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No way will Kraft fire Bill. Bill will leave on his own terms. He may change his role from coach to GM, but he is the greatest Patriot coach of all times. In the early days, he was the genius that created a super defense and Tom Brady the time to develop.

Use KJ Hamler that is on the practice squad. We got him from the Broncos when Sean Peyton was upset we signed him. Kid is a 2nd rounder. WR/KR/PR

Shaq against the Panthers was a LB that was a shadow of his Maniac days. We should help him retire after this season.

I believe there is the opportunity to take this time for Steichen/Ballard to focus on an offensive strategy that focuses on our strengths: 2 Top RB, An experienced QB, An above average OL, A stable of TE, and Josh Downs/Pittman. It may take 10 games to figure it out but just imagine if we do, and next year we get AR back.

Trade for Jeudy IF Steichen agrees. Ballard and his scouts have not done well in picking WR's. Reich and Ballard picked Paris Campbell versus Terry McLaughlin, who begged the Colts to draft him.

We are not the Colts of last year. Our wins this year creates confidence in me tht Steichen knows how to design plays to maximize their existing talents. Meanwhile, Ballard keeps adding new talent like JK Hamler. We have Jelani Woods on the back burner, and a happy and healthy JT. I feel optimistic as a Colt fan. I really like the Steichen/Minshew combination and the OL improvement.

Our season expectations have been already exceeded with three wins. (Last year we only won 4 games) AR is not lost for the season and Minshew is more than adequate to lead this team to more wins. AR will learn from the sidelines while Steichen will design more plays involving our strength: Running and TE. We lead the division and our chances of getting into the playoffs is good. I believe we have the right coaching staff and HC, but most important so does the players. This team is not all based on ONE player, even less a rookie QB. Let us celebrate our win and breaking the Titan streak. Beat the Jags in Jax. Go Colts!!!

I watched the Titans games this year and they did not impress me because of Tannehill. All their home games were wins and all their losses were away. Gud Bradley does not have a better DL scheme and coverage on D'Andre Hopkins we will have a tough game. As for our offense we will give them fits with a AR and our TE's. Josh should do well as most their losses came from short intermediate passes. AR RPO will give Autry and Simmons fit and basically neutralize their LBs. This should be a good game for Pittman and Pierce because their safeties will play closer to the line of scrimmage. If JT plays and Steichen uses him for screen plays and Zach between the tackles. Colt wins this Sunday. 24-17

Holder said that Jelani came in at the preseason with some physical results that the staff had an issue with. I think this continues to be the issue until he fixes that. We do have four TEs as of now in rotation. Steichen is creatively using them.

I rather see a team that is moving in the same direction versus having a super star that is disgruntled and ruin the locker room. If JT remains he will have to prove to me that he really wants to help the team. Personally, I don't see it happening and he may even get AR hurt by not blocking.

The Eagles will be hunted all year, so keep their head on a swivel. There is no more surprises regarding Jalen Hurts and AJ Brown. The best of luck this year.

If there are no takers, will JT play for the Colts? I think he like Steeler's Leveon Bell will just sit out till the cows come home. Unfortunately, he stands to lose game checks going forward. One thing that will further work against him is that a "no" taker situation further leads teams to believe that his injury is worse than we imagine.

Rich Eisen has ran the last two shows basically misinforming and misleading about the JT situation. We have all listened to Irsay speak, his twitter and JT twitter. NO where did Irsay say HE WAS NOT going to sign an extension for JT. All he said is that the Players union agreed to a contract that under values RBs. Upon JT's request Irsay did respond JT that he will NOT TRADE JT. He did not say he will not sign JT before his rookie contract is up, which Ballard has done with Hines, Quenton, Shaq... ( but remember it was NEVER demanded by the player.) The media, namely ESPN and guys like Eisen pushes a narrative of CONJECTURES and MISREADS OF INTENTIONS that Colt management are "heartless" to their players. As a fan I think otherwise. JT got himself poor representation who does not know how to negotiate with the Colts. At the end, I believe JT will listen to reason and he will get his money.

Kenny Moore is much wiser than JT. He kept his mouth shut and kept playing (although poorly). Ballard will keep him. Look at Hines, he kept his mouth shut and kept sawing wood. He was no big thunder but Ballard rewarded him. Yes he eventually traded him to a playoff team last year and did him a favor. JT just blew it royally !!!

This dispute has been a common situation in the earlier years with the Colts organization. Example: Dickerson, Faulk, Edge... Irsay is Irsay and basically did a poor job in convincing JT to be patient and wait out this year. His timing to march into that bus was TERRIBLE and any amateur would have told him that it was inappropriate. Bottomline, only JT can change JT's attitude. He chose to be confrontational about his contract and now he will have to live with it. Lamar Jackson did the same and now he is trying to mend the fences. Lamar did not get what he wanted but he is back on the field. Remember: Money talks and nonsense walks. Irsay and Ballard has done more negotiations that JT or his agent, so the only thing on JT's corner is to cry for the sports media simpathy. (Who by the way is loaded with has been players trying to push eyeballs and attention). JT is a nice guy but not wise.

Forgot to add one more reminder to JT. Irsay brought the truth to what the owners would not accept in the Lamar Jackson situation this offseason. He did the same now with the RB's but JT decided to follow his agent's crazy idea that Irsay is an ego maniac. Lamar did not have an agent otherwise he would still be unsigned.

Football is a business and JT has no leverage in this negotiations. Just look at players like Tom Brady and how hard it was for him to cut loose from the Pats. JT overplayed his hand and was mishandleed by his agent. Cut the agent and redress the issue next year with Irsay. Irsay is not unreasonable and is one of the few owners that would have upped his salary next year without franchising him.

If at this stage there is no firm positive confirmation that Shaq will be on the field, than he is done with football. The injury as a MLB takes him out of the game. I am not holding to illusions. Thanks Shaq for all you have done.

I am fired up!! I rewatched the Eagles first 2022 three games. Jalen Hurts ran alot and had his issues connecting with his passes. My prediction is that AR will start Game 1, and he will outperform Jalen Hurts.The play design had the defenses committing to either stop AR or JT. He is bigger, stronger and faster than Jalen Hurts. All we will need is our defense to show up. This new Colt offense is going to rock.

Richardson was who I thought Ballard would pick. He likes to pick the "freaks" of that position and that is what AR is (in a good way). Ballard and Irsay will be redesigning our team to be a modern, exciting and unpredictable. Our team will be focused on CREATIVITY and UNPREDICTABILITY but designed to maximize what our players do best. With AR the QB role is wide open. Our OL is smiling ear to ear. Defenses will seriously have to address AR elusiveness, just like we did when we played Lamar Jackson. It is going to open lanes for JT. I only wish TY was still young and playing for us. We can do the QB sneak for 1 yard on fourth down!!! (AR is 245lbs 6-4) He is bigger than Jalen Hurts.

What happens if they draft Jalen Carter. You know how much Ballard loves the interior lineman. Supposedly he is a generational DT.

Howie Rosen definitely got the better of Ballard with Wentz, Sirianni. He drafted Hurts in the second round while Ballard went for Pittman, or he could have traded up for Hurts since he had two second. He did draft Sam Erlinger and Eason, with Eason bombing out. I think Erlinger may still prove out to be a good QB with the right coach. Case in point: Brock Purdy and Shanahan. Fred Reich is not that great of a Head coach. He is a OC type coach.

I am a old fan since 1968. I think Jim Irsay is a passionate Colt owner. I appreciate his commitment and bold actio .

Training camp is a time to evaluate what you have. Aside from the Offensive coaches, Matt Ryan is also evaluating the players. He and Reich and his staff will evaluate and refine their playbook. That is what Rivers did with Sirianni and Reich, and now its Ryan's turn. Ryan played with K.Shanahan, t WR: Julio, Sanu TE: Gonzalez, K.Pitts RB: Cordelle The guy has seen it all. Like Peyton he will be the coach on the field.

Draft is on April 28 to 30th. Players can begin work programs in mid April. If we want a new QB, we better get him signed before April 16th. You can still draft a QB but that is a back up plan at best. I am not confident that Ballard is going to sign Garapolo because 49ers want a 2nd round draft. For those who placed "in Ballard we trust" this is the moment of truth. He needs to pull the rabbit out of the hat.