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20 hours ago, crazycolt1 said:
You always have a way of expressing what I was trying to say without drawing flack.
20 hours ago, Superman said:I draw plenty of flak, though...
But thanks.
AFLAC (Gilbert Gottfried voice) lol
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12 hours ago, King Colt said:
Hard to believe this game will be televised.
Hard to believe I bought 8 tickets to this game and gave them away as Christmas presents
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19 hours ago, Cynjin said:
Just heard that he signed.
Just guessing that means Luck probably will not play.
We needed at least 1 more QB so I don't think that rules him out, but now with Lindley signing, you can bet you won't see him play until 2016. This whole 2-6 week garbage was just a distraction to blow things over until the end of the season. 2 weeks was never realistic, but I feel 6 was. They played this game earlier in the season, with an injury that wasn't as bad (downplayed the severity, never ruling him out from the game even leading up to the first of 2 games he would later miss.) However, where they stand now (not making the playoffs), what's the point of throwing him into war, only to get hit again, and risk another injury? I mean we've all seen a common theme with Colts QB getting injured. Obviously, Luck would play if he was cleared, and if the Colts were relevant with a competent offensive line, he would be cleared.
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8 hours ago, NewColtsFan said:
That's not the way it normally works for most teams.
Normally, the HC gets to hire his own staff, not the GM. The GM has some level of input, but most coaches want their guys and get their guys.
That's the way it should be! Afterall, the coach is responsible for the success of the whole team (similar to the offense for the QB), but ultimately the GM is the one who hired him so he is responsible to make sure the Coach has the talent in place. It just doesn't work when the chef (Pagano) can't pick their own ingredients to make the meal (or so they say).
There is just no good reason to split duties between 2 people, because they wont be on the same page. You let 1 person handle the job, and they either sink or swim.
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I don't know about everybody else here, but I for one am fed up of being lied to. Not sure but I think Luck got injured either in the Bills or Jets game, however he fought through, and just couldn't continue after the 1st Titans game. The first time Luck was injured, they made it sound like no big deal, he is a game time decision the first week he was injured (never ruled out during the week against the Jags). He didn't think he would miss a game during that week. Then he missed the next game also which was against the Texans, which they definitely made it sound like he would be good to go for. The more I think about it, I think he came back too early (meaning they downplayed the severity in the beginning). Perhaps I'm wrong, and he was 100% healthy, but he continued to take hits and was injured quickly (not just the kidney, which has kept him out an extended period of time). The first assessment was 2-6 weeks (REALLY 2 weeks for a minimum??). Then about 4 weeks in "He's really close, should be back by week 16". Now here it is Week 17 and they don't have Hasselbeck or Whitehurst. Stephen Morris until about a few minutes ago was the only QB that could go, and now they sign Josh Freeman? This is absolutely ridiculous. They've downplayed EVERYTHING about his injuries this season, and the family feud between Chuck/Grigson during the first few weeks. Seriously, I don't know if I can EVER buy into their garbage again. I like Chuck, but I think it's time for him to go, and Grigson should definitely lead the way (for allowing this debacle to occur)!
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Call me crazy, but a lot of those games should turn out favorable. Don't think Texans will lose though, so it doesn't really matter.
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18 hours ago, CanuckColtsFan said:
The D line looks like it should be a strength next year if everyone progresses as expected.
and avoids injury...
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1 hour ago, krunk said:
I wouldn't have a single problem with bringing Gore back next year. Especially if we can have a really good young back start in front of him in rotation.
We need a young workhorse in front of Gore that can stay healthy, but none of that will matter unless we get more talent and depth on the OL.
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17 hours ago, aaron11 said:
we dont have the worst line, that just isnt true. the team we played today has a worse line than us
Perhaps part of the reason why they were a big let down this year too? I think most teams with bad OL just don't score a lot of points aka don't win football games! Grigs should've figured this out by now... He was an lineman but unfortunately not a very good one. It's taken 4 years and a significant injuries to Luck for him to get a hint?
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34 minutes ago, Steamboat_Shaun said:
These statistics are useless when your franchise QB misses more than 50% of the season.
Not useless, if you use it to correct the issues that got you there. I'm pretty sure blocking issues lead to Luck getting hit (not the injury itself, because that came on a QB run, but Luck wouldn't need to do that if he had better protection). Bad pass protection leading to an injury to the QB, which causes teams to stack the box against a bad OL (who also can't run block)... Seems to me the issues still are in the OL (and the man responsible for the OL being without talented blockers for 4 straight years)
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19 hours ago, BOTT said:
Well, the packers and steelers also have real offensive coordinators as opposed what luck has been dealing with the last 2.5 years. Look at the best quarterbacks in the league.....they have very good/great coordinators.
Starts with the GM. Ideally he picks a good HC, who is suppose to manage the team itself (ehmm Grigson). However, we had an incompetent GM and OC (that was picked by the GM). To make matters worse, issues were never addressed on the OL...
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12 minutes ago, Narcosys said:
They were on their 4th string QB? I thought only third. Jeez, worse than I thought.
Started with Mallett, Then Sio Moore in the first contest between Colts/Texans. Then Hoyer took over the job. Hoyer was injured against the Pats the week before the Colts. Yates stepped in and was injured in the second game against the Colts, and Bradon Weeden finished us off. To save some grace here though, Weeden is all terrible, he has held a starting job before, and has had plenty of experience starting with the Browns and Cowboys when Romo was injured. He is better than Whitehurst...
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17 hours ago, Jdubu said:
So how would you blame Gore getting old with a team who hasn't produced a 100 yard rushing in some 48 games now? It's 85% a poor offensive line that has created no space for running backs to get through, regardless of who is running the ball. I don't like the offensive philosophy that Pep had, I don't like the scheme that the oline has run and I don't like the mess they have used as the center for 4 years now. All the coaches need walked out after two more games because this team is a wreck with or without Luck. We can use the Texans (or many teams) as a reference. They took our lunch money in our house with a back up to the back up to the back up QB. This team is broken from its leadership abilities more than its player talent.
The leadership/coaching reflect the talent on the OL and ability to rush the pass. They are the ones who put this team together, but it starts with management and trickles down. First you must stable from the top in order for the whole team to be successful.
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19 hours ago, indyagent17 said:
I for one think the Gore still has gas in the tank, its hard to run against one of the worst lines in pro football.
Grigson appears to be incapable to fixing this issue over his years with the team so that is in my opinion the main reason he needs to be let go in favor of better evaluator of talent
You're right it's nothing to do with Gore, but you can't establish a run game with bad blocking. I don't think he is incapable of doing it. I just think he has been overly confident in "his guys" that are there to get the job done. Obviously it didn't work the first 2-3 years, that is why I was so baffled he picked Dorsett and then Smith in rounds 1 and 2 (only getting Good in a late round to acquire talent in the draft). Then only getting Herremans (ex Eagle) in FA, who obviously shouldn't have ever been signed as he was inactive most of the year. I put up with it even though I was frustrated through year 3, now I won't have a filter!
He overpaid Cherilus, busted on D Thomas (after even giving him a 3rd chance to make the team this season). Other than Drafting Mewhort and Thornton (IMO, Thornton is mediocre, who Grigson thinks is better than he really is), Grigson has passed on Alex Mack and Mike Iupati in FA because he had other plans getting weapons for Luck.
So I don't think he is incapable, but he was merely being neglectful for 4 years now, which is totally unexceptable when you have a QB like we do in Luck. That alone earns his one way ticket out of Indy, IMO.
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19 hours ago, jvan1973 said:
A lot of that is because we don't have luck breaking off 15 and 20 yard runs that inflate the team ypc. Gore has a better ypc this year than Richardson had last year
There are many variable to contribute to why our YPC is down. The 2 main ones IMO is the OL talent and playcalling, which both affects other parts of the turnout of each game.
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18 hours ago, DougDew said:
I just heard....
Somebody was starting another Grigson bashing thread.
Yes, why don't you join in on the festivities
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18 hours ago, NewColtsFan said:
The man problem is the o-line is the worst in the 4-years of Grigson. When Gore has wholes to run through, he runs through them really well.
Currently, he's banged up. If we had a decent back-up, the back-up would be playing. But since we don't, Frank is taking one for the team. Much as MH has been doing.
This might be the worst o-line in the NFL, one of the worst I've seen in 50 years of watching the NFL.
IDK, the first year with Luck was horrendous! I think this line is a little better because of no Satelle (he was garbage, not that our C is good now though) and we have Mewhort now.
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19 hours ago, krunk said:
No I think they expected Robinson to be able to contribute more than he was, and then we had Varga go on IR which was the double whammy. From there you are somewhat forced back into the Bradshaw pot and we all know he's only good for about a maximum of 4 games until something on his body is broken. I said more than once on this forum that Bradshaw only gets one type of injury and that is the IR injury. He never gets anything in between. Either he is healthy or on IR. He never seems to get anything that will just keep him out for a game or two and then he comes back.
I know Bradshaw wasn't involved in original plans for the season. Robinson being a flop and Varga/Ballard's injury really put us in that situation, but I don't think any of those players would have helped out increasing YPC though. When Ahmad was in he even struggled getting going because of the OL.
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2 minutes ago, LuckIsAwesome said:
Yup the main problem is the o line.
It just boggles my mind, how the FO can neglect that when it was so bad to begin with. Seriously, if we had an above average OL, it would hide so many other flaws we could likely make it back to the AFC CG, assuming the offense was running smoothly with Luck.
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5 minutes ago, PeterBowman said:
I'm sure teams not really respecting the pass game with Luck out has played a big part too.
Just curious.
What's the Colts YPC in games when Luck played vs when Hasselbeck played?
Great point as well! I'm sure defenses don't respect an aging, hurting Hasselbeck like they would Luck playing well. IDK about the YPC with and WO Luck, but I'm sure it went down dramatically.
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4 minutes ago, krunk said:
I don't think Gore is washed. I just think he had no business being the starter for most of the season. Should have been a good young back leading the way with Gore splitting time. Instead Gore was the lead back and got banged up combined with old age. Still a good player, but shouldn't be the lead back only because of the wear and tear.
That's why Bradshaw was brought in. The talent between Gore and Bradshaw can be a deadly tandem. It just sucks they're both old, one ran out of steam, while the other can't play but a handful of games per year!
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I'm not defending Trent, trust me! Also, I am being a little outrageous! However, a lot of football is situational as Zibby mentioned. One thing is for sure, if you never establish a run game, and pose a threat it dictates ALOT about the rest of the game. Same as how the Colts use to not be able to stop opponents rushing attacks. They would simply line up play after play and get the ball ran down their throats.
You must go broader than the situation within each game though, you must look at the big picture and see who is responsible for the state of the franchise being in chaos? Ryan Grigson played a huge role in not just acquiring players, but other coaching decisions as well.
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Matt Patricia or Josh McDaniels 1 more time... There I (typed) said it, are you happy now?
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1 hour ago, Jonathan24 said:
nahhh he will trade our first for rg3
Even better! We have #1 from 2012, we had #3 (which turned out to be a bust), now let's go for #2 that is nothing more than a #2 lol. Hey, it's gotta work eventually, right?
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