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33 minutes ago, MacDee1975 said:
Only Colts.com message board posters were saying that....which carries zero weight with me.
Ummm... you're a Colts.com message board poster...
Does that mean what you say should carry zero weight with the rest of us?
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1 hour ago, Four2itus said:
It is possible that Jacoby Brissett is a better leader in the locker room than either Manning or Luck. However, exalting one great Colt by diminishing another serves only those who wish to see negatives.
Manning, Andrew, and Jacoby...all three....have brought something great to this franchise. I am excited to see what else Jacoby brings in the future.
1 hour ago, jskinnz said:So absolutely well said.
^This^ and ^This^
We can go round and round til the cows come home comparing Colts QBs with each other, or with other QBs like Brady, about who is more talented, who can make all the throws, who has better stats, who is the better leader, etc.
The bottom line is we are fortunate to have the history of QBs that we do as Colts fans. And I can't wait to see what Jacoby does with the team Ballard has built around him.
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I know it's the cliche homer thing to say, but I trust Ballard to do his due diligence and make the right decision.
If Osemele ends up as a Colt, cool I will root for him.
If he ends up as a Patriot, he can suck rocks.
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no anybody? take from them?
I'm so confused...
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9 hours ago, DougDew said:
I'd be very skeptical of any person suggesting that the effects of burnt cellulose is significantly different in marijuana form over tree form.
But you said personal trainers have more credibility on the subject than Harvard... sounds like you're just skeptical of anyone that disagrees with your opinion.
9 hours ago, DougDew said:with 250 million people in the country
We're at 300+ now, and have been for over a decade.
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1 minute ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:
You can't "Clark Kent" us Grigson! A pair of glasses isn't a "disguise"... and you ain't no Superman!
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4 minutes ago, DougDew said:
Actually yes, I would trust an unbiased professional who interacts with thousands of people to be a better source of information than some of our institutions.
What if I told you I was a personal trainer that was a former athlete with a good working knowledge of the human body and nutrition, and that I have a college degree in health, and did an epidemiological study on smoke in college?
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1 hour ago, teganslaw said:
What is Trent Richardson doing in an Andrew Luck thread? Just wondering.......
This thread is now the alpha and the omega-thread.
This is where other megathreads come to die.
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7 minutes ago, DougDew said:
It probably depends on how often you toke and hold it in. I don't think someone who has gotten banned as much as Gordon is a person comparable to how "people" smoke pot.
As far as research, trying to make science support an already growing emotional social movement about pot, a Harvard study is not reassuring. I wouldn't think it would be neutral. When I start hearing the consensus of personal trainers and nutritionists advocating smoking joints once in a while as a health benefit, I might conclude that their own eyes and judgment gave Harvard credibility on the subject. But that's a different topic, not for this forum.My comment are relevant because Chloe mentioned that BB was disappointed with his conditioning, which is cardio function.
Lol, personal trainers opinions having more credibility than Harvard...
Your comment on cardio was about "filling your lungs with smoke". Josh Gordons' bad cardio is likely due to plain old laziness, which I will admit could be attributed to the kind of smoke he was inhaling. Probably chose a bag of cheetos over working out.
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20 minutes ago, DougDew said:
I think saying it that way is inaccurate. It is the net result of Ballard's decisions, including the trade. He should be commended for all of those subsequent decisions too.
The Jets did not give up all of those players to get Darnold because they weren't in a position to trade down from 3 and accumulate those picks to begin with by not making the trade and picking Nelson at 6. They could have never had those picks, so comparing what they got from the trade up (Darnold), with what we got subsequent to the trade makes no sense, IMO.
If you look at how the article is portraying the trade from the opposite direction, the net result of the trade would be the Jets receiving Nelson, Smith, Turay, Wilkins, Ya-Sin, etc. and we received (kept) Darnold at #3. No.
Ok, take the player names out of it, then.
Still a pretty good haul.
Four picks for one. To move three spots in the draft. The Jets could presumably have used those four picks the same way the Colts did, but that's getting into hypotheticals.
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1 hour ago, DougDew said:
I guess that list makes my opinion wrong?
I have no idea how often they put smoke into their lungs, if they can stop long enough to pass a test. I'm sure that many athletes smoke cigars too.
I would think that any personal training professional would strongly advise any person to not smoke if they want to maximize their cardio functions. Not being happy with Gordon's conditioning is not that surprising to me, but others might need a lot more data before seeing a correlation.
Tobacco, no. But the way people typically smoke marijuana (taking a large breath and holding it in) doesn't damage lung function. It may actually improve it.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/pot-smokers-can-maybe-breathe-a-little-easier
QuoteAnd then there was the really good news for pot smokers: smoking marijuana in moderation may actually improve lung function, perhaps because inhaling gives the lungs and the chest muscles a bit of a workout.
Obviously more research needs to be done, but now that it's legal in places, that research is happening.
So yes, you're right about tobacco (cigarettes and cigars), but I don't know if Gordon smokes tobacco, so I don't know if your comments about smoke and cardio are relevant to this thread.
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1 hour ago, DougDew said:
Its not the net result of the trade. Its the result of the trade and subsequent decisions. The way its presented makes it look like the Herschel Walker trade, which it was not.
We didn't get Ya-Sin because of the trade. We could/would have had him with our own 26th pick.
We now have a second round pick from the Skins, and another player to come and add to the list if you want, but that is due to yet another decision. A decision to trade down with the Skins in a different draft.
Yes it is the net result of the trade. The three 2018 picks we got from the Jets (which we turned into four picks) = Nelson, Smith, and Turay + Wilkins, while the 2019 pick = Ya-Sin.
You don't know who would have been picked with the 26th pick, so that's just a hypothetical. And the trade with the Skins was for that 26th pick, which has nothing to do with the Jets trade.
Either way, Ya-Sin was a direct result of the trade, so if you want to nitpick, the Colts got Nelson, Smith, Ya-Sin, and a 2018 2nd round pick from that one trade. Not Herschel Walker, but still a pretty good haul, especially when you factor in that Ballard turned that 2nd into Turay and Wilkins, with a net result of 5 players for 1.
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12 minutes ago, New Zealands #1 Colts Fan said:
2020 will likely bring us more pointless forum topics.
I'll take "Book it, 1000% Lock, Guaranteed" for a thousand, Alex.
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Not rubbing it in the Pats fans faces too much that we beat them in Foxboro on our way to a SB.
And that will be Bradys' final game, too.
And then I wake up.
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4 minutes ago, Coffeedrinker said:
Now, I'm curious, what was the original title of the thread?
Trading Ghost
Or something like that.
People understandably thought it was about trading TY.
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6 minutes ago, Fluke_33 said:
Get their coltsxtra app on your phone. Articles are free and i've never had an issue with ads
Can't do apps.
I don't have a smart phone.
I'm still Andrew Lucking it with a dumb phone.
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23 hours ago, GoPats said:
The problem with this logic is that it assumes backups are all created equal.
Manning and Brady being equal, the fact that the TEAM built around Brady was better than the team built around Manning is a testament to Belichick.
But it also shows that you could attribute about 10 wins a year to Manning when he was a Colt. We'll probably never know how many wins a year can be attributed to Brady because we'll probably never see such a poor team have to play without Brady under Belichick.
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29 minutes ago, dynasty13 said:
If I wanted to, I could make the argument that Brady HAS won with two different teams, since no player from the 2001/03/04 championship run was still on the team for the 2014/16/18 run. Literally the only difference is that the uniform didnt change color and it was the same head coach.
I think the main point of that argument IS the head coach (Brady having Belichick his whole career, while Manning did it with 2 different HCs on 2 different teams).
It's kind of a catch-22 argument, though, because to try to take anything away from Brady, you have to give extra credit to Belichick, and vice versa.
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4 minutes ago, csmopar said:
https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nfl/colts/2019/10/22/sam-darnold-trade-ghosts-jets-colts-trade-may-haunt-new-york-quenton-nelson-rock-yasin/4062034002/?fbclid=IwAR1YokDDVbMlv1yoyP2qbQ7MK1qmN4wAe67hwy19LYkMu9KC9vRoR6n8wA8
I find this interesting given the heat Ballard gets sometimes from many on this board for his draft moves. Not all have panned out 100% but it is interesting.What's the gist of the article?
IndyStar doesn't like my adblocker, but I don't like their ads, so I'm in a stalemate with that website...
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1 hour ago, RollerColt said:
He'd fumble your groceries all over the ground. Pass!
But then you'd get fresh groceries AND a refund AND the manager promises that in the future you will have the best bagboy that has worked at that company since Kurt Warner.
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After reading about his history, I don't think it would be a good idea, but I'm not slamming the door on the idea either.
He's not just an immature knucklehead, he's a full-blown addict.
However, sometimes addicts really do turn their lives around and apply their addictive personality to the right things. It's possible he has pulled himself up out of that hole he dug for himself and is on the right path. And if that's the case, he might actually be a good addition to our locker room. If he is now addicted to working out and being healthy and improving as a football player instead of drinking, smoking, and popping pills before kickoff...
The idea of the Colts having the best version of Josh Gordon...
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On 10/20/2019 at 9:54 AM, Imgrandojji said:
It's entirely possible that Brady made Belichick.
Have you been watching the Pats this year?
I know Brady isn't in his prime anymore, but he is surrounded by a pretty average supporting cast on offense, and it is showing.
It looks like his elite HC/Defense are going to carry him to another SB this year. Again.
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I don't know where ESPN Stats & Information got that from. But you should have fact-checked that. There have been a total of 30 missed PATs this year.
http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?seasonType=REG&d-447263-n=1&d-447263-o=2&d-447263-p=1&d-447263-s=KICKING_XK_MADE&tabSeq=0&season=2019&experience=&Submit=Go&archive=false&conference=null&statisticCategory=FIELD_GOALS&qualified=false
If you look through those stats, you'll see that only 16 kickers are perfect on PATs this year. Half the kickers in the league... while 20 kickers have missed at least one.
They even showed a graphic during the game today that showed that Vinnys' 4 misses ties Gostkowski and Fairbairn for the most in the league. So there were two kickers with more missed PATs than Vinny going into today.