Mitchell is an oxygen thief.

[sherck]

Originally Posted by omahacolt

he is bad at his job.

I gotta tell ya, that catch and run....up until he was 1 1/2 yards from the end zone, was pretty dang amazing. By far the best play of his NFL career thus far.

He has talent. That play would have been in every highlight reel for the week of top ten plays.

Now, however, it will still be in the highligh reel but not in a good way.

[Indystu2]

One player. 14 points off the board. Loss.

Anyone in the real world would be demoted, at minimum.

[Kray007]

I’m as unhappy with the muffed touchdown as anyone, but Mitchell’s penalty probably doesn’t cost us a TD. I’ve looked at the replay half a dozen times, and it looks to me as though Williams, the Ram’s defender, had pretty much diagnosed the run and would have in a position to impact the play if Mitchell hadn’t taken him out.

In a perfect world, Mitchell would have simply blocked his man. Same result, no flag. But, blocking doesn’t seem to be Mitchell’s forte. Of course, I have a hard time singling out AD for lacking those skills. There didn’t seem to be a single receiver on the field who could block a grandmother in a walker. At least three screens got blown up because three guys couldn’t manage to block a single defender and the play got blown up before it ever picked up steam.

After a game like this, it might be natural to look for scapegoats, and I’ll admit that AD’s head would look pretty good served up on a platter. But, you don’t build good teams by firing guys who make mistakes. They did that with Isaiah Rogers, who might not have shut down Nacua, but would surely have brought more to the field than the Colts Cornerback whose name I shall not speak.

[Oldcolt]

One huge, and I mean huge, difference in JTs fumble and Mitchells is the way the team reacted to them. After JT fumbled the team totally fell apart. After JTs fumble we were in a position to win up until the end. It feels like this is a different animal of a team than we have had before

[apballin]

The fumble ok I was actually willing to give him a pass but to follow it up by pouting and whining on the field away from the huddle and then get a stupid holding penalty at a key moment tells me he has no control. Once he crashes out mentally there’s nobody on the sidelines or on this planet that can talk the dude back to reality that’s the worst kind of player to have

[Brylok]

Never want to see him again. Get out.

[HoosierinFL]

I just can't help but think...
3 times in the last year we've seen unforced goal-line drops. JT did it twice, though it didn't cost us last week as he just barely managed to get it across. And now AD.

Whose job is it on the coaching staff to get these guys to learn how to carry the rock?

I stick with my game thread comment: make every skill position player on offense run sprints from the 30 through the back of the end zone indefinitely and no ball should touch the ground for any reason during this.

Or make a new team policy - every touch down must involve running through the back of the end zone with the ball in hand and then giving it to a ref. No spikes, no celebration until after you've done that. Even if its a goal line dive and you're tackled just across the goal line, still make it required that you get up with the ball and walk it through the end zone. Fine anyone who doesn't follow this team rule.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

One huge, and I mean huge, difference in Joatham Taylor's fumble and Mitchells is the way the team reacted to them. After Jonathan Taylor fumbled the team totally fell apart. After Adonai Mitchell's fumble we were in a position to win up until the end. l It feels like this is a different animal of a team than we have had before.

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Yeah, I feel the same way ...... in spite of yesterday's loss, this 2025 Colts team DOES NOT feel like the typical 2 steps forward/2 steps back team which they have been in every season between 2019 and 2024 with the exception of the solid 2020 Philip Rivers season ...... this is a team that nearly overcame a player astonishingly giving away 14 points. With only 3 minutes and change left to play in the 4th quarter, the Colts had possession of the ball in a tie game with a chance to win it if they could just get into FG-range ...... in that Broncos game last year, the team collectively played like a junior high school kid who was sitting in the principal's office waiting to be scolded and punished for some transgression after Jonathan Taylor's gaffe.

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[CletusPyle]

AD Mitchell is not going anywhere, Colts still believe in him and from the comments I have read so do his teammates! I don't know how teams are allowed to fine players, I'm sure the union protects the players from fines they believe are unfair or excessive....but the Colts should have a team meeting and inform all the players that if you try to do something cute with the football before you cross the goal line and cost the team a touchdown you will be fined the maximum allowed by the league!

[Oldcolt]

Originally Posted by sherck

I gotta tell ya, that catch and run....up until he was 1 1/2 yards from the end zone, was pretty dang amazing. By far the best play of his NFL career thus far.

He has talent. That play would have been in every highlight reel for the week of top ten plays.

Now, however, it will still be in the highligh reel but not in a good way.

Ive heard and read that Mitchell is a hard worker. It is obvious to me that he has made a ton of progress this year in route running and no longer seems to have alligator arms. He is learning his craft and screwed up big time and cost us. Price you pay sometimes when you draft young and watch them grow. Sucks but I'm betting most will be singing a different tune by the end of the year.