No accountability with the Colts

[BProland85]

For example, Ryan Kelly is not holding up to what she should be performing in the interior OL, and NEEDS TO BE TRADED before the deadline, but Ballard won’t do it. This team is apathetic to the problems it has and doesn’t want to hold people accountable. I bet Ballard won’t make any trades even though some players need to be dealt away. This team and franchise needs to overhauled. 

[Smonroe]

Accountability starts at the top.  

 

When the owner calls a sub 500 GM "blue chip" and compares a coach that seems to have forgotten how to run an offense to Don Shula, he apparently doesn't see the same thing we do.

 

Ballard refused to upgrade the defense.  And if anyone's defense needs players, it's Bradleys.  Shane is showing more every week that maybe this job is too big for him.

 

Personally, I don't think we need to trade Kelly.  He's well respected in the locker room and is still a good C.  That's just my opinion.  I do agree that Ballard isn't going to do any trading.

 

But bottom line - it starts with having a franchise QB who can keep the offense on the field.  We know it's not Joe.  Let's just spend the rest of the season finding out if we have one on the team.

[DougDew]

Bench everybody.  Fire everybody.  That will fix it, but we won't have any players or coaches.  

 

Accountability by benching doesn't help.  It hurts the team if the next man up sucks.  

[jbaron04]

18 hours ago, BProland85 said:

For example, Ryan Kelly is not holding up to what she should be performing in the interior OL, and NEEDS TO BE TRADED before the deadline, but Ballard won’t do it. This team is apathetic to the problems it has and doesn’t want to hold people accountable. I bet Ballard won’t make any trades even though some players need to be dealt away. This team and franchise needs to overhauled. 

I like Shane and think he is good , but this team needs a coach like Vrabel that is tough on players and hold them accountable. This team has no accountability this year. Ryan Kelly knows this his last year and he hasn’t been playing up to the “standard”. The oline need a dog on it someone that will knock the hell out of a guy for slamming there QBs not standing around watching 

[Rolltide_gocolts]

Only if you wear number 5…..   cause #7 will never be held accountable also 56, 15, 72, 78, Gus, Shane, Ballard… 🤷🏾‍♂️

[NewColtsFan]

19 hours ago, BProland85 said:

For example, Ryan Kelly is not holding up to what she should be performing in the interior OL, and NEEDS TO BE TRADED before the deadline, but Ballard won’t do it. This team is apathetic to the problems it has and doesn’t want to hold people accountable. I bet Ballard won’t make any trades even though some players need to be dealt away. This team and franchise needs to overhauled. 

The team is trying to be competitive this year.   Trading away players is a move for the future.  That’s a mixed message.   
 

Odds are this will be Kelly’s last season with the Colts.   He’ll be with a new team next year and Bortolini will be his replacement.   

[lollygagger8]

Nothing will change if Ballard remains 

[DEColtsLover36]

28 minutes ago, NewColtsFan said:

The team is trying to be competitive this year.   Trading away players is a move for the future.  That’s a mixed message.   
 

Odds are this will be Kelly’s last season with the Colts.   He’ll be with a new team next year and Bortolini will be his replacement.   

Feel like I haven’t seen you on here much in a while… we don’t usually interact directly on the forum but just wanted to say hello and it’s good to see you!  I enjoy reading a lot of your posts. 

[jvan1973]

1 hour ago, jbaron04 said:

I like Shane and think he is good , but this team needs a coach like Vrabel that is tough on players and hold them accountable. This team has no accountability this year. Ryan Kelly knows this his last year and he hasn’t been playing up to the “standard”. The oline need a dog on it someone that will knock the hell out of a guy for slamming there QBs not standing around watching 

What did Vrabel do to hold players accountable?

[cdgacoltsfan]

1 hour ago, jbaron04 said:

I like Shane and think he is good , but this team needs a coach like Vrabel that is tough on players and hold them accountable. This team has no accountability this year. Ryan Kelly knows this his last year and he hasn’t been playing up to the “standard”. The oline need a dog on it someone that will knock the hell out of a guy for slamming there QBs not standing around watching 

Yeah...he did wonders with the Titans!

[John Hammonds]

21 hours ago, Smonroe said:

Accountability starts at the top.  

 

When the owner calls a sub 500 GM "blue chip" and compares a coach that seems to have forgotten how to run an offense to Don Shula, he apparently doesn't see the same thing we do.

 

Ballard refused to upgrade the defense.  And if anyone's defense needs players, it's Bradleys.  Shane is showing more every week that maybe this job is too big for him.

 

Personally, I don't think we need to trade Kelly.  He's well respected in the locker room and is still a good C.  That's just my opinion.  I do agree that Ballard isn't going to do any trading.

 

But bottom line - it starts with having a franchise QB who can keep the offense on the field.  We know it's not Joe.  Let's just spend the rest of the season finding out if we have one on the team.

I agree that Irsay is probably overstating it when he calls Ballard a "blue chip" GM.  And Steichen has been a head coach for only a season and a half.  Far to early to compare him to Don Shula.

 

However, I would take issue with the idea that Ballard "refuses" to upgrade the defense.  In the past four years, he's spend two first round picks on defensive ends (Paye, Latu), a second round pick on a defensive lineman (Odeyingbo), a second round pick on a corner (Brents), and a third round pick on a safety (Cross).  All while he had to draft for pressing needs like QB, OL, and WR at the same time.

Now, you can make a very valid point that what he did hasn't panned out. Paye and Odeyingbo are serviceable, but haven't shown themselves to be fully worth their draft position.  Brents has been injured too often to know what he is.  And Latu is still learning to play at this level.  You could also make a valid point that he's not gone hard into free agency to shore up weak points.  And there's always the point that his hand-picked coordinator hasn't produced a defense that does much.  All very valid points.  I just disagree with the idea that he has refused to do anything at all.

[kevingt]

2 hours ago, jbaron04 said:

I like Shane and think he is good , but this team needs a coach like Vrabel that is tough on players and hold them accountable. This team has no accountability this year. Ryan Kelly knows this his last year and he hasn’t been playing up to the “standard”. The oline need a dog on it someone that will knock the hell out of a guy for slamming there QBs not standing around watching 

Shane has not been a good coach. I would love to see the Colts get Vrabel, especially if they go down and whomp on Tennessee.

[John Waylon]

But we hear so much “that’s on me” and “I have to be better”.
 

We hear it weekly now, in fact. 
 

[Smonroe]

1 hour ago, John Hammonds said:

I agree that Irsay is probably overstating it when he calls Ballard a "blue chip" GM.  And Steichen has been a head coach for only a season and a half.  Far to early to compare him to Don Shula.

 

However, I would take issue with the idea that Ballard "refuses" to upgrade the defense.  In the past four years, he's spend two first round picks on defensive ends (Paye, Latu), a second round pick on a defensive lineman (Odeyingbo), a second round pick on a corner (Brents), and a third round pick on a safety (Cross).  All while he had to draft for pressing needs like QB, OL, and WR at the same time.

Now, you can make a very valid point that what he did hasn't panned out. Paye and Odeyingbo are serviceable, but haven't shown themselves to be fully worth their draft position.  Brents has been injured too often to know what he is.  And Latu is still learning to play at this level.  You could also make a valid point that he's not gone hard into free agency to shore up weak points.  And there's always the point that his hand-picked coordinator hasn't produced a defense that does much.  All very valid points.  I just disagree with the idea that he has refused to do anything at all.

 

You stated it a lot more clearly than I did.  I did mean that he refused to upgrade the defense with outside FA's.  He was well aware of Brents injury history, and how inexperienced we were at CB and S.  

 

In a way, his logic paid off because even if he brought in a cover corner, Gus would still make him play off the receiver.  We could probably have Sanders and Revis in their prime and still be giving receivers a 10 yard cushion on 3rd and 8.

[NewColtsFan]

3 hours ago, DEColtsLover36 said:

Feel like I haven’t seen you on here much in a while… we don’t usually interact directly on the forum but just wanted to say hello and it’s good to see you!  I enjoy reading a lot of your posts. 

Hey that’s very, very kind of you to say!   
 

I’ve got a small problem….
 

I support Ballard, Steichen and Richardson.  And right now NONE of them are having a very good 2024 season.  How is my gift for understatement?   
 

So I don’t have much to say.   People don’t need or want to hear from me.   So I’m posting much less.  I try to respond only to the most over the top posts.   And try much harder than normal to keep the temperature in the room down.   More light, but less heat.   Nobody needs more heat this season.   
 

Hope this explains my low profile.   
 

 

[Jz0204945]

23 hours ago, DougDew said:

Bench everybody.  Fire everybody.  That will fix it, but we won't have any players or coaches.  

 

Accountability by benching doesn't help.  It hurts the team if the next man up sucks.  

We dont now so what difference does it make.

[MarquisJ]

Looks like he may have been playing hurt

[JediXMan]

1 minute ago, MarquisJ said:

Looks like he may have been playing hurt

 

Watch AR play within the next few weeks

 

[GoColts8818]

Well Ryan Kelly just went on IR so this didn’t age well.

[TrueBlue4ever]

So speaking of accountability, Duhlin’s snap count went way up and AD was relegated to the bench, although he did have a great catch. Was that performance related like AR?

[Dobbinblitz]

PLUS - Goncalves held his own in his first start. Downs continues to be a difference maker. Good game by Moore.

Negative - Hard to watch the performances of both Flacco and Jones in person on Sunday - both were absolutely horrendous.

 

PFF Scores versus Vikings:

OFFENSE

QB -  Flacco - 50.9

OL - Nelson - 70.6, Goncalves - 66.1, Tucker - 64.4, Smith - 63.3, Kelly - 50.1, 

WR - Downs - 80.6, Pierce - 66.6, Pittman - 63.3, Mitchell - 58.4, Dulin - 48.9

TE - Granson - 84.2, Ogletree - 65.3, Cox - 55.5, Mallory - 54.2.

RB- Goodson - 60.0, Sermon - 50.2, Taylor - 46.9.

DEFENSE

DL - Adebawore - 70.1, Paye - 66.0, Buckner - 60.0, Bryan - 58.7, Odeyingbo - 57.4, Land - 56.7, Davise - 50.4, Latu - 55.2, Stewart - 51.7,

CB / S - Moore - 75.1, Cross - 64.7, Thomas - 60.3. Womack - 56.4, Blackmon - 56.4, Jones - 42.0.

LB - Stuard - 78.3, Speed - 64.6, Franklin - 63.1