Jonathan Taylor gets paid

[FireChans]

https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1710691846001770597?s=46&t=GGNmxHtuMQWK-ZEccAMZsQ

 

Terrible move IMO. Colts trying to compete when they should be trying to see if AR15 can be a QB.

[stevestojan]

Psst, Colts, it’s a passing league now. 

[buffaloboyinATL]

3 year/$42 million extension.  I have a feeling this is in part because Anthony Richardson looks better than expected already.

[Low Positive]

1 minute ago, buffaloboyinATL said:

3 year/$42 million extension.  I have a feeling this is in part because Anthony Richardson looks better than expected already.

They’re competing right now in a weak division. Their fans got spoiled by Payton Manning and Andrew Luck and are becoming disinterested. Something had to be done and this is the thing that they did.

[NickelCity]

This contract will be a memory by the time they have to pay a QB

[NewEra]

9 minutes ago, stevestojan said:

Psst, Colts, it’s a passing league now. 

Meanwhile- if you look at the team rushing leaders- of the top 11, 8 of those teams are the top 8 SB favorites.  
 

yes, it’s a passing league…..but if you can’t run, you’re one dimensional and have little chance to win a SB imo.  Gotta be able to run

[Warcodered]

14 minutes ago, FireChans said:

https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1710691846001770597?s=46&t=GGNmxHtuMQWK-ZEccAMZsQ

 

Terrible move IMO. Colts trying to compete when they should be trying to see if AR15 can be a QB.

He's already looking like that so securing help makes some sense, but if this prevents them from getting a competent O-line or more passing weapons around him in the next year or two it'll be a mistake.

[FireChans]

Just now, Warcodered said:

He's already looking like that so securing help makes some sense, but if this prevents them from getting a competent O-line or more passing weapons around him in the next year or two it'll be a mistake.

This prevents the ball from being in his hands. Josh Allen doesn’t look like Josh Allen today if he wasn’t running around making mistakes his rookie year IMO. 
 

this is how bad franchises stay bad.

[NewEra]

15 minutes ago, FireChans said:

https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1710691846001770597?s=46&t=GGNmxHtuMQWK-ZEccAMZsQ

 

Terrible move IMO. Colts trying to compete when they should be trying to see if AR15 can be a QB.

And how can they tell if AR15 can be a QB when they have trash WRs and RBs?  Taylor gets 2 years of gtd money.  I don’t see the problem in this particular situation.  Taylor will help AR15 more than his WRs will.  

[stevestojan]

2 minutes ago, NewEra said:

Meanwhile- if you look at the team rushing leaders- of the top 11, 8 of those teams are the top 8 SB favorites.  
 

yes, it’s a passing league…..but if you can’t run, you’re one dimensional and have little chance to win a SB imo.  Gotta be able to run

Valid. Can’t argue with that. 

[MJS]

10 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said:

They’re competing right now in a weak division. Their fans got spoiled by Payton Manning and Andrew Luck and are becoming disinterested. Something had to be done and this is the thing that they did.

You should never make a decision based on what the fans think. It should all be about what helps set up their franchise for the best chance to win now and in the future.

[PetermansRedemption]

Zach Moss has looked more than competent. No reason to have paid Taylor IMO

[Warcodered]

1 minute ago, FireChans said:

This prevents the ball from being in his hands. Josh Allen doesn’t look like Josh Allen today if he wasn’t running around making mistakes his rookie year IMO. 
 

this is how bad franchises stay bad.

Josh this year is seemingly learning/learned how to work within an offense while using his ridiculous athleticism when he has to, might not have the worst thing to have been able to learn it earlier.

 

Besides that establishing a better running game will relieve the pressure on a rookie QB and open up the passing game. They're not going to stop throwing it that'd be stupid.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

More $ for Taylor equals less money for Irsay to piss away on guitars and pseudotheraputic agents. 🤨

[QCity]

I've never been an advocate for paying RB's, but 3 years at the age of 24 isn't the worst contract. It's no coincidence that it ends when Richardson's comes up for renewal.

[FireChans]

2 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

Josh this year is seemingly learning/learned how to work within an offense while using his ridiculous athleticism when he has to, might not have the worst thing to have been able to learn it earlier.

 

Besides that establishing a better running game will relieve the pressure on a rookie QB and open up the passing game. They're not going to stop throwing it that'd be stupid.

He learned how to do it earlier. Josh got sloppy because his OL has deteriorated over the last two years. he didn’t just figure out how to run an offense lol.

 

Establishing a running game doesn’t matter for the Colts. Better to let AR throw 30-40 times and win 5 games and stock the cupboards. 

[GunnerBill]

9 minutes ago, NewEra said:

And how can they tell if AR15 can be a QB when they have trash WRs and RBs?  Taylor gets 2 years of gtd money.  I don’t see the problem in this particular situation.  Taylor will help AR15 more than his WRs will.  

 

Yea that's how I see it. 

 

But I agree with @FireChans IF this leads to them becoming a run team who takes the ball out of its QBs hands it will end up a mistake. They have to stay pass first and just use Taylor to bring some balance.

[FireChans]

2 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Yea that's how I see it. 

 

But I agree with @FireChans IF this leads to them becoming a run team who takes the ball out of its QBs hands it will end up a mistake. They have to stay pass first and just use Taylor to bring some balance.

It will. They didn’t pay JT to not feature him heavily. He will touch the ball 20-25 times a game and it will stifle their QB’s career. 
 

Then before you know it, it will be year 3 and they will still be wondering “is he the guy?”

[GunnerBill]

As long as Taylor is getting all the carries 20-25 is fine. If it is 20-25 for Taylor and 10 for Zack Moss that is getting into dangerous territory.

[thenorthremembers]

Don't really hate it.  They have to pay someone.