Rivers!

[Maniac]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

A few fan on twitter are already calling for Jacoby. I’m sure that number will go up if Rivers continues. And then I’m sure a few more would prefer to throw the rookie to the wolves.

Things also being said:
Trade for Dwayne Haskins
Trade for Sam Darnold
Think Peyton would come out of retirement?

Brissett, Haskins and Darnold all suck. No use wasting time on those guys. Might as well draft a guy that you actually want after just playing this season out instead of wasting draft picks and another year or two of mediocrity bringing in either Haskins or Darnold.

[rcubed]

Originally Posted by Maniac

Brissett, Haskins and Darnold all suck. No use wasting time on those guys. Might as well draft a guy that you actually want after just playing this season out instead of wasting draft picks and another year or two of mediocrity bringing in either Haskins or Darnold.

Exactly. None of those guys are going to be long-term solutions for us. Maybe it’s Eason. Rivers was always going to be a 1 to 2 year stopgap and I don’t think anyone really expected him to take us to the Super Bowl. I don’t want to go trading away draft picks for another mediocre quarterback.


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[YDFL Commish]

Keep in mind Rivers is exactly 5 games into his Colts career, with all new teammates.

People have to stop viewing the offense in a vacuum. Can Rivers play better, yes, but so can the O-Line, the RB's, the TE's and WR's.

These guys have probably had a 3rd of the reps (pre-pandemic) that that would have had entering a season at this point. For a new QB, playing with new teammates that's important.

Those who want Brissett are asinine. Two throws from this game that Brissett doesn't even attempt are the throws to Johnson and Dulin. In fact he probably takes a sack.

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

Keep in mind Rivers is exactly 5 games into his Colts career, with all new teammates.

People have to stop viewing the offense in a vacuum. Can Rivers play better, yes, but so can the O-Line, the RB's, the TE's and WR's.

These guys have probably had a 3rd of the reps (pre-pandemic) that that would have had entering a season at this point. For a new QB, playing with new teammates that's important.

Those who want Brissett are asinine. Two throws from this game that Brissett doesn't even attempt are the throws to Johnson and Dulin. In fact he probably takes a sack.

Not to mention Campbell, Pittman, and Burton have all missed extended time in a year that had no training camp or preseason.

We’re probably lucky he hasn’t been worse.

He will stay the starter unless he gets hurt.

[Brylok]

We're in QB hell now and I know I'll get flamed/bantered for it, but I still blame Andrew Luck. If he hadn't quit, we'd be undefeated. He alone, well, along with Frank firing Dave DeG because he was too strick/mean/used profanity. That firing ruined the O-line. No QB on the roster. O-line gone soft. Young, promising defense with talent, a very questionable scheme, and no ultimte purpose. Welcome to the Indiana Pacers (who I stopped watching after the 1999/2000 finals. They have zero chance to ever win a championship). I'll keep watching, but I'm glad I don't pay money for this team.

PS: Do not throw Eason in. You'll ruin him outright like Josh Rosen

[Chaka]

Originally Posted by Brylok

We're in QB hell now and I know I'll get flamed/bantered for it, but I still blame Andrew Luck. If he hadn't quit, we'd be undefeated. He alone, well, along with Frank firing Dave DeG because he was too strick/mean/used profanity. That firing ruined the O-line. No QB on the roster. O-line gone soft. Young, promising defense with talent, a very questionable scheme, and no ultimte purpose. Welcome to the Indiana Pacers (who I stopped watching after the 1999/2000 finals. They have zero chance to ever win a championship). I'll keep watching, but I'm glad I don't pay money for this team.

PS: Do not throw Eason in. You'll ruin him outright like Josh Rosen

Maybe Luck will unretire. Probably not, but it's certainly not out of the question. And don't tell me you wouldn't forgive him, because you would.

[Brylok]

Originally Posted by Chaka

Maybe Luck will unretire. Probably not, but it's certainly not out of the question. And don't tell me you wouldn't forgive him, because you would.

Perhaps if he came in like Superman and got us to the playoffs consistently. But even if I forgave him, I'd never trust him again. It doesn't matter anyway since he's not coming back.

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by Brylok

We're in QB hell now and I know I'll get flamed/bantered for it, but I still blame Andrew Luck. If he hadn't quit, we'd be undefeated. He alone, well, along with Frank firing Dave DeG because he was too strick/mean/used profanity. That firing ruined the O-line. No QB on the roster. O-line gone soft. Young, promising defense with talent, a very questionable scheme, and no ultimte purpose. Welcome to the Indiana Pacers (who I stopped watching after the 1999/2000 finals. They have zero chance to ever win a championship). I'll keep watching, but I'm glad I don't pay money for this team.

PS: Do not throw Eason in. You'll ruin him outright like Josh Rosen

The Colts don't get Buckner if Luck doesn't retire. Maybe you can have the best of both worlds and he'll come back (unlikely), but Luck would've taken last year's team to the playoffs and would have this team in strong Super Bowl contention.

Hopefully there's another Russell Wilson out there.
For context, Russell Wilson was my #2 QB in 2012, and until they cut Peyton, there was a scenario I'd hoped for in vain where some team gave up a king's ransom for the #1 overall pick, the Colts finally built a defense for Peyton Manning, and drafted Wilson at the top of Round 2 or 3. With the benefit of hindsight, this obviously would've been the best choice. Maybe Trey Lance is that guy, but I don't have the confidence in him that I had in Wilson just watching film. He seems like more of a scrambler than a pocket QB with great speed and athleticism, which was how Wilson looked on film. Then again, that is the direction the NFL is moving in, so maybe that is to his benefit.

[Brylok]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

Hopefully there's another Russell Wilson out there..

Russell Wilson is so good. MVP right now for me anyway. He would have been destroyed behind that o-line back then, but if it had been fixed, yeah I'd much rather have had him than Luck. So would everyone else probably though in hindsight. I'm just dreading the QB abyss. Depressing. Rage-inducing whenever I think back to August 2019.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by Brylok

Russell Wilson is so good. MVP right now for me anyway. He would have been destroyed behind that o-line back then, but if it had been fixed, yeah I'd much rather have had him than Luck. So would everyone else probably though in hindsight. I'm just dreading the QB abyss. Depressing. Rage-inducing whenever I think back to August 2019.

In hindsight of course. But if Luck was healthy and still playing he was on a historic pace himself and I think he would be considered just as good.