Orlovsky will accidently win one to fark up the anti-perfecto.

Book it, done.

/

/oblig, dammit

This guy would have been fired at the end of the season anyway. Their just giving him the hatchet early to take the heat off of the real problem, Caldwell, for plausible deniability so they can continue in their quest to get the #1 pick:.
Seems like they should have done it after the Patriots put up 500+ yards and over 40 points, but then Caldwell isn't exactly notable for his intelligence anyway.

Five more games to perfection.

@........... New England Patriots Patriots offense too much for them, a certain loss
@........... Baltimore Ravens Ravens defense too much for them, a certain loss
home....... Tennessee Titans The Titans have CJ2K back and are will be desperate for a playoff berth, a certain loss
home....... Houston Texans Who knows with their new quarterback, but they still have to beat the defense
@........... Jacksonville Jaguars Who knows with their new coach, but they still have to beat the defense


So it's going to be the same as the failed perfect season, only in reverse. A perfect slate going into the last two games.
Still, so long as they keep Caldwell around, they have a shot.

varmitydog: This guy would have been fired at the end of the season anyway. Their just giving him the hatchet early to take the heat off of the real problem, Caldwell, for plausible deniability so they can continue in their quest to get the #1 pick:.
Seems like they should have done it after the Patriots put up 500+ yards and over 40 points, but then Caldwell isn't exactly notable for his intelligence anyway.

Five more games to perfection.

@........... New England Patriots Patriots offense too much for them, a certain loss
@........... Baltimore Ravens Ravens defense too much for them, a certain loss
home....... Tennessee Titans The Titans have CJ2K back and are will be desperate for a playoff berth, a certain loss
home....... Houston Texans Who knows with their new quarterback, but they still have to beat the defense
@........... Jacksonville Jaguars Who knows with their new coach, but they still have to beat the defense


So it's going to be the same as the failed perfect season, only in reverse. A perfect slate going into the last two games.
Still, so long as they keep Caldwell around, they have a shot.

LOVE IT........I WANT THAT PERFECT SEASON!

Why would a team with the worst offense in the league fire its defensive coordinator?

Ed_Severson: Why would a team with the worst offense in the league fire its defensive coordinator?

I'll answer that question as soon as I decipher Irsay's tweet about it...

Captain Steroid: Lemme get this straight... the Colts fired their DEFENSIVE Coordinator, and have swapped their QB for Dan-f**king-Orlovsky from the 0-16 Detroit Lions?

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My head hurts. My head literally f**king hurts.

Has NO ONE in that office thought of kicking out Jim Caldwell, or the OFFENSIVE Coordinator, or Jim Caldwell, or the GM?

Hey, here's an idea, Indy. You can have it free of charge, and can even claim that you though of it yourselves:

FIRE JIM F**KING CALDWELL!!! >:O

Honestly, I don't think Jim Caldwell deserves all the blame for how the season has gone. Peyton Manning was clearly the necessary ingredient for the team's success. He was the de facto offensive coordinator and ran one of the most complicated offenses in the NFL. Because they were very efficient and often played with the lead, that allowed the defense to play to its strength of being very aggressive in attacking the QB and going for turnovers. The offense is terrible when they don't have a guy who can call the plays at the line, and that makes their defense play a style that doesn't work for them since they're frequently playing from behind.

FTA: "We feel this is the most effective and realistic way to move forward and win games throw our defense into chaos and clinch losing for the rest of this season," Caldwell said.

fixed for accuracy

Ever since Caldwell's milquetoast game management against the Saints in the Super Bowl I have been waiting for them to come up with a reason to boot him. Demote him to defensive coordinator and get a coach who plays to win instead of playing to protect his job.

Dan Orlovsky is going to be an obscure farking trivia answer one day.

/ is "trivia answer" a cromulent expression?

Orlovsky has a chance, and that chance is now sitting on Houston's bench...

IAmRight: varmitydog: @........... Baltimore Ravens Ravens defense too much for them, a certain loss

Ravens LOVE losing to sh*tty teams though.

/they might fulfill that urge against the Browns next week though

From your lips to God's ears.

/Browns fan

I would love to see Luck stay in school one more year.
I would absolutely love it.

Polian is a douche.

Captain Steroid: Lemme get this straight... the Colts fired their DEFENSIVE Coordinator, and have swapped their QB for Dan-f**king-Orlovsky from the 0-16 Detroit Lions?

To be fair, while Orlovsky certainly isn't a more than a career backup, he's been put in incredibly poor positions to have any degree of success for his entire career. Sucks being the backup on perennial losers.

Captain Steroid: Caldwell banked the success of his team every year that he's coached Indy on Peyton Manning. He did nothing to improve the offense, running game, and the mere thought of needing a competent back-up QB never crossed his mind.

I saw this situation coming for 2 years now, that if something were to happen to Manning the Colts had no "Plan B". What I failed to predict, however, was Caldwell being such a gutless twat and give up on the season entirely. But, for reasons beyond my comprehension, people keep covering his a** and shifting the blame to other players and personnel.

Tony Dungy wouldn't have pull this "mulligan" B.S. The Colts woes this year begin and end with Jim Caldwell

The lack of backup QB preparation goes back to the assistants that were around under Dungy though. From Ron Jaworski's book:

"Jon [Gruden] asked Tom [Moore, the Colts offensive coordinator,] why he wasn't giving some snaps to Peyton's backups...He looked at us both in the eye, paused for a moment, then said in that gravelly voice of his, "Fellas, if '18' goes down, we're f**ked. And we don't practice f**ked.""

Supes: Captain Steroid: Lemme get this straight... the Colts fired their DEFENSIVE Coordinator, and have swapped their QB for Dan-f**king-Orlovsky from the 0-16 Detroit Lions?

To be fair, while Orlovsky certainly isn't a more than a career backup, he's been put in incredibly poor positions to have any degree of success for his entire career. Sucks being the backup on perennial losers.

While I am glad that somebody mentioned this (to be fair to the biggest loser ever) he is still 0-7 as a starting quarterback.

/Yeah, it actually does suck to be him.
//Except for the money
///And the hookers
////oh, forget the whole thing.

Pratty: Orlovsky will accidently win one to fark up the anti-perfecto.

Book it, done.

varmitydog: This guy would have been fired at the end of the season anyway. Their just giving him the hatchet early to take the heat off of the real problem, Caldwell, for plausible deniability so they can continue in their quest to get the #1 pick:.
Seems like they should have done it after the Patriots put up 500+ yards and over 40 points, but then Caldwell isn't exactly notable for his intelligence anyway.

Five more games to perfection.

@........... New England Patriots Patriots offense too much for them, a certain loss
@........... Baltimore Ravens Ravens defense too much for them, a certain loss
home....... Tennessee Titans The Titans have CJ2K back and are will be desperate for a playoff berth, a certain loss
home....... Houston Texans Who knows with their new quarterback, but they still have to beat the defense
@........... Jacksonville Jaguars Who knows with their new coach, but they still have to beat the defense


So it's going to be the same as the failed perfect season, only in reverse. A perfect slate going into the last two games.
Still, so long as they keep Caldwell around, they have a shot.

I want them to go into the last two games and then since the first pick is locked up bench their starters (so they don't get hurt), then watch as the backups accidentally win and blow the perfect season.

Gonz: Serious Black: He was the de facto offensive coordinator and ran one of the most complicated offenses in the NFL.

That's actually a myth. The Colts offense is very simple. They pretty much run two personnel groups, and their playbook is rather thin. It's based on a few simple, solid concepts- but the biggest piece is that the QB has to be able to read exactly what the defense is doing.

This. Here.

It's also why I don't think Peyton wouldn't make a very good coach. What he (and other QB's like Brady) do well is figuring out how to exploit a defense. It's something that I believe they were born with, you can't coach that into a player.

Andrew Luck also shows some of that.

Gonz: Serious Black: He was the de facto offensive coordinator and ran one of the most complicated offenses in the NFL.

That's actually a myth. The Colts offense is very simple. They pretty much run two personnel groups, and their playbook is rather thin. It's based on a few simple, solid concepts- but the biggest piece is that the QB has to be able to read exactly what the defense is doing.

This, Manning probably wouldn't have done all the play calling if they had used more moving parts, and had a more complex offense. It would have been to much to keep track of.

Fellas, you're underestimating the importance of Dan Orlovsky's job.

In most cases a team has to give up a player to get a first-round draft pick. You hire Dan Orlovsky to get you that #1 draft pick. He's no Peyton Manning, but I'd say his job is more important than, say, Tarvaris Jackson's.

Tumbleweed Garden: It's also why I don't think Peyton wouldn't make a very good coach. What he (and other QB's like Brady) do well is figuring out how to exploit a defense. It's something that I believe they were born with, you can't coach that into a player.

Ugh, someone who thinks countless hours of preparation, mind-numbing analysis in the video room and being a lifelong student of the game is some bullshiat Zen genetic thing. Yeah, Peyton totally works, like, only a few hours a week and that's during the season. He was TOTALLY born with this magical ability to read defenses.

Manning would make a crappy coach because what he does when he's standing in front of the defense is quite different from what any coach does, and isn't done by most teams in the country at any level. The guy isn't likely to relate to a QB who can't do what he does.

dragonchild: Tumbleweed Garden: It's also why I don't think Peyton wouldn't make a very good coach. What he (and other QB's like Brady) do well is figuring out how to exploit a defense. It's something that I believe they were born with, you can't coach that into a player.

Ugh, someone who thinks countless hours of preparation, mind-numbing analysis in the video room and being a lifelong student of the game is some bullshiat Zen genetic thing. Yeah, Peyton totally works, like, only a few hours a week and that's during the season. He was TOTALLY born with this magical ability to read defenses.

Manning would make a crappy coach because what he does when he's standing in front of the defense is quite different from what any coach does, and isn't done by most teams in the country at any level. The guy isn't likely to relate to a QB who can't do what he does.

All the studying in the world doesn't help if you're too dumb to make sense of it. Yes I do think it's a FSM-given talent in some people.

Gonz: Serious Black: He was the de facto offensive coordinator and ran one of the most complicated offenses in the NFL.

That's actually a myth. The Colts offense is very simple. They pretty much run two personnel groups, and their playbook is rather thin. It's based on a few simple, solid concepts- but the biggest piece is that the QB has to be able to read exactly what the defense is doing.

[citation needed]

The colts run a massively complicated SYSTEM. LIsten to the players and coaches talk about it. They don't run a traditional "play book." they base most everything on the look of the defense. A single play may include about 5 different adjustments to blocking assignments, running lanes, snap count, receiver routes, etc. Manning may change a single players route, or he may change an entire "play" at the line of scrimmage to beat whatever the defense is showing him.

It's not a simple offense, at all. Listen to the pundits (the actual knowledgeable ones) talk about it, they too talk about how complicated it is to run.

Hardy-r-r: I would love to see Luck stay in school one more year.
I would absolutely love it.

Polian is a douche.

That would be the most fantastic troll move ever. Plus it means the 'Skins have a better chance of landing Luck.

Caldwell is the biggest joke since ?????

The man lost as a college coach (severely bad win/loss record). Anything this man touches turns to shiat.

LucklessWonder: Hardy-r-r: I would love to see Luck stay in school one more year.
I would absolutely love it.

Polian is a douche.

That would be the most fantastic troll move ever. Plus it means the 'Skins have a better chance of landing Luck.

While I would like to see that as well, as a guaranteed number one pick, you could end up on a much worse team than the Colts. Maybe I'm over-estimating the Manning-less Colts or overestimating Luck as a Manning replacement.

They just showed Caldwell on the local news (I live in Indy) and as he was announcing the firing he looked emotionally shook up.

It's the very first time this man had any expression I've ever seen. It was barely there, but it was there.

fredzilla: They just showed Caldwell on the local news (I live in Indy) and as he was announcing the firing he looked emotionally shook up.

I assume that was driven by shame for throwing the defensive coordinator under the bus.

Ed_Severson: fredzilla: They just showed Caldwell on the local news (I live in Indy) and as he was announcing the firing he looked emotionally shook up.

I assume that was driven by shame for throwing the defensive coordinator under the bus.

Yeah, I guess since Caldwell played under that coach, he had some guilt over it compounded by the fact he was driving the bus he threw him under.

Luck better not take as long to warm up in Indy as Manning. Even Peyton went 3-13 his first year with the club. I can't take 2 losing Colts seasons in a row.

Two things about living in Indiana that used to be farking gospel this time of year:

1) Everbody forgets what snow is and the first big dump = slide off city
2) The Colts win the AFC South.

Caldwell will not be fired until Peyton retires. It's obvious Peyton will have the Head Coaching job whenever he decides to hang it up for good.

irgunner: Luck better not take as long to warm up in Indy as Manning. Even Peyton went 3-13 his first year with the club. I can't take 2 losing Colts seasons in a row.

My heart farking bleeds for you, you self-entitled douche.