[Colts starting RB?]

Leonard Fournette😎

[Jonathan Taylor comments on his contract/Request trade (Merge)]

3 hours ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

Irsay usually takes care of his players. 

Not necessarily with running backs.  He let Faulk & Edge go.  Don’t get me wrong, I think Taylor has earned a big contract extension . But it’s just not likely.  Teams that give RBs a big second contract might win some, might make the playoffs, but they don’t win SBs.  It sucks, it’s not really fair, but it just seems to work out that way.  

[Bold predictions.]

20-0.

[Colts select QB Anthony Richardson Florida (merge)]

3 hours ago, Superman said:

And while the Eagles are okay with 24 year old Jalen Hurts running the ball 160 times, that doesn't mean they intend to have 27-28 year old Jalen Hurts running the ball that much. 

Good point.  A wise person once said “There are good running quarterbacks, but there are no good old running quarterbacks.”

[Colts Draft Review]

I just looked at Daniel Jeremiah’s list of the top 150 players in the draft.  The Colts got 8 of them.  I didn’t check other teams, but just doing the math, it’s hard to imagine anyone getting more than that.  

[Analyze your thoughts of The Colts draft with a song]

“Ooh child, things are gonna get easier…”

[So, a short draft review and thoughts on post-draft needs.]

Overall, I really like this draft.  Obviously the big question on the draft will be did the Colts get the right QB.  But another big question is did they get the right coach?  I really liked Frank & thought he was a good leader, but his offense was maddeningly predictable.  
 

I’m hopeful, based on Steichen‘s success with Hurts, but we’ll see.  I do think the roster has enough talent to be competitive. 

[Inman released from chargers]

If he's healthy, then yes.  He was the 2nd best WR on the team last year, & Brisset has at least been better than Rivers lately. 

[The AFC South]

16 hours ago, w87r said:

This is what realignment should've looked like:

 

AFC

East:

New England

Buffalo

New York Jets

Baltimore- great new rivalries in North East

 

North:

Indianapolis- clearly proximity would creat great rivalries between fans

Cincinatti

Cleveland

Pittsburgh

 

South:

Tennessee

Miami

Jacksonville

Houston

 

West:

Kansas City

LA Chargers

Denver

Las Vegas

 

NFC:

East:

New York Giants

Washington

Philadelphia

Carolina

 

North:

Minnesota

Chicago

Detroit

Green Bay

 

South:

New Orleans

Tampa Bay

Dallas

Atlanta

 

West:

San Francisco

Seattle

Arizona

LA Rams

 

 

They obviously wanted to keep existing rivalries in place, but I think there would of been some new great rivalries.

 

 

 

Definitely agree on AFC.  Batimore to East, Miami to South, & Colts to North just makes sense.  

[Add any five current players to our roster, who do you go with?]

Tom Brady

Stephon Gilmore

Julian Edelman

Jamie Collins

D'Onta Hightower

[Funchess]

I don't know what he'd cost, but I think Emmanuel Sanders would fit in nicely.  Sounds like he's on the block, great route runner, great hands.  JMO.

[Colin Cowherd on Colts-Chiefs]

Well, considering that NE isn't on the Colts' schedule this year, and the likelihood that they'll end up with a bye, if the Colts even get to play the Pats, I'll be happy.  Then you just take your chances, & I'm not counting them out. 

[On the record]

I disagree with most of the predictions in the OP, but I gave it a "like", just for knowing the difference between "then" & "than". 

[Was it just me?]

1 hour ago, Patrick Miller said:

Ya-sins bad positioning allowed that first td. I understand rookies will take their lumps but.....

Actually,  a stupid penalty on the field goal allowed the 1st TD.

[Do the Colts put Chad Kelly on the 53 man roster after his suspension is over?]

I think, if they weren't willing to take a chance on losing Kelly, they wouldn't have signed Hoyer for 3 years.  I can't think of anyone on the roster that they would cut in favor of CK.  But, in these 1st two weeks, if there's an injury & someone goes on IR, they might squeeze him in.  

[Trading Brissett after week 4.]

1 hour ago, FirsTime said:

I would trade him only if...

 

1) Luck is a full go week one no pain anywhere.

2) If Kelly continues to play well. 

3) After week 4.

4) we get a good enough offer for him or maybe package him with one of our seconds next year for a STUD D-lineman. 

It's all about the bolded part.  I don't think Ballard will shop JB at all this year, but if a desperate team calls, he'll listen. 

[Fountain going on IR, Inman released]

At the end of last season, the Colts played 3 straight "win or go home" games, all on the road (@ Tenn, @ Houston,  @ KC). 

In those games, Luck threw 14 passes to Inman.  He caught 13, for 185 yards and 2 TDs.  

 

I get going young, I really do.  And I get that he didn't stick in Chicago or N.E.  But for the Colts, with the season on the line, he played as well as any other player on the roster.  

 

He runs good routes, developed great chemistry with Luck, and he actually catches the football (72% catch rate last year).  And he's not THAT old.  

 

Maybe he does end up WR5 or 6.  If so, you have yourself one heck of a group.  JMO. 

 

 

[Fountain going on IR, Inman released]

I know the young guys have a lot of potential, but here's a list of WRs on the Colts roster that we know are better than Inman right now:

T.Y. Hilton

[Player you want on the Colts-possible cuts]

Dontrelle Inman (I know I'm a broken record).

[Surprise final 53 player?]

Dontrelle Inman : )

[Is Rock ya Sin already as good as Vontae Davis?]

No.

[The next forums argument.]

I'm sure there will be disagreement over which WRs make the roster.  Heck, I'm still not happy that Inman wasn't re-signed.

[The 12 WRs taken before Hilton]

What struck me looking back at that draft was that Bobby Wagner and Lavonte David went after Fleener.  

[Could colts trade for Clowney?]

I'd give them next year's 2nd round pick we got from Washington.  

[The Almost Perfect Season]

I think it was a mistake not going for 16-0.  But that's not what costs them the SB. If I have to point to one thing, it's Caldwell coaching scared at the end of the 1st half.  You have a lead, time on the clock, and maybe the best offense in football, and you try to run out the clock?  

 

If the Colts go down & score on that drive, even a field goal, they likely go to halftime up 13-3, with momentum.  Instead, it became obvious that one coach was playing to win, and one was just trying not to lose.