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1 hour ago, lollygagger8 said:
Pros:
O-Line imposed their will and it was amazing to watch.
I saw that stat they showed that Castanzo was #1 among LT's, and Nelson was #2 among guards?! That's amazing!! (but seriously who is better than Nelson? lol)
The front 4 turned it up last night, wooowee! Great to have Sheard back.
That fake throw then draw run play was sweet!
When you get Hines in space, he's great. (between tackles not so much)
Khari Willis is a stud. He has an excellent knack for sniffing out plays.
Odum had a great punch out of the ball.
Desir smacked it out of Kelce's hands too.
Houston's 4th and 1 stuff of the run
Cons:
I like his patience sometimes, but Mack has got to quit dancing around. If he would've just ran and hit the hole, he could've had 200 yards! (Wilkins hits it and gets 8 when the play doesn't get blown up)
Quincy Wilson needs to practice with his arms tied to his sides. His holding/PI calls are ridiculous
Brissett is holding the ball too long and staring down receivers STILL.
Brissett deep ball timing is just not there. He's underthrown every deep pass this year. Work on that in practice please.
Did Turay break his ankle!?
He was doing great too.
The refs!!!!!!
I don't recall any PI calls against Wilson last night (I know Kelce got called for offensive PI when he pushed off of Wilson at one point). I thought the PI calls on Odum and Ya-Sin were very questionable, and recall penalties for D holding on Desir and Ya-Sin, but do not recall any flags on Quincy.
TBH, I thought Desir looked like the weak link on our D last night -- I'm hoping that is a sign of him being slowed a bit by his hamstring injury and he will improve after the bye. He got very lucky at least once where he got beat and Mahommes overthrew the ball. After a very solid year last year, Desir has looked a step slow a few times this year -- but overall our D played very well. I would like to think the ability of our front 4 to put pressure on Mahommes consistently all night helped out the secondary and hope we can keep that up.
32 minutes ago, MikeCurtis said:Nice writeup
I think Geathers may have lost his starting role to Willis, last night (Even though Geathers didnt play)
Its going to be hard to keep Willis off the field
Any news from anyone on Turay?
Yes, I think Geathers will still play significantly as a hybrid type in certain packages, but I'm hoping we see Hooker and Willis as the deep safeties when Hooker returns... won't be shocked if Odum also takes some time away from Geathers as the season goes on. He's our captain and all, but he's on a 'prove it' deal and so far (even when healthy) he doesn't seem to really be 'proving' that he should be our long-term solution as a starting safety.
I don't see anything on Turay other than a few articles from last night 'Turay carted off w/ gruesome leg injury.' The way his ankle was completely sideways and essentially limp leads me to believe he broke something... I hope it's not too bad. I was really rooting for the kid, he put in a lot of work this off-season and you could tell he really made some solid improvements from last year. I'm expecting he's gone for the year based on what I saw, but I imagine Reich/Ballard will discuss in today's presser what they've learned from doctors. His loss may be significant, as he was really starting to get consistent pressure on the opposing QB and I thought he and Houston were shaping up to form a nice pass-rushing duo... not sure we have anyone on the current roster who can fill his role.
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8 hours ago, coltsva said:
He played well, but.....Not sure what he was doing on that TD? He left his man to go cover 2 other Colts defenders!
Yea, that TD was kinda ridiculous, I thought. I get we were in a zone, but when the play breaks down like that we've gotta adapt and figure out where open WRs are....
I think Odum is very athletic and is a very serviceable S (for now, I think he showed improvement over the course of last year and has a lot of potential). My major concern about him is he seems to still be more of an 'athlete' than a 'football player' at this point, meaning I think he's got some more learning the game to get into the right positions and reduce simple mistakes and not totally rely on being an athlete (at times, he reminds me a little of Laron Landry and seems to be able to use his 4.4 speed to recover.... it is nice to have a 4.4 guy in the secondary, though).
He seems to be a very good tackler and he came up very big stopping that 3rd and 28 conversion towards the end of the game. He also forced a fumble, which was nice.... Overall, I think the kid is a good player, but still has a little bit of work to do on fundamentals. I'd prefer to see Willis and Hooker as our S duo after the bye (or shortly after, depending on when Hooker returns)... but it's nice to know Odum can fill in if need be. He seems like he'd be very good in the role I think the Colts have tried with Geathers (i.e., kind of a hybrid LB/S with high use closer to the box or in the box on nickel/dime packages).
Here's a pretty crazy story, which I'm glad Odum was able to overcome: https://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/memphis-preps-a-death-remembered/Content?oid=3759343
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10 hours ago, Roger said:
He probably will pass Manning, but not Breese
He'll likely surpass Peyton next weekend (only way he doesn't is if he gets injured on the first drive, as he's only 17 yards shy of Peyton now w/ 71,923 compared to 71,940).
Brees has 74,845 yards (so Brady right now is <3,000 yards from him). Brees' injury doesn't help him in this regard as Brady will likely make up about 600 yards (he's got 2 weeks/games until Brees returns and he tends to throw for about 300 yards per game) of that gap prior to Brees' return. Assuming he has 600 yards in the next two weeks, that'd put him 2,322 yards short of Brees.
Brees is 40, Brady's 42. Both are still playing at very high levels and there is no telling when either will retire. If I had to guess, Brady may stay in the league an additional year than Brees (in part, I think Brady wants to break every record and would stick around just to do so and in part because Brady seems healthier than ever while Brees is coming off a fairly significant injury, while Brady seems like he's reverse-aging).
Assuming they both continue putting up numbers similar to what they have been when Brees returns, the only way Brady doesn't catch Brees is if he retires before Brees or if they retire at the same time. If Brady plays 1 year more than Brees, he'd have to only throw for ~2,300 yards which would be something Brady could hit the middle of the season.
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3 hours ago, Scott Pennock said:
It's hilarious to me how fickle some fan bases are. Must be a generational thing?
Last week Brissett sucked....
The depth sucked....
Our dline was horrible.....
The rookies were horrible....
Ballard can't draft or sign any good players....
Etc.
Etc.
Etc.
Now look at you fickle fans, back on the bandwagon. And yes, this is MEANT to be condescending and is not sarcasm at all.
Pick a side, enjoy the warts this teams has as well as it's good spots....
My 'favorite' of last week was "Fire Eberflus!" -- People forgot real quick that he was a pretty hot HC candidate after his performance as DC in his first year here... today, his game planning showed why.
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I think the Pats showed in the playoffs last year that the effective way to slow Mahommes is to get to him mainly with your front 4 and avoid sending blitzers (i.e., keep everyone covered but still make him get the ball out quick). The Lions had some success with that last week (surprise, surprise, the Lions HC is a former DC under Belichek).
Not sure where our pass rush has been the few weeks before this game, but our front 4 was consistently pressuring Mahommes all night and we ran very few blitzes (the one with Moore II was perfectly timed and Moore II made a great move to get by the T).
I give major props to our D, especially considering we were without 3 starters and a key DL contributor.
That said, if we see them again in the playoffs it will be interesting to see how we game plan assuming Watkins and Hill are in the line-up. I think the game plan has to be similar, it'll just be interesting to see if our DBs will be able to be as effective against them -- the nice thing is, 9 of our 11 DBs have 3 years or less experience in the NFL (everyone but Geathers and Desir) and 6 of the 11 are rookies or in their 2nd season... they all seem to be improving week to week, so hopefully we'll continue to build and get better as time goes on.
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55 minutes ago, GoColts8818 said:
I’ve not been impressed by him this year outside of tonight when he was amazing. The problem I see is that this is his third year in the league and he’s getting to the point where the team needs to be able to count on him to be leader. Outside of Gathers he’s been here the longest in the secondary. The time for him to be immature is over. Hopefully tonight is a sign of things to come.
He's been in the NFL longer than Ya-Sin, Willis, Milligan, Odum, Shakial Taylor, and Tell III on defense. He's been in the league the same amount of time as Hooker and Moore II and less than Desir and Geathers.
With their contract extensions, Desir and Moore II ought to be the leaders of the CB group... and as team Captain, Geathers should be the leader of the S group.
I agree, it's time we need to start seeing more consistency from Wilson.... but he did come out of college early and age-wise only Shakial is younger than him. It was clear he struggled with maturity as a rookie... last year, he really stepped up (reportedly because of aide from Mike Mitchell) and this year he seems to have some lapses in concentration or something, but overall I don't think he's been downright awful. Tonight he was very good, other games he's had his good plays, his bad plays and some plays (PI calls) which were questionable.... Hopefully a game like tonight is what he needed to get confidence up and hopefully he can continue improving after the bye.
At worst, he's a serviceable DB with versatility to play outside, inside, at S, etc... at best, he has games like tonight (potentially better)... I just hope we see him having games like tonight more consistently.... and it should be pointed out that we had 4 sacks TN and had Mahommes making rushed throws all night, we haven't seen that type of pressure the past few weeks.. a solid pass rush from the front 4 does wonders to help the guys in coverage.
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8 minutes ago, Smoke317 said:
Our D was injured. Their O was "very" injured. What's with all the hate East??? You still upset Luck left? You mad that JB is our QB & hasn't lead us to 0-5 so that Kelly can get a shot? What motivates you to hate your own?
Thanks.... our D was missing our 2 best players (Leonard and Hooker) along with another starter (Geathers) and a key rotational player (T. Lewis). They were without 2 WRs (Hill and Watkins are both very good, but I'd say Kelce and Mahommes are the 2 best players on that offense). Their O was no more injured than our D (Mahommes did slow down a little bit after his ankle got stepped on late in the 3rd, but he was still in the game -- our first team all-pro LB wasn't even on the field).
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26 minutes ago, EastStreet said:
I agree it should have been caught. I wouldn't say it's an easy catch, but it's one that should be paid by a high paid TE. It was contested, and IIRC, going to the ground.
It was not well thrown. It was under thrown into double coverage. Lucky it wasn't picked off. If it were deeper, Cain could have made a better attempt at it.
Agree, but do you not think the TOP was influenced a great deal by both KC's passing game and DL injuries. It's almost like the luck of the Irish shined right down on us.
I've had two serious ankle injuries, both in walking boot. The best way to keep mobile is to keep moving, or booze :-).
Team win.
Very good team win, yes. Best team win we've had in a while, the only real negatives I took from this game were: (1) Turay's injury, and (2) It would've been nice to get another couple of TDs rather than settle for FGs. Otherwise, there are some minor adjustments to make, etc... but we executed a very well thought out game plan very well. I think 'Flus silenced some doubters with his win.We had 3 starters out on D, I think they had 2 out on O... sure, it could've been a different game w/ Tyreek and Sammy Watson in the game, but it could've also been a different game (in our favor) if we had Hooker and Leonard in the game. KC doesn't have a very good run D, and mainly they don't need to because Mahommes and their O put up so many points which forces other teams to pass. That said, credit our OL and our RBs should be given as much as discrediting KC's DL. Q was dominating guys, Mack and Wilkins showed nice patience and trust in their OL (that 4th and 2 run where Mack followed Smith on the outside was a thing of beauty and something which I haven't been used to as a Colts fan since the Edgerrin days). The only real blunder I saw from our OL in the run game was the pitch to Wilkins late in the game when Costanzo didn't get outside fast enough to put a body on the Honey Badger (in reality, Honey Badger just made a very very good play).
Yes, Ebron was going to the ground, and he had a guy behind him who would have landed on his back, but the ball hit him square in the numbers and the defender didn't deflect it or have a hand or anything else obstructing Ebron's vision.. it was a bad drop.
Yes, I agree keeping moving to prevent stiffness and booze are probably the most two effective ways to help an ankle injury. After the second time Mahommes had his ankle tweaked, we kept him sitting on the bench for ~15 minutes and he did not look very mobile after his return to the field.. even though it went only 34 yards, that 8 minute 34 second drive was a thing of beauty at that point in the game.
The ball he threw to Cain wasn't a perfect ball, but it was a good throw. Cain, if he hadn't gotten tripped, would've had a very good chance at coming down with that and it's the first time this year where Brissett showed he's got the arm strength to really take some deep shots.
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Just now, GoColts8818 said:
Yeah I remember his rookie year the coaches wouldn’t play him because he wasn’t doing the things needed in practice to get out there and hinted he had a maturity problem. I think that causes most of his issues.
There was a lot of press last year when we signed Mike Mitchell that Mitchell kind of took Wilson under his wing and showed him how to watch film and prepare/practice like a professional. I'm not sure if Wilson is slipping up this year without Mitchell or what is going on... to be honest, I don't think he's been having a terrible year (sure, he's got a few PI calls on him, some of which were questionable -- and I don't think he's been spectacular outside of tonight, but I don't think he's be awful either -- mostly, he's just had some lapses in consistency).
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8 minutes ago, EastStreet said:
JB's game was OK at best. The only drop was Ebron, and honestly was contested.
That was a ball which should have been easily caught.
Brissett's game, as I said was 'all right' (a synonym of OK). That said, he played the game he was asked to play tonight... the only time we went deep we drew a critical PI call (the deep ball to Cain, which was a well thrown ball). Both Mack and Wilkins were averaging over 4 yards per carry. The short passing game was effective at moving the chains. I'm quite sure a major part of today's game plan was 'keep the ball out of Mahommes' hands.' We almost doubled them in time of possession, which was done by running the ball and moving the chains with a short passing game.
Mahommes tweaked his ankle twice tonight. The second time he did it, we got the ball back and had a 14 play drive (for 35 yards and ended in a FG) which took 8 min 34 seconds off the clock (this is incredible for a 35 yard drive), plus we had a commercial break for the end of Q3 and the challenge of TY's interference call.... not saying it was exactly the game plan, but aside from killing that much time off the game clock, Mahommes was on the bench with a bum ankle for >15 minutes. Not sure if you've ever had a bum ankle, but keeping it still for that long and then having to try to loosen it up is awful and Mahommes certainly looked a little slower when he came back onto the field.
Yes, there were a few plays where Brissett missed reads deep, but overall he protected the ball when he needed to, and our team succeeded at playing 'keep away from Mahommes.' QBR wise, this was Brissett's worst game of the year, but we still walked away with a W in a game which very few expected us to win (I think Vegas had us as 11 point underdogs and you can see the consensus on this message board prior to the game). Brissett wasn't asked to make any huge plays in this game, he was asked to essentially be a game manager, and he succeeded at that... I'm sure there will be games later in the year when he's asked to do more, but for tonight, he did enough to get the W and that's really what matters.
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Wilson's biggest issue to date is his consistency. Tonight he demonstrated he has all the physical tools to be a very good defensive back and his mental game supported those tools. There were several games last year where he looked outstanding as well. However, he seems to have some sort of mental lapses which cause him to have other games or moments within games where he looks lost.
I think he's still the youngest player on this team. Hopefully a game like today boosts his confidence and his consistency improves. He certainly has potential to be a very good player in this league if he can keep everything together.
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1 hour ago, EastStreet said:
This is silly. KC was down their 2 best WRs, and Mahomes was hobbled on O. On D, they were thin at DL and missing 4 of their front 7.
I'm uber elated with the win. But it has little to do with JB. It has do with a good running game and a D that stood up and shut down a depleted O that has a league leading scoring record of 24 or more.
If you want me to list JB issues, I can.
Give the game ball to Mack and Huston.
Brissett has his issues, but he also played an all right game. He protected the ball well in the 2nd half and didn't take any unnecessary risks. The run game obviously carried us today, but Brissett protected the ball and made very few poor decisions. I don't think our WRs had a great game, either with drops (Ebron had a very catchable ball hit him right in the chest on a 3rd and long that would've put us at 4th and inches) or inability to get open.
1 hour ago, HectorRoberts said:I find it odd they cut the woman beater because it was the “right think to do” but the kid beater is still on the team...
The woman beater was caught on camera and was suspended by the NFL. The police concluded they had insufficient to prove Hill caused injuries to his kid (https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/chiefs/2019/07/19/chiefs-tyreek-hill-nfl-no-suspension-investigation-child-abuse-allegations/1776290001/) -- there is something in the US Constitution which says citizens are 'innocent until proven guilty.' There was not enough evidence to conclude Hill was actually guilty of child abuse and the child's mom refused to interview with NFL League Officials after Hill spent over 8 hours cooperating with them.
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4 minutes ago, C0LT5 said:
After Turay was hurt why didn't the game clock start up? Both teams were out of timeouts and we just got a sack. They waited to start it on the hike.
Typically, if a player is injured late in the game like that, the team of the injured player gets charged a timeout. We didn't have any timeouts left, but I assume the reason the clock didn't start until the hike is because the injured player was on the defensive team.
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We beat a very good team in a very difficult stadium in spite of the refs making several questionable calls which were unfavorable to us. It was a very good team win and it was a very good morale booster for this team (they won w/ several key players out due to injury, beat one of the best teams in the NFL on the road, and kept Mahommes in check for the most part). This win should really help our team's spirits and confidence going into the bye week and then coming back into the real meat of our schedule (5 of our 6 division games remain -- we also got lucky w/ Jax and Tenn losing, so we're tied at 3-2 with HOU).
Some takeaways from me:
Offense
-Our OL was very, very good with the run today and Mack and Wilkins capitalized on the holes they were opening up. It's very nice to see both our RBs really seeming to trust the OL (the outside run on 4th and 2 when Mack followed Smith's block to get the 1st really epitomized that to me, I thought for sure we were getting stuffed and Mack showed great patience and ran behind Smith's lead). That is the best run blocking game from our OL which I can remember -- and it was cool to see Mack had his 5th 125+ yard game since last year, making him and McCaffery the NFL's only two guys to have done that.
-Although we didn't give up any sacks, KC still brought a lot of pressure to Jacoby, often times flushing him out of the pocket or getting him to the ground as he was getting the ball out. I hope we can make some adjustments and pick up some blitz packages better as the year goes on, while no sacks is good there were a few hits on Jacoby that made me cringe.
-Jacoby makes very few mental mistakes and is very careful with the ball. I like the fact he isn't afraid to throw the ball away when he gets out of the pocket. There was a throw or two where he threw it over Ali-Cox's head when Cox was about a yard or two past the LOS -- I think these were intentional by Jacoby to avoid intentional grounding but to also avoid Ali-Cox getting crushed and not really making a gain anyway. A few other plays when Jacoby threw the ball away, I was thinking 'if Luck was in the game, he probably would've forced a few of those balls with high risk of interception.' Jacoby also showed us he's got a heck of an arm (the deep ball to Cain which we picked up a PI penalty on was a very well thrown ball), I'm hoping we add some more deep routes more frequently after the bye (hopefully when Funchess returns this will open up some more options in the offense).
-Hines was very impressive in the receiving game today and made a few very nice moves when he was out in space. I was bummed by the Rogers holding penalty on the one screen, but IMO, this was the best game I've seen Hines play and it seems like he and Jacoby are really starting to develop chemistry.
-Ebron had another pretty bad drop today... I hope he patches things up as the year goes on, as he caused a few drives to stop last week and the drop he had today would've put us in a 4th and ~1 position.
-Our 4th down O was tremendous, Reich made very good calls and we executed very well (I think I saw a stat that we've been successful on our last 8 4th down conversions). I am happy to see Reich has that must trust in his players.
-While Cain only had 1 reception, it was a very impressive one and he ran a nice route and did a nice job selling the PI on the deep attempt from Brissett -- I was kind of critical of him last week, but think he improved this week.
-Overall, I think this was a very well coached game and very well executed by the players. It ought to help going into the rest of the season, as we've seen this O can throw for over 300 if needed but have also shown we can really control the clock and run the ball... we'll be more difficult to game plan against if we can continue to show that we can be successful week in and week out with totally different offensive game plans.
-Our time of possession was fantastic, this is a wonderful formula to win games.
-The major negative I had from our O today was our inability to get the ball into the endzone more often (I believe all of Vinny's FGs were 32 yards or less, meaning we got into the red zone and settled for FGs on 4 different occasions). I know they put some emphasis on locking down Ebron, but we've gotta get 7 more frequently in the red zone. Hopefully, when Funchess returns our red zone O will improve from what we saw today.
STs
-Vinny made his XP and went 4-4 on FGs. Granted they were all short field goals, it was still nice to see Vinny have a perfect day. He looked very loose on the sidelines (laughing, cracking jokes, etc.), which IMO is a very good sign. It also seemed like our snaps/holds this week were the cleanest of the year to date.
-Dulin made a very, very good play as a gunner on punt coverage. I assume that's a major reason he got brought up to the 53 man roster, as I didn't really see him on O much, if at all.
-Thought this was Sanchez's best game of the season, hopefully he keeps it up.
-Pascal was OK as a KR, but I think it's obvious he is not as dangerous as Campbell.
Defense
-Very good game plan and execution. New England showed an effective way to slow KC/Mahommes is to keep guys in coverage and apply pressure with the front 4 and Detroit played them similarly last week. I am not sure we would have been as effective had they had Hill or Watkins in the game, or if Mahommes didn't tweak his ankle... but this was by far our best executed game by the D of the season.
-Our front 4 played (IMO) the best game of the year so far and was constantly bothering Mahommes. I think Sheard's presence was really felt today. Feel awful for Turay, he was having himself a very nice game and I think has been developing very nicely... he'll be missed as the year goes on and I imagine we're going to try to bring another rush DE to the 53 man squad. Houston had himself by far his best game as a Colt. Grover Stewart I also thought had his best game as a Colt. We didn't blitz often, but we were effective when we did -- Moore II's move to get around the T on his sack was excellent.
-I thought Wilson had a very, very nice game. Kelce had only 4 receptions on 10 targets and Wilson was very effective against him. I think this is what Ballard had in mind when he initially drafted Wilson and he showed up today.
-I thought Ya-Sin had his best game yet, even though they called that nonsense interference on him. He seems to be a very sure tackler and (IMO) is showing signs of improving his overall game each week.
-Desir (IMO) was the weakest link on D today. Not sure if he's still nursing the hamstring injury, but he seemed a step slow on several plays (got lucky a couple times that Mahommes overthrew his target who had Desir beaten).
-Khari Willis is looking to be the real deal, he's improved every week and impressed every week. I sort of expect he's going to be taking significant time away from Geathers when he returns, and think he and Hooker will be a fine S duo.
-I was very unimpressed by Odum on the KC TD pass... I get we were in a zone, but when a play breaks down like that, there has to be some instincts to go cover the wide-open guy that's 3 yards away from you in the end zone. He made up for it though with a terrific tackle late in the game when KC almost converted on 3rd and 28 (that tackle, which resulted in a 4th and 1 which Houston stuffed was a game-changer, for sure). I thought that PI call on him late in the game was a garbage call, he had himself in good position and got screwed by some good acting on the WR's part.
-None of our LBs really stuck out to me (in a good way, or a bad way), which is fine. I thought they played pretty consistent and didn't see any major mistakes. Wish that Okerere interception stuck, and glad to see he's got some ball awareness and potentially some play-making ability, he had a really nice run back.
-Overall, I think we had a very solid game. The young guys all seem to be improving each week and are getting better playing with each other. I think the return of Hooker and Leonard will undoubtedly make this group better. It's nice to know we've got some depth though and that we should be able to count on some of our young guys if we need to as the season goes on. I did not really notice Hunt or Banganou tonight, which kind of surprised me, but we played the best game of the season by far. Big credit to the O for keeping KC's O of the field, but big credit to our D for limiting them when they did have the ball.
-The only major concern I have with our D after this game is the injury to Turay.. he had 0.5 sacks tonight, but had 3 clean hits on Mahommes and was disruptive all night. A bit nervous moving forward without him, as I don't know if we have another guy who can get to the QB consistently on our DL outside of Houston.
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4 minutes ago, Four2itus said:
The chiefs player put his heal on the out of bounds line. Never reviewed. The TY call was stupid. How that wasn't reversed, is beyond my understanding.
The INT did hit the ground. We got the ball anyway.
The WR who stepped out of bounds is a play which Reich would have had to review. At that point in the game I think we were either out of timeouts or we had already lost one challenge. Also, they called PI on Ya-Sin on that play (which I didn't agree with), but even it was reviewed, I believe they would have just upheld the PI and gave KC the first down at the spot where Ya-Sin 'pushed' the guy out.
I couldn't hear the game, as I had to watch at a bar... so I don't know what the announcers were saying, but I assume they called the play as TY setting a 'pick' and while he didn't really introduce contact w/ the DB, it sure did look like the route was set up for TY to interfere w/ the DB's path. IMO, the PI reviews are more difficult than reviewing fumbles/INTs/etc. as there seems to be more lee-way on what constitutes 'indisputable evidence.'
I think the refs were pretty bad throughout the game, but oh well... we overcame that and played very good football to get the W.
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6 hours ago, Imgrandojji said:
I also have mixed feelings, but if TY were willing to sit on the sidelines when the team was trying to fight uphill, I'd probably think less of him
TY has taken it on himself to be a major leader of this team over the past few years. He showed us how tough he is last year.... I really hope he doesn't aggravate his quad, but I don't think he'd be going out there if there was considerable chance of that happening..
I think TY is, at least in part, playing today to show the younger guys on the team that he's got grit and they can count on him to help lead this team.
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6 hours ago, Dingus McGirt said:
IF a frog had wings.
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10 hours ago, Chloe6124 said:
Colts just waived hentages and brought up Taylor from the PS. Rock has a hip injury so I hope that doesn’t mean he isn’t playing. Could because Wilson is going to play safety.
Could be that Rolan Milligan is also questionable and Taylor may have to fill a role on STs.
3 hours ago, jameszeigler834 said:I don't know why we kept him on the roster to not use him even in Hewitt's role cause if coaches were so impressed with him all through TC and preseason why has he been a healthy scratch then cut when you had to bring up somebody.
He probably made the 53 instead of the PS because they were worried he would get scooped up by another team. The fact that's not been active means there are 3 TEs on the current roster who are better than him (at least in the coaches' opinions)... he can still go to our PS if he clears waivers and maybe Ballard doesn't think there's a team out there who has enough need for a TE to claim him to their 53.... it may be that Taylor is up for this week to play STs and be depth at CB as the losses of Hooker and Geathers mean we'll see Wilson getting S reps and Rolan Milligan and Ya-Sin are also questionable... I sort of expect Taylor to go back to the PS when some of these guys come back healthy and it would then make sense for Hentges to be brought back up to the 53.
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3 hours ago, shastamasta said:
One of the best performances of the past decade? That's a bit hyperbolic. Probably in the top 40 or so.
2 hours ago, Stephen said:Completion wise to start a game it was the best since 09 manning versus the jags.
Thanks @Stephen .. he didn't have an incredible comeback (he also didn't put himself in a hole, which is one of the reasons why Luck and Manning had a lot of incredible comebacks), but he set a tempo early and put us ahead and allowed our team to hold on... if we've got a chance to beat KC, we'll need to do something similar. We controlled the ball for 20 min and 18 seconds (compared to ATL's 9 min 42 seconds) in the first half.... in large part because Jacoby just wasn't missing his targets or making any mistakes.. like Reich said after the game 'it's hard to imagine a QB playing better football than Jacoby did in that game.' (I'd argue in the first half of that game, and it has been a very long time since a QB on the Colts got off to a start like that).
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5 hours ago, NannyMcafee said:
Love your post it is worth noting the Colts defense in the 2006 SB run during the playoffs were playing well above average and did great. Which just proves your point even more. Defense wins championships.
We had one of the worst rushing defenses in NFL history that year (we averaged 5.3 yards per carry against us, I believe).... thing is, our D was built to compliment our O -- we had a team which had a formula to be able to beat NE (i.e., Peyton puts points on the board, makes NE and other opponents shy away from their rushing game, and let Freeney and Mathis pin their ears back and 'kill the qb' of the opposing team).
Our D was only good when we could force the other team to become one-dimensional. If other teams could execute a run game on us, we were mostly screwed... and that specific D w/ Sanders healthy did have a knack for coming up with some pretty big time plays at critical times. It is the worst all-around D to win the Super Bowl in the past 20 years though, in my opinion. Dungy did have a nice 'bend don't break' philosophy with them though and they did come up big when it mattered.
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5 hours ago, jameszeigler834 said:
We should be unbeaten but it didn't work out that way cause Vinny failed to kick worth a crap against the chargers then our whole team failed to show up last week.
Our entire team didn't show up for 5 of the first 6 weeks last year and we made it to the playoffs and got a win.. Jacoby's performance week 3 was one of the best Colts QB performances of the past decade, starting the game 16-16... this team will be just fine.
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19 hours ago, Lucky Colts Fan said:
https://www.nfl.com/100/originals/100-greatest/browse-videos
#97 - 2009 Super Bowl - I have nothing to say about this game.
#89 - 2005 Steelers at Colts Divisional - I have nothing to say about this game, either.
#87 - 1995 Colts at Steelers AFCCG - I don't wanna talk about this one, either...
#65 - 2003 Colts at Bucs - Manning with the amazing 4th-quarter comeback. Beat the reigning SB champs in their house. The beginning of an era of greatness in Indy with Manning/Dungy. I forgot this game was on Dungys' birthday.
#61 - 2013 Chiefs at Colts Wildcard - Colts complete 2nd-largest comeback in playoff history. The Andrew Luck Superman Dive epitomizes his career when he is surrounded by guys like Samson Satele, Hugh Thornton, and Donald Brown making mistakes, yet still manages to make an amazing game-saving play.
More to come!
I thought the 2013 wildcard would've been higher than 61, as it was the 2nd biggest comeback in playoff history and the way it unfolded as just wild with Luck making that dive after the fumble recovery and a throw to Da'Rick Rogers amongst other throws that were almost un-human.
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4 minutes ago, Superman said:
The Luck team in 2014 was pretty different from the non-Luck team in 2017. Major staff changes, major player changes, the team was older, etc... But the big point is that the 2014 team wasn't all that good. We didn't have a tough playoff road -- Bengals, beat up Broncos -- and got destroyed by the Pats. Looking back, that roster wasn't very strong.
The PM team in 2010 wasn't very strong, either. The OL had completely fallen apart, we only won 10 games that year, PM had that bad three game stretch, and then they lost an ugly game to the Jets, primarily because of awful kick coverage, bad defense, and worse coaching (Caldwell's timeout). That team was bad. Then you take PM away and the whole thing falls apart, which isn't surprising.
And I agree with the bolded, but I think we sometimes assume that not having a good defense is a reflection of a philosophical approach by the team. In reality, I think it's just hard to build a good defense. You can't luck your way into it, it's not a random occurrence, you can't just draft a hotshot at the top of the draft, etc. It takes several years of good drafting, the right coaches, a good free agent signing or two, and you have to stay healthy.
I agree with you here, for the most part.... I think we have a very good GM in Ballard (better than Polian late in his career and way better than Chris Polian or Grigson). The fact that our teams were so exposed after losing Manning and Luck may be a blessing in disguise for Ballard (though he did say since day 1 that he didn't expect Andrew to win SBs in this league without a solid team around him and sort of pointed out that he was essentially being treated like a 1 man show with Grigs at the helm).
I agree, building through the draft and having consistency is critical and very difficult in the NFL (e.g., even though many on this board are calling for 'Flus' head this year, let's not forget there were many who thought we'd lose him to a HC position after his success last year). One of the main reasons is the salary cap. Grigson came in right away and overpaid for multiple FAs who really didn't do much of anything for us and he screwed up our cap to some extent (e.g., RJF, Landry, Arthur Jones, DHB, etc. etc.).
I know a lot of people have gotten on Ballard for not spending a lot of cap money in FA the past couple off-seasons, but we've not got more cap than any other team in the league. Things are different without Andrew Luck around, but if the core guys Ballard is drafting stay healthy, we're going to have to be dishing out some hefty $ to retain them and let them continue to grow together (Hooker, Leonard, hopefully some guys from this year's class come to mind on D -- then you've got Nelson, Mack and others on the O side of the ball). I think that's what Ballard's plan has been and he's said similar things in the past (i.e., we're going to build through the draft and we're going to bring in players that we coach and develop into the players we want them to be)... we went back to the playoffs last year and won a game. I wouldn't be shocked if Ballard sees the big picture and doesn't think we're in position to beat KC/NE yet -- but he didn't go out and break the bank for the sake of breaking the bank -- he went out and signed a few veterans to decent terms in positions of need, but we should be in position to use the cap he's saving to retain our own for years to come.
Grigson certainly came in with a 'win now, at all costs' attitude and a 'what have you done for me lately' mentality. Ballard seems a lot more level headed and is focusing on building a team which grows together over several years. I'm not behind closed doors, but it seems like Irsay is much less outspoken with Ballard than he was with Grigson (in some senses, I think Irsay may have sobered up compared to his Grigson days, but in a lot of senses, I think Ballard's keeping him in check and telling him to just trust the process -- whereas, it seemed like Grigs was constantly hyping him up 'Hey, go tweet that we're signing stone hands DHB.... or washed up Andre Johnson... or some B-league rugby player from Africa... etc. etc..'
From everything I've seen and heard from Ballard, I trust he's going to turn this team into a perennial contender by building a balanced team and keeping core pieces in place for a long time.
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5 hours ago, alawai said:
Any recommended bar/restaurant to watch the game on Sunday?
Black Plague Brewing Company in Ocean Side, CA.... not sure if they have the NFL network, but it's one of the coolest places around there and worth checking out just for a beer/bite to eat.
He was doing great too. 
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As @Stephen said, Funchess will be back. I think expectations are sometime between weeks 8-11... so we should have him at least the last 1/4 of the season.