The Colts won 10 games for a decade straight. I'm not really impressed they won 10 this year.
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The Colts won 10 games for a decade straight. I'm not really impressed they won 10 this year.
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That is a great question flea, notice it has never been answered.Originally Posted by Flea
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This is not even close to the truth.
Carolina's first year they won 7 games. Second year they did not make the Super Bowl.
So you have zero examples except for the Colts and oneother poster mentioned the Dolphins.
This theseis of this thread is failed/ a joke.
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The Colts didn't "rebuild" they replaced one old great QB for one great rookie QB, both probably headed fo the Hall of Fame. In the interim, they had no quality NFL QB. So it says nothing about rebuilding, it says, if you dont have an adequate NFL QB you wont win games, if you have a future Hall of Famers, you probably will win games.
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And brought in a whole new coaching staff and changed their defensive scheme and got immediate production out of their rookies.
"Nassib at 8" people are CRAZY
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Ok, still the overwhleming reason by far why the turnaround (not rebuild) was the QB, pure and simple. Not even worthy of a debate. Bit I have nop real care what you call it. Here is a good synopsis form the KC newspaper:
3. The Colts' rebuild is about more than just Andrew Luck. How did they go from two wins last year to trying to clinch a playoff spot in Week 16?
The schedule was extremely generous this season for the Colts, which allowed them to play pretty bad at times in games, yet allowed them to hang around long enough for Luck and the offense to work their magic and score points late in the 4th quarter.
I also mentioned all the rookies in offensive skill positions, and every one of them has been productive, some very productive. Third round pick T.Y. Hilton has easily been the best rookie receiver this season, and it isn't really close. Third round pick Dwayne Allen has been more of a go-to guy at tight end than Luck's college teammate Coby Fleener, who's been the slowest of any of the rookies. Fourth round pick Vick Ballard has really started to play well the last month after Donald Brown got hurt, rushing for over 100 yards last week against a very good Texans defense. Luck gets all the publicity, and GM Ryan Grigson took some heat by taking so many offensive players in the draft, but every one of them has worked out beautifully so far.
On defense the biggest addition Grigson made in the offseason was a middle linebacker from the CFL, Jerrell Freeman, who has been a tackling machine this season. He started the year with a pick-six against Jay Cutler, and hasn't really fallen off yet. He also got another inside linebacker Moises Fokou from the Eagles for a conditional 7th round pick, which won't kick in, so the Colts basically got him for nothing, and he's playing some significant minutes.
Ironically his biggest move, trading for cornerback Vontae Davis, hasn't worked out that well. Davis has missed several games due to injury, and has really had problems covering receivers deep this season, getting burned multiple times. Hopefully a full offseason with the team will help next season, but right now I think I'd take my chances with the 2nd round pick than with Davis going forward.
Last edited by DarylLamonica; 12-23-2012 at 10:35 AM.
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don't even bother, all they know is colts got Luck and kept wayne, freeney and mathis. "That's not a rebuild" lmao.
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Some posters make any and all exscuses for this joke franchise. 2 wins last year to more than we have had in almost a decade.
Buffalo, where the boot lickers are well taken care of.
Franchise needs a change of attitude. Welcome EJ now lead the charge. Fitz is gone and the worst starting DE I've seen stay on the field after continually doing nothing is gone
Now let's move forward B-Lo.
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1. The fact that only 4 teams have done this (actually 3, the Colts haven't done it yet) just shows how rare it is. Pretending as though it should be an expectation seem ignorant.
2. One of the teams was the '08 Dolphins. Since '08 the Dolphins are 26-36. If they laughed at the word "rebuilding," the word "rebuilding" certainly got the last laugh.
Before you die Lonestar, there is something you should know... I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roomate.
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the colts almost lost to the bills
how good do you really think they are? they are just like carolina was last year
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I swear these guys have brainwashed themselves to believe that the Bills have been the only team rebuilding in the last 3 years. All the other teams that cleaned house seem to be terrible examples! Excuses, excuses, excuses.....
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