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2019 Indianapolis Colts Regular Season Thread

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  • Originally posted by Natston View Post
    There’s no silver lining at this point. Getting worked by a trash team playing for nothing is inexcusable...
    Moving up 5 spots in the draft order is a pretty good silver lining to me. The pain of this game will wash away pretty quickly to the long-term difference that will potentially make.

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    • Probably one of the more frustrating and disappointing Colts' seasons in recent history. Obviously, the year Manning missed that put the wheels into motion that got us here comes into play, but this season had two layers of disappointment.
      First, the optimism of having Luck back in the saddle with this coaching staff and upgraded team on the heels of last season... Then that was taken away when Luck decided he didn't want to play football any longer (see: the player that the Colts punted on Peyton Manning for simply decided he wanted to quit the game).
      Then they were winning in spite of Vinatieri's struggles and on the hopeful play of Brissett.

      Then they weren't winning in spite of Adam's horrid play and it was hurting.

      Then Brissett never ascended from that early season reserved but successful play and instead regressed from it back to who he was when starting in place of Luck a couple of years ago. Injuries... turnovers... more frustration from the kicking game... losses mounting... And bad QB play. Some of that bad QB play on Hoyer, and some of it on Brissett.

      Two years ago, Brissett didn't look like "the guy". For a few games this season it looked like maybe he could at least be in the conversation after all. And then, the flaws remained and were magnified.

      The Colts are in bad need of a starting QB. They probably could use a reliable, deep, pass catcher with YAC capability to both act as a complement to Hilton as well as an insurance policy for the "injured just a little too much" Hilton.

      I don't think the Colts' receivers were trash this season though... they didn't have a QB that could 'throw them open'... make the catch easy... or get them the ball quickly when they did get some space. There's simply way too much smoke for their not to be fire on the scouting report that Brissett holds the ball too long and doesn't get it out to open receivers when he has the chance. And takes the check down receiver to a fault. Sometimes you have to take it downfield simply so the defense will take you serious down the field. One thing opponents figured out, Jacoby wasn't going deep enough to worry about, and if he did go deep it wouldn't necessarily be accurate or timely. In fact, his hesitation would give the defense time to recover.

      So, this season is mercifully over. Unfortunately, any hopes that this coaching staff could shape Brissett into a QB that could do anything beyond tread water died rather quickly. Decent backup... but that's all he is.
      Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.

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      "A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that’s teamwork."

      -John Wooden

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      • This season was a letdown, even with Luck’s retirement considered.

        What’s worse is that it feels we have the same needs as we did going into last draft, plus more. We still need a pass rush. We still need a corner. We still need a safety. And now we need a quarterback. IMO, a wide receiver is a waste until we can get a serviceable QB.

        Willis looked good. I’m hopeful for Okereke and Parris. Our young players want to return. The running game is very solid.

        I’m just very nervous about our ability to evaluate QB talent. On the one hand, we thought Hoyer was a good idea, and even I could see that was a disaster waiting to happen. Then our talent evaluator was involved in getting Cutler to the Bears and Alex Smith to the Chiefs. Those are three pretty big strikes IMO, despite Smith’s success in KC (he was the rich man’s version of Brissett). On the other hand, our talent evaluator was involved with landing Mahomes on the top of KC’s draft board on his way out. That was a great call.

        Let’s hope for something good to happen. I know it’s very unpopular and unlikely, but I’d prefer that Luck rediscovers his passion for football.

        Last edited by imawhat; 12-29-2019, 10:31 PM.

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        • The Colts finished the season disappointing, however, if someone would have said that the Colts would be 7-9 after Luck retired, most would have been satisfied with that.

          Many are yelling for Brissett to be replaced. While I think that should be on the list of considerations, it should not be the top priority. Brissett played pretty well up until his injury. He then struggled the rest of the season. He also lost a lot of his weapons dues to injuries.

          In my opinion, Vinatieri cost us 2 games. I don't know what the tie breakers would have been but 9-7 is a playoff record.

          Prior to replacing the quarterback, I would look at fixing the following problems:

          Special teams. Not only did Vinatieri suck, we didn't block well for him. We had punts as well as place kicks blocked. You don't need pro bowlers on special teams, just average players. I put the blocking issues on coaching.

          Defensive backfield. Our cornerbacks and safeties seemed to get burnt a lot especially late in the season.

          Defensive line. Part of the reason our defensive backfield got burnt was due to a lack of a pass rush. At times we were good, at times we were not.

          Receivers. We had a lot of injuries with our top receivers. Hilton had injury issues, Pascal did pretty good but other than that we didn't have much. Doyle is a solid TE but not anything flashy. Ebron struggled and then got injured.

          After we address those issues, then I would look at QB. I am not familiar with the QB's in the draft but our best move may be to draft one in the 3rd or 4th round. Give Brissett a chance early in the year and see if his injury was indeed holding him back.

          I also have some concerns about the Offensive Line. It seems to me like they struggled in pass protection at the end of the year. It's possible that could be because Brissett holds on to the ball to long.

          In my opinion, the good news is we are solid at RB and LB.

          Obvioulsy going by 7-9 we are not terrible but it is clear that we have many areas that we need to upgrade.

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          • What sucks about Luck retiring is that now we miss out on that feeling of watching our favorite team play in the playoffs. We were spoiled to have so many Colts playoff games to watch over the last 20 years. Sure we lost some heartbreakers, but at least we consistently had the excitement of watching our team in the playoffs. Things can change fast in this league, but the Colts being a consistent playoff team feels like a ways off right now.

            Think of where we were just one year ago: Luck was playing as good as any QB in the league and we were one of the hottest teams in the NFL. We went down to Houston and handled them in the Wild Card weekend. The KC game was disappointing, but it looked like we were on the verge of some special seasons. Then it all changed so fast.

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            • Yea this year was like many in the past. Too many injuries limited the Colts ceiling. Brisset is not a special talent. He is average so they absolutely need to address the QB position but I doubt they will. My guess is they go LT if Castonzo retires and if he stays they go for a best player available approach. They need a legit Wr besides Hilton and they need more pass rush. The defense is so vanilla they can just buy a DB in FA to play it. The defense needs more wrinkles to be great and I doubt that happens under this coordinator.

              I am all for drafting a QB like Tau of he is there. The injury may drop him a bit but he seems like a good fit.

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              • I can't believe Tannehill and the Titans made playoffs over the Colts. WTF!

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                • This year certainly emphasized just how good a healthy Luck was.

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                  • Originally posted by Cubs231721 View Post

                    Moving up 5 spots in the draft order is a pretty good silver lining to me. The pain of this game will wash away pretty quickly to the long-term difference that will potentially make.
                    I mean you’re not wrong, but draft positioning doesn’t mask all of the question marks going into next season.
                    Originally posted by Natston;n3510291
                    I want the people to know that they still have 2 out of the 3 T.J.s working for them, and that ain't bad...

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                    • While things can change quickly year to year in the NFL (as we found out), I think the Colts have a lot of work to do. If Tennessee builds on this strong stretch finish and postseason, they will be very tough next year. It's also pretty safe to pencil in Houston to be solid like they usually are.

                      It figures that Luck would quit right as Brady and New England look to finally be hititng their twilight. Unbelievable.

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                      • I think the Colts are closer than you think to being a consistent playoff team, but that's very predicated on the QB situation. We're a couple of bad kicks away from possibly knocking off Tennessee from the playoffs this year. And Frank has the right mentality - running the ball and defense.

                        I think it's easy to forget what a ****** roster this was when Ballard took over. He's had to remake the entire roster and it's not quite there yet
                        Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.

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                        • Originally posted by Suaveness View Post
                          I think the Colts are closer than you think to being a consistent playoff team, but that's very predicated on the QB situation. We're a couple of bad kicks away from possibly knocking off Tennessee from the playoffs this year. And Frank has the right mentality - running the ball and defense.

                          I think it's easy to forget what a ****** roster this was when Ballard took over. He's had to remake the entire roster and it's not quite there yet
                          You have a point it doesn't take very long to rebuild in the NFL (or fall off a cliff either) we could easily be back in it with the right pieces but so many other things have to go your way to make it happen as well.

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