Official 2016 Indianapolis Colts Thread

[air spider 777]

Well after a disappointing season, us Colts fans can do nothing but look forward to next year. I must say that I was upset that both Pags and Grigs were retained, especially Grigs. I really feel that Grigs hit his ceiling as a GM and there is no where to go but down. I dont know what Jim was thinking but I hope it works out. I dont see us making any huge huge splash in Free Agency but as usual Grigs will sign his cap friendly FA deals, the players probably wont work out but at least we wont be in cap hell. lol

Was such a frustrating season seeing this franchise turned upside down. It was really a comedy show with the whole Front Office/Head Coach feud that was hitting the media outlets. Reminded me of the early 90's Colts with the parody.

Anywho I do see the oline finally being addressed and as long as that happens, Luck will return to form. Combine that with him cutting down his dumb throws, we will be back in the playoffs.

2016 Opponents:
Home
Houston
Jacksonville
Tennessee
Kansas City
San Diego
Chicago
Detroit
Pittsburgh

Away
Houston
Jacksonville
Tennessee
Denver
Oakland
Green Bay
Minnesota
NY Jets- Will be there

I see anywhere from 10-13 wins. If I were forced to give an exact record prediction, I would go with 12-4.

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GO COLTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[air spider 777]

Goodbye Peyton. Thank you for your service! Was a pleasure to watch you play for 18 years. One of the best ever.



Just saw we resigned Dwayne Allen. 4 yrs 30 mill. I think Fleener is a better fit for our system but Allen is damn good TE when healthy.

 

[air spider 777]

But idk what Grigs was thinking giving him 30 mill though lol

 

[Nouss]

Sup spider,

Grigson and Pagano back :x

Honestly without luck this is a 4-5 win squad at best. Oline is in shambles. Unfortunately, Glenn Saturday Diem Lilja aint walking through that door. I hope Luck comes back with fury. I am sad to say that we should go back to spending on the Oline. At least protect the one assest we have.

And where exactly on defense do we not need help?

 

[air spider 777]

Sup spider,

Grigson and Pagano back :x

Honestly without luck this is a 4-5 win squad at best. Oline is in shambles. Unfortunately, Glenn Saturday Diem Lilja aint walking through that door. I hope Luck comes back with fury. I am sad to say that we should go back to spending on the Oline. At least protect the one assest we have.

And where exactly on defense do we not need help?

Sup brother?!

Yup without Luck the GAWD we are a way below average team.

We gotta do work in the draft on the oline man. We have to most of these picks. Gotta protect the FRANCHISE and the FRANCHISE has to slide and not take unnecessary hits.


And yea the defense is in shambles.

Our secondary is gonna get smoked bad man. You can mask a somewhat average secondary with a pass rush but we do not have that. Especially with a constantly hurt Art Jones and we have Henry Anderson coming off a ACL tear.

We have a lot of work to do.


And yea man, IDK how these dudes were brought back.

 

[air spider 777]

The 2016 Indianapolis Colts Schedule:

Week 1.) 9/11: DET
Week 2.) 9/18: at DEN
Week 3.) 9/25: SD
Week 4.) 10/2: JAX (London)
Week 5.) 10/9: CHI
Week 6.) 10/16: at HOU (Sunday night)
Week 7.) 10/23: at TEN
Week 8.) 10/30: KC
Week 9.) 11/6: at GB
Week 10.) 11/13: BYE
Week 11.) 11/20: TEN
Week 12.) 11/24: PIT (Thanksgiving)
Week 13.) 12/5: at NYJ (Monday)
Week 14.) 12/11: HOU
Week 15.) 12/18: at MIN
Week 16.) 12/24: at OAK (Saturday)
Week 17.) 1/1: JAX

Gonna say 10-6 or 11-5 for us this year.

 

[air spider 777]

Welcome to the Colts family Ryan Kelly!

LOVE the pick! And goodbye Khaled Holmes!

 

[air spider 777]

2016 Draft Class:

R1: Ryan Kelly: Stud of a center. Finally got someone competent and got rid of softee Khaled Holmes

R2: TJ Green: Talented player but I am not too sure on how he is going to handle the transition from S to CB as it seems like to me our 2 safetys will be Adams and Gethers. We have a more pressing need at CB so hes going to have to produce.

R3: Le'Raven Clark: I really like thi pick. I believe you have him play guard as I think we are set at tackles (Costanzo and Mewhort). Loves that he provides us with flexibility if anyone on the line gets hurt, as he can play multiple positions.

R4: Hassan Ridgeway: Not too sure how he is going to play out as he has issues with staying on the field because he gets gassed easily. Interior of the line was our strongpoint last year but the injury bug killed us and I believe Ridgeway adds more depth because I am almost certain Art Jones will get hurt again.

R4: Antonio Morrison: Love this pick. Kid can play. He gets everywhere on the field and is a ball hawk. 2 concerns with him, his ability to stay healthy and has been arrested in the past (the barking at the police dog is whatever and is another incident lol) for assaulting a bouncer. But he has to compete with Sio Moore and Nate Irving for OLB playing time.

R5: Joe Haeg: This is another pick that addresses the main issue. Protect the franchise. Hes adding depth and along with the other moves, I am interested in seeing what happens in training camp.

R7: Trevor Bates: Not really expecting much from this pick. Lets see what he brings to the table. Our current ILB's are at least 30 years old (Mathis, Walden, Cole), we need to get younger at the position of ILB.

R7: Austin Blythe: center from Iowa who is adding depth at the Center position for any injuries that may occur. One thing that does worry me about this guy is his inability to pick up blitzes. But this shouldnt be much of a worry as he will have time to learn.

Overall I love what Grigson did and as I told @ChampCruThik via text, I dont think it was Grigs who did this draft because it actually made sense!

Main thing is to protect the FRANCHISE and in this draft we are doing just that. Now we have to improve on the pass rush and I'd like to get another corner via FA but most likely we will roll with what we have got. Which has me worried because we do have problems getting to the QB and Vontae cant be doing everything on his own in the secondary so this has to improve.

 

[air spider 777]

ITS GAMEDAY!!!!!!!!

Another 3 hrs till we beat down on the Lions!

 

[air spider 777]

Well that was a disappointing loss today.


Couldnt hold them with 37 seconds left.

Damn shame. Again its going to be another year where Lucks talent will be wasted. We have no defense and will get torched every single week. Havent seen sloppy tackling like that in a while.

 

[Nouss]

Good effort on the come back but we shouldn´t have been in that position in the first place. Defense is terrible.

Their running backs KILLED us especially in the air.

And WTF was that play in the end? What the hell is Pagano calling out there? Dreadful.

 

[polosanddunks]

Man Cromartie got smoked in the end and the defense is terrible. We literally got dudes off the street right now as DBs.

Offense played excellent and Luck and the TEs killed it.

Cant expect to put up damn near 40 a week and give up 40 as well.

 

[air spider 777]

That was a long game today brothers. Oline was trash, defense was trash.

Had one last chance to try and win it and Reitz gets smoked.

Going to be a below 500 year for us I think.

 

[air spider 777]

Glad we got the win! Real close one! Awesome play by Luck and TY in the 4th quarter.

Still have to work on that oline. That shot Luck took before the half was hard to watch.

Now we have to look forward and look to beat Jacksonville in London!

 

[air spider 777]

Game day! Lets get it!

 

[air spider 777]

Another rough one today. 3 rookies on the oline

That pick Luck held onto the ball way too long.

Our defense blows and Cromartie can go eff off. So many stupid penalties.

 

[Nouss]

Good effort on the come back but we shouldn´t have been in that position in the first place. Defense is terrible.



Dreadful.

 

[air spider 777]

Goodbye Cro and Sio.

One was burnt toast and one couldnt wrap up someone on a tackle if his life depended on it.

Cro should give us back the 200k bonus he got. But child support is a *****.

 

[air spider 777]

So Grigs throws Luck under the bus saying that given what we have paid him, its hard to build on the other side of the ball. Hey ******* you cant draft for **** and you have made **** free agent signings. I hate this guy so much. Eff him.


Ok gameday today lets get this!

 

[Nouss]

He really said that? What ever happened to self accountability?

Dude built a terrible nfl squad. The defense isn't terrible because of lucks contract.

There are other teams with similar qb contracts that aren't atrocious on defense.

It's bad drafting and bad coaches. This is why you see scrubbs flourishing in NE. We have no player development. Drafting college stars isn't going to change that.

I'm tired of those 2 clowns.

 

[air spider 777]

Gametime! Lets do this! Get back to .500

 

[Nouss]

What in the bloody hell? Up 23-9 with 4 minutes left in the 4th. :x smh

 

[air spider 777]

Pagano and Grigson need to go.

 

[air spider 777]

Nice win today fellas. The oline looked good today. Decent combo we had out there.

The defense though. stay giving up serious yards and plays

 

[air spider 777]

#FreeLuck

Fire everyone.