2024: Game #9, Colts @ Vikings, November 3, 2024, 8:20 PM ET

[Smoke317]

7 minutes ago, bluebombers87 said:

He had one long bomb, and medium to short passes. 3 completions. 
 

Flacco had a bad game. AR has been garbage all year. These both can be true

You take away the two throws in garbage time vs Jax & Joe hasn’t played too well either. And he did that vs two terrible teams in Jax & Tenn. His first start vs a good team & Joe was more garbage than AR has ever been in his short career.  Joe scored 6 points today & the defense helped with half of that. 

[bluebombers87]

2 minutes ago, Smoke317 said:

You take away the two throws in garbage time vs Jax & Joe hasn’t played too well either. And he did that vs two terrible teams in Jax & Tenn. His first start vs a good team & Joe was more garbage than AR has ever been in his short career.  Joe scored 6 points today & the defense helped with half of that. 

The garbage time throws against Jax? You mean where he tied the game with 2:40 to go? lol ok. Be more delusional hahahaha

[Smoke317]

Just now, bluebombers87 said:

The garbage time throws against Jax? You mean where he tied the game with 2:40 to go? lol ok. Be more delusional hahahaha

Delusional?  Did you watch the game?  They went into a prevent but let Pierce get behind them twice in the last 5 minutes. Where were those plays earlier in the game when the offense stalled out?  You want to crown him for a near comeback. We lost. He played poorly for longer stretches than he played well that game. That’s a fact. 

[bluebombers87]

Just now, Smoke317 said:

Delusional?  Did you watch the game?  They went into a prevent but let Pierce get behind them twice in the last 5 minutes. Where were those plays earlier in the game when the offense stalled out?  You want to crown him for a near comeback. We lost. He played poorly for longer stretches than he played well that game. That’s a fact. 

You can’t call it garbage time if he ties it up with 2:40 to go in the game.

 

And I know you’re struggling but I never said crown him. In fact I said he played bad. AR has just played historically bad. Cope.

[Smoke317]

1 minute ago, bluebombers87 said:

You can’t call it garbage time if he ties it up with 2:40 to go in the game.

 

And I know you’re struggling but I never said crown him. In fact I said he played bad. AR has just played historically bad. Cope.

What cope?  You’re acting like Joe has accomplished something. His good stats came against the worst teams on our schedule. Put him in against a good team & he couldn’t reach 10 points. You must be one of the ones who said we’d be 6-2 with Joe starting all year huh?  😂.  Truth is he’d have gotten exposed against Texans (see last year’s playoff game), Packers, & Dolphins top rated pass defense & no JT.  
 

I get it. He’s a veteran. But he showed tonight why last year was a fluke & he caught a hit streak with Amari Cooper.  He played like a rookie tonight. Not a veteran with over 10 years experience & a Super Bowl ring. 

[bluebombers87]

1 minute ago, Smoke317 said:

What cope?  You’re acting like Joe has accomplished something. His good stats came against the worst teams on our schedule. Put him in against a good team & he couldn’t reach 10 points. You must be one of the ones who said we’d be 6-2 with Joe starting all year huh?  😂.  Truth is he’d have gotten exposed against Texans (see last year’s playoff game), Packers, & Dolphins top rated pass defense & no JT.  
 

I get it. He’s a veteran. But he showed tonight why last year was a fluke & he caught a hit streak with Amari Cooper.  He played like a rookie tonight. Not a veteran with over 10 years experience & a Super Bowl ring. 

Man you’re spiraling.

 

AR has played those same weak teams and has been historically bad. Flacco was bad tonight but AR has been worse by every metric available for measuring success in this role. 
 

Maybe you shouldn’t watch sports if you’re gonna get this worked up about it.

[NFLfan]

19 minutes ago, Smoke317 said:

I get it. He’s a veteran. But he showed tonight why last year was a fluke & he caught a hit streak with Amari Cooper.  He played like a rookie tonight. Not a veteran with over 10 years experience & a Super Bowl ring. 

 

Had AR played and produced the same results, most would have said that the Colts would have won with Flacco at QB.

 

[ColtStrong2013]

Just now, NFLfan said:

 

Had AR played and produced the same results, most would have said that the Colts would have won with Flacco at QB.

 

 

Yep. That's where we are with the quarterback situation. So it should be a pretty easy answer. You try and develop the guy who is 22 and was drafted top 5. If you are looking to tank, you keep Joe Flacco out there with the same strategy as tonight, trade some players off, and hope to lose every game here out. 

[Smoke317]

1 hour ago, bluebombers87 said:

Man you’re spiraling.

 

AR has played those same weak teams and has been historically bad. Flacco was bad tonight but AR has been worse by every metric available for measuring success in this role. 
 

Maybe you shouldn’t watch sports if you’re gonna get this worked up about it.

I’m not defending AR or denying him being historically bad.  But he has not played those weak teams this year.  In fact due to his injuries he’s never played Jax & only Tenn briefly last season. Regardless, he manages to keep us in games despite his erratic play.  So judging by the metric of winning, his teams are .500 in games he starts.  It’s odd, but whenever he plays well he gets injured (Texans, Titans, Steelers) but when he struggles he usually grinds it all the way through.  
 

So even when he doesn’t finish the game, he’s sets his replacement up with a lead and an in sync offense. So, no, AR has not been worse than Joe was tonight and that’s judging by the metrics of points scored by an offense with him playing QB.  An argument can easily be made that an AR led offense wins this game tonight based off a more effective running game and a few chunk plays.

[bluebombers87]

2 hours ago, Smoke317 said:

I’m not defending AR or denying him being historically bad.  But he has not played those weak teams this year.  In fact due to his injuries he’s never played Jax & only Tenn briefly last season. Regardless, he manages to keep us in games despite his erratic play.  So judging by the metric of winning, his teams are .500 in games he starts.  It’s odd, but whenever he plays well he gets injured (Texans, Titans, Steelers) but when he struggles he usually grinds it all the way through.  
 

So even when he doesn’t finish the game, he’s sets his replacement up with a lead and an in sync offense. So, no, AR has not been worse than Joe was tonight and that’s judging by the metrics of points scored by an offense with him playing QB.  An argument can easily be made that an AR led offense wins this game tonight based off a more effective running game and a few chunk plays.

Just as easily could say we lose the game with AR with his play including less completions and more picks and bad decisions. 
 

You don’t get to be historically bad and called as such by varying groups of people by being secretly good.