Putting AR back would only prove what a dysfunctional shit show the Colt organization has become!! Maybe it's time for Jim to sell the team, or step down and let his daughters run the team, or he could bring back Jeff Saturday!

The offense scored -zero- points. The defense had a touchdown. Special teams had an extra point and a field goal. That's it, and it's not good enough.

Hell, cut Flacco and bring up Bean, or Ellinger, at least they can scramble when the OL shits the bed !

I'd love to see them bring up Bean....Sam, not so much!

So what? Proving what most of us already believe? Just put the kid back in and let the chips fall where they may.

*Two field goals, my mistake. I turned it off at 21-10 late in the 4th.

QB is the single biggest issue with this team. And GM is the second biggest and the most fixable issue. Teams need direction, a plan, and a time line. Ballard has provided none. The best team he has fielded was the Rivers team and it is a great example of his mismanagement. He signed a QB that was at max a two year solution yet treated the rest of the roster like a long term rebuild. It happens damn near every year under Ballard. Find a GM with an actual modern NFL plan and give him a little time to evaluate AR. Hire a coach with some situational awareness and a DC with a pro level scheme. Full reset.

This team is in perpetual rebuild mold. We are never going anywhere with the QB's we have and GM. We will always be the lower half of mediocre.

The O-Line is grossly overrated. Bradley's defensive schemes are horrible and don't fit the talent available for the Colts D.

This is just constant dysfunction and I have grown impatient with the direction we are headed. I lose interest more and more every week. Their constant unprepared football are making my decisions to hunt this time of year or watch football easier and easier.

Maybe it is meaningless and not important, but I would love to have a QB that keeps his helmet on and actually watches the game instead of lounging on the bench like it is a chaise lounge chair and he is waiting for someone to feed him grapes!

I'll never stop watching and rooting for the Colts. I remember years where winning 2 or 3 games for the season was all all they got. If one of those was against the Jets, I at least had that. Being a State of NY resident, the season could be considered not bad if they managed to take 1 or 2 from the Jets. My low point was in 1969 when what seemed like an invincible team lost to the Jets in the Super Bowl. There's been a lot of ugly losses since then, but two SB wins as well. Bottom line, win, lose or totally suck, this is my team. I cheer the laundry and that's not gonna change.

Let’s call it what it is… AR got an in school suspension for his actions… sit for 2 games for embarrassing the organization and insulting any QB that’s ever played the game.

There’s no fuckin way after watching that old mfer out there you can tell me he gave us the best chance to win.

He sliced up a porous Jags D that weren’t prepared to play him.

He’s toast

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The Colts' defense ......


A) ) Scored 7 points on a fumble-and-scoop.

B) ) Score more points (7) than the Colts' offense did (6).

C) ) Got 7 stops in the Vikings' first 9 possessions, and 7 out of 10 overall after the Vikings punched in a TD in the final minutes of the 4th quarter.

D) ) Unquestionably kept the Colts in the game until the final minutes of the 4th quarter in spite of an absolutely horrific performance from the offense.

E) ) Your critique of the Time-of-Possession being lopsided is much more the fault of the offense than the defense ...... it was similar to the days of when Dan Marino's Dolphins would score quick TD's and subsequently gas the Dolphins' defense because of that ...... but the difference here is that Flacco and the Colts' offense was not doing anything except Punt, Punt, Punt, Fumble, INT, Turnover on Downs, Missed Field Goal, Field Goal, and Field Goal ....... your critique of the TOP being the fault of the defense in this game could not be more misplaced.



So your rage about the Colts' overall performance in this game is understandable, but your slaughtering of the defense, a defense that kept the team in the game until the final minutes of the 4th quarter in spite of an absolutely dreadful performance from the offense, could not be more inapt.

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Bubba Smith went to his grave insisting that Earl Morrall threw that game !!!

That's because he did.

Darnold had his career high completion %. This seems to happen nearly every fucking week with this defense. Constantly the opposing QB is having the best night of their career against us. Through 9 games, NFL completion % is 65.2%, completion percentage against the colts- 70.1%. 5 fucking percentage points more than the average!

This defensive scheme is complete dogshit, it is a fucking joke. It begs the OC to just be disciplined, not even attempt to hit us deep, just death by 2 trillion cuts, keep them on the field and eventually break them through exhaustion- and it works over and fucking over and fucking over.

I don't give a fuck how many sacks they have, how many Int's, how few points they give up overall, the fact of the matter is this defense consistently allows these 6+ minute double digit play drives leaving the offense- which yes I agree it is completely fucking fetid, but nonetheless leaving the offense just playing the role of spectators for much of the game. It has been like this all damn season, it is bullshit!

Steichen is rapidly proving this is all too big for him. His schemes are so misaligned, it is not at all complimentary football and it fucking sucks!

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Well, then you clearly are not at all objective about what you are saying.

People who judge defenses care about sacks, INT's, and points allowed.

You apparently like being angry and shouting at the top of your lungs about anything and everything ...... that's fine, but it isn't very interesting or compelling in regard to discussing football.

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People who judge defenses care if the team wins. Ballard doesn't do that and apparently neither do Steichen or Irsay for that matter, otherwise Gus Bradley would be in the soup line this morning.

This is the worst scheme in the NFL by a wide margin. It mandates the offense be outstanding to win games, and we aren't an outstanding offense, we aren't even a mediocre offense. Terrible mismatch of philosophies by the HC.

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This is one of the most absurd things that you have said, and that's saying a lot.

Last night, the Colts had what was by far their worst offensive game of the season, and yet they had possession of the ball and were down by a score of 14-10 with less than 6 minutes left to play in the 4th quarter. And that was solely because of the defense, which scored 7 of the 10 points that the Colts had on the board themselves. If the offense had been even average in last night's game, the Colts would have won the game. They didn't need to be anywhere close to "outstanding."


If you want to be obstinate, say that you don't care what the numbers say, and make hyperbolic declarations, fine, but I'm not going to continue to engage you in your ranting.

o