Colts / NFL Game Thread

[Demo 24,817]

5 hours ago, Rico said:

Anthony Richardson was a piss poor draft selection.  Was that on Ballard?  Irsay?  Steichen?

I’ve seen a bunch of X accounts who fancy themselves Colts thought leaders suggest over the years that Irsay mandated taking a QB in ‘23, so it was Richardson or Levis. No idea if that’s true, but given what a traits guy Ballard is it’s tough to picture him not being on board unless AR  just interviewed terribly.

[Lebowski 3,837]

17 hours ago, Demo said:

I’ve seen a bunch of X accounts who fancy themselves Colts thought leaders suggest over the years that Irsay mandated taking a QB in ‘23, so it was Richardson or Levis. No idea if that’s true, but given what a traits guy Ballard is it’s tough to picture him not being on board unless AR  just interviewed terribly.

That draft year the Colts got out managed by the Panthers. So it's safe to say all parties are at fault. They had a shot to move up from the 4th overall pick. Instead they ended up staying put. Who knows if they tried to move up but, imo, the only two viable picks that year were Young or Stroud (and I felt this way at the time as well). Personally, at the time, I wanted the Colts to give up the farm on Stroud. Today, I'm kind of glad that didn't happen, sorta, kinda. The jury is still out on Danny Dimes but I do like them drafting a QB last year. Maybe Leonard will end up being a solid player but I would have picked Rourke, for biased reasons. Leonard was a 6th round pick. Rourke was available at the time. 

[steubenhoosier 1,966]

Really sucks that a Colts home game this Sunday starts at 4:05, this going up against the Eagles-Chiefs game

[Brass Cannon 25,635]

One official just trolling the colts fans is why I want robot officiating 

[Josh 13,303]

Steichen mismanaged those last 2 minutes so badly wtf.  He was fine setting up his kicker with a 60 yard field goal rather than trying to move the ball closer.  Then bailed out with a makeup call...well I won't forget it Shane.  That was really bad.  But a win is a win I guess.  2-0 baby

[Brass Cannon 25,635]

19 minutes ago, Josh said:

Steichen mismanaged those last 2 minutes so badly wtf.  He was fine setting up his kicker with a 60 yard field goal rather than trying to move the ball closer.  Then bailed out with a makeup call...well I won't forget it Shane.  That was really bad.  But a win is a win I guess.  2-0 baby

I was very confused. If that was all you had seen you would assume the colts had been experiencing turnover problems.  

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,863]

Steichen mismanaged those last 2 minutes so badly wtf.  He was fine setting up his kicker with a 60 yard field goal rather than trying to move the ball closer.  Then bailed out with a makeup call...well I won't forget it Shane.  That was really bad.  But a win is a win I guess.  2-0 baby

Glad I’m not the only one. Our kicker is good. Probably expected JT to get 5 more. Clearly worried about giving the ball back. But none of that really matters when you almost intentionally leave yourself a 55-60 to try to win.

Refs were rough on us early. This was the ultimate payback. Very lucky.


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[Rico 3,705]

The Colts scored on their first 3 possessions yesterday which means they started the season scoring on their first 10 to start the season. A NFL record.

The Colts have not punted yet in the first 2 games. Also a NFL record.

[Scotty R 3,776]

1 hour ago, Rico said:

The Colts scored on their first 3 possessions yesterday which means they started the season scoring on their first 10 to start the season. A NFL record.

The Colts have not punted yet in the first 2 games. Also a NFL record.

I think they have scored on 14 of 16 possessions 9FG's, 5 TD's

[bigrod 3,214]

1 hour ago, Rico said:

The Colts scored on their first 3 possessions yesterday which means they started the season scoring on their first 10 to start the season. A NFL record.

The Colts have not punted yet in the first 2 games. Also a NFL record.

Which makes Steichen's ultra conservative approach on the last drive even more confounding. Luckily, he got bailed out by an iffy call (in a poorly called game).

[CSP 12,248]

1 hour ago, bigrod said:

Which makes Steichen's ultra conservative approach on the last drive even more confounding. Luckily, he got bailed out by an iffy call (in a poorly called game).

It was not an iffy call. It was incredibly blatant. 

[CSP 12,248]

https://x.com/ParkerJGabriel/status/1967625075013890397

cheaters gunna cheat

[Brass Cannon 25,635]

1 hour ago, CSP said:

It was not an iffy call. It was incredibly blatant. 

Yeah mind boggling that was the plan on a 60 yard field goal. On a 50 sure try and get away with that. But dudes longest in warm ups was 59 yards. Message should have been whatever you do don’t get a penalty 

[str8baller 7,814]

Indiana Jones rides again! With a little help from JT

[Demo 24,817]

1 hour ago, str8baller said:

Indiana Jones rides again! With a little help from JT

It will be hysterically funny if in a division with 2 #1 overall and a #3 overall QB the best QB in the division turns out to be the guy everyone in the world thought was terrible.