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Originally Posted by sherck
The only thing that makes sense to me to start a 44-year-old Phillip Rivers is that Ballard was told by CIG at the beginning of the season "playoffs or fired."
Playing Rivers does nothing to help the Colts long term. He will be back coaching HS football in 2026. We make no discovery on either Riley Leonard or Anthony Richardson by them riding the bench.
So, this decision to play Rivers is all about trying to make the playoffs.
How likely is that?
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I was doing a LONG post about our chances to overtake Houston for the #7 seed and was down to the 5th tiebreaker when I realized that it was beyond me.
Bottom line....Indy HAS to beat both JAX and HOU to have a chance based on tiebreakers. A loss to either dooms us.
I think we pretty much have to beat SF as well to have a realistic chance but there is a world where the Texans drop both LAC and IND and we can get away with a loss to SF.
So, it is not for sure over with a loss to SF but then the cards need to align just right for us to have a shot.
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I sure hope you are incorrect about this (the ultimatum about making the playoffs). I don't see that as a very productive way to own/run a football team and hope that isn't our ownerships style. As a fan I reserve the right to let my emotions get the most of me and be fickle but I don't want ownership to be like me. An alternative reason is that ownership has everyone totally focused on winning and as long as there is a sliver of a chance to winthey are going to own it, no matter how small. To me, watching them swing for the fences with Sauce etc, this makes the most sense. I also want it to be this as that is the kind of ownership I want for this team.