Colts @ Browns Game Day Thread, October 11, 2020, 4:25pm

[pacolts56]

Crap

[coming on strong]

rivers cost us two games. with two pick sixes and 4 picks in those two games and a bad safety .

[DontEverGiveUp]

2 minutes ago, Smoke317 said:

12 carries for Taylor is criminal. Rivers has to humble himself & realize if he wants a ring, he’s only gonna get it throwing 25 times a game. 

That's on Reich.

[bestQBever]

3 minutes ago, Nesjan3 said:

Does the Brissett convo start?

Maybe. Honesty I can't stand watching Brissett play the way he stops looking downfield as soon as a little rush comes his way. As a fan I want Eason but I know for sure that is not the smart move and Rivers will most likely start every game as long as he isn't throwing 3 picks every game

[HOZER]

Why did Hines get the next two after Rogers took one to the house? He seems more electric returning then Hines? I don’t get it.

[funktacious2]

Man, like we knew this was a game we could certainly lose, but the way we lost it just makes me made. I think we were in control of our destiny in the second half and blew it thanks to Rivers makes and not getting that 3rd and 8 run stop. On to next week. 

[IndySouthsider]

8 minutes ago, coming on strong said:

 the ravens beat the browns 36 to 6  they are not even good . it just proves that strength of schedule matters .

Remember that time last year when Indy best KC in KC? Yeah you are never as good as you think nor as bad.

[TrueBlue12]

Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes. Rivers especially.

[2006Coltsbestever]

1 minute ago, EastStreet said:

LOL. our luck. 

even the doinks not going our way.

I know AC didn't play but the hell is wrong with our O.Line. We looked the 95 Huskers last year and now we can't even run??

[aaron11]

raiders win, giants cover

 

vegas is winning big today

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

Our offense is stale and boring. It doesn’t seem that much better then last year. This is why Eberflus takes a bad rap. He adjusted in the second half but looked like he didn’t know what he was doing the first half. Reichs play calling is just terrible. Where was MO. Why not take advantage more of Dulin speEd. Not even going to get into Rivers because the offense has no imagination. Do we even try to use the middle of the field.

[EastStreet]

Just now, bluebombers87 said:

And they scored 20 in 2 quarters, which forced us to change the offensive plan.

Soft and bad D in the first definitely changed the tone of the game. And seemed we waited till it was too late to start blitzing. 

Their O game plan (aggressive early, conservative late) should have been our O game plan to.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

1 minute ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

I know AC didn't play but the hell is wrong with our O.Line. We looked the 95 Huskers last year and now we can't even run??

Nelson has been invisible.

[Kccolts]

Oh well, that was very disappointing. 

Still think we had chances to win the game, but poor decision making on and off the field cost us. 

Anyway, off to bed as it is after 12.30am. 

Looking forward to seeing what the reaction is when i get up tomorrow. 

Still not writing off the season, but offence needs to improve. 

[Lancer1]

2 minutes ago, coming on strong said:

rivers cost us two games. with two pick sixes and 4 picks in those two games and a bad safety .

I don't remember the other pick six - he had 2 interceptions at Jacksonville, but neither of the went to the house.

[CS Coltsfan]

46 minutes ago, JlynRN said:

how was that a safety???  Rivers threw the ball away.

there was no receiver in the area... He had 2 receivers wide oepn in the middle

[Rolltide_gocolts]

So last yr we had an over the hill kicker cost us about 6 games and this yr our over the hill Qb cost us our only 2 losses.... see a pattern? 

[CS Coltsfan]

2 minutes ago, Chloe6124 said:

Nelson has been invisible.

pretty much all season

 

[Riversrun]

Ok maybe Rivers just needs better weapons and a healthy D !!! I’m over it Browns are a scary team now honestly 

[JlynRN]

Well obviously not the result we wanted. I'm not writing the season off yet, but things need to change and adjustments need to be made. 

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

Also why is Hines fair catching the ball at the four with no one around. It would of bounced into the end zone. Then he fair catches again at the ten. 

 

I heve not been impressed with Reich all season. His playing calling is just bad. Doesn’t take advantage of the talent he has.

[CS Coltsfan]

3 minutes ago, EastStreet said:

Soft and bad D in the first definitely changed the tone of the game. And seemed we waited till it was too late to start blitzing. 

Their O game plan (aggressive early, conservative late) should have been our O game plan to.

not impressed with our coaches and scheme... on both sides of the ball... 

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

1 minute ago, Rolltide_gocolts said:

So last yr we had an over the hill kicker cost us about 6 games and this yr our over the hill Qb cost us our only 2 losses.... see a pattern? 

It’s time to stop trying to plug the hole with old guys. It’s time to give Eason a shot. Can’t keep plugging the damn like this and expecting great outcomes.

[coming on strong]

9 minutes ago, Dingus McGirt said:

They scored 23.

holding a team to 23 is good in todays nfl .   the rules favor the offense , the browns average 35 points a game .  the browns score 23 today and if we had a offense that could move the ball and score more the browns would have had the ball at least 2 or 3 times less then they did and scored less .    all the problems are on rivers with a top ten QB this roster is going deep into the playoffs .

[Riversrun]

1 minute ago, Rolltide_gocolts said:

So last yr we had an over the hill kicker cost us about 6 games and this yr our over the hill Qb cost us our only 2 losses.... see a pattern? 

Can we just pretend that the D is banged up and TY blows ??? I’m not ready to punt on the season as depressed as I was 5 min ago 

[bestQBever]

Final thoughts: we adjusted exteremly well on defense. We realized we couldn't get home with 4 so we blitzed and pressed and it knida worked. Our offense can not play from behind as it brings out the real phillip rivers. We need him to be a game manager, alex smith, not pat mahomes. Good but not great defense like the stats say and a very limited offense compounded with injuries all over the place. We'll be 8-8 or 9-7 when all is said and done unless Phillip Rivers stops being Phillip Rivers.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

2 minutes ago, Riversrun said:

Ok maybe Rivers just needs better weapons and a healthy D !!! I’m over it Browns are a scary team now honestly 

Or maybe Reich needs to use the talent he has. Look st how fast Dulin was on that catch. Where was cox. It is a huge coaching error and makes practice not to use the talent you have.

[Riversrun]

2 minutes ago, CS Coltsfan said:

not impressed with our coaches and scheme... on both sides of the ball... 

best post today it was a terrible showing by them 

[EastStreet]

1 minute ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

I know AC didn't play but the hell is wrong with our O.Line. We looked the 95 Huskers last year and now we can't even run??

 

Taylor was 4.8, so no that bad. IMO, it's more play calling and personnel. Seeing Hines run it up the gut again was frustrating though lol. The one edge run he had was decent. IMO, the OL did better run blocking that pass blocking. Rivers was pressured all game.

[CS Coltsfan]

6 minutes ago, TrueBlue12 said:

Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes. Rivers especially.

I would have benched him and brought in JB... at least he can escape and hopefully he has learned from Rivers to get rod of the ball quicker... He has more connection with the receivers ... he had a last year... i

t certainly wouldn't hurt

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

Just now, bestQBever said:

Final thoughts: we adjusted exteremly well on defense. We realized we couldn't get home with 4 so we blitzed and pressed and it knida worked. Our offense can not play from behind as it brings out the real phillip rivers. We need him to be a game manager, alex smith, not pat mahomes. Good but not great defense like the stats say and a very limited offense compounded with injuries all over the place. We'll be 8-8 or 9-7 when all is said and done unless Phillip Rivers stops being Phillip Rivers.

My question is why did it take Eberflus a entire half to adjust. This is why he gets a bad wrap. He comes in in prepared.

[DEColtsLover36]

Just now, bestQBever said:

Final thoughts: we adjusted exteremly well on defense. We realized we couldn't get home with 4 so we blitzed and pressed and it knida worked. Our offense can not play from behind as it brings out the real phillip rivers. We need him to be a game manager, alex smith, not pat mahomes. Good but not great defense like the stats say and a very limited offense compounded with injuries all over the place. We'll be 8-8 or 9-7 when all is said and done unless Phillip Rivers stops being Phillip Rivers.

[coming on strong]

Just now, bestQBever said:

Final thoughts: we adjusted exteremly well on defense. We realized we couldn't get home with 4 so we blitzed and pressed and it knida worked. Our offense can not play from behind as it brings out the real phillip rivers. We need him to be a game manager, alex smith, not pat mahomes. Good but not great defense like the stats say and a very limited offense compounded with injuries all over the place. We'll be 8-8 or 9-7 when all is said and done unless Phillip Rivers stops being Phillip Rivers.

so if your the gm knowing the team cant win with rivers , would you start eason?  we have nothing to lose . or at least let jacoby play .  jacoby is a game manager with mobility that does not throw picks . rivers is a game manager with zero mobility and throws picks

[EastStreet]

5 minutes ago, CS Coltsfan said:

there was no receiver in the area... He had 2 receivers wide oepn in the middle

Pretty sure one ran the wrong route. Rivers immediately signaled was supposed to a curl instead of a post, or vice versa. Was also talking to the WR right after the play.

[bluebombers87]

3 minutes ago, coming on strong said:

holding a team to 23 is good in todays nfl .   the rules favor the offense , the browns average 35 points a game .  the browns score 23 today and if we had a offense that could move the ball and score more the browns would have had the ball at least 2 or 3 times less then they did and scored less .    all the problems are on rivers with a top ten QB this roster is going deep into the playoffs .

Yea but when 20 of those points come in one half, you change the tempo of the game. In a vacuum yes 23 points is good. But games aren’t played in vacuums.

[Colts1324]

10 minutes ago, aaron11 said:

raiders win, giants cover

 

vegas is winning big today

I bet on the Raiders & Eagles outright. Odds were too good to bet on both and win one.

[Lancer1]

1 minute ago, coming on strong said:

so if your the gm knowing the team cant win with rivers , would you start eason?  we have nothing to lose . or at least let jacoby play .  jacoby is a game manager with mobility that does not throw picks . rivers is a game manager with zero mobility and throws picks

I wouldn't say that the team can't win with Rivers, when they've only dropped 2 games out of 5.

[EastStreet]

2 minutes ago, bestQBever said:

Final thoughts: we adjusted exteremly well on defense. We realized we couldn't get home with 4 so we blitzed and pressed and it knida worked. Our offense can not play from behind as it brings out the real phillip rivers. We need him to be a game manager, alex smith, not pat mahomes. Good but not great defense like the stats say and a very limited offense compounded with injuries all over the place. We'll be 8-8 or 9-7 when all is said and done unless Phillip Rivers stops being Phillip Rivers.

Problem is, the adjustment was too late, or probably shouldn't have been an adjustment in the first place. Everyone knows the Browns have a top 5 OL and getting pressure with 4 wasn't likely going to happen. And in the 2nd, Browns started going run heavy and conservative.

[coming on strong]

1 minute ago, EastStreet said:

Pretty sure one ran the wrong route. Rivers immediately signaled was supposed to a curl instead of a post, or vice versa. Was also talking to the WR right after the play.

the problem with that play was hines was wide open for a 5 yard gain .  hines was running to the same side rivers threw it to . rivers panicked the pocket was folding in but a check down is a faster throw .  his vision was bad .

[coming on strong]

Just now, Lancer1 said:

I wouldn't say that the team can't win with Rivers, when they've only dropped 2 games out of 5.

do you honestly think the team can beat a playoff team with rivers?  i think the only teams we match up well with are teams with good defenses and bad QB play like the bears .  how can this team beat the chiefs or the packers with rivers .  last year could of been a fluke beating the chiefs .  to be a good team the team has to be able to win in different ways and the team can only win if the defense plays light out right now .