Comments on: Preseason Power Rankings No. 31: Indianapolis Colts

By: hikohadon

hikohadon — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:51:01 +0000

Given all they lost and how bad they were last year, how is this team not last?

By: gacoltfan

gacoltfan — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:20:23 +0000

latenightroach says:
Jul 9, 2012 3:16 PM
“Being able to stink for a single season and to be rewarded with one of the more polished passers to come out of college in years was a nice consolation prize for the Colts. If you’re going to replace a Manning, this is the way to do it.”
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Perfect example of why there needs to be a draft lottery for the NFL. It’s too easy for an owner to have his franchise “stink it up” and cover up the conspiracy. Jim Irsay’s annoying tweets never fooled me.
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If they were trying to “stink it up”, then why would they replace Painter (who was horrible) with Orvloski for the last 6 games? With Painter there was no way they were going to win games and lose the #1 pick. With Orvloski they won a few games and came close to losing the #1 pick.

As far as a draft lottery, that’s working out real well for the NBA. How many times has that thing been accused of being rigged?

By: smackingfools

smackingfools — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:37:09 +0000

I won’t have to wait long to see what they say about my Phins.

By: jaydog76

jaydog76 — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:13:10 +0000

jvillenole says:
Jul 9, 2012 3:59 PM
Jags and Titans will both sweep the Colts.

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Dude…come on, lol. That isn’t gonna happen.

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essentialsausage says:
Jul 9, 2012 4:03 PM
“It’s too easy for an owner to have his franchise “stink it up” and cover up the conspiracy.”
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Why would the players ever go along with someone telling them to “stink it up”? They have careers to think about. Even if they give up playing for the team, they still want to play for their own benefit. Besides, most of these guys enjoy the game and have too much pride to purposely play poorly.

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Because that is the easiest explaination for what happened last year. Being a long time Colts fan, I understand that the gamble was on Manning. NO ONE ever took any first string snaps but Manning, so when he goes down, yeah we are gonna suck. And yes the result happened to be the rest of the league crying because we went from Manning to Luck…. deal with it folks. AFC South, enjoy it while you can, we WILL be back.

By: essentialsausage

essentialsausage — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:03:44 +0000

“It’s too easy for an owner to have his franchise “stink it up” and cover up the conspiracy.”
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By: archetypeobscure

archetypeobscure — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:02:59 +0000

I would go:

32) Colts
31) Rams
30) Vikings
29) Browns
28) Jags

The Colts do not have the personnel for a 3-4 and are undergoing a complete organizational overhaul. I would put the Colts last and then tied for 28 is the other four teams that all have issues and plan on pounding the ball. They all suck though.

By: jvillenole

jvillenole — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:59:21 +0000

Jags and Titans will both sweep the Colts.

By: richkotitte

richkotitte — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:56:22 +0000

Quick Jax, be ready, you’re on deck!

By: 805_9er

805_9er — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:53:47 +0000

Fins should be 31. Jags 30…

By: bum65

bum65 — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:49:42 +0000

The Colts were not that bad. There backup QBs were the worst in the history of the NFL and this is a quarterback driven league. When Orvoloskly finally played they were competitive at the end of the year. Freeney and Mathis will surprise with sack totals this year not getting chipped.

By: cheapseater

cheapseater — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:45:23 +0000

Weird how the #17 defense from 2011 (Chicago) will present a challenge, but the #6 defense (Jacksonville with major injuries) is seen as a cushion.

OK.

By: phailing101

phailing101 — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:33:44 +0000

Four games vs Jags and Titans will help.

By: broadwaytucc

broadwaytucc — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:31:06 +0000

I think Pagano keeps them out of last place when it’s all said and done. Luck is a winner an they’re not going 2-14 again

By: flapjackdaddy

flapjackdaddy — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:24:39 +0000

Luck should be happy he has two promising TEs in Fleener and Allen on board. That’s what the Panthers did last year for Cam…give a rookie QB two good short to intermediate options with big catch radius’. Having Reggie Wayne back is big for Luck to.

The problem though, is that Luck is going to be running for his life because that offensive line doesn’t look very strong right now, and they don’t really have a running game that Luck can lean on.

By: jagsfanugh

jagsfanugh — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:18:00 +0000

Bottom dwellers. Looking great from that spot and about time they live there for a bit.

By: latenightroach

latenightroach — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:16:06 +0000

“Being able to stink for a single season and to be rewarded with one of the more polished passers to come out of college in years was a nice consolation prize for the Colts. If you’re going to replace a Manning, this is the way to do it.”
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Perfect example of why there needs to be a draft lottery for the NFL. It’s too easy for an owner to have his franchise “stink it up” and cover up the conspiracy. Jim Irsay’s annoying tweets never fooled me.

By: coonsqualler

coonsqualler — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:06:51 +0000

$5 Says my Brownies are better than the Colts by 4 games.

Just Sayin’…Go Brownies!!!

By: whodeyinpa

whodeyinpa — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:05:14 +0000

Still better than the Browns