DattMavis

JT is still great. The oline continues to look good. It felt like Pierce was constantly making big blocks in the running game. AR made some massive mental mistakes. The first interception is one of the worst decisions you'll ever see a QB make. His arm is too ridiculous and our run game is too good for him to make mistakes like that. It's like the game hasn't slowed down for him. I hope it does, because you won't win many games playing how he did.

We have Holiday World, Brown County, Hoosier National Forest, French Lick, Turkey Run, pork tenderloins, and Hoosier sugar cream pie!! Who wouldn't want all of that?!?

Reich would just destroy drives by running Nyheim Hines up the gut. Frank was also too nice to call anyone out. This feels different. Even when we seemingly had less talent under Frank, the guys seemed to care more. I'm really not sure what it is, because I love Shane as a play-caller and leader, and I fully expected him to become the best Indianapolis HC ever when we hired him. I'm expecting AR and Shane to be okay. Some issues we've seen with AR and Shane aside, (outside of JT, the oline, and Pierce) the team doesn't look like they care. They look like people I've worked with when they were about to quit their job. It seems uncharacteristic, because Chris specifically built this team to have character. Even if they weren't the most talented, they were supposed to be the guys that would work harder than anyone and never give up or become lazy.

Most of us aren't concerned about AR. We have concerns with our veteran WRs, TEs, LBs, DBs, DEs, DTs, the play calling, and baffling personnel decisions.

Bears 27 Colts 17 I just can't trust this team right now. Other than AP and the oline, they don't even look like they want to be out there.

I think the problem is that Ballard waited WAY too long to address the QB situation with a young guy. If we trade up for Justin Herbert in 2020 (which is what I wanted), we've already won the division multiple times and we're perennial SB contenders. Instead Ballard tried to "win now" with washed up QBs. It worked for a year with Rivers, but you knew that was only ever going to be 1-2 years max. Now we have a long developmental guy in AR. Stroud was my favorite in 2024. AR was my second. Levis was my third. I was in the never Bryce camp, because I don't believe a QB that is barely taller than I am and has less muscle mass than I do could ever succeed, period. We have what we have. We have AR, who could be great in a few years, and we have an aging roster that could be finished in a few years. I'm worried Ballard missed his window, but we'll see.

He's turning into Hot Rod.

My confidence is completely shot after the performance against the Packers. I don't want to speak negativity into the air, so better to not speak at all.

Alec looked like the only guy who wanted to catch the ball. The other guys kept giving up. The slip on that one play is unfortunate, but not nearly as egregious as the drops or lack of effort by AD and Pitt.

*In Texan accent* "Now that's a loaded question! Look, you guys know me; we're not gonna flinch. It's hard to win in this league, but we like our guys. They're young and they're going to have growing pains, but we...listen, if we think we have a chance to improve this roster, we're gonna take it, but we like the talent we have."

Josh Jacobs the first half. Every WR not named Alec. AR thinking the Packers uniform was the Colts.

First half run defense is some of the worst I've ever seen. Looked better in the second half when we knew they were going to run it nearly every play. JT looked really good. I'll wait to see the oline grades, but the oline looked solid to my eyes. Other than a few amazing desperate scrambles, Anthony looked bad. Alec continues to look good. A lot of improvement with his hands. Pitt doesn't seem as aggressive so far. He's allowing weaker corners to control him. AD showed some of those "takes plays off" concerns. 3 catches by TEs?! I forgot we had any. I don't even know what to think. When I think about the Colts right now, I feel nothing. We're too talented to look this bad.

A rather embarrassing stat: November 19, 1950: The Giants rushed for a record 423 yards against the Baltimore Colts. September 15, 2024: The Packers are on pace to break that record against the Indianapolis Colts, rushing for 237 yards in the 1st half. Our run defense is currently ranked last in the league, and it's not particularly close. Do we have serious cause to be concerned about this run defense?

Don't underestimate our ability to make a backup look like a Pro Bowl QB. This defense should be embarrassed. Josh Jacobs is making us look like the worst defense in the league.

Apparently they've listed Love as questionable and are not ruling out him playing.