game changers

[crazycolt1]

2 minutes ago, indyagent17 said:

Are you serious? Are you listening to the team? I’ll just talk about Richardson having to work harder in the classroom and to be a better pros pro? I guess I’m missing the point here somewhere. Just listen to Shane and you’ll see what I’m talking about I don’t know why some of you just don’t get this

Get what? At ARs age and lack of experience is it surprising he needed to grow up a little? 

Why do you feel the need to make it somebody fault?

[indyagent17]

5 minutes ago, crazycolt1 said:

Get what? At ARs age and lack of experience is it surprising he needed to grow up a little? 

Why do you feel the need to make it somebody fault?

Oh my goodness OK I spent a lot of money in season tickets and I’ve never missed the Colts game since 1984. I see your point that he’s young and an experienced, but shouldn’t this been taken care of the last year if he wasn’t putting 100% in that is what I’m saying.

[crazycolt1]

9 minutes ago, indyagent17 said:

Oh my goodness OK I spent a lot of money in season tickets and I’ve never missed the Colts game since 1984. I see your point that he’s young and an experienced, but shouldn’t this been taken care of the last year if he wasn’t putting 100% in that is what I’m saying.

Just curious, what does your ticket purchases have to do with this?

Look, making a big deal out of a very young player taking some time to mature is useless. Turning into something negative is also useless. 

 

[ProblChld32]

14 hours ago, lollygagger8 said:

Prob unpopular opinion, but I hope they draft a RB next year.

 

Trey Sermon ain't it. Goodson is meh. 

 

I know shotgun isn't doing him any favors, but JT misses an awful lot of games for how much he's getting paid. He most definitely hasn't been the 2021 rockstar he got top #3 RB money to be.

 

 

Will be a toss up probably since they still have Hull under contract I believe.

[2006Coltsbestever]

Downs is a game changer. In the 4th Qtr of Sunday's game he turned a 3rd and long into a first down by simply avoiding a tackle and getting a few extra yards. Kept the drive alive. Taylor is without a doubt a game changer, if he gets any room at all he can take it to the house or get a long gain. On defense, Buckner requires double teams which is huge, in the past - I have seen Moore change games with key INT's, and Latu has the potential to be a big game changer with his speed. The talent is there, we need AR to become a top 10 QB, if he does that, we will be consistently a playoff team. He played like a top 10 QB this past week and we won.

[SOMDColtsfan]

17 hours ago, richard pallo said:

Since you mentioned Rigo I read an article where the number of successful field goals has dropped significantly in the league this season.  Once reliable kickers are now missing.  Tucker and Zierlien have missed at least six so far and not just from long distance.  Many other kickers have also fallen off.  I saw it on yahoo sports a few days ago.

Makes one wonder what changed? Its a game of inches in many ways

[BeanDiasucci]

2 hours ago, SOMDColtsfan said:

Makes one wonder what changed? Its a game of inches in many ways

 

Here's an article that shows that kickers have been more accurate this season from 50+ yards, but less accurate on 40-49 yards and on crucial late in the game kicks. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-kickers-missing-more-field-goals-than-normal-in-2024-comparing-current-numbers-to-previous-seasons/

 

The writer guesses at what is happening. I wonder if it isn't just a one-year anomaly without any particular cause, but who knows, he could be right. 

 

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Why's this happening? Hard to pinpoint why shorter kicks would be missed at a higher rate. Kind of defies logic, frankly. My guess stems from the game of golf. The faster you swing your driver, the further you're attempting to hit it, the less likely you are to hit the fairway. 

 

Kickers are "hitting fairways" more than ever before on longer kicks, but it's not as though they're kicking with less boom on, say, a 47-yarder than a 52-yarder. 

 

Aligned with today's paradigm shift off the tee in professional golf, kickers are now seemingly willing to sacrifice a touch of accuracy to gain the ability to get the ball through the uprights from further distances. That cross-sport analogy is the best theory I can conjure.

 

Whatever the reason, the fact is, NFL kickers haven't been as reliable in critical situations -- and even on shorter boots -- this season, and it's become one of the largest storylines in football that has had a drastic impact on the standings for a handful of teams.

 

 

[richard pallo]

32 minutes ago, BeanDiasucci said:

 

Here's an article that shows that kickers have been more accurate this season from 50+ yards, but less accurate on 40-49 yards and on crucial late in the game kicks. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-kickers-missing-more-field-goals-than-normal-in-2024-comparing-current-numbers-to-previous-seasons/

 

The writer guesses at what is happening. I wonder if it isn't just a one-year anomaly without any particular cause, but who knows, he could be right. 

 

 

It appears we’re fortunate to have Matt Gay.  I don’t think he has missed that many.

[BeanDiasucci]

7 minutes ago, richard pallo said:

It appears we’re fortunate to have Matt Gay.  I don’t think he has missed that many.

Gay is 19-of-22, 86.4%, just better than the league average of 84.9% 

[indyagent17]

13 hours ago, crazycolt1 said:

Just curious, what does your ticket purchases have to do with this?

Look, making a big deal out of a very young player taking some time to mature is useless. Turning into something negative is also useless. 

 

😒

[richard pallo]

28 minutes ago, BeanDiasucci said:

Gay is 19-of-22, 86.4%, just better than the league average of 84.9% 

So we are fortunate.  Hope he keeps it up the rest of the season.

[TigerColt]

I like Warren, the TE from Penn State in the upcoming draft. He should be there when the colts are up

[richard pallo]

55 minutes ago, TigerColt said:

I like Warren, the TE from Penn State in the upcoming draft. He should be there when the colts are up

Just watched my first mock draft podcast and they had Warren going to the Colts at 15.  They comped him to Dallas Clark.  There is another TE that they rank neck and neck with Warren and he plays for Michigan. Can’t remember his name.

[OLD FAN MAN]

5 hours ago, BeanDiasucci said:

Gay is 19-of-22, 86.4%, just better than the league average of 84.9% 

mclaughlin was good i saw no need to replace him

[BeanDiasucci]

4 minutes ago, OLD FAN MAN said:

mclaughlin was good i saw no need to replace him

 

McLaughlin has been outstanding the past two seasons since leaving Indy - 29-31 (93.5%) in 2023 and 16-17 (94.1%) in 2024. 

[stitches]

We need AR to be the game changer for this team. 

[crazycolt1]

57 minutes ago, OLD FAN MAN said:

mclaughlin was good i saw no need to replace him

Gay signed a guaranteed contract.  Why pay 2 FG kickers or eat the guaranteed contract?

[cdgacoltsfan]

6 hours ago, BeanDiasucci said:

Gay is 19-of-22, 86.4%, just better than the league average of 84.9% 

No missed inside 50

[John Waylon]

3 minutes ago, crazycolt1 said:

Gay signed a guaranteed contract.  Why pay 2 FG kickers or eat the guaranteed contract?

If we had just kept McLaughlin they wouldn’t have had to pay Gay to a guaranteed contract to begin with. But Ballard was hellbent on ragdolling McLaughlin. In both of his stints here. The first time they signed him to an extension and then cut him. For Blankenship. Blankenship!
 

Then when they finally cut Blankenship they brought McLaughlin back. Until they let him leave so they could sign Gay. 

[crazycolt1]

14 minutes ago, John Waylon said:

If we had just kept McLaughlin they wouldn’t have had to pay Gay to a guaranteed contract to begin with. But Ballard was hellbent on ragdolling McLaughlin. In both of his stints here. The first time they signed him to an extension and then cut him. For Blankenship. Blankenship!
 

Then when they finally cut Blankenship they brought McLaughlin back. Until they let him leave so they could sign Gay. 

There was absolutely nothing wrong with signing the best kicker in the league at the time.  

[richard pallo]

58 minutes ago, John Waylon said:

If we had just kept McLaughlin they wouldn’t have had to pay Gay to a guaranteed contract to begin with. But Ballard was hellbent on ragdolling McLaughlin. In both of his stints here. The first time they signed him to an extension and then cut him. For Blankenship. Blankenship!
 

Then when they finally cut Blankenship they brought McLaughlin back. Until they let him leave so they could sign Gay. 

Maybe McLaughlin wasn’t good enough to beat out Blankenship.  It happens. Then he wasn’t good enough again and they signed Gay.  McLaughlin did bounce around a bit.  That happens frequently with kickers.  Can’t knock Ballard for signing the best kicker when he did.  Kicking was a ongoing problem at the time.

[OLD FAN MAN]

5 hours ago, stitches said:

We need AR to be the game changer for this team. 

imo he will be but would be nice to have a pass catching te to help him

[OLD FAN MAN]

On 11/22/2024 at 11:33 AM, TigerColt said:

I like Warren, the TE from Penn State in the upcoming draft. He should be there when the colts are up

i hope he can catch passes like bowers does if so he would be a good choice

[CoachLite]

On 11/21/2024 at 6:03 AM, lollygagger8 said:

"We like our guys" 

No "we" don't.

[jbaron04]

On 11/21/2024 at 7:38 AM, boo2202 said:

Why I wanted bowers last year. Look what he’s doing for the Raiders. I think Latu has showed promise, but bowers has already been a game changer. We also badly need a play making TE. 

This game against lions shows how bad the colts need a number 1 TE

[Solid84]

41 minutes ago, jbaron04 said:

This game against lions shows how bad the colts need a number 1 TE

Ballard values blocking TEs. Mainly pass catching TEs? Not a priority...

[jbaron04]

42 minutes ago, Solid84 said:

Ballard values blocking TEs. Mainly pass catching TEs? Not a priority...

There a couple good ones coming out this year not sure if they worth a 1st or what there grades are but we better be going TE in the first two picks 

[OLD FAN MAN]

1 hour ago, Solid84 said:

Ballard values blocking TEs. Mainly pass catching TEs? Not a priority...

our te blocking is not really showing in our run or pass game

[jemack]

On 11/21/2024 at 2:27 AM, OLD FAN MAN said:

imo the colts have a serious lack of game changers on both sides of the ball. we seem to be a team filled with too many average or below average talents at too many positions ,  it seems to me that the elite teams have several game changers on both sides of the ball. is that the reason for our below average record?

A stud TE and upgrade to the offensive line to allow AR to be a game changer, would solve the offense, IMO.