Colts 2022 Embrace the suck

[thunderchicken]

I ended up taking a nap since I have to work tonight. Reading the comments here, I'm kinda glad I didn't stay up to watch it unfold

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Positives from today:

Taylor is still awesome (161yds, 1TD)
Pittman is still awesome (121yds, 1TD)
Really good to see Kwity Paye get involved (2 sacks)
No injuries
Technically still undefeated

Negatives from today:
Special teams was bad
O-line was not good
Really no offensive options outside of Taylor/Pittman
Matt Ryan was meh
Defense got no pressure on the QB for most of the game

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Positives from today:

Taylor is still awesome (161yds, 1TD)
Pittman is still awesome (121yds, 1TD)
Really good to see Kwity Paye get involved (2 sacks)
No injuries
Technically still undefeated

Negatives from today:
Special teams was bad
O-line was not good
Really no offensive options outside of Taylor/Pittman
Matt Ryan was meh
Defense got no pressure on the QB for most of the game

Spot on across the board.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Giants beat the Titans lol

9-8 might win the AFC South this year

 

[ChristianPatriot]

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Giants beat the Titans lol

9-8 might win the AFC South this year

It's a battle for the best of the losers. But you never know...

 

[BankShot]

Positives from today:

Taylor is still awesome (161yds, 1TD)
Pittman is still awesome (121yds, 1TD)
Really good to see Kwity Paye get involved (2 sacks)
No injuries
Technically still undefeated

Negatives from today:
Special teams was bad
O-line was not good
Really no offensive options outside of Taylor/Pittman
Matt Ryan was meh
Defense got no pressure on the QB for most of the game

An addition to one of your points - No injuries with Campbell in the game and making three catches.

 

[Ingomike]

My pool card sucks, I got six games right and seven wrong out of 13 so far without the stupid colts tie.

Got TB and Denver tonight and tomorrow night respectively.

How the heck do the lowly bears beat the 49’ers?

A Steelers team that has no QB beats Cincy?

 

[***Ironhead***]

Positives from today:

Taylor is still awesome (161yds, 1TD)
Pittman is still awesome (121yds, 1TD)
Really good to see Kwity Paye get involved (2 sacks)
No injuries
Technically still undefeated

Negatives from today:
Special teams was bad
O-line was not good
Really no offensive options outside of Taylor/Pittman
Matt Ryan was meh
Defense got no pressure on the QB for most of the game

I would add coaching to the negatives imo. Going for it on fourth down has costed them more than a few games.

 

[Ingomike]

I would add coaching to the negatives imo. Going for it on fourth down has costed them more than a few games.

Agree/disagree, the coaching has to be questioned if you have not had your team ready to play the first game of the season, now 9 consecutive years without an opening day win, you suck.

Analytics has answered the question of going for it on fourth down, it should be done more than it is, but coaches fear the wrath of fans and actually are too conservative to avoid that criticism…

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Beat Jacksonville next week and Nashville in week 4 and let’s get this season on the right track.

 

[thunderchicken]

Agree/disagree, the coaching has to be questioned if you have not had your team ready to play the first game of the season, now 9 consecutive years without an opening day win, you suck.

Analytics has answered the question of going for it on fourth down, it should be done more than it is, but coaches fear the wrath of fans and actually are too conservative to avoid that criticism…

Just for argument sake, could an obstacle in having the team ready for the first game lie at least in part to maybe too much limited/no contact in camp? Not sure about all the training protocols or how practices are conducted at that level so honest question

 

[Ingomike]

Just for argument sake, could an obstacle in having the team ready for the first game lie at least in part to maybe too much limited/no contact in camp? Not sure about all the training protocols or how practices are conducted at that level so honest question

The amount of contact is regulated buy the collective bargaining agreement so I believe all teams are allowed the same amount of hitting practice if the colts are using it all. I will add that the limits on hitting usually do hurt teams rebuilding their offensive line the most because it is the hardest position to to train without contact.

 

[thompal]

Because we snatched a draw from the jaws of victory that’s why.

The Colts have been experts at that for years, but they usually manage to lose altogether.

 

[thompal]

i guess i haven't keep up on the rules......how the hell did it end in a tie????

They changed (screwed up) the rules a few years ago. It used to be that if it ended in a tie, they played another quarter under regular rules, and if that ended in a tie, they did it again, until someone was ahead at the end of a quarter.

Now there's some lame set of rules that if someone scores in OT, they win, and if nobody scores by the end of that, it's a tie.

I think it's really ruined the game.

 

[thompal]

Analytics has answered the question of going for it on fourth down, it should be done more than it is,

It should be done if you have faith that the offense can score. The few times in the past that the Colts could have tied it with a field goal and gone to OT, but instead went for it on 4th and goal, they didn't make it, and lost.

 

[Ingomike]

They changed (screwed up) the rules a few years ago. It used to be that if it ended in a tie, they played another quarter under regular rules, and if that ended in a tie, they did it again, until someone was ahead at the end of a quarter.

Now there's some lame set of rules that if someone scores in OT, they win, and if nobody scores by the end of that, it's a tie.

I think it's really ruined the game.

It has always been one extra period and if no score in that period the game ended in a tie. The exception is playoffs where a winner must be determined, then they play extra periods until a team wins as explained below.

As long as I remember the first score wins OT until a few years ago they changed it to if the first team to possess the ball gets a TD they win, they get a FG then the other team gets a chance to tie with FG, next team to score wins, or a TD to win…

 

[thunderchicken]

It has always been one extra period and if no score in that period the game ended in a tie. The exception is playoffs where a winner must be determined, then they play extra periods until a team wins as explained below.

As long as I remember the first score wins OT until a few years ago they changed it to if the first team to possess the ball gets a TD they win, they get a FG then the other team gets a chance to tie with FG, next team to score wins, or a TD to win…

Sometimes I think it should be like MLB. Just keep putting players on the field and grinding away until someone wins.
I don't care much for the sudden death concept. I think it should be a shortened 10 minute quarter and both teams get at least one chance to score on offense.

 

[Ingomike]

Sometimes I think it should be like MLB. Just keep putting players on the field and grinding away until someone wins.
I don't care much for the sudden death concept. I think it should be a shortened 10 minute quarter and both teams get at least one chance to score on offense.

I agree! I hate ties. They get paid to play…

 

[Mij]

COLTS, One of the best opening games I’ve seen in a long while. And I really like the Tx. Uniforms———and I don’t mean the players.


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