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On 10/7/2023 at 12:31 PM, Rhodelesstraveled said:
You beat TN throwing the ball. AR is terrible at that. 32nd. You guys will eventually wake up to reality once you get punched in the mount a few more times by results on the field.
2 hours ago, Rhodelesstraveled said:The prophecy was proved on the field today. You guys need to wake up.
AR is not all that but GM is.
You don’t have to come to the forum to have a conversation with yourself, fyi!
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1 hour ago, ShuteAt168 said:
WR Pierce deserves a little love for a nice route to draw that huge PI (bailed Pitt out for the airhead penalty) and then the nice grab on Minshew’s dime on third down.
Yea it does lend a tiny bit of credence to his lack of targets when AR is QB. I don’t think AR is getting to him in the progression, by play design or otherwise.
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Dude. Zaire my man!
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Good for JT. Hopefully good for the Colts. Let’s move on!
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Wow. Guess everything was good to go at the presser!
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3 minutes ago, w87r said:
I don't think it accomplished what they wanted at all. Which was for the daily distraction to lessen. If anything some of those answers will only increase it.
So to that extent, I don't think he was out there talking from a Colts PR coached perspective.
I definitely think they were underwhelmed by that performance. Which is another reason the Colts could potentially slow roll getting him back on the active roster. Watch his actions, if so, I would say he isn't off to a very good start. Still decent chance he plays this week though.
Just another fumble on his end. The whole process has been a debacle. Hopefully getting back on the field helps him get back to using his head instead of acting with rashly with his emotions.
Yea, I am trying to rationalize this in my head. Is this what the Colts wanted or not? Surely they have a good enough read on JT to know how he would handle himself in a presser?
1. It kind of felt like the Colts starting pushing a ‘JT is excited to be back and ready to go and we are excited to have him’ narrative in the last week or so. So, the Colts either wanted to push this narrative, have him do a presser to help smooth over how good things are and just how excited he was to be practicing.
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2. This was part of the plan and the Colts are setting the stage for how they are going to handle JT. They knew what types of questions would be asked & wanted the world to be able to see/hear JT respond? If he try’s to come out and fake injury, or pull any other funny business, after saying he is 100% healthy now would be risky to say the least.
I’m probably looking for something that isn’t there, but I am curious to see how this all plays out. Especially since the Colts do seem to be exposing themselves to some risk with him.
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6 minutes ago, John Waylon said:
I don’t know that he could have done anything short of committing aggravated mayhem to evade any questions about this situation. Even if he had returned and run for 300 yards and 15 TDs in the game the questions still would have largely been about the contract situation.
I’m very disappointed in how he (and Irsay as well,) have handled this as well. He’s always been presented as the kind of guy who wouldn’t do something like this, and he even acknowledged that he was under contract and would honor is back in the spring.
This agent that he’s picked up is just a % disturber and nothing more. Everything was going until that guy entered the picture. Once he entered the equation this whole thing got stupid quick.
Personally I tend to wonder if the way things have gone down has been part of the reason he was so awkward yesterday during the presser. This agent came in and made a mess of %, maybe Taylor just doesn’t know how to handle himself at this point. Again, all indications prior to this agent change over the summer was that this sort of behavior was entirely out of the ordinary for JT. Maybe bringing this agent in turned out differently than he was expecting and now he’s trying to navigate entirely unknown and uncomfortable territory to him.
Right now I’m less worried about all the front-facing stuff like press conferences and the stuff that winds up in the media. I’m more concerned with them getting things sorted out behind closed doors and getting him worked into this new off new under Steichen.
Good post. The bolded is a fair point I’m just coming around to considering.
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6 minutes ago, w87r said:
I kinda feel like that press conference came from a Colts demand. Told him this is going to be a distraction every week if you don't go talk now. Still will be, but I do think that was the purpose of putting him out in front of everyone.
Final thought, I have no problem with Taylor wanting more money. I think Taylor handled himself despicably in his attempt to get a new contract though. He couldn't of handled it any worse really. His back is against the wall now, he knows it. So I expect him to comeback and play hard and very well. His family's financial security is on the line. Hopefully he stays healthy and secures a bag as we win the Division.
Will be looking forward to the end of this saga, unfortunately I don't think him suiting up Sunday would be the end. Just the start of the next chapter.
Good post. Focusing on the quoted.
1st & 3rd paragraph: I feel the Colts insisted as well, I certainly don’t feel JT wanted much to do with it! Do you think the Colts anticipated that type of performance from him? Feels like it didn’t accomplish what they hoped it would, or did it?
2nd paragraph: This is where I am. I’m trying to allow for him being young & maybe not mature enough to separate business/personal matters. But man I could have supported him a lot more if he just would have maintained some integrity or maybe class is a better way of saying it?
You want to hold out & bet on yourself, do it. But don’t damage your image in the process.
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15 hours ago, TaylorStillTruckedYou said:
Hm... that's an interesting look on this. Other than him sidestepping the question on wanting to stay a Colt, I saw nothing wrong with the interview. Let's keep in mind that we don't know if there were any PR work being done behind the curtains from the Colts. If the team as a whole continue to positively progress forward together, then I see nothing wrong with anything in this interview.
But seems we are looking at it two different ways, so I'll respect your stance.
Well I think he side stepped a lot of questions & flat out ignored others. Which is ok, just didn’t care for his method of doing it.
I just felt he could have come across more professional and sincere. That’s all.
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15 hours ago, John Waylon said:
I wasn’t singling you out, that has been a theme in the thread throughout the day and I just feel it’s a bit misguided.
His availability was going to be required. He fulfilled that requirement today.
I don’t think it’s something he enjoyed or was particularly looking forward to, and so he just got it out of the way instead of letting it hang over him until it actually was required.
Now he can get back to practice and get ready to go. He can fully focus on that until his next required availability.
Understood it was going to eventually happen. I was waiting to hear from him. Just thinking if he could have possibly waited until after he played, then it could have been easier to evade some of the questions? Maybe not.
I’m just a little disappointed in what I’m seeing from JT the person & the way he has handled some of this. But after thinking on it some more, I’m probably being a little hard on a 20 some year old kid too. It’s a tough spot to be in for sure.
JT the player, I hope I get to see him on the field Sunday and hope he gets his payday.
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15 minutes ago, John Waylon said:
I think people are getting too hung up on this. It was inevitable. He was going to have to do it sooner than later and maybe he decided he wanted to just get it out of the way and get back to work. If this is the part of the process he’s dreading the most (which doesn’t seem all that unlikely,) might as well rip the bandaid off and move on.
Where do we go from here?
I’m not really. I just didn’t expect to see/hear it from him like that. If this wasn’t a required availability, what was the point of it though? What did he gain?
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13 minutes ago, TaylorStillTruckedYou said:
A bit confused on this one. Did you want him to come out and relight the dumbster fire that this whole situation has been? He took the professional route to move this issue forward. No one wants to deal with that distraction all season
I’m a bit confused why he did the presser too!
No, obviously that’s what I wanted, with no middle ground.
There was nothing professional about it, I guess that is where we disagree.
He stood up there for 12 minutes and made a mockery of the whole situation & did little to make this less of a distraction moving forward.
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40 minutes ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:
He did say he likes the fans here, the city, and his teammates + winning a championship for Indianapolis is important.
So important he took the first 4 weeks off and requested a trade out of here!
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I can’t believe he was able to do that with a straight face.
I’m losing more & more respect for the man. How you gonna stand up there, after using the injury as an excuse to hold out, and talk about how hard you worked to get back & make a mockery of players who actually do?
I’m glad the Colts let him speak.
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On 9/29/2023 at 8:48 PM, iuswingman said:
It is not just for wanting a new contract. It is for refusing to suit up by faking an injury and acting like this a year before his rookie contract is up.
It is one thing to want and ask for a new contract. It is quite another thing to do what JT is doing.
Pittman probably wants a new contract too but he is acting like an adult
I don’t disagree with any of that! I believe I said in my post I don’t like the way it’s played out.
but the very basis for all of this….wanting a new contract…I don’t feel is out of line. Staging a silent “hold in”…ok whatever. The rest of it, he lost me.
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4 hours ago, jvan1973 said:
I've left jobs for triple what I was making
And would do it again tomorrow all other factors being equal!
I don’t like the way this has played out, but the amount of people upset just for wanting a new contract does surprise me a tad.
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8 minutes ago, richard pallo said:
Yeah I recognized the similarities too. I think he’s the source.
I mean, I had a similar thought. It could be that the “source” intentionally parroted what Ballard had already said, though.
The trade list is pretty specific. It may not be Ballard, but it’s definitely someone higher up the chain, imo. Potentially being Dodds was my other thought.
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2 hours ago, John Hammonds said:
Random thoughts from the game:
- Moss showing that we really don't need to extend JT.
- Pierce showing that he can be replaced. (Dude, look what happened to Jackson and Baker.)
- How in the world do you call Delay Of Game when the official is standing over the ball, not letting you snap it?
- We weren't supposed to win this game. Don't the Colts know that we're supposed to be tanking for Marvin 2.0? I think we just took ourselves out of the Marvin sweepstakes.
- This is the reason we paid so much for a kicker. A top notch kicker will make a difference in 2 or 3 games a season.
- I told my family I would take them to Dairy Queen if the Colts won. (You get ice cream! And you get ice cream! And you get ice cream!)
Because we had to let D make subs since we did. Baltimore player wisely took his time subbing in.
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Voted based on my speculation of what’s been reported so far:
1. JT
2. I don’t think JT wants to, but I think hr will cave eventually because it’s best for him in the long run.
3. Not really but about as expected
4. I say tag because im not sure the Colts will get any value from a trade, if they can though, I’d take that as well.
5. No change
6. Maybe only slightly less just because I feel he has went about this the wrong way, not because he wants paid.
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1 minute ago, NewColtsFan said:
He’s asking a question based on inside info he’s reportedly received from Taylor and his agent. And you think that somehow makes Holder biased? Sorry, I completely disagree. It’s not an easy question, but Ballard is paid to take tough questions.
Part of my issue previously with your tough questions was the timing. I thought the timing was bad 4-5 weeks ago when things were starting to calm down. But today was the day. The time to ask any and all tough questions was today. And I don’t care if it was from Taylor’s perspective, I think that’s incredibly healthy given that I’d guess this community is roughly 95-5 pro Colts and anti-Taylor. I think it’s a great thing to ask questions from Taylor’s perspective. I don’t understand the objection.
By the way, as far as I can tell, the video is still not up in the website, and it’s not up on YouTube, at least not that I have found.
It’s all here I believe. Just first few minutes and last is a reporter talking. But this is what I was able to find and listen to.
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1 minute ago, csmopar said:
We can’t, even if we wanted too, Reserve/PUP players can’t be traded now until after week 4
Understood. I was just having fun. JT joke aside…I’d hope we’d be in if he were to be available (Bosa).
2 minutes ago, IndyEric07 said:JT +CM would be a crazy duo! I’d trade them JT+ 1st rounder for Bosa+Aiuk or Deebo!
LOL. I don’t even think Shanahan values RB’s that much though!
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11 minutes ago, danlhart87 said:
I can’t believe Ballard is getting Bosa for JT straight up!
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58 minutes ago, Virtuoso80 said:
From what I saw, that low throw to Granson looked to be on purpose. The defender was flying in could have either intercepted or batted away the pass.
Okay, I watched it a couple more times. I dunno, I’m not gonna split hairs on this one throw. It wasn’t really the point of my post…which is that it was still took a great catch.
I agree you don’t want to throw the ball to the defender side of Granson, but I still feel he could have hit him waist-chest high on the free side. This still would be in a place the defender couldn’t get to it, but allow an easier catch by the receiver.
I don’t want this to come across as me being negative regarding AR. I’m not, he has shown a lot of good.
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8 minutes ago, Virtuoso80 said:
From what I saw, that low throw to Granson looked to be on purpose. The defender was flying in could have either intercepted or batted away the pass.
Interesting. That’s not what I recalled but I’m going to go back and take a look. I hope you’re right!
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I mean the game I watched showed Zach Moss, the RB, who had the big plays for the colts (and yes the line)? Was it 51 yard TD run? Did he get to 200 all purpose yards?
But nah yea proof was in the pudding today.