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By bluephantom87 · Posted
One progress I see is that he's finishing games so that's a step. The shoulder surgery and offseason rehab has definitely set him back for a raw guy who needs all the reps he can get. It was reported that AR has a total of 30 something starts at qb INCLUDING hs. Think about that most have that in high school alone. Caleb Williams is the 2nd youngest starting qb in the league and had 33 starts in college alone while winning a Heisman trophy. AR is the youngest starting qb in the league at just 22 but has extreme talent and natural gifts that have to be developed. I think the staff is doing him a disservice by taking away the threat of his legs (see Lamar) because he is not a pocket passer. I think AR needs a go to TE and the Colts need to rely on the run more with JT until AR catches up from his lost rehab time. Give him some easy short throws to build his confidence before he starts throwing into coverage take the Josh Allen approach. The biggest problem is that Ballard chose a project in AR instead of moving up to snag the polished CJ Stroud. Most teams move up to get their franchise guy unless they already have the number one pick overall. The reason why it's problem is that the fan base is starting to get restless and the thought of another few years of unfulfilled promise seems discouraging. Once Ballard chose to sit pat AR was the right choice over the awful Will Levis who was a strong possibility if not for Shane according to Shefty and Will's people. Bottom line is that this will take time. Is the overall team good enough to make a push while AR goes through his growing pains to reach his full potential? I doubt it because Ballard's tenure has been spun in mediocrity at best. -
Honestly no, but then I didn’t expect to see any progress yet either. He basically lost an entire season and offseason because of injury. I’ll be more concerned if there’s no progress next season. What I think is much more of a concern this season is that Steichen’s playcalling seems to have regressed badly. I expected a vastly different offense than what we’re playing and I don’t think Steichen is helping AR at all.
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By bestQBever · Posted
To me, this is still his rookie year. When you are rehabbing an injury, you are not getting better at football. He has basically played 7 NFL games with 0 offseason to work on the things we KNEW he needed to work on (hence why he was considered a project QB). I will reserve my judgement for him next year given he has a chance at a healthy offseason. -
By Goatface Killah · Posted
Thats what has surprised me. This is not the offense I thought I would see. We seem to be asking him to do too much. I also dont like Shanes lack of philosophy this year. I honestly thought we would see a lot of 4 wides (Pittman, Downs, Mitchell, Pierce), with Taylor and Ant in the backfield. Forcing teams to play nickel and dime, then spreading the defense out and attacking with the run, with a lot of deep shots and play action. But its been kind of all over the place. I cant even tell what they are trying to do philisophically anymore. -
Last year's injury set him back. What is head scratching is te are missing and he isn't running as much as I thought he would.
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