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That was 3 years earlier, on Monday Night Football from September of 1978.

It was the first season in which the Colts went largely without Jones. They lost the first 2 games of the season by a combined score of of 80-0, and were playing the Patriots on their homefield ........ so the Colts were underdogs by more than 14 points.

Jones was cheering his ass off from the sidelines with his arm in a sling whenever the Colts scored a touchdown, as Washington and company went wild on the heavily-favored Patriots (who would go on to win the division with a record of 11-5.)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7erbANgBHo


Washington was involved in 3 TD's ....... 1 passing, 1 receiving, and 1 on a kickoff return late in the 4th quarter which proved to be the game-winner.

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(vs. TEXANS, 1/05) )) (Wildcard Playoff)


Andrew Luck threw 32 passes without being sacked once.

Marlon Mack rushed for 148 yards and 1 TD on 24 attempts, for an average of 6.2 yards-per-carry.

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Colts have become the Bullies.

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Bob Sutton Thinks that Andrew Luck Complements the Colts' Offensive Line

(By Charles Goldman)

https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2019...er-bob-sutton/

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(vs. CHIEFS, 1/12) )) (Divisional Playoff)


Even though he was sacked 3 times in 36 pass attempts, I think that the offensive line gave Luck good protection for most of the game.

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(vs. CHIEFS, 1/12) )) (Divisional Playoff)


Even though he was sacked 3 times in 36 pass attempts, I thought that the offensive line gave Luck good protection for most of the game.

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Yesterday was an exception to the rule ........ Luck was not nearly as good as was his offensive line.

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I'd have to disagree with that pretty strongly. To me it looked like the line play was poor overall. Both pass blocking and run blocking. Hell, I believe with 8 mins to go in the fourth Luck was the teams leading rusher w/ 17 yds and Mack was averaging 2.1 yds per carry. 3 sacks in 36 attempts (two of which I remember specifically being on Lick very quickly ), several more hurries, and a slew of balls batted down at the LOS do not make for a good game for the line IMO. As a group they played as poorly as anyone else on offense IMO.

What was up with not even bothering to block Dee Ford multiple times? He wasn't disguised at all.

Here are Mack’s runs up until 8:31 left in the game when KC started conceding the run due to time:

-3
10
6
2
-6
3
3

The two losses were both on 1st down, putting the team in a hole to start the series. Those rush numbers are not indicative of good OL play. They sucked as bad as nearly everyone else on offense.

It's obvious that the O-Line did not play up to their standard. But, neither did anyone else on offense not named TY Hilton.

Yeah, the offensive line played like crap. Colts and Orioles is dumb.

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Same to you, "Jesus."

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I'd put Inman in there, he played hard.

Inman impressed me. Professional is the word that comes to mind. Nothing phenomenal about him but he runs good routes, has good hands and competes every down.

I hope we re-sign him for 2019.

And I hope we bring someone else in as WR2 so that Inman is WR3 (or pushed down to WR4 if one of the young kids in Cain or Fountain can steal the spot from him).

But, besides T.Y., he is the only WR who played this season whom I want back.

Walk Worthy,

I agree on all counts. Bring back Inman to compete for WR3 w/ Cain, Fountain and whoever else they bring in new. And find a WR2 via draft, trade, or free agency (although it’s thin this year). I see Cain being mentioned as the possible WR2 by some, but that’s just crazy. You don’t depend on a 6th round rookie (he basically is) coming back from a major injury to be a starter. I don’t care how good he looked in training camp last year.

Edited to add: I’d prefer the draft to be D heavy - especially at the top. But unfortunately WR2 is as big a hole as any on the roster, so although I hate the idea of using a 1 or 2 on a WR, they may need to.

Might I propose a solution? Draft whichever player is higher on their board across D and WR. If a WR is the best player available at #34, take the WR.

Oh, I agree that’s the best thing to do. I just don’t particularly like it - especially considering it’s a position I feel Ballard should have more aggressively addressed last off season. And WRs don’t typically hit the ground running like some positions do. There are a lot of intricacies to learn. But, from where the team is at the position I agree - if WR is BPA you take them. It’s a huge need.

If the value is roughly equal I think you take the pass rusher 10/10 times. Luck can elevate the level of his WRs. He can't do it all game, every game, so you don't necessarily use that as your primary plan. But especially with the offensive foundation in-place, and with Doyle and Hilton healthy again, this offense is not even close to in trouble. It looked exposed in our biggest game of the season, and it is high on the list, but IMO is is at least 1 notch below pass rusher in terms of need. A healthy Hilton and Doyle, plus a Mohamed Sanu-level WR2 and Cain coming back, should be enough for this offense to be able to score at will on anybody.

Nfl network is saying that the Colts Offensive Line Coach has been fired; After havin the best OL in years, seems rather dumb to me Makes no sense to me. What do I know, I'm just supporter of the team.

Sorry didn't see this already had a thread. Please merge or whatrver.

I wonder too how much the OL change is on Reich vs Guge... It's amazong to me that if it was Grigson who fired the OL coach of a top 5 line we would be calling for his head.... Ballard engineers the best draft in 100 years and all of us are inclined to think he can do better than Guge.

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THAT is a surprise.

Prior to this season, the Colts' offensive line had been maligned (and rightly so) for the fact that our All-World quarterback had sustained as many serious injuries as he had ........ this season, the Colts' offensive line looked like the Oakland Raiders offensive lines from the late 60's through the early 80's (Jim Otto, Art Shell, Gene Upshaw, Dave Dalby, etc) that protected the likes of Darryl Lamonica, George Blanda, Ken Stabler, and Jim Plunkett.

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As long as they don't hire Philbin.