AR benched - Flacco to start next game

[Spike]

Originally Posted by DragonTails

I don't think he's done. He can come back from this. How many ppl thought JT was done?

I put half of this on the coaches not playing to his strengths (which isn't standing in the pocket throwing right now)

I agree, I think he can come back from this too. He seems like a great kid, pulling for him big time. Not ready to give up on him just yet.

[omahacolt]

Originally Posted by DragonTails

I don't think he's done. He can come back from this. How many ppl thought JT was done?

I put half of this on the coaches not playing to his strengths (which isn't standing in the pocket throwing right now)

its over

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

To me, it was not like this prior to Lucas Oil. We had some atrocious teams in the RCA dome prior to Manning, but it just didn't seem so contrived. More importantly, it did not feel this chaotic and dysfunctional. It was kind of like- well we suck, but we're gonna bust our ass, and hopefully you support us ...... and in '95, shit that support was soooooo fun, and the fans were so into it.

Sorry, I again equate the chaos of the team to Ballard. It is indisputable that we have been in state of chaos since he has been here. I just don't think he is good as a team leader and it lends itself to the organization having to play a game of slight of hand in order to try to convince the fan base we aren't a mess and thus not worthy of investing in. He just has to be sent packing for this franchise to stabilize and get back to being a good football operation.

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The support was also great in 1987, 1988, and 1989 when the Colts had 3 straight winning/non-losing seasons, except when a few Colts fans taunted Eric Dickerson with a black doll with big red lips that was holding watermelon and eating chicken.

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[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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The support was also great in 1987, 1988, and 1989 when the Colts had 3 straight winning/non-losing seasons, except when a few Colts fans taunted Eric Dickerson with a black doll with big red lips that was holding watermelon and eating chicken.

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Those were some great teams. Query's throw back interviews with some old-timers has been great listening. Loved hearing Verdin tell about how he was paid so much more than others and the friction it caused. He had a great conversation with Chandler a few weeks ago as well. Yeah some great names from those days.

C&O- help me- what was the year where we beat the Steelers on the tipped pass across the middle where it landed perfectly in Bill Brooks hands and he raced off to win the game?

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Those were some great teams. Query's throw back interviews with some old-timers has been great listening. Loved hearing Verdin tell about how he was paid so much more than others and the friction it caused. He had a great conversation with Chandler a few weeks ago as well. Yeah, some great names from those days.

C&O- help me- what was the year where we beat the Steelers on the tipped pass across the middle where it landed perfectly in Bill Brooks hands and he raced off to win the game ???

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The 1987 won the division title for the first time ever in Indianapolis ...... that was great.

I was really glad that Nesby Glasgow got to be a part of that team, because he paid his dues with mostly bad teams from 1979 through 1986 just prior to that ...... the 1980 team wasn't bad, and the 1983 team was competitive, but other than that the Colts' Dark Ages was from 1978 through 1986.


Regarding Bill Brooks, he played with the Colts from 1986 though 1992, and the Colts lost all 3 games in which they played the Steelers in that time-frame (1987, 1991, and 1992.) ...... you may be thinking of 1984, when Mike Pagel threw a 54-yard TD pass to Ray Butler with 34 seconds to play in the 4th quarter to give the Colts a 17-16 win.

o

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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Regarding Bill Brooks, he played with the Colts from 1986 though 1992, and the Colts lost all 3 games in which they played the Steelers in that time-frame (1987, 1991, and 1992.) ...... you may be thinking of 1984, when Mike Pagel threw a 54-yard TD pass to Ray Butler with 34 seconds to play in the 4th quarter to give the Colts a 17-16 win.

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Yep, that's the play! Thank you! I remember the amazing feeling of them pulling off the win off that crazy tip!

That game was sort of the breakthrough for me as an Indy Colts fan! I've spoken / typed about it before- my Colts allegiance goes back to the Joe Washington Pats ass kicking- yep, have loved the Colts and hated the Pats for damn near 50 years now!