Chris Ballard has run back borderline the same roster for the last four years. He tries to fill every hole in the draft but as mentioned, more often banks on raw athleticism and traits over college production. He’s done this at the EDGE position nearly every year as none of “his guys” have accumulated a single double digit sack season. Worst of all, he hits a lot more often on players at less important positions and later proceeds to overpays them on second contracts.
Sometimes teams overpay certain players because they are required to spend a certain percentage of the salary cap & have decided that paying players who perform very well even at less important positions sends a message to all players. Not sure how much interference Ballard gets from ownership. But there's a good interview with him on the GM Shuffle with Michael Lombardi from a while back. Not sure if Richardson is going to work out but anytime a player that young has back issues it can affect finishing long NFL seasons for years to come. Hope that I'm wrong because at times AR is fun to watch. Good luck next season. I'm afraid my Steelers are going to be embarrassed in the playoffs.
Colts defense is the issue not AR right now. Don’t let AR struggles side track you from the real issues. That’s the defense and Ballard not getting. Enough defensive talent. AR is actually 8/7
Multiple things can be true here. AR, even though he’s young, has historically bad incompletion rates and we can now safely say that he’s injury prone. The defense has a lot of talented individuals but allows so many 3rd and 4th down conversations and the two high safety scheme just doesn’t really work in today’s game. Overall there are no complete, all three phases, complimentary football examples out of the Colts for the last two seasons. There is no one single issue, it’s many issues piling up.
The colts have many issues. First and foremost, the owner is a drug addict. Second, the GM is a cheapskate smug ass who's made terrible moves. I call his time here the Ballard purgatory because he keeps the team just decent enough but not good enough. So you don't get good draft picks and he doesn't get fired. He made the team irrelevant. Now on to Anthony Richardson. Anthony Richardson is definitely a problem. First off he was picked number four overall basically just for his combine and his traits. He wasn't really any good in college. And now he's the most injury-prone quarterback in the league. He averages two to six games, played and misses 2 to 15. Not only that, but he taps out. There's been work ethic issues. He's one of the most inaccurate quarterbacks in the last 20 years. He has at least four or five more interceptions than he does. Touchdowns. And most importantly, he's a running quarterback that gets hurt running the ball? Do you think that's going to get better with age? No that's why running backs don't last in the league. Richardson is only 2. 2. Literally the youngest quarterback in the league but yet he's the most injured. He will fall apart before he ever reaches his ceiling. And what is his ceiling above 50% accuracy? LOL if you stick with Richardson you are screwed because even if he does turn it around an injury is right around the corner. It's a given with him
Justin Fields vs. Ar5 in 2025.... An honest QB competition.... Fields wins the competition and Ar5 can finally learn the job.... Shane Steichan can finally keep the same playbook all year....
Chris Ballard has run back borderline the same roster for the last four years. He tries to fill every hole in the draft but as mentioned, more often banks on raw athleticism and traits over college production. He’s done this at the EDGE position nearly every year as none of “his guys” have accumulated a single double digit sack season. Worst of all, he hits a lot more often on players at less important positions and later proceeds to overpays them on second contracts.
Sometimes teams overpay certain players because they are required to spend a certain percentage of the salary cap & have decided that paying players who perform very well even at less important positions sends a message to all players. Not sure how much interference Ballard gets from ownership. But there's a good interview with him on the GM Shuffle with Michael Lombardi from a while back. Not sure if Richardson is going to work out but anytime a player that young has back issues it can affect finishing long NFL seasons for years to come. Hope that I'm wrong because at times AR is fun to watch. Good luck next season. I'm afraid my Steelers are going to be embarrassed in the playoffs.
Move heaven and earth get Jaxon Dart
You can't train up raw players when you continue to change coaches.
Colts defense is the issue not AR right now. Don’t let AR struggles side track you from the real issues. That’s the defense and Ballard not getting. Enough defensive talent. AR is actually 8/7
Multiple things can be true here. AR, even though he’s young, has historically bad incompletion rates and we can now safely say that he’s injury prone.
The defense has a lot of talented individuals but allows so many 3rd and 4th down conversations and the two high safety scheme just doesn’t really work in today’s game.
Overall there are no complete, all three phases, complimentary football examples out of the Colts for the last two seasons.
There is no one single issue, it’s many issues piling up.
AR sucks, you must be blind
The colts have many issues. First and foremost, the owner is a drug addict. Second, the GM is a cheapskate smug ass who's made terrible moves. I call his time here the Ballard purgatory because he keeps the team just decent enough but not good enough. So you don't get good draft picks and he doesn't get fired. He made the team irrelevant.
Now on to Anthony Richardson. Anthony Richardson is definitely a problem. First off he was picked number four overall basically just for his combine and his traits. He wasn't really any good in college.
And now he's the most injury-prone quarterback in the league. He averages two to six games, played and misses 2 to 15.
Not only that, but he taps out. There's been work ethic issues.
He's one of the most inaccurate quarterbacks in the last 20 years. He has at least four or five more interceptions than he does. Touchdowns.
And most importantly, he's a running quarterback that gets hurt running the ball? Do you think that's going to get better with age? No that's why running backs don't last in the league. Richardson is only 2. 2. Literally the youngest quarterback in the league but yet he's the most injured. He will fall apart before he ever reaches his ceiling. And what is his ceiling above 50% accuracy? LOL if you stick with Richardson you are screwed because even if he does turn it around an injury is right around the corner. It's a given with him
Irsay buried the Colts when he hired Chris Ballard. His dad killed the Baltimore Colts. Like father like son.
Justin Fields vs. Ar5 in 2025....
An honest QB competition.... Fields wins the competition and Ar5 can finally learn the job....
Shane Steichan can finally keep the same playbook all year....
I would cut AR or trade him.
In fields is too injury prone as well. Not quite as bad as Anthony but pretty close