EGG;1167777 said:
No doubt that having half of all TV punditry insult them by picking the Cowboys has the Colts fired up already,,,
..the team has to step up and be accountable.
If this team needs to fly under the radar in order to win a game against a quality opponent, it needs to be scrapped because we still don't have the right players playing.
We are relatively free of the injuries we had last year at this time to key players which were used as excuses for the failures, from Flo to Julius Jones to losing the kicker in TC..
..and the only real loss this season of Ellis is overblown as to his importance.
He was a liability in pass coverages and every good team with decent coaches took advantage of his lack of true LBer skills. As much as he was effective in the pass rush, he was a liability in open space.
The team drafted Carpenter to play that position because Ellis was sulking about his role at the time and the team needs to have gotten him ready to play sooner than this if he ends up becomes a negative factor from here out.
This official line about not having anybody to replace Ellis is bull. We spent a #1 pick on a player to replace him in April. We spent a #2 pick the year before drafting Burnett to play the outside LBer position. We've invested a good bit in preparing for something like this.
If these players turn out to be failures, then BP is accountable.
Let's move on.
Sorry.
If BP can't take the tough road with dealing with the team and holding them accountable for success or failure, then we need a coach who can.
parcellswaterboy