Colts 2023 A Time To Change

[DoggyDaddy]

 

[w_ADAM_d88]

When are these young QBs going to learn, their college rushing stunts don't work in the NFL.

 

[COOPADUP]

Well at least this game had a lot of firsts.
Unfortunately a first loss.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

When are these young QBs going to learn, their college rushing stunts don't work in the NFL.

Jalen Hurts’ rushing ability was a big factor in why he took the Eagles to the Super Bowl, so yeah they do work.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

For a guy so young with hardly any college experience, that was a pretty darn good first outing by Richardson. He’s only going to grow from here.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Let’s take a look around the league shall we?

Richardson:
24/37 (65%)
223yds
2 TD’s (1 throw, 1 rush)
1 INT
79.0 passer rating

Bryce Young:
20/38 (52%)
146 yds
1 TD
2 INT’s
48.8 passer rating

CJ Stroud:
28/44 (63%)
242 yds
0 TD
0 INT
78.0 passer rating

 

[ChristianPatriot]

The running backs were baaaad today. Really bad. No help for the young QB. First game we can get Taylor back is week 5.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Pittman Jr had a sneaky good day.

Watching live, it felt like Ridley dominated the game, but Pitt ended up with basically the same stats.

 

[thunderchicken]

Jalen Hurts’ rushing ability was a big factor in why he took the Eagles to the Super Bowl, so yeah they do work.

Yeah, their youthful rushing ability works until it doesn't.
They gotta find this kid some help that he can give the ball to. Also, the O line still looks too weak to me.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Yeah, their youthful rushing ability works until it doesn't.
They gotta find this kid some help that he can give the ball to. Also, the O line still looks too weak to me.

Yep. Hurts and Allen both took a big leap when they signed a top wide receiver. Stefon Diggs in Buffalo. AJ Brown in Philly.

Imagine this team next year when we franchise tag Taylor and draft Marvin Harrison Jr……

 

[JCSR]

AR performed better than I expected but he fumbles the pre-game outfit!

 

[thunderchicken]

Yep. Hurts and Allen both took a big leap when they signed a top wide receiver. Stefon Diggs in Buffalo. AJ Brown in Philly.

Imagine this team next year when we franchise tag Taylor and draft Marvin Harrison Jr……

That could really make for quite the combination to build around for years to come

 

[ChristianPatriot]

That could really make for quite the combination to build around for years to come

Unfortunately, Ballard will trade down twice and draft a guard in the 2nd round.

 

[cbhausen]

So I guess Richardson is OK? Sounds like he banged his left knee on the turf in the second quarter, and just got shaken up at the end.

 

[thunderchicken]

Unfortunately, Ballard will trade down twice and draft a guard in the 2nd round.

Wouldn't be too surprised.
But, it would make for an interesting combination

 

[ChristianPatriot]

So I guess Richardson is OK? Sounds like he banged his left knee on the turf in the second quarter, and just got shaken up at the end.

Yeah sounds like he’s fine

 

[jsharmon7]

I thought Richardson had a pretty good first start. He threw some receivers into some nasty hits, though.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Seems like the game plan for defending Richardson is to take away the deep ball and crowd the line of scrimmage. Make him throw the intermediate balls that he’s least comfortable with. It’s not like the Colts have weapons on the outside that really scare secondaries. We’ll see if he can adjust to that as the season progresses.

Steichen wants to push the ball downfield and Richardson was really good at it in college. I guess one thing we can take away from today is, he didn’t really force any hero balls 50yds downfield. He was taking what the defense gave him. Lots of check downs.

It’s just week 1 though. Steichen and Richardson are still figuring each other out.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Some other “mobile qb” rookie debut’s for context.

Cam Newton:
23/33
303 yds
1 TD
2 INT

Lamar Jackson:
13/19
150 yds
0 TD
1 INT

Josh Allen:
18/33
245 yds
1 TD
2 INT’s