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A lot do people had a lot of faith in Matt Ryan and bought into the “like Manning” training camp quotes we were getting. this season is entirely open. We could go 0-17 very easily, we could also go 12-5 and make the playoffs just as easily. Gonna be a wild ride -
By Moosejawcolt · Posted
If you are building a team based on upside, the Colts crushed the draft. However, the building of a team is based on acquiring football players not great athletes. Talk to me in 2 years. I have listened to GM's who are out of the league and they bring up old drafts and how Kiper and all these draft guys grade a draft A+ right after a draft. The GM then talks about that same draft 2 years later and how literally none of those players are with that same team. To me, you grade a draft only on if a team filled their needs and nothing more. The Colts did fine in that respect. -
I will say that last year the media and fans expected a decent Matt Ryan to help with the offensive game. Our o-line plus poor play from Ryan really hurt. We have not addressed the o-line so it’s hard to say that it’s improved just yet. Also having a young QB could still create play similar to Ryan. Killing drives and having INT’s because he is learning. The D hopefully stays solid. With this I will always hope for a playoff team but I could still see maybe 6-8 wins. -
Personally I think the biggest unknown is QB play. We thought with Ryan, who has a history of being a pretty good NFL QB, might have a couple of good years left. That turned out to be wrong. If we start Richardson there are going to be growing pains. He has a lot to learn. And if we start Minshew, well, we will get Minshew. He hasn't shown me he has what it takes to lead this team to the playoffs. So with so much of a team's success depending on high level QB play I am not expecting a playoff appearance. But I would be thrilled if it happened. -
Sure, all true. But my theme was that a lot of us here (and especially the national media) had expectations of winning the division last season. We all know the reasons it went south. We all could have said similar things that you pointed out - Oline uncertainty, QB arm/age, etc., but most were confident. Oline improved, QB room improved, play calling possibilities, etc.. Yet people now think 6 wins would be a successful season. We were so optimistic last year, why are the expectations so low this season? It’s mostly the same team, with improvements.
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