IndyTrav
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1 Well Coached. Both off and def and know the weaknesses and strengths of themselves and the teams the are playing.
2 they have an excellent qb who limits mistakes and punishes you if you make one
3 dysfunctional division
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6 minutes ago, bleed blue 4 life said:
you don't produce for Bill Belichick you are gone and the players know that
I don't even think it's even producing. It seems like you could be a 3/4th stringer. If you show up every day, try hard, and don't make mistakes then your fine with Bill. To be honest his pet peeves seem to be dont over produce based on contract, and dont produce and be a nut job because he will trade you. But he's in a league of his own, no one deserves to be compared to him.
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He's gotta wait for Tomlinson then I think he's got a shot for the next few years. I've always maintained that if Bettis got in Edge should too.
*Throwback: Looks like Hines is gonna be waiting for awhile. TO and Holt. Then Moss. He may get in between the Fitz retirement years....
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3 hours ago, grmasterb said:
I actually think the local writers have pretty good insight into the Colts. But when national guys and bloggers say the Colts are "spiraling down the drain," it borders on buffoonery.
Does it? I don't know that I agree, but I can see how people will jump to those conclusions....pretty sure SF went to a SB and 2 other NFC conf games, then finished 8-8 then fell off a cliff. No one would say they were spiraling after the 8-8 year and yet here they are.... 49ers had some bad breaks in Bowman, Aldon, and Willis, but those are things that happen, and I think if something were to happen with Luck (and IMO the odds are going in that direction) to think this team wouldn't be in the basement just like SF is dishonest. We are one piece of bad luck away from being in the same position.
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Why is it when anyone in the media has anything other than glowing praise for the Colts it's because they have an ax to grind, loved manning, don't know what they are talking about etc?
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3 minutes ago, csmopar said:
Then what would? He may not get in on the first ballot, but he gets in. No doubt about that one
He may not get in, and if he does it's gonna be a long time from now. He's Hall of Very Good for me, and a RoH guy. But I don't see him making the HoF any time soon. He's gonna be waiting behind Peppers, Allen, Ware, and Freeney (maybe Abraham, but I doubt it) from his pass rushing generation.
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He's gonna b 30 and can't stay healthy. Vontae is pushing 30 and Butler is finishing up a career year at 30 pushing 31....likely gonna have DB problems in the coming years.
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12 minutes ago, Superman said:
He actually let up to avoid a holding penalty on that play. Should have tackled Clowney if he had to...
Which to me is part of the greater problem with this team. They THINK what they are doing/supposed to do is correct and stubbornly stick with it, not attempting to correct what they do/did.....how many good punts have we wasted with bad coverage, fair caught at the 2, scheming problems with OL, WR, Rbs, poor play calling on crucial downs, questionable clock management decisions etc etc.....all are fixable mistakes yet continue to happen over and over and over and it's what drives me up a wall.......
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Falling down, whatever that sort of stuff happens over the course of a season. Sucks, but in a vaccum, it's whatever.
Sack vs Clowney I have a problem with. he shouldn't have been put in that situation to begin with. But once he was he HAS to have the football intelligence to know not to let him get past and get Lucks blindside. If he does you hold, trip, grab whatever to slow him or stop him. You take the penalty and move on. But being a 5year vet with no situational awareness is unacceptable at this point
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1 hour ago, WarGhost21 said:
Good grief. How many times are people going to complain about Dorsett being a bust while he's not even through his second season yet? He's only played in 23 games so far in his career. Receivers usually wait until their third season to break out. Reggie Wayne, who everyone says is heading to Canton someday, started out slow too. Does that mean Reggie was a bust? Let's compare the two. Through each players first 13 games (Reggie played in 13 his rookie season, Dorsett had 11, so add the first 2 from this season), and the numbers are strikingly similar. Dorsett had 23 receptions for 349 yards and a TD, while Wayne had 27 receptions for 345 yards and no TDs. Yes, he has a drop problem as was clearly visible yesterday, but cut him some slack. He's third on the WR depth chart with a QB who likes throwing to his tight ends and dumping it off to running backs. Pair with that he doesn't have time to burn defenses with the way our offensive line doesn't want to block anybody and he's actually been decent to solid in his career. Comparing him to Richardson is downright disrespectful IMO.
I'm pretty sure the "it takes 3yrs to develop a WR" narrative is dead. It's a different league now and players are expected to show something right out of gate.
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22 minutes ago, Somewhere ovr the Waynebow said:
I haven't watched the all 22 yet, but from what I understand, the screen was a secondary option, and the first read was to Doyle.
I'm withholding total judgment until I can see it again. But right now, I don't like it. It seems to cute almost. Turbin had a good game and I would have loved to see it in his hands... Or really anything but what they called.
Honestly it appeared to me Luck made 2 reads before the screen. Left. Then right. Then screen. U can see it on the broadcast.
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He's just not that good.
Hes going into into year 4 without having actually done anything. He kinda is who he is at this point.
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The Texans even tried to give it to us...3rd and 1 empty backfield motion to the scrub 2nd string rb, that's terrible coaching, and then we managed to top it.....geez.
Just super happy they forgot all about VonMiller v Allen at the beginning of the season only to repeat it again in this game. Heaven forbid they do that vs Kahilil Mack...
Props to Dorset. "he is who we thought he was"....
I'll go ahead and quote Paganos upcoming presser "Ya know we really fought hard, we will look at the tape, these guys gave it all they got, couldn't be happier with the grit, these guys are warriors, we aren't out yet, these guys won't give up, we just gotta play better"
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Averagish offense. Bottom 3 defense. Not particularly good at anything but punting.
I guess the media should jump up and down about how we have a "chance" to win a bad division? Sounds like a pretty bad narrative to sell.
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He's been pretty fantastic this year that's for sure, and I'm not a big TY guy.
I feel he does most most of his damage in Zones. He always seems to find the open spot and get to it. Id like to know if there are stats to back that up and where they would be.
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That's cool and all. But I'm still waiting for him to become the great WR we expect him to be. Hes currently working on his best Kenny Britt impression.
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8 hours ago, TKnight24 said:
"So far it's worked Jim, they are now fair catching punts at the 10 rather than the 5, we will have more on this explosive development after the weather"
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I was all aboard the Allen train 3 years ago. Now I wish he would just go away. We could get his production at a fraction of the cost from any practice squad, FA pool, or draft at the end of this season.
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I went in 08? Vs the the Colts. We lost. Peyton threw 2ints if I remember correctly one was a pick 6....first night we stayed in Cheyboygan. Went to a local gentlemans establishment and had a nice time. Played golf at a local course and had a good time. Gameday morning went to a house across from the stadium (there's literally a neighborhood surrounding half the stadium) and tailgated. Packer fan next door bought the house, tore it down, and built a packers/man cave house. Urnials in the bathroom with windows looking at the stadium. Had a detached garage with a party roof, and the roofs "carpet" was the turf from the RCA dome! I asked the owner what that was about "well Favre and Peyton had an awesome game on that field so i wanted to buy it" finished a few beverages there and went to the stadium early to go thru the HoF and check the place out. Overall the fans were friendly (they were beating us tho) and we had bench style seats....odd note I was a smoker and asked where I could, and they just gave me a weird look and said "anywhere, your outside" which I thought was odd, can't imagine that being the case anymore.....I had a pretty awesome time even with a colts loss.
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27 minutes ago, Lawrence Owen said:
the ONLY reason ANYONE says this is because of his size. Though those same people insist Antonio Brown is a #1....
That was never the case for me. It was his consistency and inability to get into the end zone on anything but large gains and broken plays. (For reference 66% of TYs TDs are from 20+yds....ABrown is 50%, AjGreen is 44%, OBJ is 46%)
But he sure is putting all that behind him so far this season.
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On 10/20/2016 at 8:42 AM, IndyTrav said:
24-17 Tenn
I see Tenn just dominating the time of possession with the run game. Mariotta picking up key 3rd downs with his legs, and a sneaky good Tenn Def keeping our big plays to a minimum.
Mariota 16/22 220yds 40rush yards
Murray 22/112/2.....Henry 13/80/1
Luck 26/33 280/2
Gore 16/66
TY 4/60
Doyle 5/60/2
Whiffed on that one. Got close with Gore 17/61
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33 minutes ago, JPFolks said:
He (RGIII) had a playoff team him including the Colts best young receiver (Garcon). Luck had a 2-14 team to work with and 3 other good rookies. The accomplishment by Luck was dramatically more impressive. He lost his head coach for half the season on top of it. And the INT's were because he was getting pounded AND they were behind and he was bringing them back into games and throwing the long ball. Griffin ran and dinked and dunked. And he got injured. And he sucks and was exposed for the overhyped, selfish player he always was. RGIII took a solid playoff team and drove it in the ground and got his entire team into turmoil which crashed and burned.
They were 5-11 the previous year, so no they weren't a playoff team....we didn't know this at the time but it sure looks like Luck having Arians as HC was a much larger positive than we knew considering he's probably a Top 5 NFL HC....you can claim RG dumped off all you want, but the guy led the league in yards per attempt....even the raw numbers are near identical 4629yds/28td/28TOs for Luck, and 4035/27/17 for RG....add in the fact RG had some pretty exciting moments it's no wonder he was RoY.....heck if I remember correctly Luck didn't even finish 2nd, Russell Wilson did.....
RGs career after his rookie year speaks for itself. There's no arguing against it. But to pretend he was anything but incredible his rookie year is dishonest.
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17 minutes ago, crazycolt1 said:
It seems your criticism is all your going to get. If Luck deserved criticism from the media he would get it.
I am sorry you cant see the big picture and understand the game of NFL football and the role a QB plays.
Your waffeling between "the media is out to get us" and "if luck deserved criticism the media would let us know" is A+. It's so nice to know the media isn't allowed to call out poor management without it being "biased" but since our QB isn't being called out, they are honest and credible.
10/10 for mental gymnastics
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20 minutes ago, JPFolks said:
ESPN is the reason behind Luck not getting Rookie of the Year. His accomplishment was far more significant than RGIII's but ESPN's dual relentless promotion of RGIII while trashing and downplaying Luck's success with the worst roster in the league, caused RGIII to be overhyped and led to his winning Rookie of the Year. That vote was a disgrace. Luck has always been treated badly and received far less support for his success than he deserves. And it was a typical ESPN political play.
I completely disagree with this. Luck was awesome his rookie year. Not a single doubt about that. But so was RG3. They put up near identical #s, with RG3 having much less TOs, and also making the playoffs in a harder division. Combine that with RGs "highlights" it's a no brainer he won RoY....that being said Luck was always going to be the better QB, and I imagine everyone was still taking him as the franchise QB over rg3, even that year, but RG deserved that award.
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Hey, I made my case I stand by it. He's getting in. If it takes another 25years I'll be hear waiting.