Old man Phil

[CletusPyle]

Originally Posted by apballin

Leonard is a competitor he’s gonna go out there and shock the world in Seattle

He should get his chance!

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by CletusPyle

Did Leonard lose to the Steelers, Chiefs, and Texans.....we are already the laughing stock of the league! Using your theory, Jones ruptured achilles is the best thing that could have happened for Ballard, because the team was losing to better teams before that happened. Ballard has had 8 years and it is the same shit every year and the same excuse makers defend him every season.

I'll throw this in to, if Leonard wasn't good enough to backup an injured Jones, why didn't they upgrade the position early on? Stroud goes down for 3 games and Davis Mills steps in and wins all 3 games, that is a prepared team!

They didn’t upgrade the position because no one could have foreseen it taking this long for AR to heal. It’s a mystery why he’s still having issues.

Regardless, they’re not firing Steichen or Ballard after the season, nor should they. They’d never get anyone to come here.

Daniel Jones was having a career year before he got hurt, that’s indisputable. That’s because of Steichen. Ballard built one of the deepest offenses in the league, with talent at every position. He leaves a little to be desired on the other side but no GM is perfect.

[CletusPyle]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

They didn’t upgrade the position because no one could have foreseen it taking this long for AR to heal. It’s a mystery why he’s still having issues.

Regardless, they’re not firing Steichen or Ballard after the season, nor should they. They’d never get anyone to come here.

Daniel Jones was having a career year before he got hurt, that’s indisputable. That’s because of Steichen. Ballard built one of the deepest offenses in the league, with talent at every position. He leaves a little to be desired on the other side but no GM is perfect.

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!

[Hoopsdoc]

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!

I get the frustration, I really do. The colts are caught in no man’s land. Not bad enough to be able to draft a true franchise quarterback but not good enough to actually win games. And without a franchise quarterback in the nfl, you have nothing. You have no shot.

I’m pretty certain that unless the next guy has a foolproof plan for acquiring a franchise quarterback, he or she won’t be any better than Ballard. In fact, they’d almost certainly be worse.

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by Kray007

Firing Steichen and Ballard would make us the laughing stock of the NFL. you don’t fire people because they can’t win with a practice squad Quarterback.

You don’t fire people because you can’t win with Riley Leonard.

When they drafted Leonard, only one person on this board didn’t rip the move, and his…UK Colt’s…reaction was that we should wait and see. The consensus was that he brings nothing to the table. Now, 7 months later, we’re ready to fire people if Leonard doesn’t pull a rabbit out of his hat?

Sheesh.

The ones doing that have wanted them both fired for quite some time, but have been waiting for the time to pounce.

[CletusPyle]

Just wondering if 2 playoff berths and no division titles in 8 years should be paid this much?

Chris Ballard's salary is not publicly available, but he is reportedly under a new 5.5-year contract worth $131.5 million, with $70 million guaranteed through 2028.

Grigson had 2 division titles......

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

I get the frustration, I really do. The colts are caught in no man’s land. Not bad enough to be able to draft a true franchise quarterback but not good enough to actually win games. And without a franchise quarterback in the nfl, you have nothing. You have no shot.

I’m pretty certain that unless the next guy has a foolproof plan for acquiring a franchise quarterback, he or she won’t be any better than Ballard. In fact, they’d almost certainly be worse.

If you take an objective look at the league, teams that find a franchise QB (and I mean a real one, not a Trevor Lawrence type) do not have to spend as much capital finding one as those who swing and miss. They also do not get the really high picks, but those who get those picks waste them on a lottery ticket at the position, and have to pass on the elite talent at other positions. That is how the Steelers did so well for so long. They had Ben. NE had Brady. We had Peyton. NO had Brees. So, these teams could pick later, and get a player who was less of a lottery ticket, and a real prospect. This is why I think Ballard did not trade up, or make a risky gamble at QB, because there was more value in other positions. We have a lot of talent, but are again without a solid QB to make it work. If Ballard gets that part right, we can be drafting BPA to add depth and get on another decade of top-notch football.

Dam suggested we trade up to get Stroud. Maybe the idea is right to make one big swing, but I was never convinced Stroud was the guy Dam said he was. If I were convinced, I think Dam would have been right in that approach. However, that would have been a less expensive move up than where we have been drafting.

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by CletusPyle

Just wondering if 2 playoff berths and no division titles in 8 years should be paid this much?

Chris Ballard's salary is not publicly available, but he is reportedly under a new 5.5-year contract worth $131.5 million, with $70 million guaranteed through 2028.

Grigson had 2 division titles......

Correction: Luck had two division titles despite Grigsuck

[CletusPyle]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

Correction: Luck had two division titles despite Grigsuck

Considering Ballard's past QB picks, maybe Ballard picks RGIII.....

[Puck]

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