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I really don't care what was projected it was all speculation. The situation is no where close to the same. Gross, Wharton, Kalil, Steve Smith, Greg Olsen, Jeremy Shockey, Williams is on a different level that what we have going on. Hype before the season means nothing if our staff/players can't deliver. Reich has neutered the best thing about our offense in the OL and turned them into a weakness. It's all a complete mess. We've already discussed the Dalton thing which shows it's an outlier unless you believe he will have a GOAT type season for us, or maybe Seattle had some secondary issues which is why we threw it 58 times in that loss. He could be a bust, but expecting a rookie to pop in here and have a Cam Newton type season with Reich and this roster is a pipe dream and going to leave you disappointed. We need a new GM and HC (honestly a new owner but that's a different story), if Young busts and that leads to Fitt and Reich leaving then there is something good that comes out of it.

Completely different QBs and completely different situations. No I don't think Young can or will become a Cam Newton but at this point we are stuck with him probably through 2024. Let's hope we get get adequate talent and an adequate staff to give him a chance, but if we don't or if he continues to struggle we start all over in 2025.

I'm sticking with Olsen again in saying the DB just made a great play. He has been doing it all year since Diggs went down. Young's mistake was not seeing Tremble having no one pick him up. Tremble should have been the read.

Higgins has been battling injuries all year. We need to stretch the field and I'm not sure he alone will do that. Brown can stretch it and so can Tez. Double dip with a FA and a high draft pick. Our offense lacks speed so the defense gets to stack the box. Higgins was drafted for Burrow as a rookie. Downs was looking great for AR before AR got hurt. Dell is looking great for Stroud (he is a speedster as well). Pickens was drafted to help Pickett. Drafting a rookie WR to help your young QB is pretty common we just drafted the wrong one. We drafted one that can't stretch the field or create separation right now in Mingo. Tez is the opposite. Mingo is better suited in the slot but we have AT there.

That's just part of it. The Jags had to do the same.

How is Hollywood now a proven talent? He has had a solid year with some bad QB play. We need speed and YAC. Brown fits that role. Brown and AT compliment each other and Tez brings speed/size/hands which is something we also need. Brown, AT, Tez, and Mingo is a nice core if we get a coach that uses them correctly. Higgins is a great big bodied WR, but he isn't a speedster that will stretch the field. While Higgins is better, Brown is a better fit and should be cheaper.

I kind of want Hollywood Brown for his speed. Brown and draft Tez plus a center.

Who knows if Fields had DJ Moore and CMC from his first start he might look a lot better.

I don't know if I can bring myself to watch this again.... It was so bad the first time.

I think as @CRA stated we didn't want anther top 10 pick used on a linebacker. I don't think it was realized how good of a pass rusher he could be and has become. We also had Burns and needed a LT, QB. CB, and probably a lot more... https://www.nfl.com/prospects/micah-parsons/32005041-5275-3418-9a2d-9826287ee445 NFL comparison there is Myles Jack who is more of the traditional MLB type of player vs pass rusher.

I remember a big Fields vs Slater debate. I wanted Fields, but yeah Slater would have been the best choice IMO. Parsons didn't play that COVID year so I don't think he was as hot of a topic as people are remembering.

Sanders, Ewers, Daniels (Kansas), Allar (only 2nd year), I would expect Ward returns as well, Rising said he is returning (not a high pick anyway). Just off the top of my head it could be a decent class...

It's also a reoccurring issue with Reich. I'm not sure it gets better until he is gone or the OL is completely redone....

They are coming right up the middle through our center and guards. What you are saying would make more sense if our tackles were struggling the most. Moton is the only one who played well. They lined Parsons up directly over Bozeman and he got to Bryce in under 2.5 seconds damn near every time.

Pederson called the plays I believe.

That’s how they played against Cam all game long.

How often were his QBs getting pressured? I’m concerned Reich has issues with OL in his scheme. I know Luck retired early due to injuries and he was constantly hit, but Frank only had him for one year. Even in his 3 wins his last season the offense struggled and his QB was abused. Our OL looks way worse under him than it did last year as well.

Just showing how he has become outdated. Plus I stumbled across this Matt Ryan article and it looked very familiar. @CRA was mentioning his offensive issues dating back to San Diego. I’ll have to see how Rivers and Wentz held up in a Reich OL scheme…

Yeah he needs enough comfort to think enough to change his footwork from his current “natural” positions. You are 100% right though, it has to be cleaned up ASAP. The good news is he seems pretty coachable.

The 3 wins were pretty low scoring and their QB was getting destroyed the whole time. If we want to get a decent OL, protect our QB, and open up our offense the first step is to remove Reich. Fitt is probably step 2 or 1B…

The number of constant pressures and sacks is similar. The best and quickest way to fix our OL is to move on from Reich.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35305300/how-matt-ryan-season-colts-fell-apart This article highlights a lot of what went wrong Reich's last year in Indy and boy does it sound a lot like what we have going on here. A seasoned vet like Ryan still struggled in Reich's dated schemes. He finished with 6.6 YPA 14 TDs 13 INTs in 12 games with a QBR of 44.9. That's with Pittman as a solid WR and Taylor as a great RB. Their wins were 20-17, 12-9, and 25-20 all low scoring and the one games they scored 36 was due to 5 FGS a special teams TD and a defensive TD. He had one solid game against the Jags but outside of that it was a terrible year. Ryan was a seasoned vet at the end of his career and he couldn't survive in Reich's most recent offense. We are now throwing a rookie QB in a very similar situation with possibly less weapons and expecting better results. The quickest way to fix this mess is to move on from Reich like the Colts did and of course Fitt can follow him out the door for assembling this roster and hyping up how we were just a QB away... I posted some highlights of the article below and tell me if it doesn't sound pretty damn familiar. "The Colts' offense has been among the worst in the NFL. Ryan, 37, produced touchdown passes at the lowest rate of his 15-year career. Meanwhile, he threw interceptions more often than he has in any season since 2009. Most of all, the Colts (4-9-1) are enduring one of their worst seasons in the past decade." In the season opener, Ryan was under consistent pressure. The only thing worse was the manner in which Ryan responded. He fumbled four times, losing one, and threw an ugly interception. Ryan's second-half heroics allowed the Colts to secure a tie and allowed Ryan to save some face. But in Week 2, when the Colts were embarrassed again in Jacksonville in a 24-0 loss, it was becoming clear that maybe they weren't the team Ryan thought he was joining. By Week 7 against the Tennessee Titans, it was apparent the pass rush was getting to Ryan and severely impacting his decision-making. He was hit 10 times, sacked three times and threw a pick-six in the 19-10 loss. The synergy Ryan hoped to develop with his new teammates seemed nonexistent." He had an adjusted QBR of 41.3 (23rd in the NFL at the time) and led the league with nine interceptions. But he'd also been sacked 24 times, and the Colts, shockingly, ranked 29th in yards per rushing attempt. Too much of the load was falling on Ryan. That was never the intention.

Look at how much better the Colts OL looks this year vs last year when Matt Ryan was getting sacked at an alarming rate. Reich has to go if we want to see our OL improve.

Duce Staley.

I agree and thanks for keeping it classy. I guess my thought is if he is getting pressured that quickly and that frequently he is going to revert back to bad habits. You are right in saying that we shouldn't ignore it and try to correct it now, but he needs to get comfortable in order to progress and learn better mechanics. Constantly trying to dodge defenders is going to make him panic, not think about what he has been working on, and just try to get the ball out as quickly as possible (which at the time would be the way he has done it most of his life). Back to the backyard football style of play he was famous for when a play broke down. I didn't mean for it to come across as we simply ignore it until we fix the OL, but more of you won't see consistent better results in mechanics until we fix the OL if that makes sense?