Please burn this shit down!

[IndyNorm]

Hey guys. Back from across the pond, where I managed to bring us a win in London. Although if Mariota doesn't get knocked out of the game then I think we lose.

Anyway, my take on some of the discussion:

Things look pretty bleak, but there is time to turn things around (although if we manage to lose today then all bets are off). Something one of my friends I was traveling with pointed out is that our game at Pitt is the first time the league has scheduled an away game for a team the week following an international game (all others have either been a bye or home game). Not that this should completely excuse the shit show performance, but it's probably a factor.

On Ballard - it's pretty obvious that he's a bellow average GM who looked better than he was early on b/c he replaced someone who was completely incompetent. He did hit some HRs in his 2018 and 2020 drafts, but he really hasn't added anyone elite since drafting JT. The Sauce trade has proven to be a complete disaster and considering how much we gave up is probably worse than Grig's TRich trade.

On Jones - I'm sure part of it is he's still recovering from the injuries, but he's also appears to have regressed a lot back to his old NYG play. VERY loose w/ the ball, which leads to a high fumble rate. Panicking when the D brings pressure and throwing the ball up for grabs. Hope he reverses this trend, but I have my doubts.

On our D- they're a complete shit show. WTF is Lou playing Latu so much at LDE? Is it b/c JTT is just that bad at strong side run D, so he needs to be at RDE? Also, where the hell is Allen at? Or is he just another Ballard 2nd round bust?

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

BTW- I am 100% in favor of the change to my title. I do in fact talk out of my ass, as do I believe EVERY one of us on here.

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You CONSTANTLY talk out of your ass, not just an occasion ...... hence, the well-dessrved moniker.

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[Oldcolt]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

Not gonna happen. His schtick is annoying, but so was Jaff's. Jaff left because he felt attacked. Not gonna get rid of regular posters, no matter how annoying.

I cannot wait for this team to start back on the rebuild road so we have something to talk about and argue over that is actually related to playing football and this team. Things like who to draft, who should be playing and are we on the correct path. This little argument, as my dear departed mother would say, is a tempest in a teapot. It is essentially an argument about what is 'appropriate' to say about a GM almost everyone agrees is past his due date. Nobody says Chopped is incorrect in his attitude, only that he goes overboard. I do not get why anyone gives a shit how he expresses his outrage.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

Not gonna happen. His schtick is annoying, but so was Jaff's. Jaff left because he felt attacked. Not gonna get rid of regular posters, no matter how annoying.

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Jaff may or may not have left because he felt attacked ...... he may have simply made th3 wise decision of not wasting his time so much on social media.


Remember Big Smooth ??? He also left ...... but it had nothing to do with feeling attacked.




Colt Freaks Posters We Haven't Heard from in a While

https://www.coltfreaks.com/forum/sho...ighlight=Heard

Originally Posted by Big Smooth

After all the shit I've given Cokes and Oreos over the years, he's checking on me, huh ???

I'm doing well ...... thanks, man.

I deleted all social media and stopped posting on forums. Everyone is so divided these days and can't see eye to eye on anything anymore so I just unplugged. People cant shut the fuck up and stop bringing politics and ideology into every conversation. Especially when it creeps into my leisure activities. It's so tiring and sad. Everyone has their opinions and things they believe and the second someone voices a counter to their beliefs conversations just devolve into attacks and hate. All sides do this and I see no signs of it getting any better anytime soon.

But life's been good. Own my own business now. Stopped smoking and I go to the gym every day. Lost 100lbs. Did a little oops and had another kid while in my 40s. Just trying to make the second half of.my life better than the first.

Hope all you guys are doing well too.

If you can see this Rev, we miss ya.

o

[rm1369]

Originally Posted by IndyNorm

Hey guys. Back from across the pond, where I managed to bring us a win in London. Although if Mariota doesn't get knocked out of the game then I think we lose.

Anyway, my take on some of the discussion:

Things look pretty bleak, but there is time to turn things around (although if we manage to lose today then all bets are off). Something one of my friends I was traveling with pointed out is that our game at Pitt is the first time the league has scheduled an away game for a team the week following an international game (all others have either been a bye or home game). Not that this should completely excuse the shit show performance, but it's probably a factor.

On Ballard - it's pretty obvious that he's a bellow average GM who looked better than he was early on b/c he replaced someone who was completely incompetent. He did hit some HRs in his 2018 and 2020 drafts, but he really hasn't added anyone elite since drafting JT. The Sauce trade has proven to be a complete disaster and considering how much we gave up is probably worse than Grig's TRich trade.

On Jones - I'm sure part of it is he's still recovering from the injuries, but he's also appears to have regressed a lot back to his old NYG play. VERY loose w/ the ball, which leads to a high fumble rate. Panicking when the D brings pressure and throwing the ball up for grabs. Hope he reverses this trend, but I have my doubts.

On our D- they're a complete shit show. WTF is Lou playing Latu so much at LDE? Is it b/c JTT is just that bad at strong side run D, so he needs to be at RDE? Also, where the hell is Allen at? Or is he just another Ballard 2nd round bust?

I agree with everything except the Sauce trade. It was an overpay but looks worse because of the state of the team. At the time it appeared worth the risk IMO. The main difference being that Sauce is a good football player that will be part of the future. He’s also at a premium position. Trent was a bad football player at a devalued position. At the time of the Sauce trade it made sense. Trent was a much worse trade IMO.

On DJ we started seeing the issue last season before he got hurt. Sadly I think it just who he is.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by IndyNorm

Hey, guys. I'm back from across the pond.

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Lake Michigan ???

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[IndyNorm]

Ok, I'm with Chopped now. Burn this shit down right now.

[ChoppedWood]

The mic is open, any and all Ballard defenders, anyone that even thought he had nice hair, step the fuck forward now!

*****CRICKETS*****

WE ARE A DISGRACE!

[ChoppedWood]

Man I am sorry, if you have a single bit of decency in you Chris Bullshit Ballard, if you have even a molecule of respect for the guys that go out there each week, you will ship several of these guys off and give them a chance to have success before their careers come to a close. If not, you will just prove to all of the world that you are a fucking shallow incompetent selfish bumbling fucking calamity of a fucking waste of human flesh!

[Mr. Session]

schadenfreude

What a disgusting way to feel about what is probably the last thing in my life that gets me excited like a kid, yet here I am.

These days, what brings the most joy is watching the media point out the hypocrisy and illogic. My inner sadist yearns to watch Steichen squirm when Bowen or anyone else asks what accountability looks like for his butt buddy Jones.