2022 TNF Colts at Broncos: Post Game Thoughts (W5)

[EastStreet]

 

Wow LOL

[GoColts8818]

Well that set offensive football back about 50 years…  Has a coach ever been fired in season after winning a game?

[DougDew]

Says a lot:

 

Pryor was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round (206th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft.

He made his first start at right guard in January 2020,

 

• Great play calling and execution in the late 4Q and OT.
• Too bad for Kwity

 

 

[AKB]

Betting odds for Frank to get fired must go down today... would imagine the Broncos HC now will lead that race.

[MPStack]

Great game by the defense 

[John Waylon]

And here I was thinking at least the Chiefs win would be the least deserved of the year…

 

[Nesjan3]

lol I guess a win is a win, wasn't pretty. Defense was good, but Denvers offense was equally bad. Ryan is going to be injured by midseason with this poor Oline. I feel like its kind of fake excitement kind of like after the KC game. But ill say it again, like I did after KC. Maybe we can build off this...doubt it though. 

[AKB]

Gilmore looking like a very good FA signing by Ballard. 

[Solon]

 

Defense played their hearts out. Chris Strausser needs to be fired. Teams are literally running the same stunt game to game and we still can't figure it out.

[tvturner]

Fire Frank.

[AKB]

Just now, Nesjan3 said:

lol I guess a win is a win, wasn't pretty. Defense was good, but Denvers offense was equally bad. Ryan is going to be injured by midseason with this poor Oline. I feel like its kind of fake excitement kind of like after the KC game. But ill say it again, like I did after KC. Maybe we can build off this...doubt it though. 

run game looked slightly better with Jackson

[colts89]

That was the most entertaining game I've seen since the comeback vs the Chiefs by Luck.

 

For all the wrong reasons, but still

 

 

 

[aReggie7]

The Colts won and I still feel even worse about this team.

 

Pierce had a really nice game. Great to see. I still expect some ups and downs from him being a rookie but encouraging to see games like tonight.

 

 

[coltsfan_canada]

[jbaron04]

Just now, AustinnKaine said:

run game looked slightly better with Jackson

Well they was playing the pass not 9 guys in the box like when Taylor is In

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

Is it me or did Pinter look better then Kelly at center. Run game got some nice plays.

[Defjamz26]

One of the worst football games I’ve ever seen. At least Pierce seems legit. Seriously had no business winning that game.

[coltsfan_canada]

 is a dawg

[Indeee]

13.2 points a game average through 5 weeks... 

 

 

 

[RollerColt]

That was one heck of a comedy of errors tonight. All I can say is thank God we aren’t paying Wilson $235 million to play for us!

[Yoshinator]

This was the worst Colts game I've ever been subjected too that was a win. Other than Pierce and the defense, there was no reason to care about anything that happened.

[runthepost]

The Jags game will be ugly at this rate

[RobertAP]

Run, Run, Pass. It's like clockwork.

Part of winning football in the NFL is outsmarting your opponent. If you show them your hand and stick to that hand, you're just making it 10x harder on yourself.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

I think with Rainmann getting some practice in before the next game I think they are onto something with the oline they started with tonight. Those hikes should get cleaned up in practice. 

[strt182]

A Win is a WIN.  injuries are a negative. But some positives for sure. 

[#12.]

This team has played about 1 or 1.5 good quarters of football, yet are .500 a month or so into the season.  

 

Somehow they have survived.

[John Hammonds]

Let's not fool ourselves.

The Colts haven't won a game all year.

Kansas City lost their game.  Denver lost theirs.

[CR91]

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

Ryan should still be benched. He is just so bad.

 

This isn’t Reich. Reich typically had high scoring offenses. The oline is not great but Ryan is making it look worse.

Just now, #12. said:

This team has played about 1 or 1.5 good quarters of football, yet are .500 a month or so into the season.  

 

Somehow they have survived.

But there is no improvement 

[DougDew]

I'd like to see Raimann's 1st half and 2nd half grades.  Didn't notice him in the second half.

[IrsaysArmy]

Yea it’s nice to win but idk how anyone could be excited about this team. Defense is legitimately good. Oline might be worst in the league. 

[coltsfan_canada]

Just now, TaylorTheStudMuffin said:

Is it me or did Pinter look better then Kelly at center. Run game got some nice plays.

 

Did much better as a C then RG also I dont want him to see anywhere else on the line beside C. 

 

Matt Ryan sacked 21 times in first 5 games. Last year we were sacked 32 times in 17 games.

[TheNextGM]

A win is a win!

Its all coming together.

[strt182]

It was a Good defensive game.  The NFL isn't Madden.  Not every game is a shootout.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

Denver does have a really good defense so at least if the offense looks that bad it’s against a good defensive team. 
 

 

Dayo is ready to step up so he is going to have to fill payes shoes.

[Nate!]

Kwity being out will kill the defensive hype unfortunately.  
 

what’s crazy, this team easily could be 4-1 right now…

[Colt Overseas]

Incredible brave job by the defense tonight. Buckner and Gilmore were outstanding. Two massive tackles by McLeod and Okereke on 2nd and 3rd down stoned the Broncos RBS and forced the 4th down. Thomas the rookie holding up the backend (except when the reds take him out lol).

 

Offense, idk. Pierce was class. After that terrible. Why didn’t we use the TEs until late in the game? As for the oline, at this stage Strausser has to go and we just keep trying oline combos until something works. Like Smith and Pryor really should have swapped positions early in this game. Leaving Pryor out there on Browning was criminal.

[GoColts8818]

I’ll take it.

 

Honestly the only thing worse than the offenses in his game was the officials.  They were bad and not even favoring one team.  They were just awful.

 

This game was the biggest case against Thursday night football I can remember.  Players for both teams were dropping like flys.  Sadly it looks like Kwitty’s season could be over. That’s just gut wrenching because he had been playing so well.  
 

Good to see Buckner remind us who he is.

 

The Colts finally have another WR in Pierce.

 

I would have liked to see JT out there because the Colts were finally getting some decent run blocking late.  With that said this line was awful in pass protection.  Pryor was turn style at right tackle.  Aside from that I thought the line got better when Kelly went out but that could also be all the Broncos pass rushers getting hurt too.  All and all I wasn’t a fan of this line outside of run blocking but if they stick with this unit Pryor can’t be the right tackle.  Maybe you try Smith at RT and Pryor at RG.  
 

Ryan continues to have good moments followed by what the heck was that moments and then some good moments.

 

Have the Colts ever heard of a run outside of the tackles?

 

The Colts are the worst screen team in the NFL and I mean that on both offense and defense.

 

credit to Gilmore who came up big in big situations and threw cold water on whatever Russ was cooking.  Okay I’ll stop and go to bed.

 

All and all just pure ugliness but at least the Colts won so there’s that.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

1 minute ago, DougDew said:

I'd like to see Raimann's 1st half and 2nd half grades.  Didn't notice him in the second half.

Yeah I think he adjusted. He didn’t even get a practice in before starting but he has had snaps in games so that had to help.

[Smonroe]

If we can just keep playing teams with worse play callers, we’ll be okay.  
 

Oh, let’s see if we can get a ref to play for us next time.