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1 hour ago, Yoshinator said:
Them being the worst franchise for several years had nothing to do with Caserio. He was fixing the team right when he got there. No 1st or 2nd round draft pick his first year as GM. Watson getting traded also had nothing to do with getting CJ Stroud (I know you didn't specifically say this, I'm saying it). It had to do with getting Will Anderson. So, while it did make the team better, they would have been fine without the Watson picks.
If teams didn't gameplan for them, that's their fault. They literally had a rookie QB and a rookie coach, won the division, and won a playoff game. You pretend 10-7 isn't impressive with all that happening. Anyone important in football disagrees with you. You are being biased because you are a Colts fan.
Ballard has been the GM 7 years going on 8 now, and his best year wasn't that good. We also traded down from 3 to 6 in 2018 and managed to get 3 extra 2nd round picks. Drafted good players with them, but it ended up worthless in the end with how we've done. Caserio has done in 3 years what Ballard has done in 7. That is a fact. Not only that, Stroud is more developed at this point than AR, so they are actually ahead of us at the QB position already, and we're assuming AR will be a hit (which isn't a guarantee). At least for the Texans, there's some evidence that Stroud will be a hit.
You are dead wrong here and you sound like a salty Colt fan. At least I can admit when another team does well and our FO is bad. Grow up, give credit where it's deserved, and quit being an immature fan.
What on earth are you even babbling about? The Houston Texans are in no better position than the Indianapolis Colts are. If i'd be "salty" about any team, it would be a team that's much better than the Houston Texans. The only one in this exchange coming across as anything, is you as a delusional Texan fanboy.
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On 2/9/2024 at 8:56 AM, Yoshinator said:
Yep. This is why I have Nick Caserio as a top 5 GM already. He can literally do what I do in Madden in real life. The guy turned that Franchise around in 3 years. Incredible accomplishment. They are in the catbirds seat to win the division most years and make the playoffs most years. CJ Stroud doesn't even have to carry them. They already have a great team around him. Maybe get a WR and TE, fill a couple defensive holes, and sign some O-Line depth and a RB and they are set to compete again. They can do that in one offseason. Their window is open to compete now.
Not really. They were the worst franchise in the NFL for several years, and also traded their franchise qb, in order to accumulate a truckload of premium picks. Nothing groundbreaking about that strategy....anyone could pull it off. The NFL rewards the worst teams.
They actually have to play a real schedule in 2024, teams may actually gameplan for then, and i'd imagine they won't have 3-4 games handed to them on a silver platter as they did in 2023, where they still only went 10-7. They will be one of the 20 average to slightly above average, .500ish teams next year, and nothing more.
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Luck has no character whatsoever and deserved to be boo'd off the field.
He should be blacklisted from all things Colts for life.
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16 hours ago, VikingsFanInChennai said:
Spoken like a God on what will happen to Houston, just like scripture prophecy.
Or is it wishful thinking? 🤔
Or just the hatred of seeing Houston rising up the ranks so fast?
Yes, Stroud struggled against Ravens, Jets and in early games including against Colts... But, that's what is usually called as rookie struggles, and it's real. Especially with an average roster around him, and with all the injuries in his first year with a team that repeatedly picked top 10 in Draft, while learning to play against different NFL defenses.
Yes, it will be a tough schedule next year. But, he's shown enough already to confirm that he can survive if his OC has to leave, especially by then he'll have 2 years of NFL experience.
On the same line of thought, we don't know if Slowik can produce similar success without Stroud.
Rising up the ranks so fast? They weren't exactly the SF 49ers out there in 2023. They were no better than we were, which was pretty average.
And they did so with a "special" qb, whereas we did so with a backup. Stroud hasn't shown anything to confirm he can survive if Slowik leaves; he's never played for anyone but Slowik.
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43 minutes ago, ArmchairQB said:
Stroud had one dominant game against TB where he went for 470 yards and 5 TD’s with no picks. You take that game away he passed for 3800/18/5. Not crazy numbers. He doesn’t turn the ball over much and he is accurate but he’s still a young QB that has trouble reading defenses. Doesn’t mean he won’t get better but there is no reason to believe we wont compete. We did this year with Gardner Minshew.
Also Demeco Ryans had two games without his franchise QB and got blown out in one and the other one was a last minute come back win against Tennessee. As stated earlier in the thread let’s see how he does when he has to face real difficulties.
Much easier to stand out when 60% of the league was without their starting qb this past season.
Ryans is a cheerleader who is about as much in tune to Houston's offense as Campbell is to Detroits. Less so, because Campbell actually played offense. Both those squads better hope their OCs never leave.
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On 1/10/2024 at 9:44 AM, tomloge1 said:
Agreed. In my eyes, Houston didn't "win" the game. The Colts handed the game to Houston on a silver platter. The one time the Colts blitzed they sacked Stroud for a loss. Maybe the Colts should consider bllitzing more than once per game. Occassionally the blitz does work.
The same way Houston won half their games this past season.
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On 1/9/2024 at 9:00 PM, chad72 said:
Yes but when he had both Tank Dell and Noah Brown to throw to, he was getting to the point of unstoppable. We got to evaluate him with JUST Nico Collins and he still beat us. He rarely turns the ball over and plays sound QB football. Plus, we can't assume the Texans aren't going to upgrade the TE or OL or defense either to increase his margin for error. Texans do scare me for the next decade if they manage to keep Stroud upright.
Once Slowik leaves, likely after next season, Stroud won't have his pick wide open receivers to throw to, with tons of time in the pocket to do so, any longer. The scheme is what makes Houston dangerous, not the qb. He'll still be a good qb post Slowik, but in no way shape or form is he "special". Put him on Carolina and he sucks just as bad as Young did. Slowik is the brains behind that entire operation. If Houston is ever gonna do anything, it better be next year before Slowik leaves.
Not to mention Houston won't be playing a last place schedule next year. They'll actually have to play against top defenses next season. And you saw how well Slowik/Stroud was able to handle Baltimore's defense in the playoffs.
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18 hours ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
I like the analogy Jemez just said on the radio. Colts feel like a team full of expansion team players lol.
Not really. There's young and/or proven drafted talent at literally every position on this football team. Expansion teams are usually full of veteran castoffs. This Colts team is one of the youngest in the NFL and barely has anyone over the age of 30, if anyone.
Whether that young talent pans out is another question, but that's the case for every team in every sport that has ever existed when dealing with young players.
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On 8/29/2023 at 10:35 AM, MacDee1975 said:
Jacksonville 31
Colts 9
Now that i've seen the final roster I feel I was overly optimistic.
Jacksonville 45 Colts 3
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19 hours ago, KB said:
It makes zero sense to me.
Maybe Brown gets cut when Lammons comes off suspension.
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16 minutes ago, Mr. Irrelevant said:
Yep, that one is a gamble. But on the other hand, which CB would you cut instead?
Uh, Tony Brown, maybe?
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25 minutes ago, w87r said:
Visual:
Colts roster:(53)
Offense:(24)
QB:(3)
Anthony Richardson
Gardner Minshew
Sam Ehlinger
RB:(3)
Zach Moss
Deon Jackson
Evan Hull
WR:(4)
Michael Pittman Jr
Alec Pierce
Josh Downs
Isaiah McKenzie
TE:(5)
Mo Alie-Cox
Jelani Woods
Kylen Granson
Andrew Ogletree
Will Mallory
OT:(4)
Bernard Raimann
Braden Smith
Blake Freeland
Arlington Hambright
OG:(3)
Quenton Nelson
Will Fries
Carter O'Donnell
OC:(2)
Ryan Kelly
Wesley French
Defense:(26)
DE:(4)
Kwity Paye
Dayo Odeyingbo
Samson Ebukam
Tyquan Lewis
DT:(6)
Deforest Buckner
Grover Stewart
Taven Bryan
Adetomiwa Adebawore
Eric Johnson
McTelvin Agim
LB:(6)
Shaq Leonard
Zaire Franklin
EJ Speed
Segun Olubi
Grant Stuard
Jojo Domann
CB:(6)
Juju Brents
Dallis Flowers
Kenny Moore
Jaylon Jones
Darrell Baker Jr
Tony Brown
S:(4)
Rodney Thomas II
Julian Blackmon
Nick Cross
Trevor Denbow
SPT:(3)
K:(1)
Matt Gay
P:(1)
Rigoberto Sanchez
LS:(1)
Luke Rhodes
IR:
Daniel Scott(S)
Jake Witt(T)
Michael Tutsie(S)
Ashton Dulin(WR)
Genard Avery(DE)
Malik Turner(WR)
Danny Pinter (C)
Titus Leo (DE)
Suspension List:
Chris Lammons(3 game suspension)
PUP:
Johnathon Taylor
Replace Domann with McGrone at lb
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Colts 9
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38 minutes ago, Archer said:
Saw that one coming. Others, particularly Winfree, have been available and balling the last few weeks, when Strachan was out…
It's about time. WInfree did more in one preseason game than Strachan did his entire career.
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46 minutes ago, VikingsFanInChennai said:
Possible.. but how would you say that he's not good enough.. teams have to cut 37 players and bring 10+ players from that list or from other teams so it's not straightforward to say that a cut player isn't good enough, as there could be many more reasons behind those decisions.
You said "as simple as that".. if you have a gift of knowing a player not being good for NFL even in one position group, your talent is being missed out by NFL teams in their scouting team, as avoiding drafting non-NFL talents will automatically improve success rate of GMs.
Because he wasn't drafted, didn't look good in the preseason on the field, couldn't crack 2nd string of an incredibly weak group of guards even when 2 of those guards got injured, he already got cut. Those are 4 reasons I say he's not good enough.
I mean, I don't understand your stance. The Colts, a team in desperate need of guards, got rid of him......even though he's an NFL caliber player?
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24 minutes ago, VikingsFanInChennai said:
I don't know if an undrafted player can be totally dismissed like that, especially when so many scouts liked him and especially when he has some injury concern.
Do you know for sure if he's not been waived to get him on PS later as Colts might know very well that other teams wouldn't get him because of injury?
If they move him to IR right now, they may not be able to get him back for the season if the recovery timeline isn't that long for him to start practicing.
He may not have played last 2 preseason games because of an injury aggravation or some medical concern, we don't know at this time. Maybe, when dust settles down after all the cuts, team or media might catch up later on what's going on with him.
Or.....he's not good enough. Just like is the case for the thousands of undrafted players that weren't good enough to make it in all the prior NFL seasons.
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7 hours ago, NewColtsFan said:
He wasn’t drafted because he has a bad knee, not because of his skill level. That’s not uncommon at the draft.If that was the case he'd have an injury settlement right now instead of being waived outright.
No.....this guy isn't NFL material. Simple as that.
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10 hours ago, GoColts8818 said:
I don’t think Ekiyor was ever as good as some wanted him to be and his release was not that hard for the Colts. The facts he wasn’t even playing the last couple of games and the Colts are so thin at guard speaks to that.
Many on here anointed him as the starting RG when he was signed.
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Careful. Speaking highly of anyone on the OL is not allowed.
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7 hours ago, throwing BBZ said:
Fortunately there is clear history that keeping and paying JT would be detrimental to building a team that competes for going to a SB.
Numerous other positions are more valuable for this mission.
Tough ruck JT.
Exactly. Why in the world would the Colts need some high priced rb when the QB they've selected to build the franchise around will be eating into said rb's volume of carries every game? Not to mention said rb hasn't played in a game in 8+ due to an ankle injury, and evidently he still hasn't recovered from it.
Three decent, interchangeable, well rounded mid round draft pick running backs is the best fit for this team at this point.
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16 hours ago, AKB said:
If we get off to a bad start, should we start trading veterans with value?
Please discuss below for extra credit.
No
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1 hour ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:
Yeah his team did great trying to bully the Chiefs, how did that work out
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Exactly. Especially after hearing for 2 weeks how superior Phillys roster was.
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37 minutes ago, w87r said:
Could be, I thought so too, but will need a little time.
"He's awful" was an awful take.
I know that wasn't you, just saying.
Get off your highhorse. He was atrocious last night.
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11 hours ago, Happy2BeHere said:
Yea but you can kind of thank Sam for that because he scampered around a ton avoiding would-be sacks.
Or, they played decently. What's so difficult about giving them credit for playing well? Is it because it goes against the narrative?
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Demeco Ryans as a tier one head coach with Andy Reid and John Harbaugh.....and above Sean McVay; that's a real howler.
Fortunately/unfortunately putting his name on a list, doesn't make it so in reality.