SR711
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AR has to throw a better ball than that there.
Cant be that off there
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Great block by Alex Pierce there on JT TD run.
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Just now, John Waylon said:
After having to watch both Richardson and Williams this week, I definitely still feel better about Richardson than Williams. Williams has been terribly not good.
Agree 100%…IIRC guy was being hyped as a Luck, Trevor Lawrence type prospect and he looks like the pounding he is taking in the pocket is affecting him. -
Just now, BlackTiger said:
Anthony is going to need a long time at this rate smh. How long are we supposed to give him?
I’m thinking 2-3 years (including this year) from what I’ve seen
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Ballard continues to get a good look at his guys
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100% on AR…the read clearly wasn’t there. Tuck the ball, eat the sack and get the FG.
Some Carson Wentz type stuff there.
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It’s only been two games and the run defense has undoubtedly been terrible so far, but there is larger sample size with this same group of players which indicates the run defense shouldn’t be this bad for the entirety of the season. There’s no place to go but up from here, right?
The issue that is more concerning to me is even in the limited number of clear passing situations they have encountered, the pass rush and coverage looks every bit as problematic as last year. That’s a probably equally a scheme and talent issue to me.
This Sunday, there may be some opportunities for the Bears to get some large pass plays over the top on early down and distances especially if the Colts are forced to have fronts, focus on the run in order to reverse what we have seen so far.
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Ballard should have been let go after 2022 and let a new GM and coach start fresh at that time. Ideally, in my opinion, Ballard is probably best suited to be an assistant GM type who focuses mostly on draft scouting and helping finalize a team's draft board. He lacks the necessary aggressiveness it takes to build a winning team in the NFL.
That being said, I do think any criticism of the front office over the past several years should also be directed at Jim Irsay who, has gotten odd, bizarre over the past several years IMO and I think it has carried over to how he runs the team.
Increasingly, I wonder if the reason Ballard has so much leash with Irsay is because he is perfectly fine with letting Jim interject himself into certain personnel decisions instead of leaving those matters solely to the football people that were hired as it perhaps was during the Bill Polian era. In return, Ballard gets job security and no real accountability for his decisions/results.
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2 minutes ago, colts89 said:
I'll say this: If AR doesn't improve on how he overthrows people over the middle, then he isn't going to be able to be a consistent starting QB in the NFL. Beyond being inaccurate, those throws are easy to pick off and that's probably the worst thing a QB can do when it comes to losing a game for his team. We know that AR has the tools to win any game for his team, but he must learn how to be that game manager as well.
100% agree.I would classify what you are describing as what is winning quarterback play in the NFL along with being able to read defenses quickly and correctly to know where to go with the ball in the pocket, when to bail on pocket and scramble and still keep composure to diagnose what’s available downfield. Ultimately there is an art to playing the position well.
There is no doubt in my mind that if we had more of a veteran presence at quarterback playing today ( like Gardner Minshew), we probably win this game. But that really doesn’t help this franchise in the long run as I think the team with someone like that the quarterback is capped out at best as a wildcard team, possible second round of the playoffs.
That’s ultimately why we have to keep playing Richardson and focus on his development over the next one – two years.
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Bad loss…no way to sugar coat it. We all knew what the Packers were going to do and they still did it.
If we’re being honest, some of the expectations/predictions that were being thrown out there like winning the division, 10+ games were unrealistic. We are essentially starting what amounts to a rookie quarterback who is very raw and inexperienced. Keep in mind that even Peyton Manning, who was as pro ready as anybody coming out of college, threw 28 interceptions and went 3-13 as a rookie.
If the first two games have shed light on anything, it’s that our defense is nowhere near good enough to carry a team into playoff contention. After eight years, that’s completely on Chris Ballard. He has his guys in here and has doubled down on a lot of them with extensions, not making supplementary moves.
Best thing out of this year is watching Richardson’s development and seeing if he can be more consistent as a passer especially with mid-level throws because that’s ultimately what’s going to win in the NFL.
The shame of this is that we’re wasting some good years by Johnathan Taylor the last few seasons who I think is as good of Home run hitter/chunk play generator at RB as there is in the league.
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Just now, coltsfan_canada said:
Matt Lafleur shook hand with Gus and thanks him for his defense.
this game was ultimately lost in the first half when they were running the ball at will and basically put us in a hole.Steichen then reverted to an some unwarranted aggressive mindset on certain decisions, Richardson felt he had to play hero ball with some of his decision-making on pass progressions and it leads to a very disappointing loss
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1 minute ago, GoColts8818 said:
And how is that working out for the Panthers?
You’re misunderstanding my point..they could’ve had Stroud with that no 1 pick
If Ballard is as good of Talent evaluator as everyone says, don’t you think he has a better chance of hitting a homer on the quarterback selection if he has all choices available to him as opposed to when two of the four top rated quarterbacks are already off the board?
Maybe the question you should be asking is how is selecting Stroud working out for the Texans?
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3 minutes ago, GoColts8818 said:
Would you rather have Levis? He was the other option last year because they had no choice but to take a QB last year. I didnt like AR coming out of college either but they really had no other choice unless you wanted Levis.
They could’ve traded up to the no 1 pick as a team below them (Panthers) did.
Ballard just didn’t want to because he values his draft picks too much and likes to play “smartest guy in the room”.
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And that’s how a corner plays a deep pass
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Just now, Lancer1 said:
We should accepted that holding penalty, and made the field goal attempt even longer than 34 yards.
I was thinking about that but honestly do not trust our past defense enough
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Just now, IndyEV said:
It’s easy too see we have to worst CBs in the league!
Not for one Chris Ballard
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Glad Ballard gets to see his guys get burnt again in the secondary for the umpteenth time
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Steichen has not had a good game today…taking Taylor out there made 0 sense unless there was an injury involved.
Add in the ridiculous decision to go for it on our side of the field on the first possession of the second half and there’s definitely been some real head scratching decisions today
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If Buckner has to be carted off then it’s bad
Holding out hope at least that he walks off the field, although that doesn’t guarantee anything either
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Packers gifted by 3 points by Shane there
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Our hopeless Pass D shows up
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That was reckless stupid by Steichen there.
irrational, low percentage of success, gamble there
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Just now, JediXMan said:
10-3 halftime would be a miracle. Like that AR is taking the check downs now.
that was also a good play design. He needs more Calls like that to get some easy wide-open throws maybe to get his confidence and rhythm going
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Just now, richard pallo said:
As bad as we’re playing it’s still winnable.
It is still winnable but some trends in the game need to change ASAP otherwise it’s going not going to be real soon.
Defense establishing some semblance of presence and getting a 3 and out here would be nice.
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My biggest issue with AR so far is that is looks more wildly inaccurate throwing than he did at any portion in the four games he started in 2023. The stats bear that out as he is currently (through 3 full games, 11 less pass attempts from last year) at an awful 49% completion percentage compared to 59% last year.
I remember reading somewhere that the team was extra cautious with him ramping up his throwing after he was cleared medically. Perhaps, a repercussion of this was it cost him the reps, time, opportunity necessary to practice, improve his mechanics in the offseason on those intermediate throws that seems to be the main source of the struggles currently.
Regardless of the source, it needs to be fixed and hopefully we see the improvement as the season progresses.