Goatface Killah

Also Justin Houston, Yannick Ngakoue amd Samson Ebukam. Glowinski?

You see eloquent and I see a bunch of mumbo jumbo from a writer with zero meaningful credentials in a world full of internet experts with zero meaningful credentials. Im not impressed. Why are you so impressed? Only because she agrees with you. Thats it. You like it because it tickles your ego. And you just admitted it.

I think most people expected him to miss the game and return at some point. Im shocked he never came back. That dude loved to play football, I dont care what anyone says.

Consistently, year over year he absolutely is. And he is much better than Grigson or Polian for that matter, ever was. One year does not mean he was more active. You didnt even name as many people as I did and I left out quite a few. Phillip Rivers Stephon Gilmore Tre Burton Eric Ebron Jabaal Sheard Xavier Rhodes Johnathan Hankins TJ Carrie

I think every single one of those fanbases are very dissapointed in their teams this season. So yes, they are all under achieving dissappintments just like us. The only people hyping up their failures is you, and its only for the sake of trying to make the Colts look bad. As far as the rest of your post, its just more of the same. Our wins dont count because we played a backup QB, with OUR BACKUP QB......yada yada yada.......blah blah blah. Whatever. It doesnt even count when we beat the league MVP with our backup QB on the road. Nothing good ever counts. Because youre that insecure in your narrative. The line between success and failure is razor thin and all the teams I listed are proof of that.

Its all about QB. Qb is the straw the stirs the drink. We have needed one and its very hard to find. He has tried a bunch of different things, because its hard. A few have worked fairly well. Rivers, Minshew, and maybe Richardson. A few havent worked as well like Wentz and Ryan. Sounds to me like a guy doing a descent job of plugging a gaping hole more than pure incompetence.

He is thinking of Gosder Cherilus, Andre Johnson and Frank Gore. That year was clearly an outlier. And it didnt work either. Most years the Colts have done exactly what Ballard has done. Even the most successful years we have had. A bargain bin signing or two and thats it. And its not gonna change.

So because the perfect solution wasnt there, he is penalized for having to try something? Youre so delusional youre even mad about the Rivers decision and he took us to the playoffs.

And neither has your philosophy. You all have been hyping up colossal dissapointments like Miami, Philly, Cincinnatti, Jacksonville, Etc..... I am critical of the organization when I feel they deserve it. The last play call of the year, Frank Reich, etc. And I praise them when they deserve it. You know, because I think about what actually happened and not some fantasy world I created for myself, where all my personal opinions result in success. Its not hard to be objective and fair. You on the other hand are pretty consistently posting the same thing 1000 different ways. There is zero nuance to your opinions. Its all Ballard hate, all the time. His decisions last year absolutely worked. The team was drastically improved from the year before. But you would never acknowledge it. So why does your opinion matter if you cant be the least bit honest with yourself?

Youre basing this off one single year. And every move was horrible. Ballard is active every year bringing in guys who actually contribute. Autry, Houston, Ngakoue, Ebukam, Gay, etc.

Thats an organizational philosophy. All you complainers act like we were bringing in free agents before Ballard got here. We have never done that. In reality, Ballard has been more active and made better decisions in free agency than any other GM we have ever had. Much better. Much more active. Stop looking for things that confirm your feelings and try actually looking at evidence.

But it is 2 seperate things. They might be connected, but they arent the same.

I agreed we need more pressure. I never said we didnt. This all started as a response to moose who claimed our pass rush was awful. It isnt. The sack production proves that. If our pressure rate matched pur sack output, we would be undeniably elite. We are somewhere between those 2 extremes.

The Giants defense gave up more yards than the Colts this year.

So? Thats completely irrelevant to my point.

Thats all Im really getting at Supe I put that play squarely on Brents, who I like a lot, and I thought did really well under tough circumstances last year. I understand why he was beaten and think its correctable. I think he was flat out asleep on the first play of the game and he just got burned.

1. I dont feel like that play is an accurate represemtation of Bradleys scheme, properly executed. 2. We had an unusually inexperienced group of corners. 3. All schemes requires players to execute and make plays against the perfect playcalls.

Honestly I just think everytime a guy gets beat people act like the DC told him to stand 2 yards behind the sticks and let him get the first down. The player was just too slow to read the play and react.

Player development. I think you can play a conservative play call, with aggression.

No I think sacks are their own thing and more pressures dont always equal more sacks. Sacks are a clear win. Usually it means your first move was effective. I think we got more sacks this year because Dayo and Kwity developed and were just better with their initial move. I also think Ebukam was really good for us and when he win, he won early. Some guys just dont get off blocks very well. Thats what seperates great rushers from good rushers, they win early and late. And I think really good QBs are very hard to sack. So youre never gonna sack good QBs unless they have a horrible OL......and then thats just another thing to point to that diminishes your play. Im just not a fan of trying to knock an accomplishment with analytics. Thats not what they are for. They are for evaluating areas of performance. Pressure rate is designed to evaluate the frequency of your pressures. Thats it. And yes we could absolutely be better at that. I already said I also want more pressures. I also want a more stout run defense. I have plenty of criticisms of this defense. i just dont blame Gus and his scheme every time. he has been in the league a long time and knows how to stop this stuff. As long as the team feels like he is a good teacher, I think he is fine at DC. I like his scheme and happen to think its plenty adequate for this pass happy league. I want JuJu to get an entire offseason healthy so he can get ready for next year and I think he covers that play much, much better.

Because the kind of change youre speaking of requires bringing in a different coach with a different philosophy, which also requires bringing in different players. And that is basically hitting the reset button. You lose all the positive things youve built over time, and there are positive things I have pointed out here.....and effectively start from scratch. Some people believe that improving your playcalling, talent and execution is just a better way to address it. I personally think the scheme is fine. Our secondary was an issue this year, which I expected.

He plays zone because he doesnt want to take risks. Thats the entire point. If you want him to change that, he is gonna have to take more risks. And if the guys cant execute thats a completely different issue. Brents had no help on that play. Call it a "beater" if you want but its only called that because it ISOLATES him in what is effectively MAN COVERAGE. The answer to that isnt necessarily a different coverage, because they likely check out of the play if they dont get the look they want and come back to it later. The answer is to be better. Get a sack. Cover him 1 on 1. Make a play. But out of curiosity, what would you have done on that play Supe? What wouldve been your call? And would that have only been the call because you, in hindsight, KNOW THE TEXANS PLAYCALL? Its a lot easier than doing it for real.

No I think you seem to over value analytics and diminish clear and obvuous stats. Sacks are way better than pressures. We discussed this already. So a framchise record in sacks is gonna be a great accomplishment. You remember that incredible throw to Nico Collins on the final Texans drive? That was a pressure. So you cant just throw out the franchise sack record and call it mediocre because we didnt get enough of those meaningless pressures. I wish we wouldve sacked him. We wouldve likely won the game if we did that.

Isnt that exactly what you advocate for? Taking more risks? Playing more man coverage? Well........ He cant win. He puts the rookie on an island, he gets beat, its a bad call. He plays zone and rushes four to try and stop plays like that and protect our young corners, its a bad call. He rushes 4 on 5 and they cant get immediate pressure, the pass rush stinks. He blitzes and allows the RB to catch a screen pass and take it 70 yards, the LBs cant cover. I mean I just find all this over the top.

Hold up, the playcall on the first play was the exact oppositte of Bradleys typical play call. He left a rookie on their best receiver 1 on 1. If anything it highlights the risks of playing man coverage, which his detractors use as THEE SOLUTION. Cmon.