Colts vs Lions postgame

[RollerColt]

Managed to keep a Super Bowl contending offense to 24 points, and honestly we were able to stay competitive. 
 

Yes we lost. But I saw more development with Anthony today. Drops and penalties undid us in the end. 
 

Take care Colts Nation

[JediXMan]

Just now, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

I can’t believe Texans lost again. 

 

It's always when we the Colts lose as well so it's a wash lol.

[bluephantom87]

 

When the arrogant Ballard said that basically he won't change his philosophy on team building even if it gets him fired coming into this season Irsay should've walked him out immediately because his years on the job vs his actual results including a losing record called for it IMO.

 

I'm tired of seeing teams that have come up in Ballard's tenure with the Lions being one of them that’s loaded with talent. This team is not good enough to beat upper tier teams. As a matter of fact this mediocre talent will always hover at .500 or below with Ballard at the helm no matter WHO the coach is. No TEs, avg LBs, a raw qb, overrated o-line (that's constantly injured) and waiver castoffs that come in as starters on this team. Man the mighty has fallen under Ballard as we continue to head in the wrong direction.

[#12.]

10 minutes ago, jbaron04 said:

Did you watch the game ? That 39% is not indicative of what actually happened. Stats doesn’t tell the full story this time 

 

I agree.  It didn't feel like he was horrible.

 

That said, the bar is currently pretty low for what is considered to be a good game from Richardson.

[Catloaf]

As they say in corporate world:

 

”Expected Level of Performance”

[smittywerb]

2 minutes ago, Thunderbolt said:

I think they need to hire a new GM, a HC and a DC. That OC of the Lions might be a good HC to start the rebuilding process.

 

GM:  agreed, I do not trust ballard whatsoever to build a team around AR.  He'd have to do some uncharacteristic things and he's already said he's willing to get fired by doing this his way.

 

HC:  I'm indifferent on this one.  I want to see someone else call plays.  Then I'd have a more definite opinion.

 

DC:  Again, indifferent.  Like when Gus defense doesn't work, it looks horrible, but when it works, it works.  The defense played solid today outside of those 2 horrible scoring drives by the lions.  I'd like to see Gus defense with better talent.  Now, that does bring up the question...does his defense requirement too much capital to make better, and if so, I can see the case for looking elsewhere for someone who has a better scheme.  But right now, if the person we're replacing him with isn't a clear and established upgrade, then I'm actually fine with him.

[ADnum1]

Levis had a huge game

 

18/24 278 yards 2 tds 1 int

 

75% completion rate

 

 

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

Broncos already up 3-0

[Moosejawcolt]

15 minutes ago, ADnum1 said:

Latu is a good player but imagine if Ballard trades up 2 spots for Bowers 

I look at it differently. U would never take a franchise TE over a franchise DE. Latu looks like he is getting better each game. I see it this way. There should be one of these tight ends that could develop into a player. If they did, we wouldn't have the discussion of we should have gotten Bowers. It's an  epic fail in talent evaluation.

[Jz0204945]

1 minute ago, ADnum1 said:

Levis had a huge game

 

18/24 278 yards 2 tds 1 int

 

75% completion rate

 

 

Again Richardson without all the big plays called back would have been over 60 percent and easily over 300 so dont care what Levis did Richardson got no help from this trash football team around him anybody that says Richardson sucked today or was the reason they lost not only is wrong but obviously is a troll and didnt watch this game at all.

28 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

Media will box score without knowing what actually happened 

Thats why you ignore the media.

[Solid84]

3 Olinemen with sub-40 pass blocking grades. 2 TEs with sub-30 pass blocking grades. YIKES.

 

Latu with 91.9 pass rushing grade.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

Colts have got to get better at LB. All they do is talk to much without showing up.

[cdgacoltsfan]

33 minutes ago, DougDew said:

Not sure about that.  The offensive PI was a clear pick play.  Nelson tore off the guys helmet.  etc.

Wrong...it was not a pic play. AP even held up his hands and tried to avoid contact. Vilma even said it wasn't a penalty. The lack of " fan" football knowledge on this forum is remarkable.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

Raiders scored a TD

[Captain_Colts1317]

I’m not surprised one bit with the results, I always expected the Lions to win. Need to finish the season at least 4-1 to try and sneak into the 7th slot, which would be nice but not the main goal of last 5 games.  
 

Richardson did not look in over his head against a Super Bowl contender which is a win in my book. If anything he looked ready for the moment, there was just too much negative around him to do much. If Richardson plays like he has these last two weeks in the final 5 I think we have our answer to at least think he can be the future. 
 

 Regardless of how the rest of the season goes I think you have to do a fire sell with the coaching staff, Ballad, Stechein, Bradley. Clean house and bring in a new GM and let him hire his own coaching staff with no involvement from Irsay. With a good GM and coaching staff we could be in a really good place within a season or two IMO. 

[Hawkeyecolt]

I thought AR played extremely well the 1st 3 quarters.  The Oline was terrible.  Nelson and Tucker were brutally bad.  Time to move Goncalves to RG when Raimann returns.  
 

The penalties killed a lot of nice plays today.  The call on Pierce was a joke. The Lions didn’t get the snap off on time on their 3rd TD.  Ogletree’s drop was a killer. 
 

The defense did their job with the exception of the LB’s.  They continue to be the weak link of the defense.  The Colts put continuous pressure on Goff.  Twice on 3rd and long they ran draws and our LB’s especially Franklin on this plays blew it.  
 

Having said that, the D did better than most the NFL against the Lions. The oline cost them the game. 

[IinD]

I'm sure I'm not alone on this but wow our 3rd down defense is so bad. 

We seem very good most times on those first 2 downs but then it's just a 20 yard cushion on 3rd and 8. Followed by a 25 yard cushion on 3rd and 18. C'mon man.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

Dolphins actually went ahead of colts with their win because they have played one less game.

[DavePSL]

1 minute ago, Jz0204945 said:

Again Richardson without all the big plays called back would have been over 60 percent and easily over 300 so dont care what Levis did Richardson got no help from this trash football team around him anybody that says Richardson sucked today or was the reason they lost not only is wrong but obviously is a troll and didnt watch this game at all.

Richardson played fine. He has limited options because TE's have to stay in and block for a garbage OL and AR is rushed constantly throwing passes with DLman on his back.. Same reason why JT has no running lanes. How many years is Ballard going to keep plugging in rooks on the OL instead of getting real depth? Been going on for years . How long is he going to say we have a good TE room? Been going on for years...This is exactly how you ruin a young QB.....expect him to be superman.

[DoubleE Colt]

The Lions offense is a juggernaut so it was always going to be difficult defence wise.......this game hinged on us only getting a couple of field goals on the first few drives......we needed a touchdown bare minimum from them to keep pace and once we were behind playing catch up wasn't going to be easy.

[DattMavis]

46 minutes ago, Jz0204945 said:

Not on AR this supporting cast gavw him no help in this game so dont even start blaming just him.

Yeah, I was only able to watch the last few minutes. I wasn't throwing the loss on on him. Pass completion just happens to be the stat that matters the most, even if it wasn't his fault. I should've clarified. 

I've been on the start AR train all season.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

Just now, DoubleE Colt said:

The Lions offense is a juggernaut so it was always going to be difficult defence wise.......this game hinged on us only getting a couple of field goals on the first few drives......we needed a touchdown bare minimum from them to keep pace and once we were behind playing catch up wasn't going to be easy.

It was over when we settled for a FG

 

Looks like there could be a big chance we don’t have downs next week 

[Rally5]

I've NEVER seen a defensive player avoid contact like #40, we all sit around and laugh at him playing corner.  It's a running joke, we may make a highlight real of his fake attempts at tackling at season's end.  It's unprecedented I think.  Then we hear Vilma say, "Gus says he has a lot of dog in him."  One of the guys proclaims ..."A poodle."   

This is tough. The absolute worst spot to be in the NFL is the best of the worst, right in the middle, and we're steaming right towards it again.  

[JediXMan]

AR stat line could've looked a lot different a lot of those were soft calls.

[cdgacoltsfan]

43 minutes ago, Introspect said:

Trade Nelson, our LBs, TEs and  Pittman for a top 4 draft pick!

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

The refs were so bad today. They called nothing on lions. They got away with everything 

[smittywerb]

If I'm Irsay, I'm hitting the restart button after this season on our GM and HC.

 

Get a GM that will build you a winner (smartly), and get you a HC that will compromise not the game.  I don't know any GMs out there but I'd be calling Ben Johnson right now.  You got 3 more years of AR to see if he's the one.  Do whatever it takes to put a team around him because if he isn't the one, then guess what, we're rebuilding anyway.  Is this risky, yes.  But it'll pay off BIG if AR is indeed the one.  The mediocre train has to stop.  We either have to be good enough to win or bad enough to build through the draft.  But atp, we have to pick one.

[Moosejawcolt]

34 minutes ago, jemack said:

Agreed. TE has been badly needed since Clark's exit. The OLine needs better depth. And as far as boneheaded plays and dropped passes, the locker room needs a Kangaroo Court to make these players pay the consequence by their peers.

It's hard to say it needs depth. Hard to do in the cap era. Plus, no team is going to do much starting 3 rookies. 

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

Just now, smittywerb said:

If I'm Irsay, I'm hitting the restart button after this season on our GM and HC.

 

Get a GM that will build you a winner (smartly), and get you a HC that will compromise the game.  I don't know any GMs out there but I'd be calling Ben Johnson right now.  You got 3 more years of AR to see if he's the one.  Do whatever it takes to put a team around him because if he isn't the one, then guess what, we're rebuilding anyway.  Is this risky, yes.  But it'll pay off BIG if AR is indeed the one.  The mediocre train has to stop.  We either have to be good enough to win or bad enough to build through the draft.  But atp, we have to pick one.

You understand that means a reset at QB too. Ballard needs to go but we better hope Irsay can find a GM that loves Steichen and AR

[Rally5]

1 minute ago, JediXMan said:

AR stat line could've looked a lot different a lot of those were soft calls.

One or two of those were made possible by the penalties.  AR wasn't good today, AR was good last week.  

[DougDew]

9 minutes ago, cdgacoltsfan said:

Wrong...it was not a pic play. AP even held up his hands and tried to avoid contact. Vilma even said it wasn't a penalty. The lack of " fan" football knowledge on this forum is remarkable.

Whether designed that way or not, it turned out to be a pic.  AP got right in front of the DB.  Holding up his hands like it was a mistake doesn't change the fact that he stopped the DB in his tracks cold.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

Just now, Rally5 said:

One or two of those were made possible by the penalties.  AR wasn't good today, AR was good last week.  

lol 

[Mikemccoy84]

Defense is way too soft. Even the drives we held they were able to get us in bad starting field position on offense. Also we seem to just let teams control the clock which seems to make SS panic and go into all out pass mode.

[Moosejawcolt]

11 minutes ago, Solid84 said:

3 Olinemen with sub-40 pass blocking grades. 2 TEs with sub-30 pass blocking grades. YIKES.

 

Latu with 91.9 pass rushing grade.

That's the story in a nutshell. Who would have thought that the tight end room would have sunken this low? I think everyone had it as a strength. I don't know how they can go into the locker room after this performance. Ballard should have may a trade for one at the deadline. They are beyond horrible.

[JediXMan]

1 minute ago, Rally5 said:

One or two of those were made possible by the penalties.  AR wasn't good today, AR was good last week.  

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

AR had so many throw away today because of pressure. We should not be making our young QB play like Superman.

[Chrisaaron1023]

36 minutes ago, richard pallo said:

Priority number one this offseason is acquiring a TE who can contribute immediately.

I thought we have 1.. as well as a CB. But they both live injured lol

[Rally5]

Just now, JediXMan said:

My fault, AR balled out.

[cdgacoltsfan]

1 minute ago, DougDew said:

Whether designed that way or not, it turned out to be a pic.  AP got right in front of the DB.  Holding up his hands like it was a mistake doesn't change the fact that he stopped the DB in his tracks cold.

I think I'll take Vilmas opinion over yours. Especially since you're never right.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

Just now, Chrisaaron1023 said:

I thought we have 1.. as well as a CB. But they both live injured lol

Woods has proved nothing.