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Agreed on the no real excitement part. Disagree that this team has playoff roster. We have SEVERE lack of talent(or young guys we still don't know about) at some of the most important positions and you cannot be a serious playoff contender with those types of holes IMO. I guess a great QB might drag this team to the playoffs like Luck used to, but I don't think this roster is close to contention.

Fingers crossed for quick and full recovery. Next year becomes as important for his development as this year was supposed to be. We already saw some signs of improvement and hopefully that trend continues after the recovery.

It's not a "problem in the locker room" in the traditional sense. But there is a distinct lack of positive leadership IMO. All on their own those things might not mean much and are more about personal responsibility, but when they start piling up and when you have problem after problem after problem with players that impact your ability to compete in the league, IMO there is something lacking.

The leaders of the team are the same. And it's not one player. Ryan Kelly was the one that lied to Zak Keefer about being vaccinated. Leonard was another vocal leader... There was a reason this team was the least vaccinated team in the league. It was not just Wentz.

This locker room has been complete and utter failure for a while now. Lack of leadership(or nagative leadership) on multiple levels. This whole thing started to disintegrate with their response to the pandemic - the worst team with their response to the pandemic, a team captain lying to media about being vaccinated, then they all got sick for the most important games and % the bed in TWO "win and you're in" games for the playoffs... then the %show of a season last year... then a player caught betting... on his own team, then another player caught with PEDs... There is just something lacking in this locker room.

Wow... I have no words... just ... wow! This season keeps getting worse and worse

If I'm not mistaken Frank was talking about how involved and present Tepper is even during the off-season. I don't think this is specifically connected to them losing. He just seems to be the 'involved' type.

Do we have a WR on this roster who can make that catch?

Colts higher ups were disturbed too... one might say Frank broke Jimmy.

I hope you are right. IMO there are players that will succeed almost no matter what circumstances you put them in. And there are some that will fail almost not matter what circumstances you put them in, but the vast majority are influenced by their environment, luck, etc. Lets hope AR has more good things on his side than that negative of this injuiry and he can overcome it. With that said... I don't know what the Colts do if my some chance they end up in position to draft Williams or Maye...

The nature of the injury adds a bit to my anxiety about the recovery, but it's mainly about him having to miss a season he needed to play in and develop in. And then add to it that it's an injury(and possible surgery) for the shoulder of the throwing arm of a QB... It's just a huge let down. Like I said - lost season all around IMO. This was priority no. 1, no. 2 and no. 3 in my books - getting Richardson playing in games(experience), development, having healthy season. And it's all done now. Week 5. And add the anxiety from the uncertainty that gets introduced by a serious injury to a QB who hasn't developed yet. I am a Jazz fan in the NBA and this reminds me of Dante Exum. He showed some promise, but then just got pummelled by injuries and never got a chance to develop his game. This is especially important for a player that needs to play and needs to learn and develop his game.

I am very down after Richardson's injury and subsequent news about the severity of it. It's quite possibly the worst thing to happen to this franchise since Luck's retirement. This seems like a lost season and it's just week 6. We are not competitive(at the highest level) and I didn't expect us to be competitive so... not much to look forward to in this regard. And the most important thing for this Colts team this year - Richardson's development, has turned into a complete bust. He played only about 10 quarters worth of snaps and we will need to wait until next year to see any progression or improvement whatsoever. And this is the one thing he needed the most - experience and snaps. Absolute bust of a season in that regard too. Quite honestly... I would have preferred him looking worse to start off but being healthy and able to get into rhythm as the season progressed... alas... I guess the positive is - he didn't look out of place when he was actually playing and he was showing some good things, but I thought there was a lot that needed improvement. The hope now is that this injury won't derail his development (I guess this is not specifically Jags game reaction, but yah... this is what I wanted to share and what's at the front of my mind even after that game so... apologies...)

Apologies

Not to jinx them, but this OL's transformation this year has been phenomenal. And they are surviving constant injuries and rotation and introduction of rookies that probably shouldn't be playing this early.

I hope so. It's just so disappointing. He needed reps so much. And now all he gets this season are what? 2 games...

What a let down. This franchise seems cursed. We solve one drama and lose our QB pretty much immediately. Ever since Luck retired it seems like constant non-stop drama and/or pain...

It was mainly his feel for the game... anticipation, improviastional ability... accuracy was pretty good too... I ultimately didn't see how it will translate at the next level with him too. Just at that size you need some exceptional physical attribute to compensate for the size disparity. But he's neither fast enough, nor his armstrength is good enough to qualify IMO. We will see how he pans out ultimately. Lets not close the door for him just yet. For example, I had very similar feelings about Tua(though he was a bit bigger). and he's turned into a very efficient QB with the right coaching and supporting cast..

I'm not sure how much this is true about Steichen and Richardson. From what I've heard Steichen's offense is pretty verbose too... and Richardson mastering it is just one aspect of how impressive he's been and why they gave him the starting spot.

I disagree. The helpfulness of a test is not determined by the success of one player, be it in positive or negative direction. It will add another data point. One that they might have needed since they've been saying that so far no QB who scored low has succeeded. It might help them better contextualize what the test is saying about the prospects... or it might just be an outlier.

I wouldn't trust Frank to pick my QB too... well... I wouldn't trust him to coach my team in the first place so...

Jeudy is known as a route runner more than anything. His speed is perfectly good to be a threat anywhere on the field IMO. I wonder how much he would cost... both in assets and in money next summer. I would be kind of reluctant to pay 2 receivers top money at the same time. IMO a more workable option is to have one vet on big money and one top level draft pick... (*cough*MHJ*cough*)

I honestly think yes. He would have wanted Richardson.

For me any decision that takes into account draft position is tanking. In other words - you can play suboptimal lineups or make subptimal moves for variety of reasons(bad coaching, bad GMing, prioritizing development of youth over wins, etc.), but the moment your draft position is even partially the reason you are making a decision... this makes it tanking automatically. And for the record - I do NOT object to tanking in general with some minor exceptions. As long as you are playing within the rules of the league, everything is fair game IMO. As long as the players themselves don't lose on purpose I'm OK with it for the most part.

This is a distinct type of QBs we are working out. Steichen definitely likes his run option QBs.

Yeah, it probably is not clearcut decision and that means it's serious enough where surgery is a legit option