Yoshinator

I see a psychiatrist and am trying to find the right meds for my bipolar, but this team makes things 10 times worse and makes me absolutely miserable. Madden is actually an escape fantasy from the real thing, which is unfortunate, considering the NFL should be an escape from the real world, but makes me more miserable than anything that happens in my everyday life. I hate Ballard with every fiber of my being for wasting 8 years of my life as the GM with no real chance to ever contend (yes, I hate Grigson for the same thing, but we had a chance with Luck at least). I hate Gus Bradley for being an awful D-Coordinator that lives in the past and sets us back every week and never adjusts. I don't trust Shane Steichen for what he said about Matt Gay not being injured, and it's so obvious he will always abandon the run when we fall behind. I'm starting to hate Irsay for not firing Chris Ballard. He's quickly becoming the problem for allowing all this to happen. This team deserves better, and it's in a mediocre rut because we have a GM and owner with no spine (for different reasons). After one game, it's not even fun to watch. Like clockwork, we lose the first game of the season again to a divisional opponent. We have a team with obvious holes, and less obvious holes that were exposed Sunday. I don't enjoy it anymore. How can you? I would rather burn the money that it would cost to go to a Colts game than subject myself to watching this. I'm a huge fan of the Indianapolis Colts. I hate the Chris Ballard led Indianapolis Colts. He has ruined the team I have loved since I was 10 years old. When I would rather play as the Colts on Madden than watch the Colts play for real, something is horribly wrong.

Didn't get on for a bit. Absolute trash team in week 1 like usual. No wins under Ballard in week 1. Other than the O-Line, everyone sucked on offense besides Richardson and Pierce. Also, don't let AR's stat line fool you. He was under a 50% completion rate and only did well because he completed 2 of those deep passes. That won't happen every week, and when it doesn't, the team is cooked. Luckily, he ran well. Defense was pitiful against the run and Gus Bradley didn't adjust. Bad against the pass that would have been worse if Mixon didn't run it 30 times. We got some sacks and pressure, I guess that's a good thing. Seemed it was all against Tunsil. The team was actually worse than I thought it would be in week 1. The only saving grace was two deep passes by Richardson that resulted in TDs, and like I said, that won't happen every week. Ballard has made a respected football franchise into a laughingstock of the league. Turns what could have been a 3 year rebuild into a 10 year rebuild at best. I just played Madden and made the AFC Championship (in a loss) rebuilding the Colts in 2 years without any cheating and watching the computer play every game, and it was a lot more fun than the effort I saw on the field on Sunday. Holy crap, where's the Tylenol?

You are such a stalker. You must really have a crush on me. The Broncos lost just like the Colts.

If Malik Willis ends up starting, we better not allow more than 10 points to the Packers. Even Jeff Saturday could win this game as the HC. We pretty much get a mulligan for week 1. No faith in this team right now, but we probably have the easiest matchup of week 2 on Sunday.

Carson Steele's Gator.

So Matt Gay admits he had surgery but Steichen is too scared to tell us. I will remember to fear the worst everytime Steichen doesn't comment on an injury from now on.

I think he had a 68% FG percentage or something. We'll see what happens. I'd rather have a K that can hit the long FGs. If Ballard put him on the practice squad, then he must have figured he was worth keeping in some capacity. I just don't trust Gay at this point.

Well... I got my way with Schrader being the K. Didn't want Gay to get a hernia lol, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. Let's hope Schrader dominates and doesn't look back.

Yep. That's what I'm referring too lol.

That would be me. I was complaining about Schrader not being kept over Gay. Ballard kept Gay as the active kicker and put Schrader on the PS, so I saw my opportunity and went all Tonja Harding on him lol.

Prevent big plays and chunk plays. The Texans offense and WRs are very talented. If they gain 20+ yards at a time, they will be putting points every drive. Run the Ball a lot. It should honestly be a 60/40 split with the run/pass. Not only does it keep Stroud off the field, but it allows our defense to rest and stay fresh. Be aggressive on defense. Have to put pressure on Stroud. If he has 5 seconds to throw every passing down, he's going to carve us up like Drew Brees did a few years ago. Lastly, do well on special teams. Hit all our FGs and XPs, get good field positions on punt and kick returns, and keep them within the 20 on every drive.

Jordan Whittington Ben Sinnott Jermaine Burton Bucky Irving Malik Nabers Bo Nix Few of the guys I want to see play

Might as well call up Jaylin Simpson. It's the circle of life lol.

Not the Texans game specifically. I meant in other games we fell behind at the half. Bengals, Falcons, and Jaguars were 3 of those games.

Yep. Only one waiver pickup and no trades. IMO, our team isn't good enough to do that little.