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.