The Colts And Their QB Problems
#Colts downplayed Peyton’s neck injury in 2011. He missed the season.#Colts downplayed Luck’s shoulder injury in ‘17. He missed the season.#Colts downplayed Luck’s ankle injury in ‘19. He retired.
Carson Wentz’s injury started off minor. The updates have only gotten worse.
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) July 30, 2021
This interesting tweet came across my timeline this week regarding the ongoing Wentz injury saga. Well, current Wentz injury saga. He has many. I didn’t think about it before but yeah, the Colts have a small history of downplaying major problems that eventually ruin their franchise guys. Wentz just underwent surgery for his foot concerning a bone that was loose and starting to cause issues. The injury was apparently from high school.
Wentz got his injuries off to an early start this year I suppose. Trading for him made sense in that Frank Reich is the only guy who has made Carson look like a true franchise guy. Wentz seems like a backup QB waiting to happen. Foles and Rivers have already been floated as potential replacements since the timeline for Wentz to return is rather vague (another glorious Colts injury smokescreen imo). Rivers needs to stay retired. I would laugh my absolute ass off if Foles comes in to replace Wentz and leads the Colts to the playoffs. That would be the best timeline.
The box! THE BOX!
And now Nelson has the same injury as Wentz, and is getting surgery. Colts fans having a very rough start in camp.
I’ve been arguing for years that Peyton cursed the Colts. All their issues started when he got benched by the Broncos in 2015
May have started as far back as 2011. They tanked for Luck and immediately rebounded but it came at a cost:
Unlike Manning, they were doomed to never come out of the AFC. Even when they were really good, someone or something always got in their way. First it was the buzzsaw that was the 2012 Ravens. Then LeGarrette Blount out in Foxboro. Then Mahomes even got the Chiefs their first playoff win against them. And all of those losses came in embarrassing fashion.
And that’s not even getting into the catastrophic injuries they constantly dealt with. They really were and are cursed.
I only half follow the Colts, being an Indianapolis resident who follows the Bengals. But I’m not sure if it’s the organization necessarily downplaying the injuries, so much as they are just secretive to a fault. I guess it comes across as the same thing, but I think it’s a little more nuanced. idk, that’s what I’ve heard Colts fans around here complain about most (other than Irsay being fckn nuts).
I think you might just be skimming the local news then, as I lived just north of Indy for those years too, and they definitely outright lied about Peyton and at least one of the Luck lost seasons. They even kept Peyton on the active roster for most of the season, very much implying or stating that he might be back for the playoffs, when we know from offseason free agency reports that he could barely throw a football past his shoelaces at that point.
whats in the box????????
A franchise quarterback is a franchise quarterback, but the box could be anything. It could even be a franchise quarterback! You know how much we’ve wanted one of those!
If Irsay hadn’t sobered up, I’d be wondering if he isn’t doing this deliberately to skim their pain meds.
Bad jokes aside, this is indeed frustrating as a Colts fan. We get some top-notch talent at QB only to break them. It’s like getting the finest cut of beef, grinding it roughly, then throwing it in a dumpster fire to cook it.
May I introduce you to our Longhorns Lord and Savior Mr. Sam Ehlinger?
He is… durable.
6th round pick despite playing quite well for a historically notable program, scouts knock him for his athleticism but praise his intangibles, leadership and magnetic personality, has a huge chip on his shoulder…sounds like the next Tom Brady to me!
And as a bonus, he went to the same high school as Nick Foles, so he probably took a class already on filling in for an injured Carson Wentz. The Colts finally have their guy!
Now I’d love to see the draft turn into Let’s Make A deal.
“You picked door number two? I’ll show you what’s behind door number three … it’s Charlie Batch. So you’re either getting Peyton Manning or Ryan Leaf … Do you want to change your pick?”
Any timeline where the Colts have success is not the best timeline, no matter how funny the circumstances. I actually lived in Colts country for many years before and after I became a fan of another team (I grew up without a local team, so I didn’t establish firm preferences until I had a reason to care about a team and started watching the NFL regularly later in life). There are a lot of fan bases that deserve to be in the running for “worst fan base”, and a lot of them how more offensive reasons for their position (booing opponent’s injuries, tolerating criminals on the team, racism, etc.), but as far as football reason, I’m surprised the Colts don’t get mentioned more often. Even one of my old roommates, a decades long Colts season ticket holder, has backed me up on this. During Peyton’s years, he routinely saw the stadium empty out in the 3rd quarter if they were behind even a few points. During the aforementioned 2011, 2017, and 2019 season, I lost count of how many “die hard Colts fans” told me they hadn’t watched a game all season once the QB went down, and it happened in other mediocre seasons too. But give the Colts even a taste of success, and every day in the fall was filled with lengthy recaps of how great a coach Chuck Pagano was, or how “great” the running game was back when Frank Gore was averaging like 2-3 yards per carry. So misfortune coming to this fanbase again seems poetic to me.
“…or how “great” the running game was back when Frank Gore was averaging like 2-3 yards per carry.”
This reminds me of some arguments by Marino’s detractors who tried to debunk the fact that his running backs during his time weren’t good. It seems they never look at the YPAs of many of these guys.
By gawd! It’s Andrew Luck’s music! He’s back! By GAWD!
I’m obviously lying… But please?
So, where are the dog piling Giants?
You should have drawn Wentz as a corpse.
Love the crack pipe. That’s a nice touch, Dave!
Ahh, the classic Monty Hall problem. You have 3 QBs to pick from – 2 of them are busts, 1 of them is a GOAT. After you pick your starter, an X-ray reveals that he has a mysterious foot injury that could take anywhere from 5-12 weeks to recover from. Are you any more likely to find the GOAT if you switch your commitment to one of the other QBs?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem
Rivers is so old he’d have to be on the Carbon-Dating Game….
Wentz will win the Super Bowl this year