AR benched - Flacco to start next game

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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Through 10 career starts, Richardson has a higher passer rating than Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Donovan McNabb, and Matthew Stafford.



SOURCE: ) https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/...1b2a75ecd0d0a6

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Saw this on TT

https://www.tiktok.com/@capalottakes..._t=8r31zfSC0H1

I think we really F'd up making this move. I don't THINK, I fucking KNOW we F'd up the execution of it.

[njcoltfan]

Originally Posted by CletusPyle

Man....this team needs win against the Vikings Sunday Night, if they get smoked, next week is going to be a bad soap opera!

The Vikings will let us East Coasters get to bed by half time. Vikings 31-14.

[apballin]

If they truly believed in Richardson they would not have signed Flacco in the first place

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by apballin

If they truly believed in Richardson they would not have signed Flacco in the first place

Completely disagree. They signed Mark Rypien to be there with Peyton; basically the exact type of situation.

If they didn't believe in AR, then good God almighty- please please please take Ballard out of the organization in cuffs!

[ChoppedWood]

Okay- Steven Holder just now on JMV, and this is the first time I have heard this "confirmed".

Their discussion resulted in what seems to be a confirmation that AR was not putting in the work. Characterized as a last in first out type of thing. Inferred that he also was not killing it in the QB room, not cracking the books, etc... Finally said there was also some unhappiness with some of the "hangers on" that he was spending time with and committing time to. Apparently he just didn't get the gravity of the job and all that comes with it.

Further, Holder said that he is convinced the benching is a Steichen decision. He has a very rational position- when Jim has been at the heart of a decision and there has been criticism, Jim typically pipes up... he has been a ghost during this controversy.

So, this gets really interesting.

Is this a this season development, or is this a since the beginning of his tenure thing?

If this has been the case since the beginning:
1- THEY FUCKING BEEN LYING TO US!
2- Ballard has to be fired over it! He is the vetter, his job title is tasked with making sure all the boxes check. If this has been this way since he got here---- a MASSIVE swing and miss by an all time hack artist! FIRE HIM!

If this just started this season, well fuck, then there's some interesting questions about leadership there:
1- You would assume this has been a thing since TC- and if so, then why the FUCK coming off a rehab, wouldn't they sit him down THEN and tell him this shit isn't acceptable and they have to sit him for a bit to start the season- send a huge message of accountability but also be able to hide it under "his shoulder just isn't ready yet"? You get 7 games into the season before you do this shit- a point where it is definitely going to fuck with the entire fabric of the team? Fuck, if they are that incompetent, and they may be, fuuuuck!
2- You would logically jump to Steichen saying fuck it- we need to win so we'll put up with some of his bullshit in the need for W's. We aren't winning and Steichen just snaps and shuts him down out of anger viewing it from the prism that his lack of commitment is the thing holding us back.
3- If that's the case, Steichen has basically written his own pink slip because that would say no one other than him was ready to go to this level and his bet on Flacco to cover for him, busted.
4- Here's where I find it the most interesting. What if this JUST started happening? When I watched him in camp, he looked dialed in and was a ferociously infectious personality. So this shit starts when the season kicks off? If so, then there is a massive leadership void that probably never resolves. It would say to me at the time when the players must lock in and dedicate 24/7 for 6 straight months- AR just doesn't get it. He worked hard in camp, proved his health, got the job and then said "fuck it, I don't have to keep working like that". If he, in his 2nd year, after a year of being out, decided he could "loaf" because he was back as the starting QB and it was all just going to be there no matter what, well then that would say he has a character flaw and one that I doubt ever resolves itself- that is a remarkable lack of self-awareness.

[YDFL Commish]

I'm not defending AR here, in any way shape or form. What I do know is that AR has a new baby and that he's engaged to the mother.

My guess is that AR is not yet ready for all of life's events, as most 21 year olds are not. Compile that with being a staring NFL QB that is rehabbing from injury, I can see where it's just a whirlwind to him. I know that I couldn't handle all of that shit at 21 yrs old.

So AR does need to grow, both personally and professionally. The Colts are just giving him some breathing room so that can possibly happen.

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

I'm not defending AR here, in any way shape or form. What I do know is that AR has a new baby and that he's engaged to the mother.

My guess is that AR is not yet ready for all of life's events, as most 21 year olds are not. Compile that with being a staring NFL QB that is rehabbing from injury, I can see where it's just a whirlwind to him. I know that I couldn't handle all of that shit at 21 yrs old.

So AR does need to grow, both personally and professionally. The Colts are just giving him some breathing room so that can possibly happen.

Okay, so, a giant Fugazi?

This would be giving a few dudes that I have convinced myself are really fucking stupid, a lot of credit, unlikely but I suppose possible...

"Jim, Chris, we aren't winning shit this year, we just need to admit and accept it. We really need to be focused on next year and being ready then. Anthony is starting to crack- too much on him. The tap out, it's all stacking up on him right now. We aren't winning the next 4 games, and by the end of these 4 games he may be so fractured we can never get him back. So, let's sit him, say we're ready to compete and that's the reason for Flacco. Let him take the heat for how bad we're gonna be. The final 5 games, all very winnable but we're probably out of contention. We put Anthony back in, the pressure is off, lower caliber of competition, we try to build his confidence back up to come into next year with some momentum."

"Shane, makes sense, put it in motion."

Plausible, not probable, but there has to be SOME kind of plan right- I mean there has to be?

I would love for this to be the plan. I was such a believer in the AR is a sponge, soaking it all up, driven to be an all-time great, etc... man it is hard to hold onto that ideology right now but I sure as hell want to!

[apballin]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Okay- Steven Holder just now on JMV, and this is the first time I have heard this "confirmed".

Their discussion resulted in what seems to be a confirmation that AR was not putting in the work. Characterized as a last in first out type of thing. Inferred that he also was not killing it in the QB room, not cracking the books, etc... Finally said there was also some unhappiness with some of the "hangers on" that he was spending time with and committing time to. Apparently he just didn't get the gravity of the job and all that comes with it.

Further, Holder said that he is convinced the benching is a Steichen decision. He has a very rational position- when Jim has been at the heart of a decision and there has been criticism, Jim typically pipes up... he has been a ghost during this controversy.

So, this gets really interesting.

Is this a this season development, or is this a since the beginning of his tenure thing?

If this has been the case since the beginning:
1- THEY FUCKING BEEN LYING TO US!
2- Ballard has to be fired over it! He is the vetter, his job title is tasked with making sure all the boxes check. If this has been this way since he got here---- a MASSIVE swing and miss by an all time hack artist! FIRE HIM!

If this just started this season, well fuck, then there's some interesting questions about leadership there:
1- You would assume this has been a thing since TC- and if so, then why the FUCK coming off a rehab, wouldn't they sit him down THEN and tell him this shit isn't acceptable and they have to sit him for a bit to start the season- send a huge message of accountability but also be able to hide it under "his shoulder just isn't ready yet"? You get 7 games into the season before you do this shit- a point where it is definitely going to fuck with the entire fabric of the team? Fuck, if they are that incompetent, and they may be, fuuuuck!
2- You would logically jump to Steichen saying fuck it- we need to win so we'll put up with some of his bullshit in the need for W's. We aren't winning and Steichen just snaps and shuts him down out of anger viewing it from the prism that his lack of commitment is the thing holding us back.
3- If that's the case, Steichen has basically written his own pink slip because that would say no one other than him was ready to go to this level and his bet on Flacco to cover for him, busted.
4- Here's where I find it the most interesting. What if this JUST started happening? When I watched him in camp, he looked dialed in and was a ferociously infectious personality. So this shit starts when the season kicks off? If so, then there is a massive leadership void that probably never resolves. It would say to me at the time when the players must lock in and dedicate 24/7 for 6 straight months- AR just doesn't get it. He worked hard in camp, proved his health, got the job and then said "fuck it, I don't have to keep working like that". If he, in his 2nd year, after a year of being out, decided he could "loaf" because he was back as the starting QB and it was all just going to be there no matter what, well then that would say he has a character flaw and one that I doubt ever resolves itself- that is a remarkable lack of self-awareness.

I heard it also… I think Holder doesn’t have a clue either. All these reporters are grasping at straws. All the Colts front office know Holder has a great relationship with Richardson so they’re not gonna tell him anything. Furthermore there’s no way Shane has that much fuckin authority… there’s way too much investment in AR to give up on him now. Not to mention Kevin O Connell clearly telling AR after the game “I know Shane still believes in you”

All that work ethic stuff may be true and if so how long is the punishment for that??? The rest of the season??? And if he doesn’t change his ways then what???

They drafted a project athlete that hasn’t had to work hard all of his life and they expected him to walk in the door at 20 years old with a Peyton Manning work ethic???

All this shits stinks to an unbelievable level of incompetence.

[apballin]

Heard Holder again today and he was asked if Richardson will be the Colts QB 2 years from now… he said No he doesn’t think so.

He said he will be a QB and wants to be a QB but this has greatly affected how he thought the organization viewed him.

He said these are just guesses by him… but I’m saying he has a strong relationship with Richardson

Holy fuck they may have fucked this up all the way around

[njcoltfan]

Originally Posted by apballin

If they truly believed in Richardson they would not have signed Flacco in the first place

Flacco to start this week against the Jets !!! AR should ask to be traded!!! Jets will have more sacks this week then points generated by Flacco !!! Colt's are officially in year 9 of Ballards 10 year plan !!!