Both Steichen and Ballard need to go. They need a GM that’s willing to both build through the draft and sign complimentary QUALITY players to round out roster. The next HC needs to be an actual LEADER that will have accountability in the locker room. I’m hoping for Aaron Glenn or Mike Vrabel. Find a good OC to see if they can build a diverse run game and play action passing game to compliment what AR does well
Another season of AR!!!!! I can’t believe what I’m hearing!!!!!! This is not just about getting to the playoffs….we require a leader and a 65% completion QB…they’re out there…no excuse for not fixing this and bringing us back next year to a team respected in this league.
Irsay, he's ailing. Do you really think the Irsay family is up to changing the regime in a time like this? Realistically? Yes, the eye test tells you this is a sad team, some kind of big change should be made. But with this ownership backdrop?
Frank Reich 2.0. No command of the locker room , soft players , ill-prepared players. Disastrous bone-headed play-calls over and over and over every game. When is enough, enough?
Benching our best and most dynamic player who gives us the best chance to win is not a good move. You have to remember what JT did to get to that point. Trey Sermon couldn’t have done that. Most RBs in the league couldn’t have done that.
The benching of richardson did absolutely nothing. His stats are every bit the same as they were before and the team did exactly what it did before. Beats horrible teams by a few points and gets crushed by good teams.
AR wouldn't need to be so good at shaking off tacklers if he could get the ball out quicker, but then you've still got his accuracy problem. I think the solution is to get rid of him and start over. Attributing occasional game wins to his actions is not good enough. I think they should take a hard look at Taylor, too. He's gone from great to average, he's backing up.
I think we give them next year try to get aggressive in the offseason adding more star power see if AR can develop more in year 3 if its 2022 all over again then blow it up and try again
@@marianniculae6541Did you SEE how Flacco played? He was much worse than AR. That enough shows AR isn’t the problem. Flacco lead the browns to the playoffs last year and looked AWFUL for the colts. It’s not ARs fault
Im a die hard Colts fan since 84...im nit happy with the season or last several ones..But tell me did Shane make J. Taylor drop ball befre gt to endzone. Did ge make Pittman fumble ball? He put players in position to make plays.. the vets fumbled the game... not the coach!
Taylor threw our season away We know AR isn't a great lasser jow but with that 13 PT lead and the way we were running the ball and playing D, we would have won. JT killed it with 1 play
Normally, I like to gove coaches 3 years to prove themselves. I get it that you can have a bad year. But, Steichen's team hasn't been consistent, prepared, and has lacked character (a la Taylor) which I think justifies moving on. Remember his inaguaral presser? Here is the philosophy Steichen was supposed to bring: "Character Preparation Consistency Relentless All over the building... It just can't live in a wall, but you gotta bring it to life, now. You've got to show examples of what that looks like every single day. Show the players examples... you gotta live it."
@@RicoSuaveTheGOAT You mean like the Packers got "clowned so hard" when they took Love? Who tf is laughing now? Who cares what the fans think? That's why they are fans and don't have jobs in football.
Gus Bradley should be promoted to HC and give Jim Bob Cooter the OC/play calling duties for AR continuity. Build the roster for AR and the Defense, in order to determine after 2025 if we should place the 5th year option on him. Playoffs, in 25 keeps everything in place for 26. Less than that, it's time then for the rebuild. New GM, HC, QB etc.
In my mind, AR has probably 1 more year to prove he has got enough to be a true long term starting QB and the Colts are back in the tank for a prospect, so I think matching Steichen's timeline to his is probably what would be best anyways. If after next year there's no improvement at the coaching level, probably best to cut chase with both (and potentially Ballard) and give the next regime a clean slate to work with.
New regime should have a clean slate, and no good coach would want to come here and have to coach AR, who barring a miracle won’t be a long term starting qb. I’d move on from AR now anyways. But, I like your line of thinking.
Zach's point at the end regarding shaping the roster reminds me of my least favorite ballard quote regarding shane. "He doesnt bitch." Something about making it work with the players he has... like dude. You shouldnt brag about lacking talent.
During the draft, Steichen was at the mercy of Ballard’s lackeys…needed a QB then drafted based on RAS rather than passing performance (an NFL must!!). Steichen was new last year and probably wanted to “go along” to fit in and trust what Ballard’s gurus said. Give coach someone that can not only pass more accurately but also have better instincts would make this team much more successful.
Well there are many accurate QBs in the NFL. Cousins, Goff, Mayfield, Tannehill, Carr. Non elf those guys can win a SB, you need someone with superpowers like Mahomes,Lamar or Allen to win the AFC. I'll be on the AR bandwagon till Infinity
Okay AR hasn't been great. However, everyone going in knew he didn't have enough game experience and they were taking a chance on greatness. They needed a QB so what other QB would have been a better choice outside of trading up? You knew they weren't going to trade up to get Stroud. If you fire Shane then you need to trade AR. There's not a good record for young QBs that through coaching switches in their your career.
Ballard is the one that has to go. This roster is very average really OUTSIDE of Buck,Grove and JT. AR and Shane are both in their 2nd year. Give them a GM who'll get better talent around them
AR has as many pro starts as college starts, 13. We knew that when we drafted him. Year one was lost with injury. This year, benching AR was a setback. Not sure bringing a new OC would benefit his progress. Sam Womack & Jaylon Jones were pleasant surprises. Gus Bradley has turned sh!t into salad. The OL with backups & Rookies that can't pass blocking, but HOLD, has been unlucky. Bortollini and Goncalves, pleasant surprises. Pittman back injury was devastating. Mitchell dropping passes, unsatisfactory
Impatience is insane. Richardson has started 14 games. He was always a project. I still like what I've seen from him since he got benched. Yes, 50% isn't good but there's a ton of drops in there and he is contributing to the run game.
Steichen may be serviceable with the right roster, however Ballard is not. No top tier GM candidate is going to take the job where he can't pick his HC. We need to get out of the cycle of firing only the GM or the HC, so they both need to go. Also, i would not get hopes up because i highly doubt we see Irsay make any decisions with meaningful change. I would guess you get 1 more year of Ballard and Steichen so Ballard will play out his contract and Irsay won't have to pay out again on a firing pre contract expiration. Unless we go winless to end the season which is not likely.
In the scenario where they get rid of Shane I think the only right answer for the job is Brian Daboll (assuming he gets let go). He is the exact personality this locker room needs and not only that I think he is the best option to getting the best out of AR because of what he did with Josh Allen
I think Shane can be the guy. He cooked last year with Gardner. I feel like he’s overthought certain situations this season. At the same time I think AR needs to not always look for the home run play.
Campbell interviewed twice for the job and they still took soft ass Reich over him. Ballard is such a cancer to this organization there can’t possibly be an argument for that man. Steichen I’m not 100% sold on as well, but he’s stuck with this shitty roster and shitty GM. I’d love to see Ballard gone and just about 80% of this roster. And then let Steichen and the new GM make roster choices. If that don’t work then idk what to say 😂
You acknowedge what Steichen did with Minshew but AR is Tebow 2.0 and you want him gone? AR is a great guy, let him be a backup or practice squad. AR sucks a**. Not Steichen's fault JT dropped that ball. Not fair to question if he is the guy when they would have made the playoffs last year if not for a bad drop/throw. Steichen is the best option it is not even close. WHo are they going to bring in? The Fleus? LMFAO! Why are so many Colts fans worried about making the playoffs just to get HOUSED by a good team? WHEN DURING ARs football career was he accurate, I WILL WAIT..........
Steichan is very, very weak in clock and game management. He's a fine enough offensive designer. He throws and abandoneds run at the drop of a dime ..he has zero press conference ability....at this point, AR Ballard and steichan are tied together.
While everyone was looking at AR as the scapegoat. I been saying Shane is problem since the beginning. All the higher ups gotta go. Surprisingly Gus Bradley the only one that stepped up
I don’t see AR as a scapegoat. Colts have a lot of problems. AR is a big one though. He is a really bad qb. I was really optimistic about him; I was wrong to be optimistic (so far). I was also really optimistic about Shane. I was wrong there, too. Colts should move on from both, imo.
@@westrueblood8178 How is Shane getting the blame? The guy should have made the playoffs if not for a 2 yard-dropped pass with Garnder Minshew as his QB? AR has historically been the least accurate passer we have ever seen. What if we had Sam Darnold? Our offense would look like a real NFL caliber offense.
Anyone thinking about giving up on AR immediately doesn’t know ball or have any sort of patience . Go kick rocks and support some other team. We don’t want you here
Immediately? That was last year bro. AR is an inaccurate SCRUB THAT HAS NO IDEA HOW TO READ THE DEFENSE PERIOD. Do some research on "Anthony Richardson Accuracy" and get back to me. Go look at the HORRIFIC ints with a clean pocket. He is worse than Tim Tebow. Great dude, strong runner, abomination of a passer.
I agree. He has CLEARLY been better in the last few weeks and it's WRs like Mitchell,Granson and Pittman screwing him along with JT being a fool that destroyed our season. He's started 14 games. Let's talk when he's played 30
Both Steichen and Ballard need to go. They need a GM that’s willing to both build through the draft and sign complimentary QUALITY players to round out roster. The next HC needs to be an actual LEADER that will have accountability in the locker room. I’m hoping for Aaron Glenn or Mike Vrabel. Find a good OC to see if they can build a diverse run game and play action passing game to compliment what AR does well
If AG is the next head coach, I’m hoping we can give Scottie Montgomery a shot at OC. JT had his best seasons with him as the RB coach
Give Shane another year. Ballard is the problem.
Shane doesn't need to go. Ballard has not given this organization the tools to win.
Another season of AR!!!!! I can’t believe what I’m hearing!!!!!! This is not just about getting to the playoffs….we require a leader and a 65% completion QB…they’re out there…no excuse for not fixing this and bringing us back next year to a team respected in this league.
AR is not the problem
@RicoSuaveTheGOAT well he certainly isn't the solution either.
@@GeorgeCaulfield1 what should we do rn. Let’s say you’re GM buddy
@@RicoSuaveTheGOATAR is THE problem
@@marianniculae6541 so he lost us the game yesterday?
Can you imagine if the Denver game was at home? They would have been booed out of the stadium. Instead, nothing but cheers in the Mile high
Can you imagine if the Colts had Bo Nix instead of AR? Let that sink in. These guys are clueless.
Irsay, he's ailing. Do you really think the Irsay family is up to changing the regime in a time like this? Realistically? Yes, the eye test tells you this is a sad team, some kind of big change should be made. But with this ownership backdrop?
Shane Steichen is a nerd OC masquerading as an HC
Exactly ! You Nailed It… I have been saying it for 2 years. Super Nerd… The players don’t respect that… No accountability leads to bad seasons…
Frank Reich 2.0. No command of the locker room , soft players , ill-prepared players. Disastrous bone-headed play-calls over and over and over every game. When is enough, enough?
The head coach according to SI is 31 in play calling a good coach would have benched JT but he put him back in the game doesn't show accountability
Benching our best and most dynamic player who gives us the best chance to win is not a good move. You have to remember what JT did to get to that point. Trey Sermon couldn’t have done that. Most RBs in the league couldn’t have done that.
The benching of richardson did absolutely nothing. His stats are every bit the same as they were before and the team did exactly what it did before. Beats horrible teams by a few points and gets crushed by good teams.
AR wouldn't need to be so good at shaking off tacklers if he could get the ball out quicker, but then you've still got his accuracy problem. I think the solution is to get rid of him and start over. Attributing occasional game wins to his actions is not good enough. I think they should take a hard look at Taylor, too. He's gone from great to average, he's backing up.
We beat the Steelers and were within s possession of both Houston losses.
Y'all are so fsitwesther it's nuts
I remember Steichen saying pre draft, when 5 was drafted, Whoever they were drafting needed to be accurate”.
Shane is fine he just needs a better GM that's willing to get him proper personnel
Exactly
I think we give them next year try to get aggressive in the offseason adding more star power see if AR can develop more in year 3 if its 2022 all over again then blow it up and try again
Forced to babysit AR!!! Give Steichen an NFL capable QB…not brain surgery!!!
It’s funny because you wanted Joe Flacco to play over him 😂😂😂 you have no idea what you’re talking about
@@RicoSuaveTheGOATWhats wrong with that? I would take anyone over AR
@@marianniculae6541 you’re delusional lol
“Capable QB” what do you think they been trying to do since Luck retired 🤔
@@marianniculae6541Did you SEE how Flacco played? He was much worse than AR. That enough shows AR isn’t the problem. Flacco lead the browns to the playoffs last year and looked AWFUL for the colts. It’s not ARs fault
Im a die hard Colts fan since 84...im nit happy with the season or last several ones..But tell me did Shane make J. Taylor drop ball befre gt to endzone. Did ge make Pittman fumble ball? He put players in position to make plays.. the vets fumbled the game... not the coach!
He did on the other hand call that dumbass idiotic throwback pass that got returned for a TD.
Taylor was an idiot, but Shane said "hold my beer" sir.
Taylor threw our season away
We know AR isn't a great lasser jow but with that 13 PT lead and the way we were running the ball and playing D, we would have won.
JT killed it with 1 play
RUN IT BACK!
Normally, I like to gove coaches 3 years to prove themselves. I get it that you can have a bad year.
But, Steichen's team hasn't been consistent, prepared, and has lacked character (a la Taylor) which I think justifies moving on. Remember his inaguaral presser? Here is the philosophy Steichen was supposed to bring:
"Character
Preparation
Consistency
Relentless
All over the building... It just can't live in a wall, but you gotta bring it to life, now. You've got to show examples of what that looks like every single day. Show the players examples... you gotta live it."
2019 Luck retired, 2020 we could have had Herbert... #FIRECHRISBALLARD
Bro what are you talking about yes fire Ballard but there was no way we would’ve gotten Herbert unless we disposed of all our assets lmfao
@@RicoSuaveTheGOATcould have picked jordan love
@ give me a break lmfao yk the colts would’ve gotten clowned so hard
@@RicoSuaveTheGOAT You mean like the Packers got "clowned so hard" when they took Love? Who tf is laughing now? Who cares what the fans think? That's why they are fans and don't have jobs in football.
@@RicoSuaveTheGOAT we got rid of our assets for Buckner, so that happened anyway....
Gus Bradley should be promoted to HC and give Jim Bob Cooter the OC/play calling duties for AR continuity. Build the roster for AR and the Defense, in order to determine after 2025 if we should place the 5th year option on him. Playoffs, in 25 keeps everything in place for 26. Less than that, it's time then for the rebuild. New GM, HC, QB etc.
In my mind, AR has probably 1 more year to prove he has got enough to be a true long term starting QB and the Colts are back in the tank for a prospect, so I think matching Steichen's timeline to his is probably what would be best anyways.
If after next year there's no improvement at the coaching level, probably best to cut chase with both (and potentially Ballard) and give the next regime a clean slate to work with.
New regime should have a clean slate, and no good coach would want to come here and have to coach AR, who barring a miracle won’t be a long term starting qb. I’d move on from AR now anyways. But, I like your line of thinking.
Zach's point at the end regarding shaping the roster reminds me of my least favorite ballard quote regarding shane. "He doesnt bitch." Something about making it work with the players he has... like dude. You shouldnt brag about lacking talent.
During the draft, Steichen was at the mercy of Ballard’s lackeys…needed a QB then drafted based on RAS rather than passing performance (an NFL must!!). Steichen was new last year and probably wanted to “go along” to fit in and trust what Ballard’s gurus said. Give coach someone that can not only pass more accurately but also have better instincts would make this team much more successful.
Learn ball. AR is showing promise. It’s called patience.
Well there are many accurate QBs in the NFL. Cousins, Goff, Mayfield, Tannehill, Carr.
Non elf those guys can win a SB, you need someone with superpowers like Mahomes,Lamar or Allen to win the AFC.
I'll be on the AR bandwagon till Infinity
Jake browning actually looked good last year im surprised he’s not starting somewhere
Okay AR hasn't been great. However, everyone going in knew he didn't have enough game experience and they were taking a chance on greatness. They needed a QB so what other QB would have been a better choice outside of trading up? You knew they weren't going to trade up to get Stroud. If you fire Shane then you need to trade AR. There's not a good record for young QBs that through coaching switches in their your career.
Ballard is the one that has to go.
This roster is very average really OUTSIDE of Buck,Grove and JT.
AR and Shane are both in their 2nd year. Give them a GM who'll get better talent around them
AR has as many pro starts as college starts, 13. We knew that when we drafted him. Year one was lost with injury. This year, benching AR was a setback. Not sure bringing a new OC would benefit his progress. Sam Womack & Jaylon Jones were pleasant surprises. Gus Bradley has turned sh!t into salad. The OL with backups & Rookies that can't pass blocking, but HOLD, has been unlucky. Bortollini and Goncalves, pleasant surprises. Pittman back injury was devastating. Mitchell dropping passes, unsatisfactory
Impatience is insane.
Richardson has started 14 games.
He was always a project. I still like what I've seen from him since he got benched.
Yes, 50% isn't good but there's a ton of drops in there and he is contributing to the run game.
FIRE 🔥 HIM !!!
What would your morale be like if you never know what your QB is going to produce??? A QB must be among your leaders if not “THE LEADER”!!!!
He is a leader. He’s come around. Keep in mind he’s 22. Who carried us to wins against jets and pats.
@@RicoSuaveTheGOATAR was really bad in the Pats game..One drive does not change that
@ he won the game cope
@@RicoSuaveTheGOAT The NFL is not the place to learn!
@@RicoSuaveTheGOAT A LEADER? HE WAS TOO TIRED TO TAKE A SNAP AND GOT BENCHED, THAT IS UNPRECEDENTED!!
Steichen may be serviceable with the right roster, however Ballard is not. No top tier GM candidate is going to take the job where he can't pick his HC. We need to get out of the cycle of firing only the GM or the HC, so they both need to go. Also, i would not get hopes up because i highly doubt we see Irsay make any decisions with meaningful change. I would guess you get 1 more year of Ballard and Steichen so Ballard will play out his contract and Irsay won't have to pay out again on a firing pre contract expiration. Unless we go winless to end the season which is not likely.
This team has a lack of discipline. The penalties were crazy. Shane isn't doing his job
COLTS SHIT THE BED ANOTHER YEAR IM DONE CHANGES NEEDED
What were your expectations for this season given our roster?
In the scenario where they get rid of Shane I think the only right answer for the job is Brian Daboll (assuming he gets let go). He is the exact personality this locker room needs and not only that I think he is the best option to getting the best out of AR because of what he did with Josh Allen
I don’t hate this. I think we have similarly aligned thoughts on this
I think Shane can be the guy. He cooked last year with Gardner. I feel like he’s overthought certain situations this season. At the same time I think AR needs to not always look for the home run play.
Get rid of Ballard get someone that can build a team thats not just a nice guys shane still learning
Campbell interviewed twice for the job and they still took soft ass Reich over him. Ballard is such a cancer to this organization there can’t possibly be an argument for that man. Steichen I’m not 100% sold on as well, but he’s stuck with this shitty roster and shitty GM. I’d love to see Ballard gone and just about 80% of this roster. And then let Steichen and the new GM make roster choices. If that don’t work then idk what to say 😂
You acknowedge what Steichen did with Minshew but AR is Tebow 2.0 and you want him gone? AR is a great guy, let him be a backup or practice squad. AR sucks a**. Not Steichen's fault JT dropped that ball. Not fair to question if he is the guy when they would have made the playoffs last year if not for a bad drop/throw. Steichen is the best option it is not even close. WHo are they going to bring in? The Fleus? LMFAO! Why are so many Colts fans worried about making the playoffs just to get HOUSED by a good team? WHEN DURING ARs football career was he accurate, I WILL WAIT..........
Did shane actually handpick AR?
Steichan is very, very weak in clock and game management. He's a fine enough offensive designer. He throws and abandoneds run at the drop of a dime ..he has zero press conference ability....at this point, AR Ballard and steichan are tied together.
Fire
While everyone was looking at AR as the scapegoat. I been saying Shane is problem since the beginning. All the higher ups gotta go. Surprisingly Gus Bradley the only one that stepped up
I don’t see AR as a scapegoat. Colts have a lot of problems. AR is a big one though. He is a really bad qb. I was really optimistic about him; I was wrong to be optimistic (so far). I was also really optimistic about Shane. I was wrong there, too. Colts should move on from both, imo.
@@westrueblood8178 How is Shane getting the blame? The guy should have made the playoffs if not for a 2 yard-dropped pass with Garnder Minshew as his QB? AR has historically been the least accurate passer we have ever seen. What if we had Sam Darnold? Our offense would look like a real NFL caliber offense.
FIRE BALLARD SHANE IS OC NOT HC FIRE EM ALL,SAME BS EVERY YEAR AT WHAT POINT IS ENOUGH ENOUGH SHEESH
Anyone thinking about giving up on AR immediately doesn’t know ball or have any sort of patience . Go kick rocks and support some other team. We don’t want you here
Immediately? That was last year bro. AR is an inaccurate SCRUB THAT HAS NO IDEA HOW TO READ THE DEFENSE PERIOD. Do some research on "Anthony Richardson Accuracy" and get back to me. Go look at the HORRIFIC ints with a clean pocket. He is worse than Tim Tebow. Great dude, strong runner, abomination of a passer.
I agree.
He has CLEARLY been better in the last few weeks and it's WRs like Mitchell,Granson and Pittman screwing him along with JT being a fool that destroyed our season.
He's started 14 games.
Let's talk when he's played 30
Fire him. He looks like he has Bruce Coslet syndrome - great coordinator, terrible HC
But the main culprit that needs to be fired Is Ballard.