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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?

If you want his fundamentals corrected we have to fix the OL issues first. Otherwise he is running around trying to play "hero ball" and will immediately go back to his bad habits.

100% no one even started to cover Tommy.

The said thing is we paid for Boze, paid for Corb, extended Moton for good money, spent a top 10 pick on Icky, and a 3rd on BC. This some how turned into one of the worst OLs I've seen.

This staff is married to Young now. They need him to show something to protect their jobs. If they put in Dalton and he is an upgrade it still looks bad on their part. The best chance for any success out of them is for Bryce to some some progression and give the fans some hope. They are all in on him and it will probably last through next year.

I fully expect Young to add some bulk and zip to his passes this offseason similar to Burrow. However if we don't fix this OL and get him weapons it's not going to matter....

I have zero doubt Fitt wanted Young. His press conference speeches all hinted towards it plus the whole Russ Wilson in Seattle thing. I think Frank liked most of the top 3 and Young advertised as the most "pro ready" probably made it easy for him to go with Young. I don't believe Frank is good at developing QBs as he never really has. This is probably why he wanted Carr originally.

I've seen good throws in the earlier games. Regardless as Olsen said I can't evaluate poo in this offense. Especially not a rookie QB.

I’m not ready to say his physical limitations will prevent him from being great. However I certainly don’t fault anyone who does. I’m with Olsen on how it’s impossible to properly evaluate him in this offense. I’ve seen some plays where he zips it, but others where is kind of lofts it. I don’t know if it’s a confidence thing or rushing his fundamentals but something is definitely off more so in these past couple games.

Yeah I’m not talking about people on here. A majority of us wanted Stroud. I’m talking about all these analysts/former GMs/former players/draft boards. People are acting like Tepper found a random QB and no one on this staff wanted him. I don’t think that was the case. Everything Fitt has said sounded like Young was his guy and Reich and his crew were easily convinced if nothing else.

Stroud would look better here and was the better prospect, but who knows exactly how good he would look. Fitt has this roster stripped down on offense and Reich has them playing away from any strengths they have. I don’t know how well Aaron Rodgers would look in this offense. Fitt and Reich both have to go before they can do any further damage. My only point was no one batted an eye at the selection of Young. He was picked around were most projected but the team we’ve built for him and the scheme Reich is forcing this offense to run is inexcusable.

It’s definitely strange. I’ve gotten kind of use to it, but yeah it’s strange…

Damn that’s pretty bad…

Weren’t you high on Tank Dell as well? You’ve made some good calls on draft picks.

Ouch…

Sometimes it’s just easier to say the player you liked played bad and the whole offense looked like poop. Trying to defend something indefensible at this point will make people sound crazy.

We need a center and BC healthy ASAP. To me Bozeman is the biggest issue aside from the constant change of shitty players at LG. We have to get some playmakers though. We have no outside WR right now. Mingo is better suited in the slot or perhaps for a Debo Samuel type role until AT is done. Hollywood Brown would be a nice FA signing and a player like Tez in the draft would help.