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[TheShizNo1]

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Or it's just the off-season.

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[z Revis]

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So...I saw an article this morning by B/R essentially discussing how Andrew Luck is trying to avoid being a "bust". Is this serious? Do we really consider him even close to a bust? What he has been able to do with a pretty awful team in Indy is beyond impressive, IMO. You put him on a team like NE, GB, Seattle, etc, and he'd be incredible. I guess this is the NFL...where QB's get credit for the W and L's.

I heard rumblings of that in 2015 too when he started off the season throwing interceptions left and right and then got injured and missed like 9 games. It was a dumb argument then and it's even dumber now. I thought he bounced back pretty well last season. Of course there could be folks disappointed that he hasn't yet lived up to his draft hype(best prospect since John Elway or whatever ppl were saying), but meh.. that doesn't make him a bust especially when you consider what he has(or lack thereof) around him and he is still young.


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[NDAlum]

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They've had some of the worst drafts and FA pickups IMO.

Management has really failed to build that OL. I'm still mad about the Dorsett pick and I'm not really even a Colts fan. Or the giving away of a 1st rd pick for T Rich.

I know good OL don't grow on trees but I feel like it's been an obvious spot they need to improve and they neglect it.

He's struggled in the big games though...that's on him.

[N51_rob]

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Or it's just the off-season.

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This so much this. I've taken a nice long break from football and football reporting and its been refreshing.

[SPTO]

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Yeah this is just offseason talk. I wouldn't say Luck is a bust by any means though I feel like he probably hasn't lived up to the unrealistic expectations placed on him. It doesn't help that for most of his career that O-line has been a sieve and they don't have much of a defense either. Truthfully if Luck wasn't as good as he is the Colts would be in a much worse position.

[Cyros]

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They've had some of the worst drafts and FA pickups IMO.

Management has really failed to build that OL. I'm still mad about the Dorsett pick and I'm not really even a Colts fan. Or the giving away of a 1st rd pick for T Rich.

I know good OL don't grow on trees but I feel like it's been an obvious spot they need to improve and they neglect it.

He's struggled in the big games though...that's on him.

I don't know how well they played, but the Colts did spend 3 picks (R1, R3, R5) on the OL for the 2016 draft. Joe Haeg had 14 starts last year, and Ryan Kelly started all 16.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I just want to know when are we going to find out if Joe Flacco is elite?



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[TheShizNo1]

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This so much this. I've taken a nice long break from football and football reporting and its been refreshing.

Me too. Not eager for the season to start or anything. The fall has become too much damn football for me; never thought I'd say that.

I just want to know when are we going to find out if Joe Flacco is elite?



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Need to break out them "Missing" posters for my man. Gotta be a Steelers fan on here with some photoshop skills that can make that happen.

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[z Revis]

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I don't know how well they played, but the Colts did spend 3 picks (R1, R3, R5) on the OL for the 2016 draft. Joe Haeg had 14 starts last year, and Ryan Kelly started all 16.

It was better(Ryan Kelly is definitely a keeper), but still very much a work in progress. The biggest improvement was the run blocking though. Pass protection wasn't much better if there was an improvement at all lol. Ryan Kelly did well in that department, but we still allowed 40 something sacks as a whole(again though not all on the O-line for that but a lot of the blame should be placed there).


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[Majingir]

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So just go for the $150 jersey? Idk how much I'll wear it. Might be more for souvenir, but still want it to last as long as possible, if not forever.

To add on to this..might be able to get a good deal on the jersey(limited for price of game jersey!) , but it's online only sale(and seems like many physical stores I see don't actually have NFL jerseys in stock). But seeing how I've never actually owned an NFL jersey before, not sure what size I should get. Hockey jerseys for example I know typically you could get away with ordering one size smaller than you usually wear since they're abit baggy.

What about NFL jerseys? If you wear large t-shirt, get large jersey? Or medium t-shirt=medium jersey, and so on? For me, I like wearing t-shirts with good length sleeves(meaning nothing too short,elbow length for the most though) and the shirt length itself going a couple of inches past my waist, so not sure how NFL jerseys size up.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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They don't sell NFL Jerseys in Canada at stores/malls?

Was going to say you can probably answer your own question by just trying one on there.


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[Majingir]

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They don't sell NFL Jerseys in Canada at stores/malls?

Was going to say you can probably answer your own question by just trying one on there.


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I'm sure they do, but probably not a wide variety, especially during off-season. The ones I'm looking for are sold out, so maybe they only have lesser name players/teams in stock right now.

[ImTellinTim]

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But that's how you can figure out what fit you want. In Toronto you should have no problem finding a store that has many sizes for you to try. Don't just go to the department store. Find a sports specific specialty store. I guarantee there's one somewhere.

[Majingir]

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Ya, I went to one today. Not wide variety at all. Bills stuff unfortunately, but some panthers and others too, mainly newton. I found two Brees jerseys in diff sizes and tried them on. Both fit alright, but might lean towards smaller one. One thing I don't like is how the armpits feel off. Almost a suit jacket feel to it where you can't raise your arm up in the air without feeling the armpit part of sleeve pull a bit. Is that normal for football jerseys?

https://www.sportchek.ca/categories/...331170841.html

This is the Brees jersey. Despite the site listing it as limited, in the description it says game. I felt the material and the numbers on it did feel like the type of material that might crack and/or peel in the wash after some time. Does that sound like game jersey material because in store it didn't specify on the tag.

[TripleCrown9]

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Ya, I went to one today. Not wide variety at all. Bills stuff unfortunately, but some panthers and others too, mainly newton. I found two Brees jerseys in diff sizes and tried them on. Both fit alright, but might lean towards smaller one. One thing I don't like is how the armpits feel off. Almost a suit jacket feel to it where you can't raise your arm up in the air without feeling the armpit part of sleeve pull a bit. Is that normal for football jerseys?

https://www.sportchek.ca/categories/...331170841.html

This is the Brees jersey. Despite the site listing it as limited, in the description it says game. I felt the material and the numbers on it did feel like the type of material that might crack and/or peel in the wash after some time. Does that sound like game jersey material because in store it didn't specify on the tag.

No, that's the screen printed numbers. The good ones are the sewn on numbers.