Posted on 11/08/2022 8:11:47 AM PST by Red Badger
This week, Saturday came a day after Sunday.
Sixty plays from the Indianapolis Colts only produced 121 total offensive yards in their Nov. 6 game against the New England Patriots, tallying up an average of only 2.0 yards-per-play.
As a result of the atrocious performance — one of the worst in recent Colts history — the NFL franchise made the move to fire head coach Frank Reich, who was currently serving his fifth year, according to ESPN.
Replacing Reich on an interim basis will be Jeff Saturday, who played for the Colts from 1999 until 2011. Before getting the interim gig, Saturday was working for ESPN as an analyst, as well as a consultant for the Colts and in their Ring of Honor. Saturday also has previous football head coaching experience on his resume, serving three years in the position at Hebron Christian Academy in Dacula, Georgia.
The Indianapolis Colts have been dismal this season, especially in the last three weeks, with the team on a three-game losing streak. Sunday’s 26-3 blowout loss against the Patriots was just the latest example of of the Colts, well, being outright trash.
Quite frankly, the Colts are in a state of chaos.
The offense is absolutely horrific. They just fired Marcus Brady last week from his offensive coordinator position, which didn’t help. They also made the quarterback change from Matt Ryan to Sam Ehlinger, which didn’t help either. It’s just been horrible — two-yards-per-play horrible.
Personally, yours truly doesn’t mind the Indianapolis Colts being shit. An ex-girlfriend was a huge fan of the Colts, and she was annoying as hell with that damn team — plus, what possesses somebody outside of Indiana to be a fan of the Colts with their basic blue and white jerseys, and basic helmet logo to go along with it?
And not to mention the team is in boring-ass Indianapolis.
The last time the Colts had swag was in the days when Peyton Manning, Edgerrin James and Reggie Wayne were terrorizing the league with their potent offense (and their swag was strictly because of that offense), and that was friggin’ years ago — all three of those guys are retired now.
Here in 2022, what swag do the Colts have?
A washed-up Matt Ryan?
Have fun with that.
NFL PING!...............
Setting the stage for a great comeback?
So his last job was coaching high school football? Not fair to team or their fans if you ask me.
Teams always fire the coach(es) when the team loses too much.
It’s not the talent on the sidelines, it’s the talent on the field that’s at fault..................
I was stunned when I heard this.
They wanted to beat the December rush................
Me too. Reich has been solid.
This is a real case that longtime assistants especially black assistants can legitimately complain when a white coach gets hired that has zero experience
Awwwww.... Frank Reich is one of the most decent human beings you will ever find on the planet.
His nickname, when he was the bills backup QB for Jim Kelly, was ‘Sweetness’.
We have a soft spot for him here still in Buffalo. Especially after the ‘Miracle in Houston’ when Jim Kelly was injured out of the game, he stepped in an brought the Bills from a 42-0 deficit to win in the last 1 1/2 quarters. of the game. It was the single most exciting game I’ve ever seen.
I am a longtime Pats fan. But if the 2022 Pats beat your team...things need to change.
Got to agree with you there. Guess they can’t go after assistant coaches during the season. Eagles are sure to lose their Offensive coach at the end of this season.
Matt Ryan blew the biggest lead ever in the Super Bowl.
Frank Reich will get another job. I wish the Pats would hire him as either Defense or Offensive Coordinator.
Last year Colts ex- QB Wentz put up some decent numbers but had a bad game at Jax that kept them from the playoffs. Sometimes teams got to be patient and stick with players through lean times.
Ravens stick with Lamar Jackson even though his playoff wins are slim. Same with Kirk Cousins and Dak Prescott whose teams now are pretty darn good. Colts wont have success with jacking their QB’s around like they do.
Who’s on First?.......................
Jeff Saturday was Peyton’s center for several years with the Colts...
Can he coach on Sundays?
IDGAF about sports anymore, but look, it’s well-known that the actual smartest players in football are the offensive line. The dumbest are the backs.
So, hiring one of the great o-line of the championship Colts team, and a fan favorite is not a bad hire.
Yeah. Reich may have one more coaching gig in him, if he wants it. I don’t care about the Colts. I’d like to see Reich exit the NFL on a high point, though.
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