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Old 08-19-2025, 01:48 PM
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I'm a bit excited for this season.
And now that's been cut in half

Say what you want about AR, but he makes it interesting out there.
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Old 08-21-2025, 01:24 PM
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On one of the afternoon shows today I think it was Agnes maybe, anyway, someone that has been connected to the Colts for quite a while, and I think it was on JMV's show. In any event, he was talking about how this team might have a completely different vibe to it right now if we went on to beat Houston in the opener last year. He reminded of how AR actually played well and we seemed to have the game in the bag. He then said something that REALLY pissed me off. He completely trashed Bradley and said something like "but then on 3rd and 4 we went with that incredibly stupid Bradley 7 yard cushion, easy 1st down, and a completely changed outlook for this team".

What pisses me off, is that he is 100% right- that stupid fucking Bradley cushion was a laughingstock of the NFL. Yet, this administration decided to trott his fucking ass out there every fucking week and do the same pathetic ass bullshit every fucking game. We could all see it, we were all calling for it to stop, and yet it did not. Just an indictment of the organization IMO- and a massive black mark on my perception of Steichen. Retaining Bradley through the end of last year has caused me to really think poorly of Steichen as a football guy.

It pisses me off that now, now that Gus is gone, you are willing to come out and blast it and calling it incredibly stupid. Why in the FUCK wasn't that level of revulsion expressed when it was actually happening?
A ton of discussion about whether Colts failed AR or AR failed Colts. Obviously tons of blame on both sides- we have done a bad job supporting him and he has clearly not done the work necessary to exhibit the full bag needed to be an NFL QB. So I started thinking about this quite a bit- you know who else failed AR- GUS FUCKING BRADLEY (which again spins up to Steichen).

Clearly AR needed, and definitely still desperately needs reps. Now think back to the game after game after game agony of the TOP being insanely out of alignment. Now, to be clear, AR carries some of that blame, his inaccuracy was a huge negative in terms of being able to stay on the field and effectively generate reps by way of his own play. However AR has no culpability for the fucking shitball Gus Bradley bend, bend, bend, arch your back even further, injure your spin you are bending so much, and finally BREAK fucking defense where QB's were completing 75%+ of their passes and drives were lasting 7+ minutes. That is completely on the bullshit style of fraidy cat defense we have played during AR's time.

This thing has been so terribly mismanaged it is incomprehensible! Sorry, yep, broken record but man you couldn't script a more disastrous collective story of failure than what has gone on with this QB situation. Yet, alas, Ballard still does Ballard.

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Old 08-21-2025, 02:29 PM
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And now that's been cut in half

Say what you want about AR, but he makes it interesting out there.
I get why they are doing it, sort of, but how many more games does DJ realistically win us? 1 maybe 2, so still midling team drafting in a mid slot again. I doubt AR clicks and becomes an average passer, but if he were going to, being on the field is the only way it happens, not holding a clipboard for a failed QB.
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I’d like to formally apologize to Daniel Jones. I abandoned hope too soon. I had long been a card-carrying member of the “Daniel Jones is actually fine” club, but backed out after seeing what a career-threatening neck injury did to his game. I’m back now, though, and hoping that there’s still a spot in the club for a disloyal guy like myself. Jones has recaptured his pre-injury form ...... when toughness in the pocket, athleticism, and an underrated deep ball made him an average starter ..... and seems to have cut down on his processing time, which had also been a major weakness in his game. Some of his other weaknesses persist. Jones’s accuracy comes and goes, and he can be oblivious to pressure. In a supportive offensive environment, which Jones never enjoyed in New York, those faults can be mitigated, as we’re seeing in Indianapolis this season. I don’t want to overstate Jones’s improvement compared to what we saw during his peak as the Giants quarterback. He’s mostly the same passer with a little more refinement. However, his newfound success is proof that he was never as bad as he was perceived to be early in his career.


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IMO, Jones is a good QB, but not a great one. He is commanding an offense that is probably the strongest in the NFL. There are no weaknesses on this offense. He has a multitude of WRs to choose from, a dynamic TE and maybe the best RB in the league. The offensive line is one of the best in league. There are teams with better WRs, but not many have the wide variety that Jones has. I think his biggest strength is the ability to read defenses and choose the right receiver. They can't all be covered well. Being a good QB in a great offense, can turn that QB into an all pro. And, he needs to be, because this defense will be giving up a shit load of points when they play some of the better teams.
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I’d like to formally apologize to Daniel Jones. I abandoned hope too soon. I had long been a card-carrying member of the “Daniel Jones is actually fine” club, but backed out after seeing what a career-threatening neck injury did to his game. I’m back now, though, and hoping that there’s still a spot in the club for a disloyal guy like myself. Jones has recaptured his pre-injury form ...... when toughness in the pocket, athleticism, and an underrated deep ball made him an average starter ..... and seems to have cut down on his processing time, which had also been a major weakness in his game. Some of his other weaknesses persist. Jones’s accuracy comes and goes, and he can be oblivious to pressure. In a supportive offensive environment, which Jones never enjoyed in New York, those faults can be mitigated, as we’re seeing in Indianapolis this season. I don’t want to overstate Jones’s improvement compared to what we saw during his peak as the Giants quarterback. He’s mostly the same passer with a little more refinement. However, his newfound success is proof that he was never as bad as he was perceived to be early in his career.


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Jones had what was by far his worst game of the season, to-date.

The offensive line, which has been elite all season, had a very bad game also.

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Jones had what was by far his worst game of the season, to-date.

The offensive line, which has been elite all season, had a very bad game also.

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Peyton Manning threw 6 int's vs the Chargers in 2007 and Adam Vinateri missed 2 FG's and the Colts lost by 2 points. Same kind of game.
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Jones had what was by far his worst game of the season, to-date.

The offensive line, which has been elite all season, had a very bad game also.

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Daniel Jones is at his worst when asked to play hero ball....which he was today.

The Giants often asked him to play hero ball because, well, they sucked.

When he is a part of the offense, he has shown to be good.

When he has to be the focal point of the offense however.

I was not impressed by out offensive plan this game. Too many of our passing plays seemed designed to be much deeper than earlier games in the season. I was dismayed that, especially once we became one dimensional and PIT teed off on pass rush, that there seemed to be a complete lack of quick slants, wheel routes or quick hitters designed to get 6-8 yards and a cloud of dust. Everything seemed to be 15 yards down field slow developing crossing routes.
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Daniel Jones is at his worst when asked to play hero ball....which he was today.

The Giants often asked him to play hero ball because, well, they sucked.

When he is a part of the offense, he has shown to be good.

When he has to be the focal point of the offense however.

I was not impressed by out offensive plan this game. Too many of our passing plays seemed designed to be much deeper than earlier games in the season. I was dismayed that, especially once we became one dimensional and PIT teed off on pass rush, that there seemed to be a complete lack of quick slants, wheel routes or quick hitters designed to get 6-8 yards and a cloud of dust. Everything seemed to be 15 yards down field slow developing crossing routes.
I totally agree. The other thing that I noticed is that DJ's drop depth wasn't synced up with the pass blocking scheme. Maybe after having a couple of batted ball int's DJ was over compensating with his drop depth?
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