Old man Phil

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Originally Posted by CletusPyle

I like Jones, not sure he will ever be the same player after this injury. Let's be fair, we were playing a very weak schedule early on, when we got into the tougher part of the schedule the powerful offense came down to Earth. I actually like Steichen and perhaps he deserves a couple more years, but Ballard has had plenty of time, I can't believe he is never held accountable for some of his terrible decisions.

Someone said Carlie was totally onboard with the Sauce deal, who puts crap like that out there? People protecting Ballard, that's who, he probably has people leak crap like that. Every bad deal we have made it is always the same, "Jim loved the idea", "It was Frank Reich's idea", he always manages to get cover....he is teflon Chris!

You are just reaching to blame Ballard for anything this yr. This is a very good team at almost all levels. LB is the weakest area. Without all the injuries (not Ballards fault). Our secondary would be one of the tops in the league. (Dont't forget Walley). But we lost Ward to a freak injury and Sauce to another one. One is done for the yr and the other is still hopeful.

DL has been down with out Buck. (not Ballards fault). Bur he went out and got Wormly who has been a pleasant surprise in limited snaps.

DJ has been playing on a broken freakin leg for his last 3 games (arguably the hardest stretch )against KC Houston and JAX those teams only combined for 1 sack, so the Oline is getting back to a top team.

We have one of the best TE's in the league and the best RB in the league. Ballard drafted them. Everyone wanted Pierce gone after one yr and look at him now. Tops in separation and tops in yds per catch. Will that be taken away with Phil? We will see.

For all those saying they should have had a plan for backup QB, Who could have predicted AR would get fucked up by a piece of training equipment??

Was the Rivers thing a last second hail mary? Possibly, How do you know that Rivers wasn’t the back up plan all along? They are in constant communication. Rivers was never going to come here and sit the bench behind DJ. IMO for a few reasons. He's and alpha and not a back up. Also it would have put pressure on DJ if he didn't perform well. So he told Shane call me if you need me. Its been said that for the last few yrs he has stayed in shape to help a team make it in the playoffs. Yea this summer he thought it was over, But after DJ went down Phil was watching and thought to himself. Is Shane gonna call?

How else could it be explained that DJ gets hurt and he very next day Phil is in Indy and worked out and signed on Tuesday?

You mentioned the schedule. Most of us would agree that the Colts were hosed by the refs in the Chiefs game, Houston, as well as against Jaggoffs. We could easily be 10-2 We got outplayed by Steelers. Every team has one of those games. Yea some mistakes by Shane for sure. But we really could've been 10-2 and that is not a stretch. We were in every game Except the Steelers.

Anyway. Why do some of you even watch the Colts if you hate so much about it? Do you not think that even if Rivers is rusty, and plays bad. It's gonna be fun to watch? I can honestly say I never expected us to be 7-1 and the #1 seed. Then shit piled up.

I am excited to see Uncle Phil. Should be must watch TV. Hell the league is excited. My Bet is most of us didn't expect to be playing for something this late in the season.

All the negativity is one reason I am not on here. It's a place to vent, sure, but not constantly