Quite the costly win, with Luck getting hurt and Anderson likely gone for the year. All for a game that won't matter a lick come end of the season standings (except for the Pats and Denver!)
So basically he could be out for 3 weeks, they could still win both games they play, and be 6-5 when he returns @ Pitt.Next 6 weeks:
Bye
@ Falcons
Buccaneers
@ Steelers
@ Jaguars
Texans
Shit if the Colts were smart they wouldn't play Luck at all until the last game or two of the year to get him some reps for the playoffs. They are basically locked into the four seed and no one in that crap division is gonna come close to catching them. Might as well make sure he is 100% healthy for January.If I'm Luck's agent, I tell Irsay that Luck's not playing again this year until he is 100% healthy, and that that will be his approach going forward until the team puts together a competent o-line. Thanks to the franchise tag, Luck doesn't have much contract leverage for the next few years, but he'd be crazy to let the team continue to get him killed. It's like 1998-2001 Drew Bledsoe all over again.
Sure but there were several plays in that game - including the one where they are saying he got hurt - where he was running and easily could have slid and not taken the hit. Luck should use his head.If I'm Luck's agent, I tell Irsay that Luck's not playing again this year until he is 100% healthy, and that that will be his approach going forward until the team puts together a competent o-line. Thanks to the franchise tag, Luck doesn't have much contract leverage for the next few years, but he'd be crazy to let the team continue to get him killed. It's like 1998-2001 Drew Bledsoe all over again.
It's a damn shame, throwing away a perfectly good white boy like that.Quite the costly win, with Luck getting hurt and Anderson likely gone for the year. All for a game that won't matter a lick come end of the season standings (except for the Pats and Denver!)
For a second, I thought you meant their third string QB, Colt Anderson. That would have really killed their swinging gate depth.Quite the costly win, with Luck getting hurt and Anderson likely gone for the year. All for a game that won't matter a lick come end of the season standings (except for the Pats and Denver!)
Jags go Ravens, Titans, Chargers, Titans.Shit if the Colts were smart they wouldn't play Luck at all until the last game or two of the year to get him some reps for the playoffs. They are basically locked into the four seed and no one in that crap division is gonna come close to catching them. Might as well make sure he is 100% healthy for January.
They're the Jags. At best they go 2-2 and get to 4-8.Jags go Ravens, Titans, Chargers, Titans.
All about the Jags Express.
You think?So basically he could be out for 3 weeks, they could still win both games they play, and be 6-5 when he returns @ Pitt.
9-7 still seems likely.
Well I meant 3 weeks as in bye, ATL, and TB, and ATL and TB both suck, so I could definitely see Hasselbeck winning both. Then even with a loss @ Pitt, they are 6-6 heading into the final 4, which is @ Jax, vs. Hou, @ Mia, vs. Tenn. They should sweep those 4 games. Even if they lose to Atlanta they may still win 9 games.You think?
Most likely they go 1-2 (losing @ ATL & PIT and winning vs. TB) so they'll be 5-7 heading into those final 4 games. Even when he's back there is simply no way Luck will be at 100% for those games, so I think 8-8 is still the most likely.
The Jerk?It's a damn shame, throwing away a perfectly good white boy like that.
Better Off Dead. I was slightly paraphrasing.The Jerk?
Probably. Kidney has two sacs. Just a scratch on the outer one and it could be a few weeks. Puncture the inner one and it could be IR. Not all ruptured kidneys are created equal.Didn't Keenan Allen just go on IR with a lacerated kidney? Was his, like, more lacerated than Luck's or something?
LOVE! THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE!!!This is a bannable offense.
Language lessons.
Dammit I'm slipping. Cusack classic right along with one crazy summer. Thank you for the correction mr peckerhead, I mean beckerstead.Better Off Dead. I was slightly paraphrasing.
Well with Pep gone, have to find someone else to blame!I've seen a lot of people blaming the Colts OL for Luck's injury, but if there was a game in which they performed pretty well, it was against Denver.
I'll take the field against the Colts.Shit if the Colts were smart they wouldn't play Luck at all until the last game or two of the year to get him some reps for the playoffs. They are basically locked into the four seed and no one in that crap division is gonna come close to catching them. Might as well make sure he is 100% healthy for January.
No, karma dictates that Pagano coach the Colts for a generation.You guys really think Luck lacerating his kidney is karma? Shouldn't we have wished for something more painful or crippling long-term, or maybe for Pagano's cancer to come back. This is football we're talking about after all.
Holy shit I love your avatar. I must have watched the never ending story over 100 times when I was a kid. I had the theme song on a 45 and listened to it every single night going to sleep. Must have drove my older brother insane.No, karma dictates that Pagano coach the Colts for a generation.
Is Indy even going to get to 5 wins? They don't really have a lock on that schedule, even in their own division and especially without Luck.Who is winning > 5 games in that division besides Indy?
Indy has won like 16 straight division games. Until they lose one, they are the CLEAR favorite. I think you are overestimating that division.Is Indy even going to get to 5 wins? They don't really have a lock on that schedule, even in their own division and especially without Luck.
The division may suck, but anything can happen in divisional contests. Somebody has to win them. And Indy isn't the lock to win them all like they used to be. I'll take the collective because it gives me 3 chances to Indy's 1.
I am not a betting/gambling guy, but I'm pretty sure just expecting a trend to continue because it has always been, is bad process.Indy has won like 16 straight division games. Until they lose one, they are the CLEAR favorite. I think you are overestimating that division.
People see the record and forget that the Jaguars absolutely should have won that game in Indy, and only lost because of their kicker.
You can't see them winning @ Atl? The same Atl who has gone:People see the record and forget that the Jaguars absolutely should have won that game in Indy, and only lost because of their kicker.
Indy's still winning that division, but I can't see them winning @ATL or @PIT, which would make them 5-7.
Would be hilarious/horrible if they get to rest their players Week 17 because they've clinched the AFC South at 7-8.
Yeah, I can't see them winning in Atlanta with Matt Hasselbeck.You can't see them winning @ Atl? The same Atl who has gone:
L 31-21 @ Saints
W 10-7 @ Titans
L 23-20 vs. Bucs
L 17-16 @ Niners
in their last 4 games?