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The best pressure kc got was when they sent some kind of blitz. Not many teams get quick pressure without blitzing. A top offense can usually account for a top pass rusher it there isn’t a blitz or a threat of one. I would rather see more blitzes as opposed to a top pass rusher. The colts d-line is fine but the lb’s need a lot of improvement! That’s where I want the colts to use some higher draft picks, probably trade out of the first for more picks.

Yes! I said this back when manning was here when a lot of contracts were up and I felt the colts were over paying some players, and it wasn’t very popular here!

if they aren’t covering him intentionally, wouldn’t a good coach exploit this? Weather it’s the coach or the qb, it isn’t pierce’s fault he isn’t thrown to!

right now no one is a dynamic receiver as long as they have a second hand qb that doesn’t have the arm or instinct to be able to throw the deep ball. Hopefully Richardson has BOTH those qualities and then the colts will really know what they have at the wr position. It’s just not fair to make wr judgements playing with the qb’s the colts have had recently.

all sports have changed the rules to encourage a lot more offense! That makes it impossible to compare players by stats. There are greatest of their era, not really greatest of all time.

I completely agree. I think he will sign a reasonable contract with the colts, below what most here think. The colts will take a shot at a receiver in the middle rounds also. There are always a lot of receivers coming out every year because of the trend to passing offenses in college now.

A win is a win no mater when it was. Every team has to deal with adversity of some kind during a season that doesn’t mean you take wins and losses of the record.

did the colts beat the ravens? Jags beat the bills. Houston won a playoff game. That tells me they can compete.

I said the same thing!

That’s what can happen when you upgrade the qb position. That’s why I have been saying the colts don’t have to get a top wr, let’s see how things go with what is hoped will be a big upgrade at qb first.

I don’t think he is the same caliber player as those players.

I don’t think a team will give up a #1 pick and have to pay a big contract for him.

getting that 1st round pick is only if another team is willing to give it up and I think that chance is pretty close to zero.

that’s why I never liked giving new contracts before the old one expires unless it is for a big discount. The colts didn’t do that with Shaq or Richardson. Anything can happen in a year to a football player and most are bad and would favor the owner in negotiations. I mean, it is a business and has a hard salary cap rule.

Didn’t he have a year left on his rookie contract when he got the big contract?

yes, but he has final say on any financial decisions, like all owners.

I am in titled to my opinion just like you are anyone else regarding the colts operation.

Would a player be allowed to play if they had the same repeat relapses? Is there a double standard?

but he is making team decisions. Wouldn’t that affect his judgement? Would you want a lawyer defending you that was an addict that was in rehab 15 times? Or any other job, pilot, doctor, surgeon, etc…

that backs up what I said about the o-line.

How much of his contract are the colts on the hook for if he retires or cut and not picked up? Is there a difference?

yes.

that is the only issue that matters to me. As an active owner, he is making contract decisions and probably some input in player decisions. I don’t think it’s a stretch to think that a addict doesn’t always make good decisions.

Should close this thread, nothing good is going to come from debating addictions.

both of them were great pass rushers, but were terrible against the run. How many times did they get pushed upfield by the tackle with one hand because they went for the outside speed rush and then the tackle was free to take out a lb for big runs. That used to drive me crazy. Probably one of the reasons the colts didn’t win more super bowls with manning.