Colts 2018. A new hope.

[halfmileharry]

Nailed it

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Saw a good stat on Twitter today.

The 2017 Colts had a lead going into the 4th quarter 9 times.
They went 4-5.

The 2018 Colts had a lead going into the 4th quarter 8 times.
They went 7-1.

Coaching. Coaching. And more coaching.

 

[thunderchicken]

^^^ coaching and highly motivated players who believe in the coaching. They got heart and are digging deep into the bag of have to.

 

[halfmileharry]

Looks like the Colts OC and DC coordinators are sought after as head coach candidates.
Cleveland has requested permission to talk with them.

 

[Dr.Midnight]

Looks like the Colts OC and DC coordinators are sought after as head coach candidates.
Cleveland has requested permission to talk with them.

Frank Reich and his staff have done an incredible job this year. Reich should be Coach of the Year, and his staff should get a little love come interview time. Eat a bag of dicks Josh McDaniels!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Looks like the Colts OC and DC coordinators are sought after as head coach candidates.
Cleveland has requested permission to talk with them.

Hands off Cleveland! They're OURS! All OURS!

 

[thunderchicken]

Hands off Cleveland! They're OURS! All OURS!

I would hope they would at least have this much common sense. Why would you leave a young team that has had so much success in just 1 season to go coach the browns? Sorry but that is just retarded and if they go then as I see it they are retarded.

 

[thunderchicken]

Frank Reich and his staff have done an incredible job this year. Reich should be Coach of the Year, and his staff should get a little love come interview time. Eat a bag of dicks Josh McDaniels!

Well said. Irsay, Ballard, and Reich need to do what they can to keep the band together for next year. They've had great success with a young team. And they will have room in the budget to add some more depth for next season.

 

[halfmileharry]

Cleveland is a great example of where NOT to go and take a head coach position.
Management is clueless about winning football.

They've had numerous coaches and managers just in the last decade or so.
With all the first round pics recently they should have at least two Super bowl titles

 

[Dr.Midnight]

Cleveland is a great example of where NOT to go and take a head coach position.
Management is clueless about winning football.

They've had numerous coaches and managers just in the last decade or so.
With all the first round pics recently they should have at least two Super bowl titles

This might have been true a few years ago, but I'm not sure it applies today. In fact, from what I've heard so far, the Browns might be the most attractive of the eight openings so far. They have what appears to be a franchise QB, a GM that seems to have his act together, and a fairly talented roster. Ownership is still awful, but if they can learn to be hands off and let the football folks run things, then I think the Browns will be on their way to respectability.

 

[halfmileharry]

A typical example of a billionaire micro managing every thing.
Great roster but management gets in the way

 

[IndyIN]

This might have been true a few years ago, but I'm not sure it applies today. In fact, from what I've heard so far, the Browns might be the most attractive of the eight openings so far. They have what appears to be a franchise QB, a GM that seems to have his act together, and a fairly talented roster. Ownership is still awful, but if they can learn to be hands off and let the football folks run things, then I think the Browns will be on their way to respectability.

IMO... Cleveland will need to show continued progress in 2019 before I believe they are the real deal (similar to your view that they will be ON THEIR WAY to respectability). They will need a coaching staff that continues to innovate if they want to move forward... otherwise, there are too many good teams/coaching staffs that will game plan their top talent right out of the game.

Again, in my opinion, this is where the Colts have fallen flat the last couple of coaches as well as the end of the Dungy era. I'm not talking about gimmicky stuff... teams have to intelligently innovate to win. The reality is that the players in the NFL from best to worst team are all pretty damn talented. The NFL now has film on Cleveland (and the Chiefs for that matter) and I expect teams to play them very differently in 2019. If the new Cleveland coaching staff does their job, it will be a moving target... If they don't... welcome back low draft pick.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Mind blowing stat #86 from this year. Darius Leonard and Quentin Nelson both named First-Team All-Pro. Last two rookies to do that from the same team? Gale Sayers and Dick Butkus....daaaang...

 

[halfmileharry]

Mind blowing stat #86 from this year. Darius Leonard and Quentin Nelson both named First-Team All-Pro. Last two rookies to do that from the same team? Gale Sayers and Dick Butkus....daaaang...

Saw that on Colts Wire. Blew my mind. That's a hellova pair to be mentioned with.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Predictions?

 

[Dead Duck]

The Cowboys will go on to win the pennant.

 

[churchmouse]

Predictions?

Well the Colts of course.
But we will see here very soon.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

I’m goin Colts 28-21.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Colts for the win! And I predict my chicken wings will be ready just about at half time.

 

[femurphy77]

The sun will set around 545