Colts fire OC Marcus Brady

[Oldcolt]

This firing makes me wonder how good of people Ballard and Reich really are. I hate it when you talk being a man and taking responsibility and it is only talk-in reality you actually make others take the blame by getting them fired. These good men don’t seem so good to me today. But then I tend to believe what you do rather than what you blab.

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

This firing makes me wonder how good of people Ballard and Reich really are. I hate it when you talk being a man and taking responsibility and it is only talk-in reality you actually make others take the blame by getting them fired. These good men don’t seem so good to me today. But then I tend to believe what you do rather than what you blab.

Frank Reich is proving to us over and over and over and over, Frank Reich's loyalty is to Frank the genius Reich and to NO ONE else!

[Dewey 5]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Frank Reich is proving to us over and over and over and over, Frank Reich's loyalty is to Frank the genius Reich and to NO ONE else!

The grossly overrated Ballard is no better

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by Dewey 5

The grossly overrated Ballard is no better

Other than LT and RG this team has talent oozing from every position. If this were a PM led team running a PM offense, this team would be 7-1 right now.

Yeah, Ballard seems to blunder 1 or 2 things every off season, but so did Polian.

Some of Polian's blunders were drafting Rob Morris, Tony Ugoh. Letting go Jake Scott, Ryan Lilja, David Thornton. Complete inability to draft competent DT's. It goes on and on.

You put the right QB in place and it will mask many warts, just ask Pagano.

[HoosierinFL]

I don’t buy the idea that this oline sucks because they got paid, and that Ballard was wrong about them.

It’s coaching 100%, their technique and their toughness has regressed and it’s because the coaches are not holding anyone accountable or working them hard enough.

[rm1369]

Originally Posted by HoosierinFL

I don’t buy the idea that this oline sucks because they got paid, and that Ballard was wrong about them.

It’s coaching 100%, their technique and their toughness has regressed and it’s because the coaches are not holding anyone accountable or working them hard enough.

But the same coaches did it last year? Somehow Reich was a good enough to coach Nelson to multiple Pro Bowls? Not buying it

[Dam8610]

Ryan Kelly's poor performance is IMO, based on 2 things:

1) Long COVID

2) His daughter's death

The poor performance started at the end of last season, after he was on the COVID list and after his daughter died. These two events also happened nearly simultaneously, so it's likely that some combination of these factors is at least strongly contributing to his poor play. There's a chance Braden Smith and Quenton Nelson could also be dealing with Long COVID. It's a better explanation than they're all greedy, especially Nelson, he takes too much pride in his work for greed to be the explanation with him.

[HoosierinFL]

Originally Posted by rm1369

But the same coaches did it last year? Somehow Reich was a good enough to coach Nelson to multiple Pro Bowls? Not buying it

The line was not very good last year either. Smith wasn’t good at all, the LT okay was bad, Nelson and kelly were slightly above average, and glow was the only one who looked decent.
Wentz was hit a lot last year but was much more mobile than Ryan.

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Frank Reich is proving to us over and over and over and over, Frank Reich's loyalty is to Frank the genius Reich and to NO ONE else!

Reich gave Strausser a vote of confidence at his press conference.


However, if the OL continues its mediocre play the rest of the season, I doubt Strausser's contract will be renewed in the off season.

https://twitter.com/JoelAErickson/st...42550173401090

Reich says he has confidence in Chris Strausser, says OL needs to play better but says he believes the OL is improving.

https://twitter.com/NateAtkins_/stat...42813084958724

Frank Reich offered support for OL coach Chris Strausser. He believes in the track record and said the pass protection has been better the past couple of weeks.

Strausser has come under fire since the highest-paid offensive line in football has not shown any consistency.

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by AlwaysSunnyinIndy

Reich gave Strausser a vote of confidence at his press conference.


However, if the OL continues its mediocre play the rest of the season, I doubt Strausser's contract will be renewed in the off season.

https://twitter.com/JoelAErickson/st...42550173401090



https://twitter.com/NateAtkins_/stat...42813084958724

That’s crazy to me. By every available metric, the Colts are one of the worst lines in football, in both run and pass blocking.

The offensive line is why Matt Ryan was benched, it’s why Taylor has been ineffective all season, and it’s why Brady got fired.

The play of the line is at the root of every other problem. Blowing smoke up everyones ass doesn’t change that, because it’s so painfully obvious.

I feel like personal politics played more of a role in these moves than anything else. If a shakeup was needed, it should have been made at the source of the problem.

Firing Brady just feels like a desperation move, a move aimed more at getting people off of their asses than actually addressing the problems.