Ehlinger

[njcoltfan]

According to PFT, Ehlinger will be Ryans backup this Sun, you guys have any thoughts why?

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by njcoltfan

According to PFT, Ehlinger will be Ryans backup this Sun, you guys have any thoughts why?

Big Dick Nick not looking good in practice?

[CletusPyle]

Why announce it? If Ryan goes down or plays so poorly he has to be replaced, just put the guy in you want, you don't need to declare it before the game that I am aware of....

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by CletusPyle

Why announce it? If Ryan goes down or plays so poorly he has to be replaced, just put the guy in you want, you don't need to declare it before the game that I am aware of....

Unless you plan to make Nick inactive for the game.

[omahacolt]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

Unless you plan to make Nick inactive for the game.

right


but they could still just do that. we would know that sunday and it wouldn't feel like Ryan is on notice

[JAFF]

Guess the coaches think a faster Qb might have a better chance of escaping the pocket. As short as he is he will be harder to find

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

Unless you plan to make Nick inactive for the game.

Sam Ehlinger will supplant Nick Foles as the Colts’ backup quarterback to Matt Ryan on Sunday against Jacksonville, Mike Chappell of Fox 59 reports.

The Colts will have Foles among their inactives.

From the article

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Ehlinger could help with opening the playbook a little more, too, in the 3rd and short + 4th and short situations.

Similar to what the Colts did with the Rivers / Brissett combo.

[Brylok]

Originally Posted by CletusPyle

Why announce it? If Ryan goes down or plays so poorly he has to be replaced, just put the guy in you want, you don't need to declare it before the game that I am aware of....

Desperation? Fans losing interest? I wouldn't have announced it, but maybe Ehlinger gives fans a ray of hope where there currently is none. It won't matter with that o-line though.

[Oldcolt]

Looking at this board it is clear that fans have lost interest. It is a dead board for being in the middle of a season. I still follow and root but with absolutely no enthusiasm or emotion. I feel like I have been a fool, rooting and actually believing in Ballard/Reich regime. I got that Ballard felt that with an ok QB you could still do great things if you had a solid team. The one thing I was convinced that Ballard was good at was putting together an offensive line, it was crap when he got here and really improved those first few years. Then last year there was a little slippage only to collapse this year. Ballard made the wrong call at LT last year and doubled down this year. He has spent more money on this line than anyone in football and we have one of the worst lines in football-so much for his genius at managing the cap-he has spent incredibly unwisely on this line. He did the same thing at QB, although I will say that the only reason Ryan has been this bad is the offensive line. All of this regressing in players and units I was counting on (and players who are supposedly in their prime) makes believing in anything this regime does very difficult for me right now. Sucks.