Indy 12 years to accomplish the same thing? There is absolutely nothing wrong with using free agency to fill holes on a team to maximize your chance of winning. some people complain about mortgaging your future for the present, but if it results in even one Super Bowl win, then it’s worth it, because some teams never get that opportunity..

maybe not so much with how bad our D is...and Richardson is a TO machine as well...I'm expecting an ugly game lol

That's what I wanted to do back when it happened! The Rams got a HAUL for the #2 pick that year (RGIII) just imagine what we would have gotten for #1?! Also, Luck barely played longer than Peyton did anyhow, in hindsight! Now I DID want to get rid of Polian, and get a more aggressive GM...but I 100% wanted to keep Peyton and trade the #1 pick (but I was always a HUGE Peyton fan)

His meddling is good, sometimes. he had to meddle to get Dungy at HC (Polian didnt want him)... I think Richardson is the first QB we have taken so high, that he didnt make the pick himself (he wanted Peyton...he wanted Luck when Polian wanted to trade the pick and keep Peyton etc)

I'm in the same boat... There have been a LOT of QBs come to the NFL with all the talent and potential in the world, but it just didnt work out for them in the NFL. Richardson has the arm and the size, even outstanding athleticism... but how many seasons are the owners/other players/coaches etc willing to be bad, while we wait and hope that he becomes a good player? The college game doesnt do the players or the NFL any favors these days....they USED TO develop players to get them ready for the NFL...now players are drafted on potential because they dont play in an NFL style system in college (QBs, offensive tackles etc)

and Allen had big time accuracy issues in college and starting out in the NFL...so i'm not shocked

I'm adding in what he looked like at Florida (because it was just as bad as here)...also his injury history/missing games goes back to high school, so that's not just a fluke thing, either. Also, other than everyone wanting to say JOSH ALLEN did it!, accuracy isnt something that usually gets much better at the NFL level...you either have it or you dont (and he never has). He looks like another pick where Ballard went with the freakish RAS score rather than actual game production.

he's had a good quarter so far this season, if you add it all together... let's stack good quarters and work up to good halves and then good games lol Look, I want him to succeed and to be good, i'm tired of losing and starting over every year...I just dont see him being a good starting QB in the NFL, or staying healthy for a full season...hopefully i'm wrong.