Frank Gore Calls Out Indianapolis Colts For Their Issues

Oct 16, 2016; Houston, TX, USA; Indianapolis Colts running back Frank Gore (23) warms up prior to the game against the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports /

Suffice to say many people aren’t happy about the Indianapolis Colts and their terrible start to 2016, but one player couldn’t hold back his anger.

So far the season has been one of great personal triumph for Frank Gore. The running back surpassed the immortal Jim Brown on the NFL all-time rushing list. His odds of making the Hall of Fame continue to go up with each yard he gains and touchdown he scores. Yet the man is anything but happy at the moment. This was supposed to be a year he could celebrate with one more run in January for playoff football. Instead the team sits in last place in the worst division in football.

Indy Star columnist Gregg Doyel spoke to Gore following the teams’ backbreaking overtime loss to Houston on Sunday Night Football. Usually a great teammate and locker room guy, Gore just couldn’t hold back his frustration.

"Of all the Colts I visited with in the locker room after this collapse, the only one who seemed genuinely disgusted was veteran running back Frank Gore. And he was furious, frustrated almost to the point of tears.“I didn’t come here for this,” the proud former 49ers star was pleading. “I came here to get into the tournament.”"

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It’s easy to understand his frustration. Gore is 33-years old. That’s ancient for running backs. He’s been hanging on the past couple years in hopes of getting one last shot at a Super Bowl championship. Something that was ripped from his grasp three-straight years from 2011 to 2013 with the San Francisco 49ers. He felt, with plenty of logic, that joining a team with Andrew Luck at quarterback could give him the best possible chance.

After all the Colts had just reached the AFC championship the year before. Instead a deteriorating offensive line got Luck injured after seven games in 2015, dropping the team to 8-8. This season they’re 2-4 and fading fast. Gore is running with the same steady determination he’s always had. The problems though run far deeper than him or Luck.

The defense is easily the worst its been during the Chuck Pagano era, having no pass rush and limited coverage from the secondary. Much of these issues fall at the feet of GM Ryan Grigson who has compounded the problem with a series of questionable roster moves. The bottom line is it doesn’t look like there’s an easy fix to this problem. Frank Gore may never get his wish, and that’s the true heartbreak in this business.

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