On to Tennessee

[Smonroe]

We can’t possibly be the Will Levis slump buster, can we?

 

Please tell me there’s no way.  

[GwinnettColt]

2 minutes ago, Smonroe said:

We can’t possibly be the Will Levis slump buster, can we?

 

Please tell me there’s no way.  

 

There's no way.   You did request that I tell you that but I cannot say that I believe it. 

[Stephen]

Levis 350 yards passing 90 percent  completion 5 tds

[Smonroe]

2 minutes ago, Stephen said:

Levis 350 yards passing 90 percent  completion 5 tds

If anything near that happens, they have to fire Gus, right?  

[BProland85]

4 minutes ago, Smonroe said:

If anything near that happens, they have to fire Gus, right?  

They’re already WAAAAY past due to fire Gus Bradley. He should’ve been gone like 2 years ago. 

[Indyfan4life]

Levis will take some extra strong mayo shots that morning and have a career game against us. 

[bluephantom87]

 

The god awful Levis will look like the 2nd coming of Montana against this dead last ranked defense!!!!!

[2006Coltsbestever]

1 minute ago, bluephantom87 said:

 

The god awful Levis will look like the 2nd coming of Montana against this dead last ranked defense!!!!!

Levis will probably throw for 300 and 3 TD's and have a game winning drive lmao.

[2006Coltsbestever]

Then run around the field flexing his muscles 

[Moosejawcolt]

8 minutes ago, bluephantom87 said:

 

The god awful Levis will look like the 2nd coming of Montana against this dead last ranked defense!!!!!

Do u think Shane is actually keeping Gus around because it makes Ballard look really bad? A power play? That's the only reason I can think of as to why Shane retains Gus. It's actually poor coaching for Shane not to fire Gus based on his history.

[jvan1973]

12 minutes ago, Moosejawcolt said:

Do u think Shane is actually keeping Gus around because it makes Ballard look really bad? A power play? That's the only reason I can think of as to why Shane retains Gus. It's actually poor coaching for Shane not to fire Gus based on his history.

You do understand that shane works for Ballard right?  Ballard likes gus. As does irsay. Shane has zero to do with gus being here.   

[RollerColt]

Is Levis even playing? I’m still wondering if they’ll give the nod to Rudolph and keep Will benched. 
 

We usually make backups look like Gods.

[bluephantom87]

6 minutes ago, Moosejawcolt said:

Do u think Shane is actually keeping Gus around because it makes Ballard look really bad? A power play? That's the only reason I can think of as to why Shane retains Gus. It's actually poor coaching for Shane not to fire Gus based on his history.

 

I think Ballard talked Shane into accepting Gus again based on the defense breaking the Colt sack record last season and by Gus being handicapped with all the injuries to the young secondary. Plus it also helped that Shane already had a prior working relationship with Gus from their Charger days.

 

As a first time hc going into yr 2 I doubt that Shane had much pushback anyway because unfortunately Ballard is calling the shots and has Irsay's blessing.

[Moosejawcolt]

3 minutes ago, bluephantom87 said:

 

I think Ballard talked Shane into accepting Gus again based on the defense breaking the Colt sack record last season and by Gus being handicapped with all the injuries to the young secondary. Plus it also helped that Shane already had a prior working relationship with Gus from their Charger days.

 

As a first time hc going into yr 2 I doubt that Shane had much pushback anyway because unfortunately Ballard is calling the shots and has Irsay's blessing.

I agree and keeping Gus maybe a little revenge on Shane's part. U told me to keep him and now I am going to show Irsay that u suck as a GM, lol. 

[Moosejawcolt]

30 minutes ago, jvan1973 said:

You do understand that shane works for Ballard right?  Ballard likes gus. As does irsay. Shane has zero to do with gus being here.   

I hope u r right because then it only reinforces my long held belief that Ballard is a horrible GM. Oh, and I have Ballard's own record to support my argument. 

[Moosejawcolt]

26 minutes ago, bluephantom87 said:

 

I think Ballard talked Shane into accepting Gus again based on the defense breaking the Colt sack record last season and by Gus being handicapped with all the injuries to the young secondary. Plus it also helped that Shane already had a prior working relationship with Gus from their Charger days.

 

As a first time hc going into yr 2 I doubt that Shane had much pushback anyway because unfortunately Ballard is calling the shots and has Irsay's blessing.

I was always surprised by the Wink Martindale interview. I never felt he was a serious candidate for the HC position.  If u r correct in that  Ballard wanted Gus retained. I wonder if Wink was a Steichen request. Wink does not run anything like what the Colts currently do on D. Just found it was an out of left field play. Maybe Steichen knew this day would come? Maybe that was the 1st time Steichen was trumped by Ballard in retaining Gus? Steichen could be keeping Gus in their  to show Ballard's continued poor decisions. Just a little conspiracy thinking on my end, lol.

[Smonroe]

21 minutes ago, Moosejawcolt said:

I hope u r right because then it only reinforces my long held belief that Ballard is a horrible GM. Oh, and I have Ballard's own record to support my argument. 

I’m starting to tilt that way.  I gave him the benefit of the doubt with the raw deal he had at QB.  
 

There are no great GMs who don’t have a franchise QB.   But when he got one last year and still refused to bring in experienced talent this year, I was totally frustrated.  He knew JuJu’s injury history.  He knew the position was weak even with him. 
 

I will say Cross is playing well but we’re ultra thin there too. 
 

Not to defend Gus, but how can he play an aggressive D with those ingredients?

 

 

[Moosejawcolt]

Just now, Smonroe said:

I’m starting to tilt that way.  I gave him the benefit of the doubt with the raw deal he had at QB.  
 

There are no great GMs who don’t have a franchise QB.   But when he got one last year and still refused to bring in experienced talent this year, I was totally frustrated.  He knew JuJu’s injury history.  He knew the position was weak even with him. 
 

I will say Cross is playing well but we’re ultra thin there too. 
 

Not to defend Gus, but how can he play an aggressive D with those ingredients?

 

 

The talent on this D is quite bad.

[Moosejawcolt]

1 minute ago, Smonroe said:

I’m starting to tilt that way.  I gave him the benefit of the doubt with the raw deal he had at QB.  
 

There are no great GMs who don’t have a franchise QB.   But when he got one last year and still refused to bring in experienced talent this year, I was totally frustrated.  He knew JuJu’s injury history.  He knew the position was weak even with him. 
 

I will say Cross is playing well but we’re ultra thin there too. 
 

Not to defend Gus, but how can he play an aggressive D with those ingredients?

 

 

Bring in a 3-4 D . Move Latu and Paye to LB. Cross looks like a keeper but the rest need to be shown the door. The corners sucks as does Blackmon. Lbs are light and cannot cover. 

[Patrick Miller]

We definitely need upgrades at linebacker. I also think we need another impact player at DT.

[Smonroe]

2 minutes ago, Moosejawcolt said:

Bring in a 3-4 D . Move Latu and Paye to LB. Cross looks like a keeper but the rest need to be shown the door. The corners sucks as does Blackmon. Lbs are light and cannot cover. 

If they would have brought in one cover corner and/or a good FS, they could play an aggressive D.  Not that Gus would have even then.  
 

That’s what’s so frustrating.  Everyone could see it.  I don’t think there was one media person or fan who could understand it.  He had the cap, there were plenty of guys.  They weren’t going to break the bank. 
 

I just wonder when Irsay will say ENOUGH mediocrity.

 

[RollerColt]

1 hour ago, Moosejawcolt said:

Bring in a 3-4 D . Move Latu and Paye to LB. Cross looks like a keeper but the rest need to be shown the door. The corners sucks as does Blackmon. Lbs are light and cannot cover. 

We tried 3-4 during the Luck era. It didn’t work either. 
 

And moving Latu to LB? 
 

… really?

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

2 hours ago, RollerColt said:

Is Levis even playing? I’m still wondering if they’ll give the nod to Rudolph and keep Will benched. 
 

We usually make backups look like Gods.

No one knows because they have a bye week. If he does play i dm sure he won’t be 100%. I am just glad Henry is not there anymore.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

2 hours ago, jvan1973 said:

You do understand that shane works for Ballard right?  Ballard likes gus. As does irsay. Shane has zero to do with gus being here.   

Yes he does. If you don’t think Shane can’t walk into Ballards office and say a change needs to be made your fooling yourself. Keeping Bradley Shane’s first year was the right decision. He should have been gone after last season. Shane is the HC. You know he can’t be happy with this defense.

[Zoltan]

If Levis plays, I bet he has a career best yards in the game

[Moosejawcolt]

1 hour ago, RollerColt said:

We tried 3-4 during the Luck era. It didn’t work either. 
 

And moving Latu to LB? 
 

… really?

Think Watt. I think he would excell in that role

[Moosejawcolt]

58 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

Yes he does. If you don’t think Shane can’t walk into Ballards office and say a change needs to be made your fooling yourself. Keeping Bradley Shane’s first year was the right decision. He should have been gone after last season. Shane is the HC. You know he can’t be happy with this defense.

If Shane cannot call the shots his coaching staff. Then  Ballard is more of an ego maniac then I ever thought he was. 

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

1 minute ago, Moosejawcolt said:

If Shane cannot call the shots his coaching staff. Then  Ballard is more of an ego maniac then I ever thought he was. 

Yep I agree 

[GoColts8818]

Hopefully they get Paye and Moore back.  That might help some but they have only been out the last two games and the defense has struggled far more than those two games this year.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

2 minutes ago, GoColts8818 said:

Hopefully they get Paye and Moore back.  That might help some but they have only been out the last two games and the defense has struggled far more than those two games this year.

The defense didn’t struggle this bad though. We were able to keep points down. The issue today was those ridiculous big plays where they let jags have short scoring drives.