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[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by Luck4Reich

Jalen Hurts was available and Ballard passed on him. Yeah hindsight is 2020 but Ballard didn't even seem to make an effort at getting a QB. Also ironic that Hurts is being coached by the guy that use to be our offensive coordinator that got more out of our current offense.

Hard to not point fingers at Ballard and Reich..

Imagine the Eagles go on to win the SB...

That would be what twice in a decade that our Assistant coach goes on to be the winning SB coach within a decade.

Jalen Hurts? You're joking, right? This is a joke? That's the only explanation that makes sense. The Eagles put an incredible amount of talent around Jalen Hurts to make him look as good as he has. A.J. Brown has half of Hurts's passing TDs and is on pace for 1,600 receiving yards. DeVonta Smith is his #2 WR, which is almost as good as when Reggie Wayne was the Colts #2 WR, then there's the freakishly large and fast Dallas Goedert at TE, who also projects to a career year, and let's not forget the oft-injured Miles Sanders approaching a career high in carries after 8 games and not missing any time this season. If this was Jalen Hurts's second season starting for the Colts, you'd be calling for Ballard's head for drafting him, with good reason.

This Ehlinger experiment they're purporting to believe makes the team "the most competitive" is likely a calculated risk of throwing away this season in an attempt to get the draft capital to acquire a franchise QB, most likely through the draft. It would look much the same if the name on the back of the jersey was Hurts instead of Ehlinger.

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by ColtBlue

This team has fell off a cliff with the OL play.

I think it contributes to a few different things.

1) Chris Strausser and Kevin Mawae.

2) But the biggest changes I seen from last season of not having a good run game is.

Team Missing:

Mark Glowinski- would I paid him $18mi like Giants probably not but incentives could have been made making him wanting to stay.

Chris Reed- good veteran

Jack Doyle- yes Jack, best blocking TE

Pascal- Not great WR, but very good blocking WR

This is what is missing that made them decent last season as a good run blocking team. They were not a good pass protection team..

Ballard failed at replacing these players. Is Ballard a terrible GM? absolutely not.


IMO, Frank and Ballard would be better on a team with a already franchise QB in place.

These are all my opinions and nothing more please don't smack me around too hard. I'm old and delicate...Lmao

Those are certainly factors. IMO Ballard deciding Matt Pryor was a good LT and handing him the starting job is the biggest factor in why our OL sucks this year.

But that doesn't explain why Smith, Kelly, and Nelson suck now too. Not too long ago when you watched a Colts game you'd see all kinds of replays showing those guys completely blow their opponents off the LOS. Now it's the complete opposite of that. Could be Strausser and Mawae, but since Strausser has been here since '19 it seems like more that just those 2.

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Originally Posted by IndyNorm

But that doesn't explain why Smith, Kelly, and Nelson suck now too. Not too long ago when you watched a Colts game you'd see all kinds of replays showing those guys completely blow their opponents off the LOS. M

Lingering injuries
Long covid affects on the non-vax’d
Kellys unfortunate family incident