Irsay would tweet about it ruining the shock factor.

I think he meant shocked in that they would be better than the 3 win mark?

No one will have the book on their new defense yet. Also, they lost 7 games by 8 or fewer points last year. And now they have Luck. Offense looks way ahead of where it was with Painter/Orlovsky this time last year, or even as of last December.

Wouldn’t say “scary,” and depth might be an issue if they get hit with many injuries. Wouldn’t expect them to challenge for a playoff spot yet. But they could definitely shock some teams (or fans of some teams) if they get overlooked because of last year.

You do realize that he just piggy backs off of others film break downs don’t you guys.

If you don’t agree with an opinion, fine. If you want to mock him for his wardrobe, by all means… But good lord, he’s one of the very few football guys they have that actually does his job!

Also, Chris Polean was running the franchise into the ground while his old man was on autopilot collecting checks. He should be banished from NFL front offices along with Billy Devaney, Tim Ruskell, and other similar train wreck personnel evaluators.

They weren’t a playoff caliber team without Manning, but that team still shouldn’t have been as bad as they were last year.

Of course they are going “to shock some people” if “some people” think they are going to be as bad this year as last year. Manning goes out for the season, the ownership knows they are not going to bring him back and they need to get a replacement for him. So they have to figure out what to do. Behind the scenes something to this effect took place:

“Hey, this kid Luck looks like a great prospect for replacement, but how do we make sure we get him. ”
“I know, we have to have the worst record to make sure we get the first draft pick.”
“Tank the season?”
“Yeah, tank the season. Put guys on IR, bring up guys from the practice squad to see if they might be able to stick. Trade guys that we can that would help our this year, but we don’t want to pay going forward. Tell the guys who are playing not to give it 100% and make sure we loose as much as possible, but not so much that it looks obvious.”

Now they have who they want throwing the ball, the team is going to play 100%. They did not have a bad team last year. Go from Superbowl contender to worst in the league because one guy, JUST ONE GUY on the team is out for the year? Give me a break. They tanked the season so they could “Suck for Luck”. Anyone with even the tiniest bit of a brain figured that out. Now the team will play like they are able to and go back to what they have been.

I (a long time Pats fan BTW) am not going to be “shocked” by what this team does this year. I think they are a middle of the road team that MAY take a wildcard spot with a 8-8 or 9-7 record.

There will be no “shock” factor here.

If things work out right for the Colts, I can see them having a season similar to the Rams when Bradford came and they nearly made the playoffs. The downgrade from a past his prime Manning to a young stud in Luck will not be as bad as many think.

Serioulsy if the team was 6-10 but showing improvement then thats a start. They need a lot. Its their own fault for keeping the cows too long and the milk ran out at the same time on many of them.

It will be years before they are competitive again and thats only if Luck is as good as advertised. If he is just mediocre then they have more problems then they imagined.