ManchesterEagle Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Feels like the Colts are tanking for a QB in 2023. Otherwise I can't see why they wouldn't at least try Foles for a few games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyX Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 The Bears did the same thing last year. The overpaid Dalton instead of playing Foles. Foles played 1 game, had a 98.5 rating, and won the game at the end. I think they want to find out what they have in Ehlinger. Maybe he gets benched in 3 weeks so Foles goes on a WC playoff run (before getting killed by KC) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$erpentor Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Ehlinger has quietly improved, i feel like he deserves the chance but yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestlevessel Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 7 hours ago, ManchesterEagle said: Feels like the Colts are tanking for a QB in 2023. Otherwise I can't see why they wouldn't at least try Foles for a few games. That is stupid of Frank Reich as his job security is on the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procus Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 My guess is that Irsay is calling the shots and Reich is out after this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfather Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Good call. Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procus Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 My guess is that the Eagles will hire Frank Reich to be the team's OC after Shane Streichen gets a head coaching job with another team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eglz1 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Maybe some insight into why they benched Ryan from Pro Football Talk Sam Ehlinger officially becomes the starting quarterback of the Colts. If he fails or gets injured, Nick Foles will take over. And if Foles gets injured, the quarterback will be anyone but Matt Ryan. Ryan is done. He’s out. He won’t play again, for reasons rooted in his contract. Put simply, once the team decided (and it was clear from coach Frank Reich’s comments that owner Jim Irsay made the decision) that Ryan won’t be the quarterback in 2023, it was time to pull the plug on 2022. Ryan’s contract already pays him $12 million in base salary next year, fully guaranteed. But millions more would become fully guaranteed if Ryan suffers an injury that keeps him from passing a physical by the third day of the 2023 league year in March, when the payments that are currently guaranteed for injury become fully guaranteed. Specifically, Ryan has $7.205 million in additional 2023 salary guaranteed for injury, and a 2023 roster bonus of $10 million, which is also guaranteed for injury. That’s $17.205 million that the Colts would potentially owe Ryan (in addition to the $12 million) if he emerges from the 2022 season with an injury that prevents him from passing a physical by the middle of March. That’s why Ryan won’t be playing again for the Colts in 2022. He could, in theory, be traded before next Tuesday. His performances through seven weeks of the current season, however, will surely cause any/every team to shy away from Ryan and his contract, regardless of whether a starter suffers a season-ending injury this weekend. The question then becomes whether the Colts would cut Ryan after the trade deadline. He may ask to be released. The Colts may wait for the right moment to dump him, thinking that a potential quarterback-needy team may claim his contract on waivers. Again, it’s unlikely. He is, by all appearances, done. No every quarterback will have his arm beyond his fortieth birthday. For the 37-year-old Ryan, too many of his throws now look like what John Madden used to call the last shot out of a Roman candle. Ryan has had a great career. He was an MVP. He did everything in his power to win a Super Bowl. He recently passed Dan Marino to become No. 7 on the all-time passing yardage list. Matt Ryan has a solid case for Canton. At this point, however, continuing to play could eventually hurt his cause. And so, as it was when the Vikings benched Donovan McNabb for Christian Ponder in 2011 and later released McNabb, it may simply be over for Ryan. Even if it is, he’ll still make $12 million next year to not play pro football. The Colts, at this point, are simply hoping to be sure he doesn’t get $17.205 million more. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/25/matt-ryans-contract-is-the-main-reason-he-wont-play-for-the-colts-again-this-year/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LacesOut Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Frank is not looking so good the past few years, with veteran QBs of Rivers/Wentz/Ryan all being just blah. Some of that will have to fall on his shoulders. Is that an odd contract for Ryan, or am I just reading it wrong? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vee Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Frank will have a new job lined up before the door closes on his way out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LacesOut Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 4 hours ago, Vee said: Frank will have a new job lined up before the door closes on his way out. As a HC or an OC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vee Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 18 hours ago, LacesOut said: As a HC or an OC? Head Coach. OC goes without saying. I think he's a good coach who had been dealt bad hands. He's had no QB. In 2018 they had Luck in his first season there. Then in 2019, Brissett. Then in 2020, Rivers at the very end of his career. Then in 2021, Wentz. Now in 2022, Ryan at the very end of his career. Tell me which head coach was gonna do anything with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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