(09-08-2019, 07:58 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(09-08-2019, 07:51 PM)I am Yoda Wrote: Who has the better O-line?  The Colts.  Who built the Colts into a respectable defense in 3 years.  Ballard.  

Let's not pretend there is not a qualitative difference in a narrow loss to a Super Bowl contender and getting blown out by a Super Bowl contender.

Ballard has run rings around Caldwell/Coughlin.

O Line is not the only thing that makes a team.

Better RB?  Jaguars

Better DL?  Jaguars

Better DB?  Despite how it looked today, Jaguars.

Ballard's head to head record against our Caldwell built Jaguars?

1-3.

Did that superior OL help the Colts score the last time we played them?  No.  Three out of the last four games, we've held the Ballard built offenses to 7 points or less.

If he's clearly better, explain those results.

Better RB?  Marlon Mack today: 25 for 174 and 1 TD with a 7.0 average.  I don't think Fournette's clearly better.

Better DB?  Really?  After last year's debacle that continued today, I wouldn't say that.  Our safeties are terribad and the corners are over-hyped. They got schooled all day long.

2017 the Colts had a rookie qb that didn't know their system and did not yet have all the pieces on the OL.  AND our defense was playing better in 2017 than ever and it has not returned to that form.

Ballard has done a far better job of finding talent and assembling a team in the last three years.  Stack up the drafts and the free agent signings in those three years.

I know it's an inconvenient comparison with a hated divisional rival.  But it is what it is.

---