we got problems people Juju Brent's down out until at least December that's like when he lost Samson eacom hey you know what lat's coming in right we've had injuries Josh DS out but drafted Anthony gold he's kind of a Josh Dy type guy plus you've got ad Mitchell who can step into the slot and get open see didn't feel too terrible about that but Juju gr is your one competent corner I'm not sure any of the other quarterbacks on this roster could make the roster of another team in the NFL that's where the Colts are at quarterback and that's not a good place to be sure they got Malik Willis this week playing quarterback for the Packers about two weeks after he was acquired from the Tennessee Titans for a seventh rounder and that by the way is a team without any quarterbacks so you know what maybe you get away with it maybe you can win this week maybe somehow you flip the tables maybe somehow Gus Bradley decides I got to adjust I've got to do something a little bit different for the first time in his career nicest guy in the history of the in the history of the planet but Kenny coach a defense 28th in 2022 28th in 2023 in points against this year they gave up 29 last week and a lot of it on on the ground to the Houston Texans we are going to talk also about Chris Ballard and the way he drafts cornerbacks he can't Corner any better than my Honda Accord can Corner that's not good this is inside Indiana Sports now for Tuesday September 10th 2024 brought to you by the great people at my bookie at my bookie you go there and you use promo code k n you unlock a signup bonus worth up to an including $11,000 it's a dollar Ford dooll match on your first deposit you can bet on anything anytime anywhere at my bookie also the great Sean Hartwick if you're looking to move to Indianapolis if you're looking to move in Indianapolis you got to call Sean Hartwick nobody knows more about pricing homes getting a great price if you buy getting a great price if you're selling he does both give him a call you can trust him he's an IU grad for God's sake 317 373 3724 or you can email him at Sean Harwick kw.com let's talk about the Indianapolis Colts people we got trouble we got big trouble and that trouble could manifest itself in another 0 and2 record straight out at the shoot after the trip to Green Bay this weekend look I know Malik Willis you you kind of go as your quarterback goes in the NFL but the Colts are playing with I'm not going to say an entirely unknown product but Anthony Richardson he can run hot and cold am I right or am I right Bombs Away Great intermediate passes not so great anything thrown in the area of number 10 is not really in the area of number 10 that's a problem legs wonderful great he ran his ass off on Sunday against the Texans that was good almost brought him back losing Juju Brent is a big deal uh Brad Atkins says donation to get Kent out of that Accord I'm afraid $2 ain't going to do it I appreciate the thought but hey you know what if I'm going to get rid of the Accord I'm upgrading and $2 is not going to get me into an upgraded version of the current I think 2021 Accord good Lord you know when I bought that new it seemed really new now that I 2021 it doesn't seem so new anymore uh let's talk about Juju Bren he goes on IR he could come back according to reports uh mid December perhaps but my God you know what he played to the end of the game so he played through the injury that he's gotten he's to be led for that no mention of the injury after the game such a shame leaves the Colts woefully short at the quarterback position uh they elevated lamens to the uh 53 man roster Chris lamens from the practice squad to the 53 man roster so you've got Jaylen Jones Dallas flowers Chris lamens uh you've got Sam wak and Kenny Moore wak is more really kind of a slot guy but not exclusively that kennmore is absolutely exclusively a slot guy so you got real trouble you have a Dar of talent at the quarterback position because Chris Ballard has not been good at drafting at that position let's go over the quarterbacks that he's drafted and where this this group is wound up I hate to laugh um Nate hariston well Quincy Wilson and Nate hariston in the 2017 draft that was the first draft of Chris Ballard's era here in Indianapolis Wilson in the second round ran a 45440 and he was traded for the draft pick that became Isaiah Rogers we'll get to him in a moment Nate Harris a fifth rounder traded to the Jets for a a conditional sixth rounder that was not conveyed so that condition was not met Rocky scen second rounder adios Rocky uh and his 451 40 then you get Isaiah Rogers with the draft pick that Quincy Wilson went uh reaped right he was cut because he gambled had a gambling issue gamble honest to God can you make this crap up gambled on behalf of some relatives who lived in a state where they couldn't gamble legally like on DraftKings so he did it for them and it poultry amounts of money right what are you doing are you that obtuse uh Jaylen Jones a seventh rounder in 2023 he still with the team ho he's the one guy still on the roster he in his 457 40 uh Darius Rush fifth rounder cut straight cut out of Camp 43640 I think Chris Ballard must have had some kind of a whoa he you know he was hypnotized or something immediately before that pick and suddenly discovered that speed at the quarterback position is of value W hey he are you sure Chris Darius rush you know he's fast what and I drafted him how could this be you know like it's not it's not really keeping a according to form Bill bellich said that if you draft an exception then you'll have a team filled with exceptions right darus Rush was the exception cuz he was fast he was a a A plus uh 45 40 guy he ran in the 43s uh JuJu bren's 45340 he's played 10 games he is on IR Micah Abraham drafted in 2024 cut so there you go David uh schold says defense on the field for 40 minutes not Bradley's fault the offense is inept 43 plays for our offense versus 76 for the Texans he isn't without fault but blaming only Bradley isn't right Sten is at fault too look here here's the thing like styken didn't believe in the Colts ability to grind through a drive 12 plays 75 yards so he went vertical and he hit three times and the Colts got a blocked punt which gave them a very short field and had resulted in a oneplay touchdown drive so you're right it's not the 40-20 is not all Gus Bradley's fault but giving up 153 plus to Joe Mixon 200 plus to the Texans and still Nico Collins goes out and gashes you for better than a 100 including the game's most important play that is on Gus Bradley some of it some of it's on Chris Ballard because the quarterbacks that Gus Bradley has to deploy I'm sorry they're not very good so I I agree with you not because in part not because of the 20 bucks but because you're right in part but Gus Bradley 28th and 22 28th and 23 in points against and 23 against the Texans team you know what I and I get it what Gus Bradley was trying to do he said it during his media appearance today that what he was trying to do is stop the run on their way to the quarterback that's what he told the dline to do that really did not work because the linebackers are are pretty damn mediocre for the Colts and because of that the safeties had to come up with 14 and 13 tackles respectively and that is not going to work against a run happppppy offense like the Texans were on Sunday that just is going to work uh Michael lardi said that you know what Gus is playing checkers when you've got to be a chess master to be able to win at defensive football and there's something to that um Jaylen Jones according to Pro Football Focus now Pro Football Focus is a tool it isn't the only tool it isn't the Bible of evaluatory devices or systems right that's not what it is but it's a tool and when they no David schol is not Gus bradle that's funny thank you TJ Joe uh but when the ey test and the grades kind of sink up you look at him jayen Jones a 42.8 over the weekend that's 89th of 94 corner back Zer Franklin of 44.9 that's 59 out of 74 Buckner pay latu and Stewart not bad grading because they didn't play badly the rest of the line was terrible really really bad I don't in in Gus Bradley was asked about it and he he said that he went back to when he was with uh um when he was with the Chargers and you know there is uh Bosa on the sidelines and and Bradley's like what the hell are you doing here you know like what are you doing on the sidelines well they're trying to play eight defensive linemen as though they have eight defensive linemen that can play and they did not on Sunday and that's a bad thing and what the hell I mean honest to God why was Daryl baker Cut Daryl Baker was terrific in practices really good in the preseason games and looked like a guy you need to keep just in case Brent who has been a little bit brittle wound up getting hurt you know and there you are that was the one position on the field where you couldn't have this kind of catastrophic injury this is what they got so now you have to deal with it because Chris Balor did not deal with it at all during the off seon knew he needed a corner what's he do he drafts to a position of strength which wound up looking preent because hey Samson eacom got hurt so there you go laatu slides right in and don't give me the zero tackle zero sacks he didn't play well he played fine I thought he was really disruptive like he had the Texans offensive line jumping they jumped three times because in part because of latu they got to the quarterback in part because there was Heavy focus on latu he played fine I like lot to um but you got to ask at some point you got to ask about Gus Bradley I is he the defensive coordinator because he's the nicest guy in the world or is he the defensive coordinator because he can build a defense that can play according to his time in Indianapolis and prior to that I'm not even going to bother with you know the Jaguars stuff where he was the head coach but post that when has Gus Bradley kind of shephered a good defense in the NFL and the answer is it ain't happened so are you in it to win it or you in it to to have a lot of fun with guys who are really nice people I guess the defense has to figure that out like the defense better Pony up this week for Gus Bradley or this thing's going to go to 0 and2 and you're going to have big trouble you're going to have a problem digging out of that hole with the Chicago Bears hoping to get well in Indianapolis the following week and then you play the Pittsburgh Steelers and at that point you got four games in the books you better be two and two because three of those games will have been at home this is where you are that's what makes the NFL awesome because it's an every week deal you can't take nights off like the Cubs the Reds the Cardinals who at Brewers Yankees White Socks do nothing but take days off but you're going to have a day game after a night game where you're like all right yeah what are we doing like let's let's relax for a day gather ourselves and then get back at it tomorrow you can't do that in the NFL each of these games counts for like 10 major league baseball games in his schedule five NBA games uh Packers without a quarterback Colts without a COR a corner you know what pull is coming to tug instead of push coming to shove P's coming to tug see what I did there uh the offense is a an offense based on deep balls is that sustainable and the answer is no because teams can take that away you can put lots of guys deep but if defenses do that if defenses go to like two way high safeties trying to keep Pierce and Mitchell and Pitman in front of them then what do you do well then you've got what a six-person box and that offensive line better be able to create a hole for Jonathan Taylor who better be able to run run through it and then they got to cheat up then you got the Deep shot again that's what offensive football is all about we'll see if the Colts are capable of doing the other we know they can throw the Deep ball and so to the Packers so to the Bears so to the Steelers um Packers defensive uh coordinator Jeff Halley he's either going to spread the field or he's going to clog the box and bet that Richardson can't repeat what he did on Sunday against the Texans I that' be a mistake because Richardson can't compete that kind of thing uh by the way cloudy chance of rain 30% chance of rain on Sunday according to forecast now 78 degrees on Sunday afternoon at Lambo if you're going up have a great time there is no better place to watch professional football you know what I would say Lucas Oil Stadium excluded but are you kidding me it's Lambo field that place is built for hosting Sunday day long party fun times it is awesome you are going to have a great time I highly recommend going to Lambo and watching this game on Sunday tough Parts finding a place to stay any closer than Appleton so and I'm serious about that uh can't wait to talk to you tomorrow morning we will have Jim Bob coder tomorrow morning at about 10:30 have Gus Bradley his entire media availability and I feel so bad for Gus Bradley because Gus Bradley is genuinely really a nice guy and so you hope that he's going to be able to get the defense there but we know this I tell you this all the time hope is not a strategy hope a't going to get it done on Sunday against the Packers you got to play your ass off even against Malik Willis go Colts