COLTS7's Blog

I agree that our O is not in sync! Yes in order to win you must either score more points than your opponent or hold your opponent to less than what you have. In my opinion it was our D that held the Tex to less points! As Colts 7 says the hill is still there but not as steep! We still need to work on our O and D but we're getting there - slowly but there is progress.

COLTS7, I really appreciate your detailed synopsis. Gritty, gutsy performance by Matt and the  offense, line play was best yet and Clowney & Watts weren't factors. But too many big issues too overlook.  The result of this game came down to which team would have the fewest critical penalties.  If you think this defense is ready for Tom Brady and that offense I think you need to consider how open Deandre Hopkins was all night and how easy that TD pass was to complete.  Pagano again says there are things to "fix".  Defense was supposed to be his calling card, his stock in trade.  The one piece of shocking news that came out last night was that we have the oldest team in the league,  Three years ago we were among the youngest with the most cap money of any team.  Look what Grigson has done and the "talent" he has brought in in three short years. What he has done to this team is a disaster

I think on paper, the offense has more than enough peices in place to be one of the best, but has yet to perform at that level, the defense doesn't have to be dominant, but the lack of a pass rush is somewhat puzzling and the CB situation has been a nightmare, even with those things, the defense wasn't going to be that good, I am interested to see how we perform vs these really good teams that we will be playing coming up. I think this team is so much like the Manning era, great offense, get a lead and take pressure off of the defense and since that hasn't happened, it has not looked good, in tight games, the margin for error is very small, make plays and you can pull out a win, don't make plays and come up short. I remember the year we won the Super Bowl and how bad the defense looked , then they got it together and won the championship. I just feel that are more issues than many thought going into this year and as of now, have not played anywhere near the level they need to play to compete for a championship. I think they can and will get better and play better, but don't think it is going to be good enough to go deep in the postseason.

Half full-when you have an elite QB, you are always going to have a chance, we now have a quality RB, if the O-line can improve, which is a big if and Luck starts playing at an elite level, with Gore and Luck and a balanced attack, the offense could and really should be lethal.  The special teams are one of the best in the league, all the defense has to do, is just make enough plays, the younger guys will get better, Mathis will become more of a factor, hopefully somebody else will step up and help with pressure and the CB situation will settle down. If all of that happened and some "luck" they could have a chance to compete for a championship , but would also need an almost perfect game to beat the elite teams in the postseason.

Half empty-the offense  and Luck continue to struggle, puts the defense in bad situations and the CB situation continues to be a mess, we cannot create pressure on the QB, we are playing from behind and it all falls apart

There are a lot of ifs for this team to improve and be good enough to compete with the elite teams, can it happen, it could, but with that many issues-highly unlikely. This team is close to being good enough, with Luck in place, if they can get 1-2 really good O-linemen and 1-2 difference makers on defense, they can compete for a championship.