Colts 2023 A Time To Change

[BigBoxaJunk]

It wouldn't surprise me to learn that Doyle doesn't have many long-time close friends.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

 

[BankShot]

Another interesting take by Doyle:

Doyel: Indianapolis Colts don't look serious about winning in 2023

With the worst roster in a decade, the Colts don't seem serious about winning anything but the right to draft receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. in 2024.

www.indystar.com

The question is sinfully simple, and vice versa:

Do the Colts want to win this season?

Seriously. Do they?

On paper, which is the safest place to grade them for now, they’re not good and they’re not trying very hard to get better. They are playing contractual hardball with the best player on the team, running back Jonathan Taylor, who is being allowed to hold out, or whatever the Colts are calling it, by starting the preseason on the Physically Unable to Perform list. What’s his injury? The Colts won’t say, probably because the only thing hurting right now are Taylor’s feelings.

Taylor’s absence is just the tip of the iceberg of course. In nine years here, dating to 2014, I’ve not seen a Colts roster this devoid of elite talent and quality depth.

Look at the offensive line. It wasn’t good last season and the Colts are basically running it back with one change: Will Fries for Danny Pinter at right guard. The depth behind those starters is unspeakable, as in, I refuse to speak any of their names. Don’t want anyone else on the PUP list with hurt feelings.

Look at the cornerbacks. The Colts traded their best outside corner in 2022, Stephon Gilmore, for a fifth-round pick. They let their second-best cover corner, Brandon Facyson, leave in free agency. Their third-best outside corner, Isaiah Rodgers Sr., was suspended for the year for gambling, then released. The team drafted three cornerbacks in April, and ready or not, they’re all going to play. A couple could start, because NFL rules require 11 defensive players on the field.

Look at the receivers. The Colts had the least productive core of wideouts in the league last year, and while their quarterbacks weren’t good, don’t kid yourself: The receivers weren’t good either. The Colts addressed this by going bargain-hunting for receivers in free agency and drafting one, Josh Downs of UNC, in the third round.

Look at the backups at linebacker, and defensive end, at defensive tackle.

Unspeakable. No names, though. Hurt feelings, PUP list, etc.

The Colts are doing weird things, though. Making an example of Taylor, for one. Allowing their best outside cornerbacks (Gilmore, Facyson) and pass-rusher from last season, Yannick Ngakoue, to leave for next to nothing. Replacing them with rookie projects and veteran nobodies.

Neglecting the offensive line this offseason.

And then this:

After losing Rodgers to the NFL’s gambling policy, then releasing him because this franchise doesn’t fool around with bad characters, the Colts replaced him with … a worse character: a guy charged last year with felony battery resulting in bodily harm. His name, I’ll speak: Chris Lammons. Hurt your feelings, Chris? No? Keep reading.

This guy, this Chris Lammons, he was arrested in February 2022 in Las Vegas after helping former Saints teammate Alvin Kamara win a fight. And by “helped win a fight” I mean police accused Lammons and two other courageous souls of stomping on the poor guy after Kamara had already decked him.

Kamara and Lammons pleaded guilty to lesser charges in July, avoiding prison but forcing them to pay the victim $210,000 in medical costs. And this is the player the Colts signed to replaced Isaiah Rodgers?

Was his tag-team partner Kamara not available to replace Taylor?

Good news: Lammons won’t play in the first three games because the NFL suspended him last week. Bad news: He might play in the last 14, and this guy – in addition to whatever happened in Vegas – is lousy: 42 career games, one interception, three passes broken up.

So it a good time to be a Colts fan, as it said on the woman's sign in the front row? It is for now at Grand Park, where the only players scoring touchdowns are Colts and the only players making interceptions are Colts, and until another team shows up, we can all pretend things will be OK. And maybe they will, a year from now, when the Colts console themselves after a 3-14 season in 2023 by selecting Ohio State receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. with the second overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

I was going to reply to this, but don't need to now. @chipbennett and @ChristianPatriot already said what I was thinking.

 

[chipbennett]

I’ve said it before, but Doyel is just the liberal version of Dan Dakich. He’s the yin to Dan’s yang. They’re the same. Say the most inflammatory things just because. It’s so tiresome.

They're just clickbait.

 

[chipbennett]

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Just FYI: take this account with a huge grain of salt.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Just FYI: take this account with a huge grain of salt.

Oh I know. Measurable are what they are though.

If he can develop as a passer/game manager, he’s got the raw size and ability to be a really special quarterback.

 

[Ingomike]

Carson Wentz works out in gear from his three teams, while waiting for his fourth

He should be in his prime.

www.nbcsports.com

 

[Ingomike]

It has been announced that Young will start for the Panthers and Stroud will start for Texans.

Will Richardson start game one?

 

[Ingomike]

After "great visit" with Saints, Kareem Hunt is off to see the Colts

The group text has spoken.

www.nbcsports.com

 

[Ingomike]

Colts list Gardner Minshew "or" Anthony Richardson as starting quarterback

The Colts aren't ready to name a starting quarterback, or even say who's ahead in the competition.

www.nbcsports.com

 

[jamil]

That's like a Harbaugh move right there.

 

[Ingomike]

Colts sign RB Jason Huntley, TE Ricky Seals-Jones

Kareem Hunt didn't sign with the Colts on Wednesday, but the team did add a running back to the roster.

www.nbcsports.com

 

[Ingomike]

Kareem Hunt leaves Colts without a deal

Running back Kareem Hunt's free agency tour will continue.

www.nbcsports.com

 

[Ingomike]

Use ‘‘em and move “em…

Marlon Mack out for season with torn Achilles

Running back Marlon Mack is out for the season with a torn Achilles, Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon told reporters in his Wednesday press conference.

www.nbcsports.com

 

[Percolater]

First year for Colts black helmet (night games) and a heathered uniform.

 

[chipbennett]

First year for Colts black helmet (night games) and a heathered uniform.

...if only there were any night games in 2023!

 

[ChristianPatriot]

 

[JCSR]

Looks like the game is only on NFL+. Is there any other source of streaming that is free?

Game	Time (ET)	Channel
Indianapolis Colts at Buffalo Bills	1 p.m.	NFL+

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Looks like the game is only on NFL+. Is there any other source of streaming that is free?

Game	Time (ET)	Channel
Indianapolis Colts at Buffalo Bills	1 p.m.	NFL+

They’ll all be on local Indy channels

 

[BankShot]

They’ll all be on local Indy channels

Unfortunately, JCSR and I don't get local Indy channels down here.