Goatface Killah

Its definitely not. You can take any defense in the league and diminish them by pointing out that they cant stop very good QBs like they stop back up QBs. I dont understand the point in doing that unless its to prop up your opinion which isnt necessarily supported by the results. The franchise sack record cant be a fluke. A turnover streak of 18 games, or whatever, cant be a fluke or a statistical anomoly because the achievements are the anomoly. And to achieve an anomoly takes tremendous skill. The Colts defense did fine against CJ Stroud on Sunday. They got burned on the first play of the game by an incredible throw and play call..........and did very well against him the rest of the game. The kid played great in crunchtime and made some plays that won them the game. So we suck?

The good QBs take everyone apart. If thats your gauge, everyone is mediocre. Supe, the Colts had the longest turnovers forced streak in the entire league at one point this year, and it was 3 times longer than anyone elses. And they set a franchise record in sacks. What youre saying is not true. At all.

I used the Browns solely because they are the only team Ive heard anybody suggest has a great defense this year. And we scored on them fairly easily, as did other teams. Truth is, there are no great defenses anymore, because its illegal to play what I consider great defense. I dont disagree that we need to be more creative. But that doesnt mean its gonna create better results than simply improving what we already do. The Colts defense already does the 2 of the 3 things I think are most important in the modern NFL, very well. They get sacks and force turnovers. If they can create more consistent pressure, they will check that third box and all of the other stats will improve significantly. JMO

Right. Sometimes a guy just gets outplayed. And sometimes that has to be acceptable because of how hard it is to do what the player is being asked to do. For example, if you dont ever ask Jaylon Jones or JuJu to cover a very good receiver with no help, then schematically a team is gonna see that and tear you apart in other ways. And if you do ask them to do it, they are gonna get beat sometimes because the other team has every rule advantage plus the knowledge of the play. But Rick would point out the flaw in the coverage and say nothing about the fact that we cant cover the TE and thats why the corner was put on that island in the first place. To a fan, every time another team does something positive against your team, its a failure by your team or a bad play call. And Rick talks like a fan a lot of times which is why other fans like him so much. And honestly I like Rick as a commentator, in small doses. I think he does a pretty nice job.

By me? Maybe. But I dont see much of that. I look at the merits of the person with the opinion and gauge how much stock I put into it. I never thought Rick was a good coach when he was here. And the fact he never coached in the modern NFL, suggests to me, that he hasnt a clue how hard it is to stop teams from scoring points now. The number 1 defense allowed 44 TDs this year. But when you hear Rick speak, it all sounds like he thinks its so easy. I think he would be embarrassingly bad if he attempted to coach a modern NFL defense. So why do I care what he has to say? Now as far as Gus, there are times I am also maddened by the problems with playing zone defense and just rushing 4. But I also understand that its even harder to build a defense that can thrive on man coverage and blitzing. Good quarterbacks destroy blitzes and man coverage and almost nobody is actually good at it.

I think that if a guy can catch the 5th most passes in the league without any elite traits, that would be pretty incredible. Moose is basically saying he isnt as fast as Tyreek Hill.

Its hyperbole, but the essence of what I posted is absolutely true.

Not great? Its actually very bad Hes never coached in the modern NFL. How would he know what works and doesnt work?

The funny thing about this is if Rick Venturi was the coach right now instead of Gus, and his track record was anywhere near as poor as it was when he was here back in the 80s and early 90s, these same fans would certainly be calling him a * and demanding he be fired. And defense was nowhere near as hard to play back in those days. I think people just call the guy who agrees with them a genius and everyone who doesnt is an *. The teams Rick coached for had like a 30% winning percentage when he was on the staff. And I believe he was like 1-15 as a head coach. But he agrees with me so hes brilliant!

I would be interested in a guy like Ryan Tannehill if he is available. I think he would be a good fit with Steichen and is certainly good enough to win games.

Again. I completely disagree. He would see a lot of single coverage and destroy it.

You seriously have no clue what youre talking about. If fans could read defenses that easily they would have jobs in the NFL. So on 3rd and 1 they are expecting run and play closer to the LOS. On first and 10 they are not playing close to the LOS. And youre take away from this is they only wanted to stop him on the plays when they crowded the line of scrimmage?

Heres the thing, I think Josh Downs is a star in the making and might wind up being our best receiver. On defense, I dont disagree that LB is a weakness for us. But I also think safety is a major weak spot and might be a little more important in this defense. I wouldnt be surprised if they make free safety a top priority.

People dont want to let a guy develop anymore. I think Pierce has a lot of talent and its way too soon to give up on him. He has things he needs to work on. Thats for sure. But he can be a weapon, I have no doubt about that.

Jamar Chase had...... 3 catches for 19 yards against the Colts 9 catches for 58 yards and against the Browns over 2 games 7 catches for 43 yards against the Ravens over 2 games 3 catches for 41 against the Chiefs Pittman had 5 catches for 44 yards against Houston. All receivers have big games and other games where they struggle.

Yeah youre right and he drafted Paye and Dayo to replace them.

Thats exactly what happened with Denico Autry. If you remember, he wasnt elite, his production could be replaced much cheaper and thats pretty much what happened. Ballard replaced him with Justin Houston, who produced. He replaced Houston with Ngakoue, who also produced. And then he replaced Ngakoue with Ebukam, who produced as well. But Autry has played very well in Tennessee and everytime he has a good game, it was basically an example of Ballards incompetence.

Here we go with the "take away his 75 yard TD".......while we compare his numbers to guys and include their biggest plays. Again, he plays with Gardner Minshew and faces tons of double teams, and Higgins doesnt. I dont think Higgins or Chase would approach Pittmans numbers if they played here under these circumstances. Good luck hauling in those passes downfield that just dont exist.

I think Pittman would chew up single coverage if he faced it and be one of the top pass catchers in the league. He gets all the doubles playing on this team. People forget that. And hes still super productive

Hes talking about touchdowns, I think. But touchdowns are either plays of over 20 yards, or redzone plays of less than 20 yards and both of those areas require elite ball placement from a QB to be successful. Again, people are just talking down on Pitt because he doesnt play with a top QB.

Thats not true. He carried our passing game all year and had almost 1200 yards. You have a strange idea of "not doing anything".

Burrow has thrown 600 passes in a season before, so I strongly disagree with that.

And if the tables were turned you would suggest thats because Higgins got open more often and was a better route runner lol

Bur youre including his TDs from other seasons where Joe Burrow was fantastic and his targets were much higher. The QB play is way more important than you are suggesting and Joe Burrow this year was still way better than anyone Pitt has got to play with. He hasnt had an opportunity to build any type of chemistry with a QB his entire career. If Higgins had more targets you would suggest its because he gets open more often.

I think they are gonna throw a ton of money at him if he is available. I dont think Eberflus is HC material and they know that.