Colts 2022 Embrace the suck

[COOPADUP]

Let the rebuilding begin.

 

[Ingomike]

I picture the Colts trading up with Chicago to get Young with the first pick.

 

[Ingomike]

I am amazed the Texans went for the win, won a worthless game, and pizzing away the number one pick. Why? Now QB needy teams have a trading partner to leap frog the Texans for a QB.

 

[***Ironhead***]

I am amazed the Texans went for the win, won a worthless game, and pizzing away the number one pick. Why? Now QB needy teams have a trading partner to leap frog the Texans for a QB.

Hopefully it was because they have integrity and that is what they are paid to do. But probably not.

 

[Ingomike]

Hopefully it was because they have integrity and that is what they are paid to do. But probably not.

“Texans head coach Lovie Smith said after the game that there was no consideration given to taking the foot off the gas in order to get the top pick.”

“This is an option that I had,” Smith said, via Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com. “So, you’re saying, ‘Hey guys, play in this last game, all that you’ve been working for your life, you play to win, forget that. Lose the game on purpose.’ Like, that will be a hard one to get by. They won’t expect me to say that. I didn’t. What we work on each week, our game plan, has been to win the game. It’s kind of simple as that. That’s what we follow through on the day.”

Lovie Smith: I won't tell players to lose on purpose - ProFootballTalk

The Texans have had a miserable season, but one silver lining was that they entered Week 18 with a chance to earn the first overall draft pick and their choice of the top collegiate prospects entering the league this season.After losing 13 of their first 16 games, however, the Texans came up...

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[Ingomike]

Coaching carousel begins.

Besides the Bronco’s, Colts, and Panthers,

(Love) Smith may not be around to work with anyone that the Texans draft anyway. Sunday began with word that he, Genera Manager Nick Caserio, or both will be fired in the near future.

According to Jay Glazer of Fox Sports, the feeling in building is that Rams coach Sean McVay is more likely to leave than to stay.

Kingsbury is the likeliest candidate to lose his job ahead of Black Monday. The 43-year old inked a five-year extension ahead of the 2022 season, with some reports saying he's set to earn $5.5 million a year. It seems unlikely that he'll stick around for the entirety of that deal, given the Cardinals' struggles this year.

NFL coaches fired in 2023: Latest news on Lovie Smith, Kliff Kingsbury, others on Black Monday hot seat | Sporting News

The Sporting News is tracking which coaches will survive the Black Monday cull and which ones's won't.

www.sportingnews.com

 

[Ingomike]

I’m still thinking Harbaugh the most likely next Colts head coach.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

I’ve requested the 2022 thread to be locked.

Somebody hit the lights on the way out. Long line 2023!

 

[d.kaufman]

I’ve requested the 2022 thread to be locked.

Somebody hit the lights on the way out. Long line 2023!