Quick Thoughts - Week 8

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by Thorgrim

The Tony Brown situation is a bit of a conundrum. Tony Brown is not a good football player and should never take the field. Every time Tony Brown takes the field the colts chance of winning drops precipitously. Every time Tony Brown takes the field the coaches send the message that bad play has no consequences and if you are a backup you will never be more than a backup. Is this acceptable?Well that depends on what's most important to you. One might conclude that the playoffs are a pipe dream and team morale is an acceptable casualty in the pursuit of a higher draft pick by tanking. Letting Tony Brown play is an excellent step towards tanking. On the other hand if you are an adherent of the losing breeds losing philosophy and that bad play should never be rewarded under any circumstances you don't hesitate to shitcan Tony Brown by benching him if not cutting him. I'm so damn frustrated with this team right now that I can't decide what is the best approach. I'd love to know how Irsay and Co. feel about the situation. At least I don't have to wait for more than 7 days to find out.

Tony Brown is a special teams player. He would not be playing defensive snaps if it were not for Isaiah Rodgers being a moron, Flowers and Brents getting hurt, and Baker playing like ass last week.

[apballin]

A season that showed early signs of hope has quickly gone off the rails

Steichen does a lot of good things but at times he turns into Frank Reich

Same with Minshew he goes from Phillip rivers to Matt Ryan

That turnover was huge… unnecessary…. And Carson Wentz dumb

[CletusPyle]

Originally Posted by apballin

A season that showed early signs of hope has quickly gone off the rails

Steichen does a lot of good things but at times he turns into Frank Reich

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by CletusPyle

Makes me physically ill

[Chromeburn]

We miss Grover. Don’t have anyone that can play the run like him. It all started there and was a chain reaction. Saints oline was pushing them around. Safeties come down. They throw over the top. And they’re decimated at corner. You can’t expect your 5th 6th corner to hold up.

But this was never a playoff year, it’s a rebuilding year. I think everyone got excited after a few wins, and they are competitive if compleatly healthy. But they aren’t right now.

[CletusPyle]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

We miss Grover. Don’t have anyone that can play the run like him. It all started there and was a chain reaction. Saints oline was pushing them around. Safeties come down. They throw over the top. And they’re decimated at corner. You can’t expect your 5th 6th corner to hold up.

But this was never a playoff year, it’s a rebuilding year. I think everyone got excited after a few wins, and they are competitive if compleatly healthy. But they aren’t right now.

I was fine trying to make the playoffs with AR, probably finishing 7-9 or 8-8, he gets tons of experience and we get a middle of the pack draft order. But after losing him for the season and dropping these two home games I see no point to this season now. If someone would want Minshew before the trade deadline and you can get some young DB or decent draft pick for next season, I would do it! It sucks, but this season is lost, a total fucking waste!

[Ironshaft]

Originally Posted by CletusPyle

I was fine trying to make the playoffs with AR, probably finishing 7-9 or 8-8, he gets tons of experience and we get a middle of the pack draft order. But after losing him for the season and dropping these two home games I see no point to this season now. If someone would want Minshew before the trade deadline and you can get some young DB or decent draft pick for next season, I would do it! It sucks, but this season is lost, a total fucking waste!

Alas, I agree with you 100%. The Colts are not going anywhere this season.

I am not nearly as down on our roster build as some here. As Chrome said, you cannot compete with your 5th and 6th CBs covering their 1st and 2nd WR. That is not a winning combo.

Grover is one of the best run defenders in the league and missing him kills. His fault; he was stupid and he deserves to be punished based on the league rules but his missing presence was felt.

This roster is not nearly as bad as the Saints found holes in them and not nearly as good as some of their best play. But, with a quality QB and healthy? I think this roster can compete with anyone.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by CletusPyle

I was fine trying to make the playoffs with AR, probably finishing 7-9 or 8-8, he gets tons of experience and we get a middle of the pack draft order. But after losing him for the season and dropping these two home games I see no point to this season now. If someone would want Minshew before the trade deadline and you can get some young DB or decent draft pick for next season, I would do it! It sucks, but this season is lost, a total fucking waste!

I think many came to that conclusion after AR looked better than we thought. Most everyone was expecting a rebuilding year before that, but we won a few games early on. But yeah, since AR went down, there isn't much point to the season. We could still win a few more games easily scoring 20 pts a game. Even if they made the playoffs though they would be exposed.

[rm1369]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

But this was never a playoff year, it’s a rebuilding year. I think everyone got excited after a few wins, and they are competitive if compleatly healthy. But they aren’t right now.

Should next year be another rebuilding year? Or should the team put winning over roster development?