The Colts are in Hell ...... but Not Necessarily Quarterback Hell

[Colts And Orioles]

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Last season, the Colts had one of the best offensive lines in football ...... but their quarterback played badly in crunch-time on numerous occasions, probably costing the Colts at least 2 games, maybe 3.

This season, the Colts managed to unload Wentz and went out and got themselves a better quarterback in Matt Ryan ...... but the offensive line has devolved from one of the best in the NFL to one of the worst in the NFL.

Also this season, the Colts, for one reason or another, have managed to lose numerous very close games that went right down to the wire for numerous different reasons ...... the otherwise excellent defense didn't come through on the final drive of the game a couple of times, our place-kickers missed makeable field goals in 2 separate games that likely would have won said games (once it was Blankenship, the other time it was McLaughlin), the offense failed to put the ball in the end-zone for the knockout-punch against the Eagles when they had a 1st-and-goal from the opponents' 5-yardline late in the 4th quarter, or they just got an unfortunate bounce of the ball that tipped the scales in the opponents' favor.


No, I don't believe that the Colts have necessarily been in QB hell since the retirement of Andrew Luck ...... the Colts WERE in QB hell in 2019 with Jacoby Brissett and in 2021 with Carson Wentz, but they WERE NOT in QB hell in 2020 when Philip Rivers led them to an 11-6 record and took the Buffalo Bills right down to the wire in a playoff game on their homefield in New York State, or even this season with Matt Ryan, who has somehow managed to not get himself killed behind the atrocious offensive line that has allegedly been "blocking" for him ...... we have just been in hell since the retirement of Philip Rivers following the 2020 season. Not the brand of hell that the 2011 Colts were in when Peyton Manning was injured, Andrew Luck was still at Stanford, and the hopelessly overmatched team that was led by hopelessly overmatched quarterbacks such as Curtis Painter and Dan Orlovsky went 2-14 ...... we've just been in "would have, could have, should have" hell over the last 2 seasons combined.

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