Pagano Tosses Luck under the bus

[oaklandhater]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ck-after-loss/

Frustrated Pagano tough on Luck after loss

Posted by Zac Jackson on September 22, 2015, 1:21 AM EDT
Chuck Pagano, Andrew Luck
AP
The Colts were a mess from the beginning Monday night and were ultimately doomed by five turnovers — three Andrew Luck interceptions — in a 20-7 loss to the Jets.

After the game, Colts coach Chuck Pagano didn’t try to hide his frustration with his quarterback and his team as a whole.

“He’s got to take care of the football,” Pagano said in his postgame press conference. “It’s not that hard. It’s not trigonometry.”

The simple math says that the Colts have scored three touchdowns and committed eight turnovers through two games, both losses.

“Can’t turn the damn ball over,” Pagano said.

Gregg Doyel of the Indianapolis Star, who was at the game and at the postgame press conference, wrote that Pagano was “throwing Luck under the bus.”

While the Jets clearly frustrated Luck with a variety of blitzes and sometimes just by simply overpowering them in one-on-one battles in the trenches, Pagano hinted that Luck has to overcome his line’s shortcomings.

“[That has] been the case for three years now, hasn’t it?” Pagano asked. “He should be more than comfortable dealing with it.”

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by oaklandhater

While the Jets clearly frustrated Luck with a variety of blitzes and sometimes just by simply overpowering them in one-on-one battles in the trenches, Pagano hinted that Luck has to overcome his line’s shortcomings.

“[That has] been the case for three years now, hasn’t it?” Pagano asked. “He should be more than comfortable dealing with it.”

Hey, head coach, maybe it's your job to fix the offensive line...?

[Amnorix]

Grigson is the guy whose head will roll. Wonder if Irsay will crack the bank wide open for Harbaugh.

Couldn't happen to a better guy. I don't think I've ever rooted for the Jets in my life, but I did last night. Luckily, he sucks at his job so I don't think he'll have it after the season is over.

But look for the Colts to bounce back to 3-2 against easier opponents the next few weeks. And then the Patriots will come to town and, hopefully, make him whimper and try to think of some new way to focus attention away from the fact that he never fixes what is broken with his team.

Pagano -- meh. He doesn't exactly have much to work with. No doubt both heads will roll as they blow it up.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

Grigson is the guy whose head will roll. Wonder if Irsay will crack the bank wide open for Harbaugh.

Couldn't happen to a better guy. I don't think I've ever rooted for the Jets in my life, but I did last night. Luckily, he sucks at his job so I don't think he'll have it after the season is over.

But look for the Colts to bounce back to 3-2 against easier opponents the next few weeks. And then the Patriots will come to town and, hopefully, make him whimper and try to think of some new way to focus attention away from the fact that he never fixes what is broken with his team.

Pagano -- meh. He doesn't exactly have much to work with. No doubt both heads will roll as they blow it up.

The Colts have feasted on the weak AFC South for years

[oaklandhater]

Originally Posted by ChiliConCarnage

They drafted both of the TEs the first year. They aren't stars but solid contributors. The Dorsett pick was odd as most teams seem to select a relative need in the first.

Fleener has a big drop passes issue

I did forget about Dwayne Allen he is fine.

[oaklandhater]

Originally Posted by Cochise

Hey, head coach, maybe it's your job to fix the offensive line...?

Who say's its not Griggs in control.

[chiefzilla1501]

Pagano is not a good coach. Take him out of the afc south and I don't know if that team makes the playoffs in any year.

[oaklandhater]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

They kept the wrong coach

The amount of backlash Irsay would have got for keeping Arians over Pag would have been legendary the cancer all but sealed pag's job.

Now you can make a case the chiefs should have got Arians over Reid.

[oaklandhater]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

Grigson is the guy whose head will roll. Wonder if Irsay will crack the bank wide open for Harbaugh.

Couldn't happen to a better guy. I don't think I've ever rooted for the Jets in my life, but I did last night. Luckily, he sucks at his job so I don't think he'll have it after the season is over.

But look for the Colts to bounce back to 3-2 against easier opponents the next few weeks. And then the Patriots will come to town and, hopefully, make him whimper and try to think of some new way to focus attention away from the fact that he never fixes what is broken with his team.

Pagano -- meh. He doesn't exactly have much to work with. No doubt both heads will roll as they blow it up.

What no name RB are the Patriots going to embarrass the Colts with this year ?

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

The Colts have feasted on the weak AFC South for years

Yes, not that it has really helped them too much. When they play the big boys in the playoffs, they tend to fold like a cheap tent.

There are two keys to winning the SB: a very good or great QB, and a mentally and physically tough team. They have had the former for 15 years or whatever, but rarely had the latter.

And yet they do things like draft a WR in the 1st round. Yeah, that will help your mental and physical toughness. Well done!


(not that those two things are ALL you need, but it seems to me that if you don't have AT LEAST those two, you basically have no shot at the grand prize.

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by oaklandhater

What no name RB are the Patriots going to embarrass the Colts with this year ?

Blount. He's our only big back this year. I half-wish we'd sign some street free agent the Monday before the game and have him drop 200 on them.

[oaklandhater]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

Blount. He's our only big back this year. I half-wish we'd sign some street free agent the Monday before the game and have him drop 200 on them.

You guy's can always go and pick Gray back off the phins PS for one game

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by oaklandhater

You guy's can always go and pick Gray back off the phins PS for one game

"hey, we need to humiliate the Colts, how 'bout we trade a 7th round pick to you for Gray on the day before the game, then trade him back for the same pick the Monday after? I'll throw in a case of beer."

[Jamie]

The Colts without Andrew Luck are basically the Raiders, for all the reasons outlined in this thread. It's almost impressive how old their defense is considering none of them but Mathis were there when Grigson took over.

[Mile High Mania]

Throwing him under the bus? I don't know about all that... through two games, he has stunk and they are 0-2 vs teams they should beat considering the trajectory that team is on and the weapons they added.

[Amnorix]

Grigson: Let's see, I keep losing because I get dominated in the trenches. I know! I will draft a WR with the number one pick, and spend my free agent money on an old WR with clearly declining skills, and an old RB who still looks pretty good even though he's 32 years old, has over 2,600 carries in his life, and the statistics are pretty clear that at some point soon he will hit a wall and suck big time.

GENIOUS!