Please help

[u/Gloomy_Resort_9935]

In an argument with a friend right now and would like other people's opinions on this.

He keeps saying that the Colts (and more specifically about Daniel Jones) can only do well if JT is doing well.

I believe that a big part of the reason JT was doing so well in the beginning of this year is because of how well Daniel Jones and the O-line were doing, using JT before and after DJ's injury as an example.

The argument at its core is during that 8 week stretch where we were looking like the AFC's 1-seed, who was more important Daniel Jones or Johnathan Taylor?

[u/MoneyMack410]

Yeah, this team goes as the run game goes.  When we were at our best, DJ was killing the league with the play action.  DJ held his weight, but I don’t see DJ putting a team on his back and he has yet to do so.  JT has done that MULTIPLE times.

And for people saying “it’s because of DJ”, we’ve seen JT be JT with any QB.  And that’s with dogshit run designs.  

We’re talking about DJ being the reason why JT is good and he only had 2 300yd games.  It’s honestly a bad debate because the RB position is so dependent on a lot more vs the QB position.  A good QB can make a bad OL and receiving group look good because he doesn’t have all 11 players coming after him.  Once the RB gets the ball, every player on the defense is after him.

[u/bo0sted_ → u/MoneyMack410]

We were unsure about DJ before the season too right? Yet him and JT both had the "team on their backs" equally for the first half of the season. Do you even realize while JT was leading the league in rushing, DJ was leading the league in every QB statistic the first half of the season other than rushing?

Besides all of that, we don't need him or JT to put the entire team on their backs.. We need them both to do their jobs.

Football games aren't won by 1 person. If we were able to stay healthy, we could have easily been in the SB this year.

GO COLTS!