Reich, Ryan, Brady

[YDFL Commish]

Which of these dudes need to be replaced? I'm not sure of the answer here, but I do have an observation.

Since Sirani left and Brady took over the offense, other than JT and the running game, this offense has been putrid, while Siriani has the eagles flying high at 6-0.

Maybe replace them all?

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

Which of these dudes need to be replaced? I'm not sure of the answer here, but I do have an observation.

Since Sirani left and Brady took over the offense, other than JT and the running game, this offense has been putrid, while Siriani has the eagles flying high at 6-0.

Maybe replace them all?

Probably should have fired Frank after the collapse to end the season and promoted Sirianni.

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

Probably should have fired Frank after the collapse to end the season and promoted Sirianni.

Sirianni was already the Head Coach of the Eagles at that point - this is his second year in Philly.

[YDFL Commish]

Who the fuck is running this offense anyway? Back in the PM years, we knew it was PM.

Now, I don't fuk'n know. I doubt that it's Matt Ryan. Some of the most basic concepts in the NFL we struggle at or ignore.

Running Hynes up the middle is jus plain stupid. He get's tackled by a finger nail.

I hate to say this but Hynes would thrive in a BB offense. Draws and screens all day baby.

BTW...JT has sucked in pass protection all year. Makes me so much miss Edge...or even Addai.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

Who the fuck is running this offense, anyway ??? Back in the Peyton Manning years, we knew that it was Peyton Manning.

Now, I don't fuk'n know ...... I doubt that it's Matt Ryan. Some of the most basic concepts in the NFL we struggle at or ignore.

Running Hynes up the middle is just plain stupid ...... he gets tackled by a finger nail.

I hate to say this, but Hynes would thrive in a Bill Belichick offense ...... he draws and screens all day, baby.

BTW ...... Jonathan Taylor has sucked in pass protection all year. He makes me so much miss Edgerrin James ...... or even Joseph Addai.

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I would presume that it's either the offensive coordinator, or the head coach.

And if it is the offensive coordinator calling the plays, shouldn't he be the one that gets criticized in the game threads, as opposed to Reich ???

I'm sure that Reich makes all of the decisions as to whether or not to go for it on 4th down, but I was under the impression that if a quarterback does not call his own plays, the offensive coordinator does.

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[Brylok]

I miss Siriani. Been saying it since he left.

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

Which of these dudes need to be replaced? I'm not sure of the answer here, but I do have an observation.

Since Sirani left and Brady took over the offense, other than JT and the running game, this offense has been putrid, while Siriani has the eagles flying high at 6-0.

Maybe replace them all?

I will have to go back and look but I don't think the Colts have discussed the coaching staff's roles and responsibilities at length since Sirianni + others left. While Sirianni was here, the Colts had detailed what each individual's roles were. But since people have different strengths and weaknesses, the roles might have morphed a little bit over time with different coaches / coordinators now in the various jobs.


One observation that I have is that even when the Colts had been rotating through with a new QB every year, the offense usually started games off in sync as they were running through the first dozen or so scripted plays. They may not have always scored on the first + second drives but they generally appeared to be on the same page and could drive the ball with relative ease (although sometimes it took a few games at the start of the season to reach that point). This topic came up multiple times on this forum over the last several years - why did the offense start out clicking at the beginning of the game and then go downhill from there.

It seemed to be the case with Luck, Brissett, Rivers and Wentz. Until this year with Matt Ryan. So I think Ryan is / (or now) was part of the issue. There was a comment made in consecutive weeks by two different broadcasting crews (one was CBS, the other was FOX) that hinted at one potential issue that Ryan was working through - an issue that should have improved over the course of the season as Ryan had more playing time. Someone on the Colts (either a player, coach or both - it could have even been Matt Ryan himself) had to have made that remark to those broadcasting crews in the off camera pre-game interviews.

[YDFL Commish]

Reich has become Pagano.

After the Denver win (which almost felt like a loss)

"Isn't it great to win a game like that."

Fuck no, it's not great to win a game like that, where your offense can't get out of it's own way and your O-Line is dominated like they just got off the high school bus.

After every loss. "I got out coached." "I've gotta do a better job."

Same old bullshit every game.

Now, instead him falling on the sword, which he rightfully should, it's the lowest man on the totem pole Matt Ryan who is the scapegoat.

What's next, Reich quoting his favorite lame movie (wonder what that would be?) and proclaiming his love of liver and onions for his thanksgiving meal.

My guess is the Brady/Reich game plans will make Elhinger look like trash too. Remember they don't game plan in the pre-season, when Ehlinger looked his best.

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

Reich has become Pagano.

After the Denver win (which almost felt like a loss)

"Isn't it great to win a game like that."

Fuck no, it's not great to win a game like that, where your offense can't get out of it's own way and your O-Line is dominated like they just got off the high school bus.

After every loss. "I got out coached." "I've gotta do a better job."

Same old bullshit every game.

Now, instead him falling on the sword, which he rightfully should, it's the lowest man on the totem pole Matt Ryan who is the scapegoat.

What's next, Reich quoting his favorite lame movie (wonder what that would be?) and proclaiming his love of liver and onions for his thanksgiving meal.

My guess is the Brady/Reich game plans will make Elhinger look like trash too. Remember they don't game plan in the pre-season, when Ehlinger looked his best.

Man I am right there with you, this dude will drive that bus clean over everyone's ass and smile while doing it. He is so trash.

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

Now, instead him falling on the sword, which he rightfully should, it's the lowest man on the totem pole Matt Ryan who is the scapegoat.

Well, Reich also made this comment in his press conference:

"Another point that needs to be made crystal clear, and I told this to Matt: We did not hold up to our end of the bargain. You came here and we promised you a top run game and great protection and we haven’t delivered. And that really starts with me."

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

My guess is the Brady/Reich game plans will make Elhinger look like trash too. Remember they don't game plan in the pre-season, when Ehlinger looked his best.

Ehlinger looked his best during the pre-season not because of no game plan but because he was playing against the opponent's third string defense in most situations. So not the starters, not the regular back-ups, but the third team.

However, I will say his pre-season performance was remarkable based on a couple of the beat writers' comments:

1) They stated that Ryan and Foles took nearly every 11 vs 11 snap in training camp (at least what the media witnessed) and that Ehlinger and Coan got most of their work through individual workouts and throwing / receiving drills with the WR's and TE's.

2) Ehlinger is in the middle of completely re-working his throwing mechanics / motion with the QB guru Tom House. It was supposed to be a two year process of changing his mechanics.