Freeman out for Monday

[PrincetonTiger]

According to Bleacher Report Jerrell Freeman has been ruled out for Monday's Game ending his 33 game streak

He will be replaced in the starting lineup by Josh McNary and probably means that Henoc Muamba will make his NFL and Colt debut

[pgt_rob]

That's a bummer.

[BlueShoe]

This is not good. I believe the key to this game will be covering Ertz and Celek. We will miss Freeman's coverage skills.

 

This might be a good time to start Studebaker on the inside.

[PrincetonTiger]

This is not good. I believe the key to this game will be covering Ertz and Celek. We will miss Freeman's coverage skills.

 

This might be a good time to start Studebaker on the inside.

You will probably see Studebaker on the inside and Muamba has pretty good coverage skills

[Gabriel Alexander Morillo]

And so it continues.

[BlueShoe]

This is not good. I believe the key to this game will be covering Ertz and Celek. We will miss Freeman's coverage skills.

 

This might be a good time to start Studebaker on the inside.

 

 

You will probably see Studebaker on the inside and Muamba has pretty good coverage skills

 

In my mind, Studebaker is the most athletic linebacker suiting up on Monday. If the coaches decide to go with Studebaker on the inside then he will have his hands full, but I believe it is our best option.

[oldunclemark]

This is a worry ..you need speed and recognition vs Eagles..

...we're going to have to score a lot of points (understatement?)

[PrincetonTiger]

This is a worry ..you need speed and recognition vs Eagles.....we're going to have to score a lot of points (understatement?)

That is only if Foles has the time to pass the ball

[BlueCollarColts]

I expect Josh McNary to be starting. 

[BlueCollarColts]

This is a worry ..you need speed and recognition vs Eagles..

...we're going to have to score a lot of points (understatement?)

The Eagles offense isn't any better than Denver's.... They put up 31. I'm not understanding why everyone thinks Philly's offense is going to be better than Denver's. 

[PrincetonTiger]

I expect Josh McNary to be starting.

Agreed but depending on the situation you could see a lot of AS and HM

[PrincetonTiger]

The Eagles offense isn't any better than Denver's.... They put up 31. I'm not understanding why everyone thinks Philly's offense is going to be better than Denver's.

The tempo could be the problem but we are not the Jags

[PrincetonTiger]

And so it continues.

That's a bummer.

Everything Will Be Okay

[21isSuperman]

Bummer.  But I'm excited to see how Muamba does

[PrincetonTiger]

Bummer.  But I'm excited to see how Muamba does

agreed

[oldunclemark]

The Eagles offense isn't any better than Denver's.... They put up 31. I'm not understanding why everyone thinks Philly's offense is going to be better than Denver's.

They attack in a different way...BCC....and Denver could have score 45-50 if they hadn't dropped so many passes.

Denver and Phily do very different things....its almost all recognition vs. the eagles

You can be fooled badly and its big yards

[TKnight24]

Eagles offense isn't as good as people hype it to be with D. Jackson gone now

We have the defense to shut it down, just a matter of will we do it

[SkyBane]

That is only if Foles has the time to pass the ball

Philly is more of a run heavy offense than most teams in the NFL. Sure, Foles throws 50 times a game, but that's only because they run 80-90 offensive snaps. Playing Philadelphia is less about playing quick as it is playing smart, you have to stay disciplined even when exhausted and make sure the holes in the line are covered, and trust that your backfield can cover their receivers long enough. 

 

The best thing you can do for your defense against Philly (really moreso than just about any team in the league, except maybe Denver), is long, sustained drives on offense. Philly wants to utterly grind your defense in to pulp by running 50% more plays than most offenses, and a huge chunk of them being running plays. The defense needs the rest more than ever under these conditions.

[BlueCollarColts]

They attack in a different way...BCC....and Denver could have score 45-50 if they hadn't dropped so many passes.

Denver and Phily do very different things....its almost all recognition vs. the eagles

You can be fooled badly and its big yards

All I am saying is Philly's offense is getting so overrated on this board... 

[PrincetonTiger]

Eagles offense isn't as good as people hype it to be with D. Jackson gone now

We have the defense to shut it down, just a matter of will we do it

Agreed

[PrincetonTiger]

Philly is more of a run heavy offense than most teams in the NFL. Sure, Foles throws 50 times a game, but that's only because they run 80-90 offensive snaps. Playing Philadelphia is less about playing quick as it is playing smart, you have to stay disciplined even when exhausted and make sure the holes in the line are covered, and trust that your backfield can cover their receivers long enough. 

 

The best thing you can do for your defense against Philly (really moreso than just about any team in the league, except maybe Denver), is long, sustained drives on offense. Philly wants to utterly grind your defense in to pulp by running 50% more plays than most offenses, and a huge chunk of them being running plays. The defense needs the rest more than ever under these conditions.

They will have a makeshift line on Monday so if our DL and Rushers are effective it may not matter

[TKnight24]

Just gotta be more physical than Philly that's all. Same way the Saints shutdown their offense last year in the playoffs. Be more physical

Same way Stanford always beat Oregon, being more physical. Chip's offense is futile against physical defenses. Power beats speed

[BOTT]

Philly is more of a run heavy offense than most teams in the NFL. Sure, Foles throws 50 times a game, but that's only because they run 80-90 offensive snaps. Playing Philadelphia is less about playing quick as it is playing smart, you have to stay disciplined even when exhausted and make sure the holes in the line are covered, and trust that your backfield can cover their receivers long enough. 

 

The best thing you can do for your defense against Philly (really moreso than just about any team in the league, except maybe Denver), is long, sustained drives on offense. Philly wants to utterly grind your defense in to pulp by running 50% more plays than most offenses, and a huge chunk of them being running plays. The defense needs the rest more than ever under these conditions.

Foles usually throws it under 30 times a game

[SkyBane]

Foles usually throws it under 30 times a game

More to prove my point then.

[CR91]

it doesnt matter. our defense wasnt gonna stop them anyway. its gonna be a shootout with or without freeman

[throwing BBZ]

 Freeman isn`t a good coverage guy by any means (79% completion% last season) so this is a good chance to Force Chuck to develope a better 3rd down man for the job.

[GOCOLTS_ROLLTIDE]

F WORD!!!!!

[GOCOLTS_ROLLTIDE]

Would've been nice time to play the cfl tandem Freeman & muamba

[Gavin]

Just means Mcnary has to step up and be a playmaker

[rock8591]

Easy win at home, I'm seeing at least a 10 point win.

 

As much as we hype our own strengths, we also OVERHYPE our own weaknesses. e.g. we say that our OLBs are bad...then look at the Chargers for instance. We praise Baltimore and Pittsburgh (this past Thursday night) for not playing vanilla, for playing fast paced and physical...while both teams had 8-8 records compared to our 11-5.

 

Look at a team closely enough and you'll see that every team is "bad" much like you'll start seeing things that are really not there.

 

e.g. I can go on and on by saying "Seahawks have good QB, great RB, marginal OL and WRs, TEs. Undersized defensive ends (Michael Bennett 274 lbs, Cliff Avril 260 lbs). No namers elsewise at DT."

 

See what I"m saying?

[ColtsLegacy]

Not a big deal.

[Le Neon]

This is not good. I believe the key to this game will be covering Ertz and Celek. We will miss Freeman's coverage skills.

This might be a good time to start Studebaker on the inside.

Yeah, Zach Ertz has a Jimmy Graham like skill set. We've already seen what the Saints and Broncos can do with that kind of matchup.

[PrincetonTiger]

Yeah, Zach Ertz has a Jimmy Graham like skill set. We've already seen what the Saints and Broncos can do with that kind of matchup.

The is quite a difference between Foles and Brees/Manning

[1959Colts]

A lot of hype this week over Zach Ertz and Brent Celek...

Yet I haven't heard a peep about Fleener and Allen...

Werent the Colts expected to have the best pair of Tight Ends this season?

[bap1331]

And so it continues.

 

and so what continues?

[PrincetonTiger]

A lot of hype this week over Zach Ertz and Brent Celek...

Yet I haven't heard a peep about Fleener and Allen...

Werent the Colts expected to have the best pair of Tight Ends this season?

Who said we don't

[ColtsLegacy]

Who said we don't

Coby Fleener's play says we don't.

[ColtsLegacy]

The is quite a difference between Foles and Brees/Manning

There's also quite a difference between Zach Ertz and Jimmy Graham/Julius Thomas.

[PrincetonTiger]

There's also quite a difference between Zach Ertz and Jimmy Graham/Julius Thomas.

agreed

[oldunclemark]

Philly is more of a run heavy offense than most teams in the NFL. Sure, Foles throws 50 times a game, but that's only because they run 80-90 offensive snaps. Playing Philadelphia is less about playing quick as it is playing smart, you have to stay disciplined even when exhausted and make sure the holes in the line are covered, and trust that your backfield can cover their receivers long enough. 

 

The best thing you can do for your defense against Philly (really moreso than just about any team in the league, except maybe Denver), is long, sustained drives on offense. Philly wants to utterly grind your defense in to pulp by running 50% more plays than most offenses, and a huge chunk of them being running plays. The defense needs the rest more than ever under these conditions.

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