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I like Herbert better than Hurts, Lamar and Allen but they are all different. If he continues as he is, he will be in the Hall. I thing you will come to like him in too.

You can't please everyone. Have a good night. If that guy continues to post inappropriate comments, please report them.

Here is his honest assessment on Richardson, before this game: "Number one, he’s calmer in the pocket than I ever thought he would be,” Venturi says. “I kind of envisioned one look and go, like a lot of rookies, particularly rookies that are good athletes. But he gets to his second and third reads. Number two, his delivery — he has really good quarterback mechanics. That ball jumps out of there. And number three, there’s a charisma about him. It’s not something you can normally define, but you know it when you see it. “There’s gonna be some bumps in the road, but there’s just no — and I say this without reservation — there’s no doubt in my mind that at some point we’re gonna see greatness.” https://theathletic.com/4788522/2023/08/19/colts-rick-venturi-anthony-richardson/ (If you have a link to whatever you hear from him, post the link. Thanks.)

The people giving him grief probably never wanted to draft him and would be upset no matter what. He played very well. The Colts did not win. That's all. Had they won, folks would feel better. People here did not like Andrew because he replaced Manning. People have their reasons..

What don't you like about Herbert? I would take him over Cousins in a heartbeat. Btw, I am also a big fan of Burrow. Wasn't he hurt? Give the kid a break.

You guys played so well! Don't you feel like you did? I was so impressed. Last year was awful. There is so much to look forward to for Colts fans this year. Or the Vikings.

I am so glad that I declined my friend's offer to attend that game tonight. 40-0 loss against the Cowboys. And I would be going home in the rain. Glad I stayed home.

Dallas is about to score again. At least I advanced in my Survivor Pool (not for money).

He looked really good. I wonder what @stitches thinks of that. He was very high on Jordan Love. While many thought he would not be any good, Stitches has always believed in him.

I like Dalvin Cook a lot and wanted to keep him. We had to let Cook, Thielen, and Kendricks go because of salary cap issues. I think our offense may not be as good without Cook. I like Mattison but he is not Cook. IMO, Kirk Cousins contributes to us not winning. For outsiders, he appears to play well because visually, the stats look good. But he is not a winner. Today, the way we were playing, we should have scored at least 28 points. He threw an INT in the red zone when we needed to score. He also had two fumbles in the first half. I think we were driving when he fumbled once. There is no reason why we did not win against a mediocre team like Tampa in front of our fans. He just does not have that killer instinct. He plays it safe, making sure he does not get hurt. He ended the gave 34/44 for 344 yards, 2TD and 1 INT. He got a lot of those stats in the second half. Maybe @VikingsFanInChennai can better explain what I mean.

@csmopar @MB-ColtsFan I hope that he did not also sustain a concussion.

@smittywerb I would not continue to go back and forth. People will see things the way they want.

Who's stats are those? That must not be AR's stats.

Who has these stats?

I don't know how any fan would not be optimistic. He is the third youngest to start at QB in the NFL, yet he did not seem uncomfortable and he seemed to work well with his teammates. He has a lot to improve but what player does not? I hope he is not injured.

When I first signed up here nine years ago, there were many more fans of other teams. There were many Patriots fans. They are all gone. They were here for a while. There used to be Texans fans, Seahawks fans, Broncos fans, some Bengals fans. For a while, I was the only Vikings fan. I like this site a lot. The fans are very knowledgeable. The draft/scouting/free agency section is full of great information, mostly during draft time. We hold live mock drafts. While this is the Colts site, this section where you are posting is the NFL section. There is a Colts section. Did you join your fellow fans in the Colts Game Day section. It has the weekly game thread. As for the Vikings, last year we were lucky to win at least half the games we won. If we play that way this year, we will be 4-13, not 13-4. We seemed to play better today but Kirk had two fumbles and an INT at key times that caused us to lose.

Red Zone did not show a hit to the head. It looked like he could not walk. It seemed like a leg injury. He looked like he was running towards the end zone and took a hit but Red Zone went to another game. When they showed him again, he was trying to get up. Thank you.

Serious question. Unless he is believed to have a concussion, why would he need to go in the tent. It is not necessary to go into the tent to miss a play after injury. Maybe I am missing something.

What does that mean that he "refused" to go into the tent? I doubt he would be insubordinate and refuse to do what he is supposed to do.

I agree. I would be feeling so optimistic. The only thing that would worry me is the injury. It is too bad that they did not get the win but they played well.

But he was out for three snaps at least

Hey, Vikings lost to Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Bucs in Minnesota. At least 3 turnovers by Kirk, yet his stats look good, something like 33 for 44 for 350 or so yards, 2 TD, 1 INT (plus 2 fumbles). His stats look good but he had those turnovers at least twice when the Vikes were in the Red Zone. We play the Eagles on Thursday, I think.

What happened to AR?

You are not feeling good about this game?? He is a 21-year old playing his first NFL game. You can have Kirk Cousins. I will take AR. (Cousins had at least 3 turnovers today.)

The Colts need a running game to help this rookie QB. The game was close for 3 and a half plus quarters. How many rush yards do the Colts have minus those by AR? You can't expect him to be the entire offense.