If Reich lost the team Saturday sure as fuck hasn’t found it. The problem was the same as it is every year - expected dependence on rookies and bottom basement vets at critical positions. It’s happens every year under Ballard. Throw in everyone adjusting to a new QB again. The early season ends up being treated as tryouts while the team searches for combinations or enough rookie development to work. Reich hadn’t lost the team at 3-3-1, Irsay bowed down to fans screaming for Ehlinger and then when that didn’t work he finally gave in to the fans scapegoating Reich. Now they are even worse off.

After a good night's sleep, I am still pissed off about this pathetic collapse yesterday afternoon! There is no excuse for it, Colts are quickly becoming the Washington Generals of the NFL, only thing missing was a Viking player throwing a bucket full of confetti in Jeff Saturday's face!:mad:

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I would like to thank all of my fellow Colts fans here on Colt Freaks, whom are as loyal as they come.

You all continued posting in this game thread and rooting for them throughout yesterday's historic collapse, and in spite of the fact that it was the Colts' 6th loss in their last 7 games after starting the season at a respectable 3-2-1.

If the Colts went 2-15 for 6 consecutive years, I don't think that anybody here would ever dream of changing teams and adopting a new favorite ...... the Colts are as ingrained in us as is our biological blood-type.

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I always defended the Saturday hire, but man alive, he should be roasted alive today for the amount of times the ball was thrown in the 2nd half yesterday.

When you're up 33 points, run the ball. Run it, run it, run it, run it, and run it some more. Especially when you have a guy at QB who absolutely sucks.

They passed it 18 times in the 2nd half, and 8 were incompletions. And some were within 5 minutes to go in the half, which gave Minnesota free time outs. The two passes after the interception in the 4th quarter was especially dumb.

i like reich and think he was a good coach but this team wasn't playing for him

i don't know we could have kept him. that said we wouldn't have lost that game yesterday

Spot on!!! If I could thank this 1000 times I would. This is all on Irsay he wants to be in the headlines more than he wants to win. Hiring a guy with zero coaching experience is clown shit. The whole “good guy” draft blueprint sold tickets but that bullshit doesn’t win games. They let emotions get involved when it came to contracts and player retention or release and that’s not a recipe for winning. How do you justify Matt Pryor?? Mo Allie cox?? Hines? Marlon Mack got resigned because they liked him and he didn’t bitch when they drafted Taylor. Fuckin stupid, saved up free agent money all those years only to sign bullshit good guys. Highest paid line my ass, once again letting emotions take over Kelly has been shit since last year he’s hot shit this year but we already paid him so let’s try and force it!!! That seems to be the philosophy at every position.., once your paid you play hurt and force yourself onto the field and we’ll continue to play you until your contract is up even though you’re chopped liver (Matt Ryan, Ryan Kelly, Kenny Moore, Leonard, Cox) all have been clearly out played by their backups but it’s all about justifying the money

I’m not sure I agree that Reich had lost the team. We’ve seen similar slow starts in other years followed by some pretty good play. I think it’s mostly the result of the QB carousel and Ballard’s constant reliance on bargain vets and rookies to fill obvious holes. I can understand the argument that a coach has a shelf life with a team before the team isn’t as inspired by them, but if you felt that was the case then you fire him at the end of the season. You don’t turn the franchise into a fucking circus and piss off your potential high level coaching candidates by meddling with who starts, and then hiring a HC and OC with zero experience. Even if you think Reich should have been fired, they fucked up the how and the when.

The worst part is, I expect Saturday to be the coach next season. Not because he’s shown anything to earn the job, but because Irsay has painted himself into a corner and will “need” to prove everyone wrong.

Lost in all the ridiculousness was Dayo’s coming out party

They are a 4 win team. Of the 36 points, there was just one offensive TD. People need to accept this is a losing season. Things don’t get better after you fire your head coach and offensive coordinator.

It doesn’t make sense. Unless you think the owner intentionally sabotaged the offense and hence the season to get a young QB of the future.

Then why do it?

And if that’s the plan why keep sending Gilmore and Buckner out there?

There was enough of a hurry up and shit the bed feeling to what we saw yesterday that I am inclined to think there's something to be said about the above.

Yesterday was insane, but in the end, the best thing that could have happened for the franchise yesterday, happened.

Reich never established a winning culture here. Never. If he had we wouldn't have continually started the seasons he coached like we did. I am glad he is gone. I am just riding out this year, a year that went down the tubes with Reich as our head coach. I am actually really glad we lost this game. A win and we are drafting 15th, the loss and we are at 7. There is so much wrong with this team that it is a fools errand to try to point out any one thing as the culprit. We are a shit team this year but this being the NFL next year who knows?

Sure a young QB let’s you sell “hope and potential “ for the next 3 years atleast

I wasn’t in on the game thread but did anyone notice the officials discuss a penalty with Ventrone and not Saturday? Who’s really the coach?

It’s all about evaluating the players, not winning the games at this point.

That jumped out to me. Highest scoring game of the season and your offense produced a single touchdown. Also, we had eight drives in the 2nd half because MIN kept scoring obviously. I want to say the average is like 12 per game. The number of plays on those drives were 4, 6, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, and 3.

Not to excuse the defense, which was getting absolutely torched in the 2nd half... but our offense has consistently failed to compliment them. Yesterday was a whirlwind. They'd gash us down the field for a TD and you're like, ok what the fuck? Get to the sideline, regroup, figure some things out, grab a Gatora... DEFENSE! Back on the field!


Ultimately, the intention doesn't matter. Tanking for a high draft pick, keeping fans in the stands, thinking he knows better than the coach... whatever the reason is... fucking with the on-field decisions took us down a much worse path.

And potential future prospects for FO, coaches, and players are going to be influenced by that.

Yeah, I personally will be much more interested in watching a new fresh QB navigating the team than all these re-treads who you already sort of know the book on. It at least brings some energy that is severely lacking at present.

I was a Frank fan, until I had to not be one. When the team stunk up the joint at the end of last year, I thought it was Wentz. However, it became obvious that Frank was the issue.

Players don’t want to tank. Why would you lose to try and get a guy that will replace you. Coaches don’t either because losing means they get fired. But if you remove certain pieces and cripple a team… you are just giving the fans what they want, plus you get into a position to grab a QB and maybe kick the tires on a outside the box coaching hire.

I mean we weren’t going to with the SB this year anyway. So just embrace the suck to try and get better. Do people mourn the loss of the ‘97 season or do they remember drafting Manning?

It’s also a lesson for this last generation of fans who have been spoiled by mostly two decades of success. Every high schooler and college kid who has been screaming to fire everyone. Yeah that doesn’t fix things. It has the opposite effect.

Just one last thought on this thread. Matt Ryan makes this Colts team almost unwatchable. He is terrible, worst QB we have had in decades.

Yeah it’s pretty bad, I will say though that the offense is schematically crippled with a 30 year old play caller with no previous experience.

While I agree, it's pretty hard to call plays with a hack like Ryan.

While agreeing, his thug mentality also led to Minnesota’s first score.

Unless major changes are made....Jacksonville is going to overtake us and I won't be surprised if the Texans get a lot better and the Colts finish 4th next season and maybe we have to get use to that?

I'd like to know just how bad Foles must be in practice to not get a chance. Ryan, as you point out has been really bad, and Ehlinger showed that he's nowhere near ready.

Excellent points. All 3 things can be true: Reich lost the team, hiring Saturday mid season was really stupid, and Ballard does a shit job of filling team needs.

What the heck has been different since Reichs been gone?

Nothing really changed that I can tell. The OLine may be marginally better but the offense overall is just as bad, if not worse.

Jags for sure. Watching the Cowgirls vs. Jags and Lawrence is becoming a damn good qb. Contrary to what Dam thinks. He is going to be a pain in our ass for a long time.

I agree, and unless he gets a haircut, he's really going to piss me off doing it!:D

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Patriots just made everyone forget about the Colts debacle.....LOL!:D

Unbelievable ending. LOL for sure!!!!!!!!

Hahahaha, that was exactly my first thought too.

I mean, after laughing at the Patriots for the past 10 minutes. It happening to them was just the icing on the cake.

That’s the worst play I’ve ever seen by far like how fuckin stupid can you be

the oline is playing better.

thats about it. although it does seem like there is a bit more energy to start the games. but that is based on nothing measurable. just my perception

Vikings def stuck it in our @ss
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That is just WRONG

Nearly fumbled away the game, should've thrown a game losing INT, and only shows up when his team is down by 20+, but we should be afraid of this guy becoming a franchise QB? Let me know when he can read a defense or throw a receiver open.