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That's understandable, considering the thrashing that the Colts just took ...... but I'll be looking forward to you in happier times if and when the Colts turn this season around from the 4th game onward, after they beat the Commanders. l :cool:

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I think Baltimore might really be "THAT" good.

AND The blue glasses are off

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The Buffalo Bills just sacked C.J. Stroud 2 times in 3 plays when the Texans were driving deep in Bills territory in the final seconds of the 4th quarter.



BILLS lllllll - 36

TEXANS lll - 31

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I disagree

Made it easier for them

They attacked Walley all game, Haulcy looks lost out there and there’s no way he’s 5-10, he’s little and slow.

Jones went into panic mode the entire 2nd quarter, when he’s like that it resonates thru the entire team.

Special teams got a hold on every return

Where’s fuckin CJ Allen??? Bynum calling the defense what a shit show

Who hires the coaches? Whose first hire was Josh McDaniels.

Yes, I guess if understanding that every single player and coach has came under Ballard’s tenure is surface level consider me guilty. If understanding won loss records is surface level, again guilty. But hey at least my number one defense of a guy isn’t “he’s liked by Polian”.

It’s funny, my surface level knowledge predicted mediocrity for Ballard since his second offseason. Yeah, I’ve really missed the mark there…. In my defense at the time I didn’t realize Polian liked him.

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The Colts' defense played a little better in the 2nd half than they did in the first half ...... but considering how badly that they played in the 1st half, that's not saying much.

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Zay Flowers leaving the game assisted in that

Time will tell, but I think the Ravens are a pretty good football team. I thought we missed Pittman out there today, Pierce could not bring in those contested passes and I think Pittman added some toughness to the team that was missing today. Maybe the Raven took away Downs, but we seemed to forget all about him after that first drive, and Warren did not really get involved much until the end of the game. He needs to have a big year if we have any chance!

This is who we are. We aren't very good. We will never be very good so long as this administration is in control. Major changes should be taking place right now- but of course they won't be. Lou Anaroumao is in no way any better than Gus Bradley; we swapped out suck A for suck B.

The team is devoid of any type of alpha player that can shift momentum. I hate every loss, but once the reality hits the girls and they see all the Ballard promises are just trolling bullshit, he and SS will finally be shit canned, and that will be a great day for this city!

I hope you are right C&O, but this has been way too long to have this level of mediocre play. Our defense sucked today, Taylor was good, but the offense overall sucked.

I think teams don't have any tape on their new system. Lets see how they do after mid-season where teams can start to prepare for them properly.

We’re just not very good. We may bounce back and win 8 or 9 games but this team, as currently constructed, will never seriously contend.

We have to gut everything and start over.

Josh McDaniels was one of the most pursued assistant coaches in the entire league. You act like that was out of left field, it wasn't. He was turning down teams every year. Now I lived in Denver at the time he was there. I personally saw what he did and thought he was a bad coach. But not the rest of the league, he was on every team's top five list of coaches except maybe the Broncos. I thought they dodged a bullet there anyway.

You don't know who sets a depth chart, you don't how basic stuff in football works and blame the GM for everything. Even on this team. You dismiss the opinions of guys that worked in the field at the highest level for their entire lives simply because it doesn't match your perception. You are an example of whats wrong with the internet, giving voice to the uninformed and everyone thinks they are an expert. I bet you walk into the hospital and tell doctors how to perform a surgery. You've yet to prove your opinion should be valued at all.

Sure, you are a nostradamus of football predictions. Should you hang a banner?

They made adjustments. Like I said, no one has tape on this Ravens team and their schemes. Its a built in advantage for the first half of the season. Still there are issues. Walley looked like a rookie who got hurt in his first season and they went after him. Tillery is a run liability. Mooney Ward looked disintered.

Also they turned the ball over in their territory. You can't do that and expect to win the game.

Anyway, long season to go.

The Ravens had over 200 yards rushing. That had nothing to do with scheme. That was just them running over us.

Well if you are measuring the worth of opinions, I know Polian's is worth more than yours. Do you think your opinion is worth a couple wins.

Hankins? Well first of all, a new GM comes in and gets rid of the contracts of the old GM. That's standard operating procedure.

Second, Hankins also didn't fit Eberflus' system as a NT we were paying 30 million. It had nothing to do with veterancy and was about positional fit and salary cap.

Third, we replaced him with 4th round pick Grover Stewert who has become one of the best NT's in the league. I would say thats a win.



Eberflus' system wanted zone corners and you don't have to spend a lot of money on zone corners unlike man corners. Hence we just moved to man and we are spending a lot of money on man corners now. Different coaches and systems place differing importance on position groups.

Yeah Dayo and Paye, we drafted two big bodied DE's that can play the run and hold the edge like Eberflus wanted. We used rookies to fill a position group like EVERY other team has to do at some point. You keep expecting the Colts to not have to do that. They are not a unicorn that gets to ignore the standard practices the rest of the league also follows.

You think you are saying something here, but it's just saying "I don't like to listen to the opinions of people that know more than me."

Funny thing is I'm not necessarily opposed to moving on from Ballard. Eventually every tenure runs its course. I just get irritated by the uninformed drivel that comes out of the Colts fanbase because Indiana is an insular state and the fans only seem to follow one team and don't pay attention to football in general. Well, maybe two teams, since the Hoosiers miraculously won a championship.

I know it's the first game but for me (not in the viewing area) it's going to be another season of ignoring the Colts.

How long a leash is there for the current front office?

Well, that crow taste like shit! Farking Ratbirds.

During the last preseason game they interviewed Carlie Irsay for about 15 minutes, it sounded like she loves Ballard, I think we may have to wait until he retires.:eek:

That's inflated because of a running QB like Jackson will always add 50+. But yeah Henry had a good day like he mostly does. The inability to stop the passing allowed the run lanes to be wider and that is what I'm more worried about. And the passing was easier for them because there is no tape on their system. Cause and effect casused a cascade failure.

Henry averaged 6 yards a carry on 24 carries. With a long of 32 yards, which means he didn’t have a 75 yard run inflating his average. They ran the ball at will against us.

That’s just embarrassing.

I’m willing to entertain the possibility that this had more to do with no one knowing anything about Doyle and his tendencies. That’s at least a possibility.

Next Sunday against KC will tell us a lot.

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Damn!!!!!

I thought they were bottling him up well at first. Lots of short runs. He wasn't the reason they were in a position to score at first. But the leaks in the passing game made the safeties and LBS keep dropping back more. If you can't run an eight-man front against him you are in trouble. I also think everything went wrong at the beginning and things snowballed.

They just did whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted to do it. I kept saying it last year and I think it is just going to be a repeat of the same, Lou Anarumo was leading one of the very worst defenses in football for several years in Cincy. Everyone was complaining that he was ruining the career of Burrow because the defense was historically bad. Somehow, some way, we think he is going to be good here- based on what exactly? He sucks!

Wentz just kicked Green Bay's ass back to Wisconsin! :)

Funny, I’m not the one claiming opinions matter more than results. You are. Your defense of the longest tenured losing GM without major playoff success is that Polian likes him. That’s it. And based on that you question my knowledge and ability to have an opinion on the job Ballard has done.

With all of your superior football knowledge I would have expected you to know that Ballard signed Hankins, not Grigson. Maybe Polian hasn’t told you yet.

Damn thank you for letting me know that different coaches run different schemes that require different player skill sets. I was completely unaware. The only issues is it has fuck all to do with my comment. When Ballard was questioned during that time (there were other vets cut) about going so young is when he played out his philosophy. That’s what I was pointing you to because you claimed I made it up. Never mind it has also been plainly obvious based on his roster construction. But again, thank you for letting me know about different skills for different schemes. My mind is literally blown.

Since it’s such a common practice, please give me a few examples of 4-3 teams with playoff aspirations going into a season with no DE on the roster with double digit sacks for their entire career. Not having a double digit season. We are talking cumulative for their career. Oh I’m sure it’s happened a few times I’m just not aware of it being such a standard practice as you claim it to be. And how did those seasons turn out?

No, what I’m saying is that no one is always right. By your definition Polian could never make a bad decision or call. He’s never made a bad draft pick or hiring. He can’t because just the fact he believes someone good makes them good - regardless of their actual performance.

So somehow you think anyone that doesn’t accept Ballard as a good GM is an ignorant and their opinion drivel. That’s interesting when the god damn facts show that anyone with his resume in an actual football knowledgeable city would have been fired. That’s fucking provable fact. So you can fuck off with your high and mighty bullshit.

Damn Chrome I’m very confused. How could you have an opinion on McDaniels that differed from NFL execs? Do you think you know more than them? You’ve repeatedly now told me how it’s impossible to have an opinion different than someone established in the NFL. Does that not apply to you? Only anyone with an opinion different than you I guess.


So now back to my question, did Ballard lead the hiring process and recommend (effectively hire) the coaches whose decisions you are shielding him from? The exception of course being Saturday. And you are right I’m very lacking in roster knowledge, but I’m pretty sure a coach can’t start a player not on the roster. Or am I wrong about that? Please let me know. It’s all very confusing I’m so happy to have you to explain it to me.

See if I hadn’t been saying it it would all be hindsight and piling on. That I’ve said it and been right means you get to claim I think I know everything. There is no winning. You are on a message board for opinions and discussion claiming there is no right opinion but yours and Polians when we have actual fucking results and NFL history to say how wrong you are. Everyone with Ballard’s actual job and resume has been fired. But somehow you are smarter than every other team. It’s you, the Colts, and Polian that are the genius’. Not the actual teams that have had more success in the same time period.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_bB0AkoP-o

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Paye had 2 sacks yesterday for the Raiders. Oof.

Granted, he never had Crosby on the other side in Indy but still……oof.

Crosby drawing attention will obviously help him, but the Dolphins are likely a very bad team. And Willis is known for holding the ball and taking unnecessary sacks. Raiders had 5. I wouldn’t think much about it yet. Will be interesting to track though

I know everybody shit on him for not living up to what you hope for in a 1st-rounder, but I'd say we missed his run-D yesterday.

And Franklin as far as run defense, he was the King Henry slayer

Did you expect an owner to reply different?
Hiring a replacement can be more difficult than firing.
This ship has sailed on being competent.
Then NFL is not as forgiving when mistakes are made.

True, but it was more than just showing confidence, it sounded like they are close, like Ballard is almost a family member. I was hoping for any comment or body language that might make her comments as just saying the right thing....I didn't see that. Personally I think she is afraid to make a major move like that, and just wants to play it safe.

Sticking with Ballard is the safe choice, nobody has said Ballard is incompetent or incapable of making decent personnel moves. A lot of people just think better choices could be made, but Ballard is kind of the Donnie Walsh of the NFL, his teams are going to be competitive enough to sell tickets and not be considered trash, but not good enough to compete for championships.

My personal opinion is Ballard assembles a group of very good athletes, some even great, but not a lot of really great football players. Sometimes great football players are not the easy best athlete choice, they have intangibles and toughness that our teams always seem to lack. Just my opinion.

I would hope her tone would be different today. A little anger would be nice.

this team has no fight in them.


they don't give a fuck.

I never said any of that. I never said opinions are infallible. I just don’t dismiss them out of out hand bc I disagree with them. Especially if the person is more knowable in a field. I saw first hand what Mcdaniels did in Denver, how the players reacted to him. It was a toxic environment. But I’ve never talked to the guy. I’ve never had to interactions with him or long conversations. Hear his regrets about the coaching situation there or his side. Don’t see him at the combine and get drinks afterward. There is a whole world I don’t see or interact with so I allow for the fact I don’t know everything. I think this concept is lost on you.

I’m not going to reply to all the rest of your shit. You’ve demonstrated a surface level knowledge of what happens. The fact you are shitting on the opinions of others is laughable. Anything goes wrong blame the GM attitude is a waste of my time. I’m fine holding him accountable for record, at the end of the day you didn’t win enough. That’s the ultimate deciding factor. But some of the moronic made up stuff is eye rolling. I suggest you educate yourself a little and you won’t look so uninformed.

He was one of the best run defending DEs in the league. That’s not something to dismiss. Everyone talks about sacks but the run is still important and might be getting more important today.


He wasn’t the only ex colt to have a good day.

Nick cross did well

Okereke did well.

Even Rock sin had a game winning play at the end.

Brisset and Wentz both played tremendous yesterday in leading their teams to wins.

Chris Ballard swims in a sewer of rotting dicks!

Yeah totally should have kept Wentz.