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So very sloppy and shouldn't have been close but absolute clutch plays when we needed them. Thankfully we get Grove back next week. Our D will look a bit better. Offense needs to finish in the redzone. No excuse to go 1/5.

Welcome back to the NFL, Alec! Very clutch today.

Back from one of Ballards press conferences. "Anthony Coughlan fought like a dog for us to take [him]," Ballard said. "I'm not going to sit here and lie to you, I had my doubts, but Anthony pressed and pressed and we took him. And Anthony was right." Now a believer after seeing what he could do on both defense and special teams throughout training camp and the preseason, Ballard finds himself a fan of Jones too. "This kid is going to be good, like really freaking good," Ballard said. https://www.colts.com/news/general-manager-chris-ballard-cornerbacks-kenny-moore-regular-season

The complexity here. He finished the game, so its not necessarily unrealistic to think he could continue to play. However, things are never that simple. We can’t disregard one of his major gripes was him feeling pressure to play through injury last year. Will he feel the same this year? He got paid but will the Colts hold back on having him play? Do we think there is any influence here by the release of Shaq and their shared agent? Obviously we don’t know the significance of the injury but I’m curious if those other factors will play heavily into the decision on whether or not he stays on the field. I’d hope he can get back out there, dude was really looking like his old self and showing why he got the money he did.

JT is back baby. Looked like him old self all game long. Downs needs to catch a few more of them. We miss Grover bad. Colts get the win. Let’s gooooo.

I wanted Baker over Matt Ryan. The dude can play. I think he’s shown he’s matured. I hope we crush them today but it’s been cool to see him be successful at his different stops post Cleveland.

I think those in the Indy market or Colts fans won’t care too much. You can bet that it’ll be picked up by some national outlets and they’ll take some heat no doubt. How much heat? We will see. I’m going to bet we will see a follow-up from Irsay or the Colts to add any face saving clarifications.

Oof. Not great. Irsay really does himself no favors throughout any of this. It highlights his addiction struggles and his eccentric hobbies. He’s transparent about his past but refuted one of his most public incidents. Also, dropped a terrible quote that he experiences prejudice because he’s a white billionaire. Came off not great. Of course Bryant Gumble made some rude comments after the fact. Dude didn’t even know what Irsay’s reputation is with players and around the league. That part was disappointing. Not a great look overall though. I know he has his struggles and I can understand if he meant something more along the lines of him being a public figure and rich so it’s easy to paint a target on him for everything kinda thing but it just didn’t come off well at all and felt out of touch. I’d say how those around him allow him to do this is beyond me but I know better and Irsay just does wth he wants. One of the things I like about him for better or worse.

We sure are . I may be a Colts fan but I live in South NJ and Philly sports are ELECTRIC. We are a passionate fan base across all sports and you gotta take the good with the bad. Every fan base has their bad eggs no doubt but Philly fans do own up to their reputation. Not always the best decision makers that’s for sure. I go to games all the time and I’ve learned over the years. I will say though, playoff anything here is incredible. I love my Colts but there is more energy in Philly’s MLS or Hockey stadium than there is at Lucas Oil. I’m really hoping that changes with some of the younger guys on this team. I hear the stadium this year has been better. Was supposed to be out there for jags game but had 3 straight flight cancellations ended up ruining the trip.

I’m really liking Shane so far. I think the players like playing for him and he’s shown his creativity and offensive mind in many of our games. It’s no surprise he’s had success at many different organizations. I think he will mature into a really solid long term head coach for us. Don’t forget, this team has only been limited under 20 points in a single game this season. With rotating QBs that in itself is impressive. I think our coaching staff in general has a pretty bright future. Hope things keep trending in the right direction.

I think he's close to Matt Hasselbeck (when he was with us). Accurate on the short/intermediate and serviceable starter for a temporary period of time. He's definitely better than Orlovsky was with us and is better than any backup we've had in the last 7-8 years.

His drafting has been fine, above average. It's the QB position that has plagued him and this team. Look at the years with Ballard and a competent QB. Playoffs with Luck & Rivers in spite of Frank Reich. If we had better QBs during Ballards tenure (his own fault), I don't think people would question the other talent on this team as much. I would still take him and his staff over the majority of other team front offices. His clock has been reset with Richardson, interested to see how this team looks over the next 2-4 years.

We will get the standard We were leading at that point. Wanted to get into the correct formation and prevent the TD vs a back-up QB rather than needing to kick a long FG. Gamble didn't pay off unfortunately.

Not that the Colts deserved the win but that was some of the worst officiating I've ever seen and I'm at a complete loss for words. That is utterly inexcusable.

It sucks it really does. However, I think surgery is the right move and better for the long run. I said it on another post but I think the reason they’ll elect for surgery is to make sure this issue is fixed and rehabbed correctly. I’m convinced part of why this happened is because the last time he hurt his shoulder it didn’t heal right. Schefty even said on Pats show today something along these lines.

I don't see us giving up a once promising rookie in his 2nd year for a WR that won't take more then a 3rd/4th to get. I think Denver would prefer to have the pick honestly.

We beat them by a touchdown or more.

That’s really all I want to know. Is he going to have surgery and is he going on to IR. I’m ok if they don’t really have a full timeline.

Odd we haven’t heard anything just yet. Not sure if that’s a good or bad thing. I know the team is collecting multiple opinions, you’d think they’d be able to get them all in over two days.

If there is a silver lining in any of this, it’s that maybe this is also a result of poor/limited rehab of the previous injury on this shoulder. His prior injury history might suggest that maybe he wasn’t on the most optimal treatment/rehab plan. Now with quite literally access to the top medical and rehab services that come with the NFL there is a chance this could help his shoulder get even stronger for the long run. I don’t like shoulder injuries by any means…but there is no doubt that he will have access to medical professionals like never before.

Depends on grade. I don’t think Carr missed any games though.

Yes, AR play making ability gives us a better chance to win IMO.

Stressing health for two reasons. Letting the other teams know he's recovered to drum up trade interest. Highlighting he's health so Colts can't keep him on PUP and not count his last year on his contract.

I don't see the stream posted anywhere on Colts or other media socials. Anyone know if we can watch it anywhere? Interestingly enough, none of the usuals have tweeted that it would be starting this early. I don't see anything than the earlier announcement from Bowen, Boyd, Chap, etc. Interesting that it's a presser just for him. Makes me think retirement lmao.