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Terrell Davis comes to mind
Wrong again, there are ZERO cases of this ever happening in the entire history of the NFL (ZERO0
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This is pretty funny. How can you say things like this and actually think you're right? There are plenty of players who struggle early on in their career, but turn out to be alright. The kid is in his 3rd season. He had a decent rookie year, and has had some solid games this year also. I would agree with you if he was 7 years pro been on 3 teams and only averaged 3.5 YPC over that span. He has plenty of time to turn it around. Why aren't people so critical on Mewhort, Harrison, or Thornton. None of them have yet to satisfy me on how an acceptable lineman should play, but they're young and need time! Ironically they're responsible for everything up the middle (where Trent mostly runs). If they were "THAT" good they could open holes, and Trent would simply walk through them. "His only skill is running into defenders?" Why are there defenders in the backfield? Couldn't be because somebody blew their assignment huh! A 300 lb lineman could do what Trent does? Have you watched any of Trent's 7-10 yard runs? Or coming across the formation to pick up blocks? Surely a guy of that stature couldn't do what Trent does. Don't fool yourself!!
Because he is right, the learning curve for QBs and O-lineman are completely different than for RBs. Yes there are plenty of players who struggle early on in their careers, but turn out to be alright, but there are zero cases of RBs doing this (ZERO CASES).
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That is Trent's main problem. His interior line cannot get the job done due to inexperienced players. We have to give them time as we do with Trent. It would be nice to see Trent get faster, but if he is losing bulk to do so, I don't think he should. We have (had fast) RB's in (Now) Boom Herron and Bradshaw, but no power backs besides Trent. Grigson and Pagano seems committed to building a power run team from the start of the rebuilding program. I still have a lot of confidence in Trent and believe he will be just fine after next season. I think he will continue to be inconsistent next year until the rest of his blockers get their feet under them, and can make a push up front.
( So called) power backs, take less blocking than (so called) speed backs. That's why their called power backs. I too, think he will continue to be incredible inconsistent next year, if he's in the league. No running back in the entire history of the NFL, has ever after three or four seasons of being completely horrible as a starting running back, turned it around and became a quality back, never not one time. You can however, find hundreds of backs who were out of the league after three and for seasons of Trent like production, just not one single running back in the history of the league who has done the opposite, as a matter of fact the first four seasons are usually the best seasons of a running backs career. I hope the Colts accept that they made a huge mistake and just cut Trent and eat the money of the final year of his contract. If not and they feel they just can't eat the money, they can waste the roster spot for another season, you can bet he want get another contract out of the Colts, because never, again (in the entire history of the NFL) has a running back been awarded a new contract by the same team after fours seasons of Trent like production.
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They traded him so they could stockpile picks for this past draft. They have been on a quest for their franchise QB for the last 15 years. They used the excuse as "he doesn't fit our system" I believed he had 950 yards as a rookie, and around 10 total TD's (could be off a bit). One of the best seasons for a Browns rookie running back ever! The Browns were worse at that time then they are now also.
They traded him because he sucked, and they knew they had made a huge mistake. They thought if they could get anything in return for that mistake, they had better do it before the rest of the league figured out what a mistake they had made. I'm sure they were thrilled when they learned they could get a 1st round pick for their mistake. No way they would have traded a player that they used the 3rd pick in the draft on, if they thought he had a future at all. Getting a 1st round pick for one of the biggest mistakes the franchise had ever made, was like winning the lottery. I just hate that my favorite team was the one team, that gave a first round pick for him.
How would trading the 3rd overall pick for a future very low 1st round pick be stockpiling. Only knowing you had made a (HUGE) and I mean (HUGE) mistake, would make a team make such a move. Teams "on a quest for their franchise QB for the last 15 years" don't make a move to the 26th position to get him, they move into the top 5 or 10 to get him. Get real.
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I think that's what will happen too unfortunately. Ive actually thought that since the middle of the year. The interior will still be young next year, and he will continue to struggle. Then after his contract is up, he will want out because dumb ruthless fans. A team like the Packers or Patriots (good team, with established program) will pick him up as an insurance policy with a bargain deal, and he will prove himself there. All these dumb fans would be left clueless, and wouldn't care or still wouldn't admit it's our Offensive lines fault for his inconsistent play.
You use terms like " dumb ruthless fans" and "all these dumb fans would be left clueless" and then when someone responds to these remarks. you start whining about derogatory comments, people having a lack of self esteem or their ignorance. You are the one who brings all this crap into these post dude, people simply respond to your comments. Can you really not see that you are the problem, and maybe it is you that has a lack of self esteem, and if you can't make a valid point, who is ignorant?
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HEEEEESSSSSS BAAAACCCCKKKKKKK! More derogitory comments lol. Dude leave it alone!! FYI Elvis is alive and unicorns are real, as real as I want them to be
To defend him doesn't prove anything about how little I know about football, but verbally attacking somebody over a pointless conversation does show signs of lack of self esteem and ignorance in itself, because you never see people with high self esteem do that. Why? They know it's a waste of time. Also, it's ignorance because youre saying things as your opinion and trying to pass them off as facts. The sky is blue FACT! Grass is green FACT! You are a incosiderate * (my) OPINION. If 99.999 percent of the world see a subject one way, and the 00.001 see it another way, the odds lean heavily toward that being a fact, in favor of the 99.999 percent, and not an opinion as the 00.001 or (the Ignorant) would have you believe. Yes you can believe Elvis is still alive, unicorns are real and that Trent is good, and they are as real as you want them to be in your mind, just not in the real world. Custer didn't think there were to many Indians over that hill (his) OPINION and we see how that turned out, ( not my)OPINION. Your self esteem, my self esteem or Trent's football ability can be what ever you want it to be in your mind, just not in the real world. FACT but just, scroll back through the countless post on this board to see what the 99.999 percent think of your, football knowledge, your self esteem and your opinion.
Grass is green FACT
The sky is blue FACT
You think you have a clue (your) OPINION
You have no credibility (my and 99.999%) OPINION
See the difference.
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I think that's what will happen too unfortunately. Ive actually thought that since the middle of the year. The interior will still be young next year, and he will continue to struggle. Then after his contract is up, he will want out because dumb ruthless fans. A team like the Packers or Patriots (good team, with established program) will pick him up as an insurance policy with a bargain deal, and he will prove himself there. All these dumb fans would be left clueless, and wouldn't care or still wouldn't admit it's our Offensive lines fault for his inconsistent play.
The dumb and clueless would be anyone who, at this point of T-rich's miserable excuse of a football career, would try to defend the pathetic, talentless, below mediocre, player that is T-rich. When he is done holding back the Colts he will not, go to another team and suddenly his talent will come out, He has no talent, he is hands down, by far, the worst starting back in the NFL. He is a joke, when he is done holding back the Colts he will be out of football and flipping burgers. He's playing for the only team in the NFL that would let his sorry butt step on the field in a NFL game, if he played for any other team he would be cut.
The fact that anyone is left, that still thinks this guy could be good someday is freaking hilarious, Do you still believe Elvis is alive, or that unicorns are real, Please name me one running back in the entire history of the NFL that became good after their third or fourth season. You can't because there has never been one. Running back is the one position where you can come in as a rookie and play. you can get better as a pass protector, but if you can't run by your third season, you will never be good at it. To defend this bum and his play at this point, shows just how little you really know about football.
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Once again you take something I say and run with it. I was simply making an addition to a single statement about the lines. It only takes a little bit of brain capacity to see that. It seems like it's hard for you to interpret my thoughts. Im not about to comment or respond directly to YOUR points, so if you can't understand my thought process I'm not gonna explain myself. I like how you have all of your points numbered like I can't follow you. I get what your saying, but I need to be the one fragmenting your phrases with bolded and italic text, so you can follow me. Like I said before, I'd rather not waste my time talking to somebody who has the IQ of dirt. You reiterate your points to so much it would make a mime scream STHU. Please quit commenting, well go ahead, because I am done and I don't have read your nonsense. It's my fault if I keep this going so HAVE A GOOD DAY SIR
And what a freaking pathetic addition to a single statement it was, comparing NFL O-lines to a college O-line. Wonder how low the IQ level has to go, to get to that kind of thinking, Your darn right it's hard to interpret your thoughts, your so all over the place nobody knows what the heck your trying to say, and as far as "I'm not about to comment or respond directly to YOUR points" I have to call BULLCRAP on that one, you just did it again an then you give us the classic "Please quit commenting, well go ahead, because I am done and I don't have read your nonsense" yeah it sounds like you have a real high IQ. Never have I ever seen someone post so much scrambled up nonsense in my life, and you have not made a valid point yet, to back up any of that hair brained nonsense. You've made so many excuses for Trent, your in total desperation mode now, your about to blow a fuse, chill out, accept it "Trent sucks" it's okay to say it, give in to the truth, it will set you free.
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What the fudge are you talking about, guy? We're talking about Richardson, not Cribbs....
I ask that every time he post, he makes no sense at all!
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I love how you put words in my mouth and take certain things I say and run with it or apply it to something else. Im done speaking with you now, and will not comment on any of the other garbage that spews out of your mouth... I like talking Colts football, but not with somebody who "knows it all", because in reality you don't know JACKCOLT lol pun intended
It's got to be better than talking to someone who knows "nothing" I too enjoy talking Colts football, but with someone that can make a valid point, I can't say I love how you reply to a post, with some outrageous bull crap that has nothing to do with the post you are replying too, or the desperate outer space comments where no one knows what the heck you are talking about. At least you want be alone, cause Trent and you think he's good, just not anyone else on this planet. Oh and Don't forget Colts and Giants NFL Alabama college
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Yes Ahmad played with NYG in bad weather during the playoffs. I like how you attribute success with them under a different line to the Colts, but refuse to give Trent credit for a different line than when he was with Alabama! Nope, not related. Just sick of people like you who "know it all" trying to put sole blame on somebody who is only part of the problem. Yes, it is easy to tell when someone who cant make a valid point! Take your own advice! Wise one
Nothing you post make any since at all! Once again you reply with some off the wall crap that has nothing to do with my post. I wasn't comparing O-lines in any way at all. I stated that Bradshaw or Boom had never played in the playoffs or bad weather playoffs for us, but Bradshaw had done it for the Giants. That in no way shape or form is comparing O-lines, so what in gods sake are you talking about, when you say? " you attribute success with them under a different line to the Colts, but refuse to give Trent credit for a different line than when he was at Alabama" could you please tell me how that is related to what I said in any way at all? I'll try to help you understand a little better
1- I didn't compare lines- but, Brown, Bradshaw and Boom all excel behind the same line, that Trent sucks running behind. Maybe Trent's the problem.
2- If someone were comparing lines you need to realize that the Giants and Colts are in the NFL and Alabama is a college team. So that wouldn't work.
3- When replying to a post- You actually need to say something that is remotely associated with that post.
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Cleveland Browns had good reason to give up on Trent Richardson -- Terry Pluto
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Trent Richardson told Cleveland area reporters that the Browns "gave up on me."
He's right, they did.
And thank goodness, they did.
Give former Browns CEO Joe Banner credit for having the guts to trade Richardson after two games into the 2013 season.
Banner knew something was wrong with Richardson. He no longer had the quickness and burst of speed that made him a great running back at Alabama. In his first 31 carriers with the Browns in 2013, Richardson's longest run was for 10 yards. He averaged 3.4 yards per attempt.
Indianapolis was desperate for a running back, and the Browns were stacking up picks for the 2014 draft. The Browns believed Richardson was destined to be a so-so back, and a chance to secure a first-round pick for him was an incredible opportunity. I wrote that I liked the deal when it was made, but I never thought Richardson would be this bad.
Consider the following:
• After being traded to there Colts, he averaged a mere 2.9 yards per carry in 2013. His longest run was 22 yards.
• This season, he is averaging 3.3 yards. His longest run is 27 yards. He has been bothered by a hamstring problem.
• He's trending down, as Richardson has only 87 yards in 34 carries (2.6 average) in his last four games.
One of the strangest things said by Richardson (and there were a few) was this: "People have been stacking the box, I haven't been getting the same look that I was earlier in the season."
Richardson is speaking football jargon, but his claim is that the teams facing the Colts are piling up defenders on the line to stop him and the running game.
Question: Who is the quarterback for the Colts?
Answer: Andrew Luck.
Question: Why would any defense "stack the box" against one of the top passing quarterbacks in the league?
Answer: They're not.
Question: Really?
Answer: Luck leads the NFL in passing yardage. He has thrown 34 touchdown passes, No. 2 in the league. Why would any defensive coordinator say, "Let Luck throw the ball, let's shut down Richardson and the running game"?
WHAT HAPPENED TO RICHARDSON?
The Browns made Richardson the No. 3 pick in the 2012 NFL draft -- adding fourth-, fifth- and seventh-round picks in a deal with Minnesota to move one spot. They longed for Richardson so much, they didn't want to risk waiting to take him. They feared Minnesota (which had Adrian Peterson in the backfield) would trade the No. 3 pick to another team craving Richardson.
Richardson had what was supposed to be a "minor" knee surgery in the spring of 2013. He has a second surgery on the same knee late in the summer. He played the 2013 opener exactly four weeks and one day after that second operation.
My theory is the two operations robbed Richardson of the speed that made him an elite back. He has since dealt with rib injuries, leg injuries and other physical problems.
He's only 24, but performs like a very old NFL back.
http://www.cleveland.com/pluto/index.ssf/2014/12/cleveland_browns_had_good_reas.html
was wondering how josh cribs is doing?
I was pulling for Trent hard when he became a Colt. I wanted for him to succeed as much as anyone and I made excuses for him like everyone else did. I decided to wait and see if after a full off season he could become the back we all wanted him to be. I waited till the half way point of the season and at that point it was obvious that we got fleeced. He no longer had speed or a burst, I don't think he ever had vision, because the Alabama O-line was so dominant he didn't have to have vision.
I have never been a Trent hater, it's not his fault he's playing, he's done more than enough to be benched or cut, but when I hear him say things like, teams are stacking the box against him and that he thinks he's playing good, and before the season, that his not going for just 1,000 yards but more, and that we need to just watch the next four games and that he will play against Cleveland like it's the last game he will ever play, all of this just makes me sick. Don't try to talk smack, and don't celebrate if you score a touchdown, show some remorse for how fricking horrible you have been as a Colt, and how you have let your team and teammates down after they gave up a 1st round pick for you. You have to earn the right to talk smack,, by playing your butt off on the field. Does he really think anybody fears what he might do to their offense. Come on man.
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Well it's a good thing you're not a GM or scout because sometimes you take a swing and miss, but if you think you're always going to hit a home run youre wrong. It's more than just seeing talent also. If a player doesn't fit a certain scheme or doesn't work well w/ other types of personalities, among other things, it doesn't matter how talented a player is, if the glove doesn't fit you c
And when you swing and miss you have to move on, you can't keep playing an unproductive head case who's fragile physic and lack of skills don't match the scheme your running, or any teams scheme as far as that goes. It doesn't matter if it's a bad scheme fit, a fragile physic or if "the glove doesn't fit". whatever it is don't keep playing the unproductive player.
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Im not saying nothing is Trent's fault. He has apparent issues with committing to a certain hole and hitting the hole fast, but those are the 2 main problems. I believe are very fixable.
You can't fix vision and you can't teach it, because of the totally dominate O-lines he had at Alabama, he never really had to have vision, just run through the open acre, at the NFL level, he will never see that much open space no matter who he plays for. All the defensive players are a lot faster in the NFL, the biggest open hole he will see in the NFL will be a lot smaller and close a lot quicker than anything he has ever seen before. I think it's pretty obvious that he's not an NFL quality back.
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If you want whats best for the team then you would be up for changes on the interior O Line so we could actually have a power run game. Sure Boom and Bradshaw are decent backs but they can't ever be a workhorse and carry us through bad weather games during playoffs. They wouldn't be able to be utilized at all really. That's why teams like the Patriots Steelers Packers and Giants have been so successful in the past decade, and ultimately a big reason why the Colts only have 1 SB during that time period. That's what Alabama had w/ Trent and other backs. What made this work so well you ask? A dominant interior line! Which we have 2 rookies and a underwhelming 2 year player in Thornton in that spot.
Im sure I cant change your mind, but until we have that I don't see Luck winning a SB solely on his shoulders.
I don't see Luck winning a Super Bowl on his own either, that's why we need someone that can carry the ball instead of Trent that has proven he's not going to take any pressure off of Andrew.
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Well it's a good thing you're not a GM or scout because sometimes you take a swing and miss, but if you think you're always going to hit a home run youre wrong. It's more than just seeing talent also. If a player doesn't fit a certain scheme or doesn't work well w/ other types of personalities, among other things, it doesn't matter how talented a player is, if the glove doesn't fit you can't wear it!
What does any of this have to do with the post you are responding to..Here you go again making no point at all
1- did I say your always going to hit a home run, or anything that has anything to do with your response at all NO!!- I don't know what this has to do with anything, but it sounds like you realize that Richardson was a huge mistake, hence you can't hit a home run everytime.
2- If a player doesn't fit a certain scheme (don't know where this came from) you don't bring him in, especially when he doesn't fit any scheme.
3- If a player is so mentally fragile, that he doesn't fit with certain personalities, then he is so soft and fragile that he's not going to make it in the NFL anyway.
4- Do you really believe that when teams prepare for us that they go back and look at college film of a particular player? answer NO they don't give a crap what he did in college, high school midget or pee wees. Because on those levels, that is the level of competition he is playing against. Like I said there are many great college players that just can't cut it in the NFL. Who he was four years ago at Alabama is not who he is now in the NFL. At Alabama he had holes big enough to drive a tractor trailer through, he didn't have to have vision, just run through the open acre. In the NFL you have to have vision and see the hole developing.
1- He has no vision at all- He chooses the wrong hole way more often than he chooses the correct one. His vision is so bad, I have many times, seen him run past the correct hole to get to the wrong one, and get stopped for no gain or for a loss. Vision is the most important asset for a back to have, Trent's vision is as bad as any I have ever seen.
2- He has no burst at all- once you have the vision to see the hole you must have the burst ,to get through the hole. On most of Trent's carries he looks like he is jogging at half speed when he hits the hole. I don't know if it's because he isn't sure he's hitting the right hole or not, but whatever it is a lot of the time the hole closes before he can get through it and it's because he is so slow hitting the hole. Again one of the slowest I have ever seen.
3- He has no ability to move laterally.- when the hole is not where it is designed, a back can move laterally (slide) left or right to hit another hole, or bounce it outside. He is the absolute worst at this, of any back I have ever seen. He doesn't seem to be able to move laterally without coming to a complete stop first, this is a huge problem, because if there is another hole and you have to stop before you can move laterally then there will be no hole when you get there. This is why he only gets positive yards when there is a big open hole for him to run through.
4- He is slow, you don't have to be fast if you have the other three, but if you don't have the other three and your slow too, you have nothing.
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Right but if executed properly it doesn't matter who knows it's coming, some teams will still run that football down your throat. How many runs did we know was coming straight up the middle by Jonas Grey and LaGarrett Blount in the last 2 games against the Pats? Answer: Many!! Could we stop it? Answer: No!! Then when we commited 8-9 guys to the run we got burnt with the pass!
We could have stopped it, if it had been Trent Richardson running at us BaaaHaaa
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If you want whats best for the team then you would be up for changes on the interior O Line so we could actually have a power run game. Sure Boom and Bradshaw are decent backs but they can't ever be a workhorse and carry us through bad weather games during playoffs. They wouldn't be able to be utilized at all really. That's why teams like the Patriots Steelers Packers and Giants have been so successful in the past decade, and ultimately a big reason why the Colts only have 1 SB during that time period. That's what Alabama had w/ Trent and other backs. What made this work so well you ask? A dominant interior line! Which we have 2 rookies and a underwhelming 2 year player in Thornton in that spot.
Im sure I cant change your mind, but until we have that I don't see Luck winning a SB solely on his shoulders.
Why do you bring up things that have nothing to do with what I said in your response to my post. It makes no sense at all
1- Did I say I didn't want a better O line? or that a better O-line wouldn't be better for the team- NO I DIDN'T I would love a better O-line. I just pointed out that Trent runs behind the same O-line as Ballard, Brown, Bradshaw, and Herron, and they all run behind that same line just fine.
2- You said Boom and Bradshaw can't ever be a workhorse and carry us through bad weather during the playoffs, Since neither has ever played for us in the playoffs, how the hell would you know that? Bradshaw played in the bad weather for the Giants and won two Super Bowls. So are you saying that Richardson would all of a sudden start playing good a lead us through the playoffs? BaaaHaaa BaaaHaaa
3- Yes we have two rookies and a underwhelming 2nd year player on the interior of our line. But that doesn't change the fact that all the other backs that run behind that line do just fine, only Richardson can't produce behind that line. Do you think if the line was better that Richardson would get better and all the other guys would regress and play at a lower level.
4- Are you a relative of Richardson's, I can't think of any other reason that you just can't except the fact that he sucks and every other back that runs behind the same line doesn't.
5- They don't run different plays for Richardson, they run the exact same plays as everyone else, just unsuccessfully when Richardson runs them. I guess the O-line blocks for the other backs, and all get together and decide not to block foe Trent. BaaaHaaaaaaa give me a break.
6- It easy to tell when someone can't make a valid point, they get desperate and start saying things that have nothing to do with the post they are responding to, reaching for anything to back up their desperate, baseless points.
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Point taken. I also think a lot of good QB's fail because they get drafted to a terrible team. The truly great players can overcome that hurdle (ie Luck& Manning), but even for them it's no easy task. The difference of being a great player in college and translating it to the NFL can be the franchise you're in though. If the best QB gets picked first and the 4th best QB gets drafted 28th to a very good team and sits a year to mature and learn, then they have just as good of a chance to succeed (if not better) than the best QB in that draft. Not saying he is better but if Russell Wilson went to say the Redskins and RG3 went to Seattle you think maybe their career paths would've been (maybe a little) different? You think Wilson could lead those Redskins to a SB last season? Meanwhile (IF) RG3 doesn't get injured again and is just a game manager like he was his rookie season, perhaps RG3 could've lead Seattle deep into the playoffs, backed by Lynch, their good WR's and stellar defense!
You do realize Trent was traded to a playoff team, with a great QB that puts so much pressure on a defense that the defense has to focus on the QB, not the RB. You can't be put in a more favorable situation for a RB than Trent fell into, is the O-line great no, but He is the only back since he got here, that hasn't succeeded. Don't you think it has something to do with Trent.
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You can't convince him(Jackcolt), he is a Trent hater..
No I'm not a Tent hater, I'm not a Hatt Hassleback hate eitherr, because I don't want him to start over Andrew Luck. I'm a true fan and want what's best for the team and it's obvious that Trent, is not what's best for the team. You are Trent lovers and that's fine, but it doesn't make fans who no longer want a guy that's holding back the team, as the starter a hater, it makes us want what's best for the team.
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He's not talented? Go to YouTube and watch his highlights from his days at Alabama. Ask Crimson Tide fans, if you still think your eyes are fooling you! Why was he heavily recruited and apart of one of the most dominating dynasties to in CFB history?
What he did at Alabama, high school, midget ball or pee wees, has nothing to do with what he can do in the NFL. Watch what he has done in two years as a Colt. It's obvious he's not very good at al,l and I doubt he has a future once he's no longer a Colt. How can you or anyone else not see it?
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Me too.
I've been trying to not comment on this....I was one of the optimistic ones hoping that this season he would turn it around. He's had a few good runs, and I believe he is still a great receiving back and blocker. Boom has outplayed him yardage wise so far, that's a fact. Boom is a slasher that makes something out of nothing with his speed, by nothing I mean the horrible job our O-line does at run blocking. T-Rich is not a slasher, and needs to have a good Blocking O line to do his thing, like in Alabama. Maybe someday our line will provide that, maybe not? If he does go to another team maybe he will succeed with a better line IDK. I'm not like a lot of people on this thread who seem to get off on bashing him and seem to enjoy watching him fail, saying
I told you so, or he sucks, or I wish I could pull up old conversations, bla blah blah.....I'm still pulling for this young man to turn it around and maybe start producing more, hopefully it's not too late.At this point it is the coaching staff that's being bashed for letting him start and get the most carries, fans don't hate Trent but it's obvious that he just can't cut it and should be benched.
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It's a love hate relationship w/ me on this thread. I hate repeating myself, but I will keep defending him because I'm a loyal fan! Trent NEEDS a good interior line to perform well. If other fans think our line is fine then they would realize all of Herron's and Bradshaw's good runs never came in between the guards and center. Trent simply isn't fast enough to turn on the jets and get to the outside. He needs a good line up the middle to do their jobs. Ironically enough that is where our young guys are. Im not bashing them either. They do a decent job, for how young they are. Although I think we need to replace Thornton, but Harrison and Mewhort will be very good in a few years. I forgot who posted it, but if Trent ran behind NE's line he would look like good. He is still very young also, and I'm really afraid if he gets let go, he will go to a team with a good line and show people what's up, but that wont matter to any1 then... I just don't understand the people who enjoy watching him fail either. Is it a satisfaction seeing somebody not do good or because his current stats back up their hypothesis? If so become a sports writer or a scientist!! If you're a fan of the Colts you should want to see anybody who puts that horseshoe on succeed. It's all just a little bizarre to me.
But to tell you how much I am rooting for him. I bought his jersey towards the end of last year during his struggles. It was like a $120 jersey. On Black Friday this past week I went to the same store (MC Sports), they had the last 3 Richardson jersey's on clearance (same jersey). From the same order they had when I first bought mine last year. The jersey's were on sale for $9.95 a piece. I just about had a stroke in the middle of the store. I said to myself that is disrespectful!! I grabbed the remaining jerseys and waited in line for 45 mins so I can give them out for Christmas presents.
The only jersey left in the store is #12, and I asked the cashier why? He replied because that's the only jersey that sells. Which leads me to my final thought. If you call yourself a fan, but only like Andrew Luck, or like him because he is popular, then are you a true fan? This same store had former Colts jerseys merely a few months ago of Austin Collie, Dallas Clark, and Pierre Garcon, that were in stock since these players left. It's not like nobody ever shops there. For sakes, the store is in the Glenbrook Mall in Ft. Wayne (which is the 2nd biggest city in Indiana), and that mall is the main shopping center in the heart of the city. That just goes to show you how some of our fan base is filled with sorry individuals. Sad to say but it reminds me of a lot of people on this forum...
What a total load of bullcrap, I wanted him to succeed as much as anybody on this board, I pulled for him all the way. I'm not a Trent hater, but I'm not a Trent lover either, I am a true fan and want what's best for the team, at this point it's obvious to everyone but you Trent lovers and I mean everyone, that Trent is not a good football player, and not helping the team, your questioning someone as a fan because they don't want Trent playing is a joke.
I'm sure there are Matt Hassleback fans that want him, to start over Andrew Luck too, but that is not the best thing for the team. Trent's terrible play is hurting the Colts, and what you were in college, high school or midget ball has nothing to do with what you are, or are not in the pro's. Look at the tape of what he has done as a pro, that's all that matters, why would me or anyone else go back and look at the tape of him at Alabama and think that is what he can do in the NFL. There are literally hundreds of great college players that just weren't good enough or talented enough to make it in the NFL. it is a higher level than college ball, a level that Trent obviously doesn't have the talent for. Why would you want an inferior player playing for your team if you are a true fan. Wanting someone to do good is one thing, wanting them to keep getting carries after it's been proven they can't cut it doesn't make you a true Colts fan, it makes you a Trent lover, who in spite of his horrible play and lack of contribution to the team, wants him to continue to get carries, if you don't want what's best for the team then your not much of a Colt fan.
Where you were drafted will effect how your career starts out, but if your good enough you will show your talent and in the long run you will succeed. It has been handed to Trent on a gold platter, he was traded to a playoff team, not a bottom feeder, and the Colts have bent over backwards to try to make him successful. They gave him the job, he hasn't had to earn anything, because you earn by your play. Trent would have been benched or cut if he played for any other team. I have never seen a team make it so easy for a guy to succeed and he still can't do it. He was brought in to the most perfect situation any player could ask for, a great QB that puts so much pressure on the defense that they can't worry about the RB and every single back that has carried the ball in this offense Brown. Bradshaw and now Herron has succeeded but one, just face it people, this guy sucks. You don't have to be a Trent hater to realize this guy is hurting the team, but you have to be a Trent lover to want him to continue to get carries and hurt this team.
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Remember the tale of Jerry Hughes. I remember coming on here and the pounding he took was like what Richardson takes. A bust, only playing because Polian drafted him, won't admit mistakes, blah...blah...blah. How does he look now?
Richardson hasn't looked good. But at the same time, if he was running behind the Patriots OLine against us, he would have had 4 TDs. I agree he hesitates too much when he should just attack the line of scrimmage. But look at our loses and NONE of our running backs have done anything. We still need better run blocking. And Richardson has to be more decisive. But lets not forget he is a very talented YOUNG player. Don't want to throw him to the dumpster yet. I get a feeling he will emerge somewhere else and be quite good.
He wont start playing good for another team because he's not a very talented player, that is the problem he's slow has no vision, has no burst and no ability to move laterally, that's as untalented as a running back can be, when he's done holding back the Colts, he'll be out of the league.
To defend him doesn't prove anything about how little I know about football, but verbally attacking somebody over a pointless conversation does show signs of lack of self esteem and ignorance in itself, because you never see people with high self esteem do that. Why? They know it's a waste of time. Also, it's ignorance because youre saying things as your opinion and trying to pass them off as facts. The sky is blue FACT! Grass is green FACT! You are a incosiderate * (my) OPINION. 
I told you so, or he sucks, or I wish I could pull up old conversations, bla blah blah.....I'm still pulling for this young man to turn it around and maybe start producing more, hopefully it's not too late.
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Thank god that's not all that matters, your opinion doesn't change the truth, or we would all live in a fantasy world.