Season Opener: Jaguars @ Colts, Sunday, September 10, 2023, 1:00 PM ET

[Chrisaaron1023]

Just now, IndySouthsider said:

Well this sucks. I had so little expectations. Got them up. And they crashed like a lead balloon

Lol same

[NFLfan]

The Colts need a running game to help this rookie QB. The game was close for 3 and a half plus quarters. How many rush yards do the Colts have minus those by AR?  You can't expect him to be the entire offense.

[Happy2BeHere]

I’m just only miffed by Steichen and the 4th down calls. Otherwise I was happy.

[Patrick Miller]

2 minutes ago, csmopar said:

In what way? 

Inaccurate 

[RollerColt]

Ah yes, I forgot about the pessimists who haven’t been on the site for months. It’s time for them to flood the threads. And probably time for me to check out of the main Colts forum until we win a game. 

[SteelCityColt]

Just now, Patrick Miller said:

Inaccurate 

 

Yes, I would say the opinion you posted is.

[Chrisaaron1023]

I mean AR did a lot better than the richest man in the NFL... poor Joe

[HungarianColtsFan]

I see more upside in AR5's playing, than ever expected. 

He will have to work on some things, but he's gonna be fine IMHO.

 

[Patrick Miller]

Just now, SteelCityColt said:

 

Yes, I would say the opinion you posted is.

I guess we’ll see

[SteelCityColt]

Just now, RollerColt said:

Ah yes, I forgot about the pessimists who haven’t been on the site for months. It’s time for them to flood the threads. And probably time for me to check out of the main Colts forum until we win a game. 

 

Ha, I can go back into retirement if you'd like

[csmopar]

Just now, Patrick Miller said:

Inaccurate 

Oh for Pete’s sake, he’s had 7 misses out of 30 attempts. And he’s played way better than Young and Stroud today. By miles!!

[BlackTiger]

A Td here would cover the spread

[csmopar]

Just now, Chrisaaron1023 said:

I mean AR did a lot better than the richest man in the NFL... poor Joe

104 QBR right now!

[a06cc]

Can’t be happy about this at all. We keep losing the first game of the season. It’s getting old. More matter the players or coaching staff

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

3 minutes ago, IndyEric07 said:

OL sucked once again! Bradleys D cant hold any O that long! Jags played conservatively til the 4th! Deon Jaxon sucks! I hope Colts dont call this a moral victory! Moral victories dont exist! Too bad cuz we had a chance to be 1 up on the division since the last time i saw other scores!

The Oline wasn’t bad.

[bluebombers87]

Just now, SteelCityColt said:

 

Yes, I would say the opinion you posted is.

People are allowed to say the obvious. It’s not a knock against him personally or you. The INT may have been a bad route but an experienced QB knows not to throw it there, which AR is not.

[NFLfan]

2 minutes ago, Patrick Miller said:

Inaccurate 

 

You are not feeling good about this game??  He is a 21-year old playing his first NFL game. You can have Kirk Cousins. I will take AR. (Cousins had at least 3 turnovers today.)

[RollerColt]

Just now, a06cc said:

Can’t be happy about this at all. We keep losing the first game of the season. It’s getting old. More matter the players or coaching staff

Become a Browns fan! They just won against the Bengals. Super Bowl bound! Jump on the bandwagon now!

[Moosejawcolt]

3 minutes ago, smittywerb said:

We lack explosive players on offense.  AP suppose to be that but he’s not right now.  MPJ doesn’t have the downfield speed to stretch the defense.  Downs and Granson can be but as we’re seeing now, the defense will focus on them and they’re gone.  And we don’t have our best weapon on the field due to contract disputes.

 

our next draft and free agency should be focused on getting explosive offensive players.  We have the qb, it’s time to start giving him help.

I think we r jumping the gun on lack of play makers. This guy played, I think it was 15 games in college. I think he played better than I expected today.  Nothing today tells me he is going to be a bust. He looked really good. He appeard to be in control of the game in terms of maturity. He wil need to read what the defense is giving him. That's not going to happen in his 1st game. This is going to be an up and down season, so people need to accept that. This is all about the development of Richardson and hopefully guys like Peirce, Gransom, Downs and Ogle tree will turn the corner. And right on time, the collapse of the 4th quarter defense.  I guess they were tired again lol. Peirce really needs to take that next step. I so wanted Watson last year and was on record of wanting to trade up when he was sitting there waiting to be picked.

[Solid84]

Just now, csmopar said:

Oh for Pete’s sake, he’s had 7 misses out of 30 attempts. And he’s played way better than Young and Stroud today. By miles!!

THIS!

 

He's played good game with a couple of rookie mistakes - more than we could've hope for honestly.

[SteelCityColt]

Just now, bluebombers87 said:

People are allowed to say the obvious. It’s not a knock against him personally or you. The INT may have been a bad route but an experienced QB knows not to throw it there, which AR is not.

 

Exactly the point, you have to temper expectations... not 1st game write off the rookie QB.

[DEColtsLover36]

The all too familiar 0-1 is looming…  well, it was still nice to talk about the game with everyone on the forum, have a great week everybody!

[Patrick Miller]

We definitely need to bring in some RBs 

[csmopar]

1 minute ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

The Oline wasn’t bad.

Ummm yes it has been . Very bad

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

2 minutes ago, Happy2BeHere said:

I’m just only miffed by Steichen and the 4th down calls. Otherwise I was happy.

Fourth down calls and that drive before this one. Why did he call all those downfield plays. There was plenty of time left.

[bluebombers87]

Just now, SteelCityColt said:

 

Exactly the point, you have to temper expectations... not 1st game write off the rookie QB.

But you can’t get upset when people say he was inaccurate. It goes both ways.

[coltsfan_canada]

Just now, Patrick Miller said:

We definitely need to bring in some RBs 

[a06cc]

1 minute ago, RollerColt said:

Become a Browns fan! They just won against the Bengals. Super Bowl bound! Jump on the bandwagon now!

This isn’t funny. We keep losing 

[chad72]

Here’s the thing though - our O wasn’t that horrendous that we had to give up a TD once they got the INT while being 21-24 down 

[throwing BBZ]

1 hour ago, Shive said:

I'd love to see Dayo on a stunt or 2, especially if Scherrf is out. He's dangerous on those.

 

A single concussion isn't his fault when Cisco went right for his head. 

 

 Dayo was in at RDE and suckered inside giving up Etienes long TD run.

[csmopar]

Pierce drops another sure TD

[bluebombers87]

Just now, chad72 said:

Here’s the thing though - our O wasn’t that horrendous that we had to give up a TD once they got the INT while being 21-24 down 

I’m more frustrated with the defense. 31 points in a game, 14 in the fourth, that’s not good.

[Valpo2004]

Just now, SteelCityColt said:

 

Exactly the point, you have to temper expectations... not 1st game write off the rookie QB.

 

As I remember Luck's first game against the Bears was pretty bad.  Worse than this actually.

 

To be fair that was a much tougher defense.

[RollerColt]

Just now, a06cc said:

This isn’t funny. We keep losing 

That’s life. There are always going to be prolonged years of losing. The only choice you have as a fan to cheer for someone else. You can’t change what’s on the field. 

[Solid84]

Just now, csmopar said:

Pierce drops another sure TD

Not a drop. Great play by the defender.

[SteelCityColt]

That's some good CB play on that break up to be fair.

[Patrick Miller]

Just now, SteelCityColt said:

 

Exactly the point, you have to temper expectations... not 1st game write off the rookie QB.

Dude Came out of college known for being inaccurate. I’m hoping he improves but a lot of this throws are not encouraging 

[Indyfan4life]

I hope Ballard FINALLY wakes up and realizes this team NEEDS a damn true NUMBER ONE WIDE RECEIVER. It’s not Pittman/Pierce/Downs. No run game today. Oline being trash in run blocking. 
 

Richardson will be fine. 

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

Pierce has to fight a little better there.

[smittywerb]

Just now, Moosejawcolt said:

I think we r jumping the gun on lack of play makers. This guy played, I think it was 15 games in college. I think he played better than I expected today.  Nothing today tells me he is going to be a bust. He looked really good. He appeard to be in control of the game in terms of maturity. He wil need to read what the defense is giving him. That's not going to happen in his 1st game. This is going to be an up and down season, so people need to accept that. This is all about the development of Richardson and hopefully guys like Peirce, Gransom, Downs and Ogle tree will turn the corner. And right on time, the collapse of the 4th quarter defense.  I guess they were tired again lol. Peirce really needs to take that next step. I so wanted Watson last year and was on record of wanting to trade up when he was sitting there waiting to be picked.

 

oh, I’m not including AR in the lack of explosiveness.  He’s not the problem.  I noticed this game he was holding on to the ball and hesitating and it was because no one downfield was open.  How many plays do we have +20 yards compared to Jacksonville?  The longest play we had was a screen.  We gotta start blowing the top off of defenses or this is going to be a very hard year for AR.