Another Columnist Thinks The Colts Are Intentionally Tanking The 2011 Season
by Brad Wells on Dec 12, 2011 10:03 AM EST
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I think they're doing it.
Bob Kravitz thinks they're doing it.
Mike Florio thinks they're doing it.
Howard Bryant thinks they're doing it.
And now, you can chalk the Baltimore Sun's Mike Preston up as yet another person who thinks the Colts front office is intentionally tanking the season to move up in the draft order.
The Colts are terrible. They are pathetic and one of the worst teams in NFL history, including some of those from Cincinnati. Upon further review, the league needs to watch film of the Colts to determine if they are playing this poorly just to obtain Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck as the No. 1 overall pick.
Preston also seems to be flinging bird dung at the Colts meme that, despite being 0-13, the team hasn't quit.
The Colts quit because they no longer have any heart.
The Ravens receivers made it look like a seven-on-seven passing drill and they had to be laughing about all those 10- to 12-yard comeback routs. Indianapolis was so bad that even when they went to nickel or dime coverage, they often forgot to cover running back Ray Rice.
How can you not cover the other team's top offensive star?
Folks, it's Week 14 and this team still doesn't have a win. Of course the players have quit. Some of them, at least. That's understandable, to a degree. This is a demoralized, talent-less roster crafted and managed by incompetent personnel executives who have no business working in the jobs they currently hold. The players know this. They aren't dumb. They aren't blind. They know why the team stinks, and that the people truly in charge at West 56th Street are clueless.
Consider this: as frustrated as you and I are with Bill Polian's idiotic ramblings about 'little things' needing to be fixed, imagine how the players feel when they hear it! They have to listen to that guy say such nonsense every. single. day.
After a season of finger-pointing, excuse-making, and general front office incompetence, the players would not be human friggin beings if, at some point, they let up. As we've said from the very beginning, while the players do bare some of the responsibility for this historically terrible season, the people who carry a majority of the 'who f*cked up?' burden are the Polians and their front office.
The more this team loses, and the more allegations surface that Bill and his son Chris are tanking the 2011 season, the more glaringly obvious it should be to owner Jim Irsay that he needs to cut ties with these bozos if he wants to remain credible, as an owner, in the eyes of fans and the media.
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I'm terrified that someone in the FO
is going to screw up the draft this year. They have to nail this decision or the Colts will be screwed for years. Chris Polian scares the crap out of me.
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by SmallMarketBigPlays on Dec 12, 2011 10:14 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Chris Polian scares the crap out of me.
FO boogey man!
What do I really have left in life but this place? It ain't much of a home, but it's all I got. Well, g******it. I'll be damned if I let some foreign, graffiti writin', soul suckin', son of a bitch in an oversized cowboy hat and boots take my friend's souls and sh** 'em down the visitors toilet!
by Guy LeDouche on Dec 12, 2011 10:38 AM EST up reply actions
i agree
I am scared we will trade down in draft picks and take like Matt Barkley or RGIII (who I still don’t think will be a very good NFL QB… you heard it here first).
by coltsfanbeforemanning on Dec 12, 2011 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
What?
You don’t trust decision makers who intentionally tanked a game when they were 14-0? lol I guarantee you one thing, you won’t see the Packers do something that incredibly stupid.
by Ayrshire on Dec 12, 2011 11:17 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
glad someone post that on this forum.
i think about older teams that went for perfection and teams nowadays shy away from it…
by Straight Out The Burbs on Dec 12, 2011 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
I don't think you'll see anyone shy away from it.
They only team who has ever done that is the Colts. Most teams know that going undefeated will solidity their place in history for eternity. There are many super bowl winners,….only one undefeated team at 17-0. Nobody has gone 19-0. Aaron Rodgers has already said that he doesn’t consider any games ‘meaningless’. Interesting that he chose that particular word. Any GM/team with even a thimble full of testosterone would go for it. Unfortunately, the Colts players and fans got saddled with the weakest, most pathetic bunch of short-sighted wimps that ever were in charge of a football team.
by Ayrshire on Dec 12, 2011 11:26 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
yeah that was a catastrophe'
and I am still pretty pissed that we didn’t… we would have beaten the Jets (and knocked them out of the playoffs) and we had a decent shot against the Bills.
by coltsfanbeforemanning on Dec 12, 2011 11:32 AM EST up reply actions
Not to even mention
what it did to their ‘momentum’ and edge. Oh, that’s right…….the dumbass redhead doesn’t believe in momentum. According to Gary Brackett, 100% of the players wanted to go for it and take a shot at a once in a lifetime opportunity. That about says it all, doesn’t it?
i’m more scared that jim irsay has no plan b option for better management and we are stuck with the current regime for the next decade, except if the team is ONCE AGAIN built around one player colts will fall back into rank and file with the rest of the league as oppose to world beaters. if this team is THIS BAD just because of ONE player then what the h**** has BP and CP3P0 been doing these last few years?
If its a players only issue then caldwell should have been gone a long time ago since if del rio lost his job before and he beat us what does that say? to me it says the colts are tanking and will wait until they loose next week and secure the pick before firing caldwell, bring in tressel as coach, and then preach they did it to get “positive momentum” going into the offseason when everyone who is not a colts guppy knew the plan from week 4.
by Straight Out The Burbs on Dec 12, 2011 11:18 AM EST reply actions
With Manning, this is still a borderline playoff team. Manning has been covering for our deficiencies on defense and special teams for years.
However, with Manning down, I truly believe that Polians put together a very poor team. They don’t need to tank, they were constructed in such a way that there is no way they could win very many games.
Polian did practically nothing to improve the team. Cut Hayden, who was our 2nd best CB. Even if that doesn’t say much, he’s still second best!
Injuries have been pretty bad again. I’ve never seen a team that has so many injuries year in and year out. I just think they are too small on defense. Our line can’t stop anyone so our small LBs and secondary has to stop everything in front of them. That wears on the body. Not too mention the defense is just on the field too much.
If we ran the ball more and tried to control the clock, we might not have so many injuries.
So, tanking is is the wrong term. These guys are trying. Blame Polian for constructing such a pathetic team.
And it's now my sig
by Bronn on May 17, 2011 4:56 PM EDT
not too mention coaches that don’t make adjustments.
And it's now my sig
by Bronn on May 17, 2011 4:56 PM EDT
by Sparhawk on Dec 12, 2011 11:54 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
The Colts lost by 14 points to what is most likely the best team in the AFC.
How does that point to tanking?
From this week alone:
Tampa Bay loses to Jacksonville 41-14
Kansas City loses to NYJ 37-10
Oakland loses to Green Bay 46-16
Buffalo loses to San Diego 37-10
Yep, this 14 point loss sure does prove that they’re tanking. The writers from Baltimore is just an angry Baltimore guy who still holds something against the Colts. I mean, in the same paragraph that he says the Colts might be tanking, he also says “The Colts are one of the worst teams in NFL history.” Contradictory much?
by James Broschat on Dec 12, 2011 12:14 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
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And it's now my sig
by Bronn on May 17, 2011 4:56 PM EDT
by Sparhawk on Dec 12, 2011 12:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This artilce is like a month and a half overdue BBS
Who cares now? We have the #1 pick basically locked up nw, they could serioulsy be trying to win as of now and it wouldnt matter.
I was wondering last month if they were, but whats the difference now…as it is, I dont see us pickign up 2 “W’s”, let alone one in the next three games. Jax maybe?
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This season is so depressing...
That I just don’t read any articles about this season anymore!!! whether be on SB or 18to88, I just rather go to read the comments section!!
BBS thinks everything it’s bad and we should fire everyone (even the owner of the team lol), on the other hand, Nate think this is only because of the loss of P.M. and no blame for Bill or Chris.
I just want this season to be over.
Vamos Colts!!!
My new post on every article will be this......
Dear fellow fans,
A. Caldwell will be back next year.
B. Most of his shitty staff will be back next year
C. The nut kicker of all is………….yes the Polian Posse will be back next year.
Given these points above I ask you one question about Colts Football right now………………………Who gives a shit???? I have washed my fucking hands of this mess until Irsay decides to sober up and take control of this shit circus.
I’m surprised people aren’t rioting in the god damn streets over this stupid ass shit that they call football. We look like the biggest idiots in the history of the game. If I were any of the Polians or Irsay I would be ashamed to show my face period!!!
I’m tired of the HOMERS making excuses for this shit bag team, Polian has failed this franchise for the last 4 to 5 years and it has caught up with him. This shit isn’t even watchable. I’m sick in the head with Colts football so like a dumb ass I watch every worthless snap that they play and it’s the same shit every week. Nobody on this team with the exception of about 5 players is capable of playing at the NFL level.
It’s just a fucking joke!!!
Crap
The Colts are terrible….it started from Manning going down…it was over from there….no decent backup and the injuries have again decimated the D especially the DB’s and LB’s and really D line too….not to mention the O line..Clark…and anyone else hurt….they have lost big but they have hung tough….the season seems to have snow balled on them week after week of more injuries…to say they tanked it…the FO tanked it….owner tanked it..and any other person you feel you can blame it on tanked it…it is what you guys do on here constantly…..it is pathetic….when a team loses like the Colts have done….it is easy to slam them in the turf in every direction….why don’t you try the opposite approach ….you know damn well if Manning was 100% healthy the whole season that they Colts would have been right in the thick of their division….they would have survived the injuries…I for one am sick of reading all the negative crap you all right about the Colts…so what if other jerk writers have joined you band wagon…there can be no bigger jerk than Kravitz…..who cares what he says….Florio….Bryant…you…you are full of crap…..negative nonsense….it is easy to join the club and pile it on…..try writing every day just the opposite of what crap you all believe and write now….and see if you can pick the team back up…..so what if the draft there have been some busts….you think other teams do not experience the same crap…of course they do…..you could run down every team in the league if that is what you chose to do…..even the Packers…but if you choose to be positive about the Colts then maybe I would feel different about the constant flow of nonsense and negative bull you guys wrote now for most of the season….I for 1 am about over it…and I like you guys….but you need to get on with it after awhile…please don’t ever become just like Kravitz..cause there can be no bigger idiot then he is….I would not be proud to say he is one of your ding bats that stick together with you on your negative bullsh*t
OK, gives us some nice positive stuff then buddy.
by braveheartcolt on Dec 12, 2011 3:08 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Jim Caldwell says everything can be 'corrected'.
It’s just getting back to fundamentals. lol I’m sure they’ll be ready to go next week!
LOL
Honestly, I used to cringe reading these articles but now I laugh. Good picker upper on a bleak, rainy Florida Monday.
I fear that...
the clowns in the front office (Polians) will get a pass from Irsay because of the success they’ve had in the past 10 years. It would be flat out stupid if they didn’t fire the Polians at this point, but I don’t honestly trust that Irsay will do that. He’ll point to the last 10 years of success we’ve had (which we all now know was due to Peyton Manning solely). I think that Irsay will give the Polians a pass for 1 year. I really really hope I’m wrong, but I have no faith that Irsay will make the correct move at this point.
Tanking the season
I thought the Colts were going to tank the season a long time ago. I dont have a problem with that because you need an elite QB to be an playoff team in the future. I dont want this team to be the Broncos, Dolphins, or Bills.
by SRBradford on Dec 12, 2011 9:24 PM EST via mobile reply actions
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