NFL Week 12 Recap: Panthers 27, Colts 19

The Colts might be sticking with the staff now, but they (at least the coaches) will be axed in the offseason. No point in doing it now — the season was basically sunk due to Manning’s injury. But can’t go into next season w/ this staff. They’ll be axed and someone new will come in.

The offense is what lost the game. The defense made the crucial stops at the end of the game. The offense didn’t come up with plays, although playcalling like you said was dumb. Brown ran very well all game, but wasn’t getting anything down the stretch.

Brown/Addai combined for over 100 yards, with 1 TD and 4.9 YPC. They did that with Curtis “I scare no one but Colts fans” Painter under center. Not the best running day ever, but I don’t think you can malign them — that’s pretty good production.

prefer to receive their bad news wrapped in a codeine coma of happy horseshit.

Peyton Manning is unquestionably the single most important Colts player of this era, but to suggest that he’s the only reason the Colts have won is ridiculous. As great as Peyton is, his success could not have been accomplished if Polian hadn’t put talent around him. Some of the players that have made the Pro Bowl that joined the team AFTER Peyton was drafted:

• Edgerrin James
• Reggie Wayne
• Dallas Clark
• Jeff Saturday
• Dwight Freeney
• Robert Mathis
• Bob Sanders
• Antoine Bethea

Not to mention the plethora of effective players that Polian added that never saw Pro Bowl recognition with the Colts, but that proved themselves to be quality NFL players ( too many to count, but guys like: Jake Scott, Ryan Diem, Ryan Lilja, Steve McKinney, Joe Addai, Brandon Stokely, Mike Peterson, Marcus Washington, David Thornton, Cato June, Gary Brackett, Clint Session, etc)

Let’s not discount the young players still with the team that have shown potential: Pierre Garcon, Austin Collie Jacob Tamme, Pat Angerer, Kavell Conner, and yes, even Donald Brown?

I’ll never say the Colts front office was or is perfect, but to act like they’re haven’t found talent to help Manning out over the years is ridiculous. Likewise, to say the Colts haven’t had bad draft picks in those previous years is also disingenuous. Remember all the time it took us to find a consistent No. 2 WR behind Marvin Harrison before Polian hit on Reggie Wayne? I do (Do the names Jerome Pathon, E.G. Green or – gasp- Terrence Wilkins ring a bell with any of you?). I remember how most fans were pissed off that we’d picked another WR — yet none of them seem to be complaining now. Likewise with Dallas Clark — many thought we were foolish to nab an unpolished TE project in the first round. Yet that turned out OK.

Yes, we’re having a bad year. Yes, there need to be some changes (and some tough decisions) made. But before we declare ourselves the most dysfunctional team in the NFL, let’s get some freakin’ perspective. This is what the Browns go through EVERY year. We’re going through it once, after a decade of winning, and we’re likely to be back on the right track next year (with either a healthy Manning or Andrew Luck under center), so is it really that bad?

But this outrage after every game saying “IT’S A NEW LOW! I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY’RE THIS BAD!” is just plain stupid.

I didn’t expect them to look this bad for the last 12 weeks

What did you expect? We have no quarterback.

Brad, I am not trying to be confrontational but, aren’t journalists supposed to report on the news, not make the news? Perhaps running a blog site means there is a distinct difference. This lack of clarity might be what causes some readers to get pissed at the articles. I come to the site to hear from other fans in the comments section in order to get the pulse of ColtsNation.

I get that their are journalists that post their opinions, but when your goal is make sure that “we want heads to roll”, doesn’t that cross the line? Again, if you are just bloggers and not journalists, I believe you should clarify the point with the readers. It will allow the readers to put the articles into the right perspective/context. In running a blog, it is more about entertainment, not just reporting the news. That is how I view it. Thoughts?

Management is responsible for the product on the field…..coaches and players.