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Originally Posted by IndyNorm (Post 242644)

Unfortunately you're right. He finally settled down a bit in the 2nd half, but for most of the game yesterday Ryan looked like he was in panic mode on every single drop back.

He is getting hit too much. He was getting hit trying to do play action. They keep getting destroyed by stunts.

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Originally Posted by Butter (Post 242638)

Ballard finds and signs them the coaches choose who plays where last I understood things.

You understand correctly but Reich can’t play the competent left tackle that Ballard didn’t sign.

It is both of their faults. They both own this debacle.

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Originally Posted by IndyNorm (Post 242642)

Ballard handed the starting LT job to Pryor when he re-signed him and let Fisher walk.

Where is Fisher playing today?

If this early in the season it is obvious that the 3rd round rookie LT who has only played the position for two years and has been injured missing games and practice time is your best option at LT then the GM fucked up. Let’s put the blame where it lies.

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Originally Posted by rm1369 (Post 242657)

What LTs, rookie or free agents were signed and now playing that Ballard should have gotten?

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in 2020, a 38 year-old Philip Rivers had a solid season, leading the Colts to an 11-6 season, a playoff berth, and taking an excellent Buffalo Bills team right down to the wire on their homefield in that post-season.

Rivers, who had the mobility of an inanimate object such as a wooden chair, had a solid offensive line in front of him ...... if Rivers had had THIS CURRENT offensive line blocking for him, I suspect that he may not have been able to lead that 2020 team to a 6-11 season, let alone an 11-6 season.

As I stated in another thread last week, a quarterback can only have so much "pocket presence" when the other team's players are in his face 2 or 3 seconds after the ball is snapped.

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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles (Post 241365)

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(vs. CHIEFS, 9/25)

Where is Ryan's pocket presence ??? Well, a QB can only have so much "pocket presence" when he is playing behind an offensive line that is performing like that of a Division I-AA college team ...... yet despite that, Ryan somehow managed to go 27-for-37 for 222 yards, 2 TD's, 0 INT's, which was good for a 105.9 QB rating. If we can somehow get our offensive line to improve from awful to average, we just may start seeing the Matt Ryan that had so many excellent seasons when he was playing for the Falcons. The return of Michael Pittman Jr, who missed last week's game against the Jaguars with a quadricep injury, evidently made a significant difference also.

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http://www.coltfreaks.com/forum/show...=141404&page=8

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Originally Posted by albany ed (Post 242656)

Where is Fisher playing today?

Looks like he's not, which is pretty interesting. Ballard should give him a call to see if he wants to come in for a workout. Unless he's let himself go he'd be better than Pryor, and it would allow Pryor to move to RG.

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Originally Posted by albany ed (Post 242658)

What LTs, rookie or free agents were signed and now playing that Ballard should have gotten?

I know you were asking someone else, but I'll chime in.

He could have drafted Darrisaw in '21, brought in Leno in '21 and extended him, or he could have re-signed Fisher. All would have been better options at LT than handing it over to a backup swing OL who's not capable of blocking speed rushers.

In addition how much of a disaster was letting Glow and Reed both walk and handing Pinter the starting RG job? Unless he's completely incompetent Strausser must have seen that Pinter isn't strong enough to play OG in the NFL. Why the hell wouldn't he clue the FO in on this??

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Originally Posted by albany ed (Post 242656)

Where is Fisher playing today?

On his XBox?