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Ryan is being replaced in Indy ... Could he get his starting job back or is this the end of the line barring a new team ?

Brian wolf wrote:Ryan is being replaced in Indy ... Could he get his starting job back or is this the end of the line barring a new team ?

Indy has tried to stopgap it for a 3rd consecutive season...hoping to catch lightning in a bottle with a veteran and do it how the Rams did it last year with Stafford. Rivers, Wentz, now Ryan. Ryan hasn't played that poorly. yes too many interceptions...but in general he's thrown the ball a ton. The fewest passes he's thrown in any game this year is 30. He was projected to attempt 720+ passes this year

sheajets wrote:

Brian wolf wrote:Ryan is being replaced in Indy ... Could he get his starting job back or is this the end of the line barring a new team ?

Indy has tried to stopgap it for a 3rd consecutive season...hoping to catch lightning in a bottle with a veteran and do it how the Rams did it last year with Stafford. Rivers, Wentz, now Ryan. Ryan hasn't played that poorly. yes too many interceptions...but in general he's thrown the ball a ton. The fewest passes he's thrown in any game this year is 30. He was projected to attempt 720+ passes this year

What the Bucs did the year before that, too. Definitely the blueprint they were trying to follow. Ryan hasn't played like Ryan, was on pace to float more passes than he did in his entire time in ATL. His version of backyard football, under pressure and lob it up, try to drop it in a bucket, etc., to someone. Majority of his INTs have come from that. Didn't see the Ryan that throws the ball on a line, with velocity, mostly because he couldn't because couldn't be in any sort of rhythm. Not a lot of 3-step and get the ball out or play-action because the run game has been a disappointment, other than when they were down to their 3rd string RB. Interior OL is supposed to be great, pass pro has been bad, not running the ball great. Their defense hasn't been what it should be, missing best player majority of the season, so far. On-paper were supposed to be a running team that plays great defense with some run setting up the pass. Instead they've been let Ryan move/run around and see if he can make something happen -- a bit of the "wing it" Cardinals style offense but instead of Kyler Murray it's Matt Ryan. Yet, the Colts still are .500. They can still win games regardless of who the QB is. Though, benching Ryan, who isn't the problem, not that he's been good but he's way down the list of their issues, seems like such a panic move. Get Taylor going and get healthy on defense should have been top priorities.

John Grasso wrote:I'm curious (and too lazy to do the research) - when's the last time all 3 so-called New York teams
won on the same weekend in 4 of the 1st 6 games in the NFL season?

I finally did the research to answer my question -
In the 62 1/2 seasons from 1960-2022 that all 3 teams played - there were only 64 times that all 3 won on the same weekend.

In 1998 it happened 5 times (weeks 7, 12, 14, 15, 17); in 1988 it happened 4 times (weeks 3,8,9,15);
In 1990 it occurred 4 times (weeks 4,8,9,16) and this year through the first 7 weeks it has already happened 4 times (weeks 2,4,5,6)
There were 4 seasons (1981, 1993, 2000) where it occurred 3 times; eleven years where it happened twice and 16 years where it
happened once. In nearly half of the seasons (29) it never happened.

The other combinations of the three teams:
Bills and Giants won, Jets lost or didn't play - 134 times
Jets and Giants won, Bills lost or didn't play- 127 times
Bills and Jets won, Giants lost or didn't play - 92 times
Bills won, other two lost or didn't play - 180 times
Giants won, other two lost or didn't play - 152 times
Jets won, other two lost or didn't play - 146 times
none won - more than 200 times (i didn't count this precisely)

So to answer my original question - this is the first time that all 3 so-called New York franchises have won
on the same weekend in 4 of the 1st 6 weeks of the season.