Groundhog Day
 

I am having a difficult time giving a crap about this team, getting any sort of enthusiasm at all, because in large part this is just a repeat over and over and over of he last years of this team. Oh other things bother me, maybe the top thing is how in the hell does Isiah Rogers NEVER see the field. But the thing that has me just not caring is that I have seen and heard this same shit for so many years in a row. Even if they were to beat the Chiefs it wouldn't matter. We have done that kind of shit before, almost every year in fact. I firmly believe that we will find a way to screw the pooch big time no matter what. It is our DNA. I see zero hope for several years, we first have to get rid of this Ballard/Reich regime-that will take Irsay years to do and Irsay's track record for hiring new good talent sucks (Polian was a known proven quantity, that will not happen again). Then there is the whole way this roster is currently constructed, we have no room to maneuver as we have paid our good players, like Ballard said he would, who immediately after getting paid have shit the bed (nice job of getting high quality players-you know how we love them captains and good ole church goers). When Ballard first got here he made it very clear we had no talent on this team. Years later we are still losing to bottom feeders, show no heart and seem no closer to being a decent team yet we are supposedly so close Reich can taste it. Like every year. Am I alone in feeling this way? I wish I didn't. Hopefully I am missing a giant piece and you Freaks can educate me and I get get my hopes to the place where they will be dashed again.

Pretty much how I feel. I fully expect a blowout loss on Sunday, mainly because I think the defense is a lot worse this year than it was last year and there’s no way in hell they’re stopping Mahomes. I expect the offense to be better but KC is liable to score 50.

I’d be happy with a 10 point loss but even then you’re right that this group isn’t going anywhere.

For all the talent they have, they have zero heart and zero stomach. They have no leadership, no fire, starting with the head coach.

It’s just really depressing.

you are not alone. I feel something close to this and its disappointing.

Aligned with this completely. We will not go anywhere with Frank leading this team. There will be a few peaks, but it will mostly be a static line and that line will be mediocrity. That's why I say rip the band aid off now and begin the process of transitioning the mind set of this team, get rid of this acceptance of suck. I would much rather suck bad short term as we try to reshape things and feel like there is hope than feel like there's a glass ceiling that cannot be busted.

These type of posts should scare the shit out of Jim Irsay, this is apathy at its worst. This is how home games become filled with Jags and Titans Zooba's goofeys because fans just conceded there is no enjoyment so might was well make some money instead of attending. That's where this is headed.

Nah, you're definitely not alone brother. I'll watch the game Sunday, but I'm not looking forward to it at all.

I agree !! Until Ballard does SOMETHING about moving up in the draft or making a deal to acquire a franchise QB this is the shit us Colt fans will have to put up with year after year, and when he finally drafts, acquires someone, than the 5 year rebuild starts !! I sometimes wonder if Luck ever thinks about how he REALLY SCREWED this organization over !!

I definitely understand your frustration. Colts fans are not whiners, we have been extremely patient. Did we get spoiled with winning during the Peyton Manning era? Of course we did, but there was also a lot of disappointment during those years in the post season. I never felt like Colts had the success that they should have had with so many great teams.

Enter Andrew Luck and again we had some success but more disappointment and the Luck era teams never were quite good enough to get over the hump. They were very good at times, but never what I would consider elite. And now, what are the odds that we land a 3rd elite QB to make another Super Bowl run? Personally, I would love to see a hard nosed, tough, physically dominating Colts defensive team. But we have never really had that here, not sure our management has ever wanted it.

I think Irsay is an offensive minded owner, he likes offenses that score a lot of points, I'm not sure he would encourage his GM to build a defensive minded team. When you don't have an elite franchise QB in my opinion you best option is to load up on defense, Get the best defensive coach you can afford and bring in some really tough, aggressive, strong men with an attitude and become as dominate defensively as possible. Compliment that with an adequate offense, that can control the ball and score 20 points a game and you can win it all.

oh, I will keep watching, I am just no longer expecting anything.

Holder reported that Leonard and Rainman are both OUT this week.
0-2-1 incoming

Didnt leonard say "I feel better than I've felt since 2018" during camp?

fuck off, darius.

Feels better is one thing. Building back muscle mass and strength is another

fuck off, jaff.

there isn't much to be happy with.


we all saw the flaws in how this team was constructed. the holes we had. everyone knew it and here we are getting smacked around by bad teams. we consistently underperform against bad teams.


like hoop in this thread and i said all last year, there is no real leadership on this team. none.

we will probably play better and make a run for the playoffs only to get buttfucked due to lack of depth at important positions.


ballard needs to either be fired or forced to properly add depth to this team

Suck it Trebeck.

Leonard's injury status is starting to look like Luck's in '17 :cool:.

Also, Ngakoue is questionable after being limited or not practicing all week, so don't be surprised if he ends up being out as well. Not that he's actually done anything yet this year.........

Yeah this Leonard thing, boy...

So our staff is so bunk that they kept putting tape on his ankles for a bad disc in his back for a year??? And now, after surgery in June, dude still can't suit up?

Maybe dude is just gonna hit em' with some malpractice shit and chill in the islands for the rest of his life...

i have some experience with that injury. it isn't the easiest to diagnose. and if he had what i think he had, they had to cut through back muscle to get to the disc. so he can feel a lot better and run around but not be ready to actually suit up.

it may be awhile

I'm telling ya, the guy is done. We know the song & dance by now.

In my normal fandom years I would have said you were full of shit. Now, with the track record of this team, you unfortunately have a point that may well be true. Again I have no trust whatsoever in this regime.

Yeah, I was waiting for someone to say that. Maybe we should start a Leonard watch thread or something? I'll remain as positive as I can about it, but I wouldn't be shocked. That's already happened with Luck. Leonard said last year that he'd lost his love for the game. We'll see.

Ever since Leonard changed his name to Shaquille he hasn't done shit for us!:cool:

None of the guys who got paid big money have done anything since. Very concerning.

His name is Darius Shaquille Leonard, he was injured before the name “change”

It was a joke.....:rolleyes:

To be fair I think it's more of a mixed bag:

Leonard was paid prior to last season and had a really good year (we'll see how he does if he ever sees the field again), Buckner was paid when we traded for him in '20 and was really good in both '20 and '21, and Grover has still played well after being paid.

On the flip side Smith has sucked since he was paid before the '21 season, Kelly had a good year in '20 but took a step back in '21 and sucks now, and Moore has sucked ever since he decided he should be paid more.

Hines hasn't been as productive either, but I think that's more b/c of Wentz in '21 and Frank's shitty game planning so far this year.

I’m not giving up on this group

I still think they’ll put it all together

They got paid, with money comes raised expectations but that can also fuck your game up and it seems a lot of these guys are playing uptight mainly Ryan

New QB hasn’t played meaningful football in years

New DC

Once they get on the same page and start believing they’ll be fine

Yep...no Sunday Ticket for me this year...not to watch these effortless, inept clowns.

Well this team probably can't get any worse than what they've been the past 2 weeks (3 if you count week 18 last year). I'll give you that.

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The 2011 Manningless, Luckless team was 0-6 after 6 games, and I still had not given up on them ...... I'm a Colts fan, what choice do I have ???

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You have never been funny in the past…………:eek:

Yeah, that was a bit much. The bleakness I'm feeling about this team/organization at this point makes it seem like that though.

I think all but one poster knew it was a joke.

I wouldn't say I'm giving up on them, and I'm pretty sure they'll be better in November than they are now. That said, if it takes too long the damage will be done enough to miss the playoffs again.

Also, the thing that makes me want to give up on them is just how the rolled over and died on Sunday. I get losing, it's the NFL, but that game was played with no heart, no brains, no adjustments, no nothing. It was hard to believe that was a professional football team playing at all.

5 quarters in Houston followed by 90 degrees in Jacksonville missing you’re 2 best WR I’m willing to give them a pass

Win them all at Lucas oil and we’ll be fine

True. However, I am tired of Groundhog day.

Every year is different we opened last season with back to back home losses

So now we're blaming the weather for the shit show that was last week now? This might have some merit if the Jagoffs only started dominating late in the game when fatigue certainly does set in, but they bent us over and did whatever they wanted to from the coin toss on. Also, who's fault is it that we had to play OT in Houston?

And no way is Pierce our #2 WR right now. Hopefully he becomes that as the season goes on, but currently he's more in the ~WR4 range.

There's a big difference in opponents from last year to this year. Last year we lost to what we become a 7-10 Seattle team and then to the team that would go on to win the Superbowl in week 2. We also showed a lot of improvement from week 1 to 2 as we took LAR down to the wire and only lost by 3.

As opposed to this year where we were lucky to squeak out a tie against probably one of the 2-3 worst teams in the league and then of course where we followed that up by getting skull fucked up the ass by a team the rest of the league is 28-2 against since the beginning of the '20 season.

Hey if Frank can blame the day of the week being wrong for a guy to play, then hell yeah man, weather is a good call from fans.

Frank will likely add that one to his list. At this point does he have enough to just create one of those wheel of fortune type spinners where he just spins and randomly assigns blame?

lmao!!!!