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pierce was wide open for a td at the beginning of the game and Troy aikman pointed out another time he had single coverage deep and that’s a pass that qb’s usually take a shot with. He also said gm needs to take some shots with him beep against a secondary that gives up a lot of long plays. Gm just doesn’t do it, that’s not pierce’s fault!

The colts do have a good amount of talent on the team. How else would they have the record they do with a very limited backup qb all year. Where would any of the top teams be without their starting qb? Probably with about the same record as the colts. I do not want the colts to sign gm. I would rather draft a qb to be the backup and play if Richardson gets hurt again and might be a possible replacement if he can’t keep from getting hurt. I also wouldn’t give Pittman a #1 receiver money because he isn’t. I would draft 2 lb’s as high as needed. I like speed, but I don’t like Franklin at all and need two. I know this won’t be popular, but I would trade Taylor to get rid of the contract. I just don’t think he looks like the same player. I think moss hits the hole faster, like Taylor used to. Moss was getting big runs tonight on very limited chances and has shown it all year. disappointing in the end, but a good year and looking forward to next year. Hoping Richardson is as good as people think he will be.

no, a qb. Pierce had a easy td first play of the game if gm throws him the ball!

Moss is a better rb than Taylor, he is quicker to the hole and runs hard. Taylor looks like he is afraid of getting hurt. Wasted money just like I said before they signed him!

If that offer was made to the colts, and I seriously doubt any teams would do that, and Ballard didn’t jump on it, I would be in the Ballard must go camp!

No mention of the bad lb play, and the colts only play with 2! How do you expect to stop the run when they don’t fill the gaps or tackle well and they aren’t even good pass defenders. Upgrading the lb position would be the biggest difference to the defense!

he has been up and down. He only has 4 td passes in 6 road games. you can say that about almost every game this year, even with the top teams.

Playing only two, and very average lb’s is a big reason for the rushing defense problems.

that’s the issue most if not everyone here think. I don’t think anyone has disputed that.

It’s may not be the team being good or bad, it could be the game plan designing short quick passes that negates a pass rush. I think the colts getting as many sacks as they have is tremendous with a defensive scheme that gives up short quick passes.

great point about scrambling qb’s! I never thought of that.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t make some kind of an arrangement with the team to not talk about it.

That’s what colts have missed at safety and lb for years, fast top level athletes that are playmakers.

I had the game on while I was taping it and doing something else. One of the cardinals touchdowns was the runner running right through Leonard’s tackle and into the end zone. He needs to just retire. I really think he got hurt and since he has made a large amount of guaranteed money, he isn’t willing to play the same way he used to. Most of us would probably do the same, but keep your mouth shut about the people that gave you that opportunity!

I would like to know how fast qb’s get rid of the ball against the colts compared to other teams. I don’t know if this is a stat that is available, but I think it makes a big difference in sack stats. A soft zone makes it easy for a qb and a teams game plan to just get the ball out fast making it very hard to get pressures or harder for sacks. Teams with good pass coverage makes it easier to get sacks and pressures. There is so much more to it than just the defensive line!

we are only a couple years apart as colts cans. Since Peyton, the colts have favored offense over defense for whatever reason and that has been with multiple gm’s. I think defense wins super bowls, even though many also have top offenses. Having a good defense also leads to consistently having a winning record even if you don’t win a sb. Some of the colts emphasis on offense could be because they had about 20 years of a top qb. Who was the last stand out lb the colts have had, Mike Curtis? Defensive line, the sack pack?

What is so bad about that tweet? Saying you didn’t do something that someone may have accused you of doing?

Why do so many get so upset at what moose says? He doesn’t like Ballard, big deal, no one is going to change his mind. Time will tell who is right. It’s fun to have different views and debate them, but so many people here think if you say bad things about a colt you are just not a true colts fan. Heck, I had a moderator say I wasn’t a colts fan because I go by husker61.

maybe not. That was a long time ago when sports betting was in the shadows, players had other sources of income, and wasn’t covered like today. A friend of mine played and fixed college basketball games with team mates at a top ncaa team in the early 60’s for a local bookmaker, one was a 1st round draft pick. They were usually big favorites so the just had to win and not cover.

I think the reason no team runs it is because defenses are too quick and athletic now for a slow developing play like that.

They could start with a simple handoff from under center first! But I don’t think that will happen with this coach, so there isn’t a snowballs chance in heck that it will happen.

Funny how all the pierce bashers have vanished.

did you see how the chiefs secondary was playing? They were covering man, but handing off receivers running deep to a safety and doubling a receiver cutting short in the same area. The announcer was saying how it was confusing the qb. I can see how it would, you think a receiver is breaking open and a db showes up right there. That’s one of the reasons they were getting a lot of the sacks, the qb is waiting to see where the db’s will be. Would love to see the colts db’s be able to play like this, but it probably takes time and experience to do it. The colts don’t have that at this time.

nobody was complaining when blocked punts won a game for the colts. How quick fans forget. I see a lot of 2nd and 3rd string qb’s playing well, a lot of them better than gm! I think this is due to most college teams going to passing offenses and producing qb’s and wr’s that are able to step in.