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18 minutes ago, krunk said:
We were kind of stuck because Pittman was hemmed up and Pierce was non productive. The only thing we really had was a few tight end throws and running Taylor. We can't repeat this again! Receiving corps has to be addressed bc Pierce isn't the answer.
We need something more dynamic to go along with Pittman and Downs.
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!-
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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.
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2 minutes ago, chickenMan said:
A true WR1 would be nice too
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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!
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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!
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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!
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2 hours ago, Superman said:
Yeah, I don't think we have that kind of playmaking DL. I think we have a more opportunistic DL.
And anything can happen Saturday night. The Colts aren't good enough for me to be confident about any matchup, especially not one against a QB who has been as good as Stroud has been at times this year.
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.
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2 hours ago, Goatface Killah said:
Thats just something that shouldnt happen, but I think the run defense hasnt been good enough, and ultimately that is why we have given up more big plays this year.
Too many 3rd and shorts. Thats a big play down. Too many 2nd and 4s. Thats another big play down. We need 3rd and 6 or longer, more often.
I just wants solid run defense, sacks and turnovers. 2 of those things we have done very well. But the run defense has been very disappointing this year.
Playing only two, and very average lb’s is a big reason for the rushing defense problems.-
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2 hours ago, GoColts8818 said:
My problem with the defense is more that it’s designed to not give up big plays yet they give up a lot. It’s not doing what it’s designed to do. To me that’s the issue.
that’s the issue most if not everyone here think. I don’t think anyone has disputed that.-
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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.
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9 hours ago, Goatface Killah said:
Not every stat, but there are stats that arent misleading at all, like sacks....and then there are stats that are very misleading, like pressures. A sack is just a sack. But, how many "pressures" eventually resulted in Lamar Jackson or Josh Allen or Patrick Mahommes scrambling around and shredding the defense for a big gain? I would venture to say quite a few. The Dolphins led the league in pressures, but they still gave up 56 to the Ravens and 48 to Buffalo. You know who didnt give up 56 to the Ravens? Us. We sacked Lamar 4 times(6TFLs), had 4 more QB hits and only allowed him 19 points.
I think a franchise record in sacks means at a bare minimum, they unequivocally dont have a "bad" pass rush as Moose suggested. Nobody said they were the goats of rushing the passer. But we had Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis at the same time, for a long time, and they never got us to 49 sacks. Its just impressive, and they deserve to be recognized for it without trying to diminish them for setting a franchise record.
How many teams have 4 guys with 7+ sacks?
great point about scrambling qb’s!
I never thought of that.
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1 hour ago, holeymoley99 said:
They should come out and say what occurred if not dont feel sorry for them because if innocent anyone would post what went down........
I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t make some kind of an arrangement with the team to not talk about it. -
3 hours ago, twfish said:
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That’s what colts have missed at safety and lb for years, fast top level athletes that are playmakers.
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43 minutes ago, ArmchairQB said:
He got pulled out of the game against Arizona he was playing so badly. He really should learn to not talk prematurely. As said earlier I was sad to see him go but now he’s wearing me out.
save your self respect and retire after this year. You’ve made enough money to never work again if you’re smart about it.
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!-
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33 minutes ago, Superman said:
I'm not complaining about it, but I think it needs a lot of context. First and most obvious, we've played a lot of bad/inexperienced QBs with poor OLs, and have feasted on them.
Second, we have a low pressure rate with high sack output. That's a statistical anomaly, and is unlikely to continue. We're fifth in sacks, behind Ravens, Chiefs, Dolphins, and Bills. Dolphins are first in pressure rate, 27.1%; Chiefs are 2nd, 26.9%; Bills are 6th, 23.3%. Then the Colts are 19.1%, and the Ravens are 19% (it's one of the areas of concern for the Ravens defense, IMO). The bottom five teams are around 17-18% pressure rate. So we're closer to the bottom of the league in pressure rate.
I'll take the 49 sacks, but we've faced well over 600 pass plays (including sacks and scrambles), and on more than 500 of them, we get no pressure on the QB. Against a good QB -- or even a QB who is just having a moment and is in a rhythm, like Jake Browning -- that's a recipe for disaster.
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! -
4 hours ago, Two_pound said:
So Ballard has never won a Super Bowl? I've been a Colt fan for 55 years One of the biggest "homers" on here. I look at that pathetic steeler roster, a team that set a few nfl records for futility this year- the best one being the first team in nfl history with a winning record after the 10th game of the season to lose consecutive games to 2-win teams(cardinals then pats). And yet there they are still in the playoff hunt and Tomlin has his 17th consecutive winning season. With Mason Rudolph at qb no less! How is that even possible????? Like I said, I love my Colts, but have never predicted them to win the superbpwl in any season, even when we had Manning then Luck, I wonder why. Great win last Sunday, and amazingly enough, we have another win and we're in game. We're better than Houston, but we need to throw away that soft zone defense and blitz, blitz and blitz again or Stroud will pick us apart, just like all other qb's have in the past 51 years! Go Colts!
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?
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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.
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10 minutes ago, NewColtsFan said:
If the fix was in, we’d have known by now.
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.-
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I think the reason no team runs it is because defenses are too quick and athletic now for a slow developing play like that.
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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.
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Funny how all the pierce bashers have vanished.
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4 hours ago, Two_pound said:
I watched the 4th quarter of the chief-bengal game and on the bengals last 2 possessions the chiefs came after them with everything and registered 4 sacks, that's the way it's done.
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.-
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Colts vs Texans post game
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like I said before, I don’t think he is the same player he used to be!