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I don't think we are allowed to have more than 1 good offensive lineman.

I mean Jared Goff sucked with Jeff Fisher. It was a bad situation. Yeah sure ideally you draft Peyton Manning's at No. 1, but that isn't realistic. But it isn't unprecedented for a No. 1 pick to need a different environment to succeed.

Is there any evidence for anything that has been said in this thread? Or are we just speculating? I'm not defending Tepper as an owner. Clearly the positive results haven't been there. But I'm also not a fan of stating things as facts without any supporting evidence or inside knowledge. What is the most credible source that has come out and said, "Tepper pushed for Bryce Young over who Reich and Fitterer wanted"? It just feels like a way to absolve Reich and Fitt from blame. The fact is all of them deserve criticism for everything that has happened. Unfortunately only 2 can be fired.

I'm tired of taking turns firing GMs and HCs. If we fire Fitt (and we should), then we need to fire Reich too. Start over completely. Have the next GM have a big say in the next HC.

Bryce is trash

Exactly. I am not bashing Reich to try and prop up Young. Maybe Young ends up not being the guy... but this performance just isn't acceptable no matter what. Teams with bad QBs find a way to look better than this, especially when they are playing a league worst NFL defense. Again, the Vikings put up 30 with Dobbs. Falcons 28 with Heineicke. Bucs 37 with Mayfield. If there is any hope in Bryce, it won't be found with Frank Reich as the HC and I am SUPER confident in that. And this is coming from someone who was one of the last to give up on Ron Rivera and Matt Rhule. I have a lot of patience. But Reich is clearly in over his head. He sucks.

Bro, in 2023 your offense shouldn't be this bad. Even the PJ Walker led Browns put up 39 points on the Colts. And it isn't like this is Reich's first rodeo. He got fired from Indy for a reason. Maybe Bryce isn't good, but even if he isn't, this type of performance isn't acceptable. Frank Reich is a bad HC.

Defenses don't "fear" Gardner Minshew and yet the Colts offense has been productive under him. Ya'll so fixated on talking about Bryce Young that you all are ignoring how the team looks way worse than they did under Rhule. That falls on the head coach. Hell, the Vikings put up 30 points with a QB they acquired just this week. Even if your QB is bad, your team shouldn't look THIS bad.

How is benching Bryce going to fix the run game or the defense or the OL, all of which have regressed under Reich? I'm not even trying to get into a debate about Bryce. But this entire team, top to bottom, looks worse than it ever did under Matt freakin' Rhule. Reich is TERRIBLE.

Either way, Reich is the HC and it is his team. And this team looks worse all across the board. I had more faith when Matt Rhule was the HC.

When do we accept Frank Reich sucks?

Same scheme, so it doesn't matter. Reich's scheme is dog-SHHHH.

Garbage referees. I'm done with the NFL.

When you are inside the pocket, you need to throw it somewhere a receiver is in the vicinity and nobody was even close to him.

Imagine blaming the QB for not throwing the ball away when the entire OL gets beat like a drum

How is that a flag but the hit on Bryce wasn't last week?

I think Bryce has a career day. But unfortunately I see our defense getting gashed. Colts offense is low-key one of the best in football this year and their running game is very good.

I spent the last 15 minutes looking for our inactive list... only to realize we are playing at 4PM.

Someone's got to do it

We need to go out and get as bruiser in the offseason. Hubbard has improved but he's still a poor option as a short-yardage back and right now our inability to pick up 2-3 yards when we really need it on the ground is stalling our offense.

I mean, maybe... but so are we. My point is I doubt we are watching up to the Falcons or Saints. Falcons should win this division as long as they keep Ridder on the bench.

Scott Fitterer has to be fired.

The Falcons upcoming schedule is pretty easy. Vikings (without Kirk), Cardinals (maybe Kyler plays though? but coming off an injury), and Jets.

He's as bad as Byron Bell and Mike Remmers were at LT. Hell, he might be Nate Chandler bad.

Bryce did the damn thing today. OL and WRs were failing him throughout. And don't even mention the running game.