It starts at the top of the coaching staff

[Jmac]

The offense is putrid and yes the kid is struggling behind this mess. I think Bryce MAY come around in the long run, with the right coaching, and this ain't it.

Poor player evaluation is the beginning. Between bad trades and contracts, the GM is sh*thing the bed big time.

Reich is not the right guy, at the right time. His ego holding the kid back by insisting on calling the plays. Old retread doing old retread things. So many options that they passed on to take two steps foward and three steps back.

The kid doesn't even know where to line up anymore, Sanders had to push him back behind the center. 

This is a three game win season, if this keeps up. They need to get a first round pick back somehow. If it means shipping Burns out....then so be it.

If the kid doesn't work out then they need to start over, with a younger HC with new ideas.

If Tepper is resistant, then he needs to sell the franchise to someone who knows football, and not only hedgefunds. 

Sorry for the long rant.

 

 

Edited September 19, 2023 by Jmac

[uncfan888]

Please let brown call plays.. Just let him try, frank. You suck at doing it

[PantherExpress]

Maybe Reich hands the offense over to Thomas Brown. Maybe we make desperate trade for receiver help (didn’t think I’d say that 2 months ago). Maybe we don’t do anything and just “let the dust settle”. I don’t know what they’re thinking lol. We gotta shake something up though. 

[ickmule]

Wrong coach and wrong owner. This doesn’t get fixed under Tepper ownership.  Get used to it. 

[CRA]

10 minutes ago, PantherExpress said:

Maybe Reich hands the offense over to Thomas Brown. Maybe we make desperate trade for receiver help (didn’t think I’d say that 2 months ago). Maybe we don’t do anything and just “let the dust settle”. I don’t know what they’re thinking lol. We gotta shake something up though. 

Not any time soon.  We just saw this shake out in Indy.  Frank drove it home in his presser.   Frank is bad at something he thinks he is good at.  It’s ground hog day and starting early here. 

and what happens if we start 0-6? I’d be worried if I were Brown. 

horrible and disappointing seasons start the excuse and blame cycle.   Guys benched, coaches fired…

and the last time Frank’s bad play calling was called out and they sucked….he refused to give it up.  But he did fire his non playcalling OC.  He would be a likely first scapegoat to explain away the problem.  Because it won’t be Bryce and Frank would have to have some excuse 

[Waldo]

Maybe he will decide to retire after the dumpster fire that is this season.

The fact that Indy is a better run franchise is mind boggling. They got a better HC and QB while this team was pissing away another 2 years.

[therealmjl]

51 minutes ago, uncfan888 said:

Please let brown call plays.. Just let him try, frank. You suck at doing it

exactly

[Anybodyhome]

Fact: Frank Reich was the HC of a decent Colts team featured on Hard Knocks in season a couple years ago. The Colts found themselves in a playoff position needing to only beat the worst team in the NFL, Jacksonville, the last game of the season.

The Colts lost the game and lost the playoff spot. Reich was subsequently fired. But, his play calling remains just as we saw the last 2 games.

 

[CRA]

Frank also opened up that presser a little Matt Rhule-ish.  Felt a little like the "you just can't see it but it's 100% working" narrative. 

Playcalling isn't the issue per Frank and we are basically just a tweak away from putting up 30 a game lol.  Yeah, ok Frank. 

This entire start was all painfully predictable.  A bad play caller with weak skill talent.  Starting a rookie QB and defenses all over the small ball game because you don't have the talent to do it. 

[Harbingers]

1 minute ago, CRA said:

Frank also opened up that presser a little Matt Rhule-ish.  Felt a little like the "you just can't see it but it's 100% working" narrative. 

Playcalling isn't the issue we are basically just a tweak away from putting up 30 a game lol.  Yeah, ok Frank. 

Should have stuck with Wilks. 

[Dunn]

The only way for Tepper to get the idea that no one likes him is for him to hear it when he shows his face on game day...if he ever does, which Im sure is rare with this nice 5 season losing streak we've been having.  

[frankw]

Really it all begins with Tepper. He's a meddler. He had a significant hand in the first overall pick as well as the trade itself to 1. As critical as I am of Scott Fitterer and now Reich I don't believe for a minute Tepper and his wife sat on their hands and let everyone else decide who to pick with very little involvement. They made their push for who they wanted.

[OneBadCat]

17 minutes ago, frankw said:

Really it all begins with Tepper. He's a meddler. He had a significant hand in the first overall pick as well as the trade itself to 1. As critical as I am of Scott Fitterer and now Reich I don't believe for a minute Tepper and his wife sat on their hands and let everyone else decide who to pick with very little involvement. They made their push for who they wanted.

Would not be surprised if the consensus was to take CJ Stroud, but Tepper thought he was smarter than everyone. Probably got a hard on watching Drew Brees all these years. 

[NorthTryon]

34 minutes ago, frankw said:

Really it all begins with Tepper. He's a meddler. He had a significant hand in the first overall pick as well as the trade itself to 1. As critical as I am of Scott Fitterer and now Reich I don't believe for a minute Tepper and his wife sat on their hands and let everyone else decide who to pick with very little involvement. They made their push for who they wanted.

Yeah, when they had Dan Morgan and Fitterer get up so that she could take a call during the draft and made the call to trade for DJ Johnson, I was like man what is this! During the evaluation period CJ Stroud was talking about his interview with Ms. Tepper and I thought why is this trophy wife/former restaurant worker having any input in the draft process.