I used to like football. Author: Blue Blood, & Invincible, Indiana. Member PFWA. Husband of author @debdunlevy
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From 2018 to to 2025 the Colts allowed the 12th-most sacks in the NFL.
This isn’t Nelson’s fault, but neither did he “anchor a pretty good line”.
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He’s not denying how good Nelson was. He’s denying how much it matters that nelson was good
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A lot of people memory-holed Pagano’s last year here. Irsay questioned Luck’s desire. Ballard telling coaching candidates “don’t come for Luck”. The acrimonious rehab. The secret trip to Europe? Pagano’s weird “nobody tells me nuthin’” schtick.
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There was no turning back the moment they blew the AR pick. This was always how blowing that pick was going to end.
This was inevitable.
NEW: This was the most consequential day for the Colts’ franchise since Andrew Luck’s retirement. There’s no turning back now. espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/5030…
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If building around a guard and a running back was a good idea, the Colts would have been amazing.
You can’t pick a better guard or RB than Nelson and Taylor.
So…maybe, just maybe, that was a suboptimal strategy and not the best use of resources (picks and money and focus).
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Buckner was a great great player.
He deserved better than the Ballard era.
Probably the single best move of Ballard’s tenure.
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A lot of Colts fans starting to realize just how massive an overpay the Gardner trade was
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You guys, Chris Ballard was a bad GM. He found some great players, but he didn’t know how to construct a winning roster.
I love those players too. That doesn’t mean I think he built the team in a way that made sense or translated to winning.
That’s self evident at this point,
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Seems like the league values IOL a bit more realistically than the Colts fanbase.
Indianapolis' return of a 3rd and a 5th for Quenton Nelson is the most pure draft capital for a guard since at least 2011, per Spotrac. only 4 have netted a 4th:
2013: G. Carimi, 4th
2014: L. Mankins, 4th + player
2021: B. Bredeson + 5th + 7th, 4th
2025: J. Thuney, 4th
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Now you see it. Guards play perfect games all the time, on a weekly basis. No one can tell. Because it doesn’t matter that much in comparison.
It's almost like, too, if this is a declaration that Luck will be protected, you almost have to finish the job and find new RG/RT. I mean, if Luck returns, gets hit from that side and hurt again ... what was the point of 6 overall investment at guard?
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I love Andrew Luck. Most fun player I’ve seen. Enjoy him more than anyone. But the boy isn’t throwing, so yeah. I’m skeptical.
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Since 2011, the colts have drafted OL with the following round picks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 1, 3, 4, and 1. Please for the love of Christmas stop telling me they need to “finally invest in the oline” to “protect Luck”. Moronic.
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