chrisfarley

The decibel level in the Hoosier Dome.

I saw a glimmer of hope with our defense until I saw the stats after 3 games. Thanks for this post. It's still early and I think a big factor could be crowd noise disrupting Fields. We fans must out-loud the Pittsburgh faithful that will be there in numbers with their terrible towels. The 3rd down conversion rate is just stinky hot-dog water. If we allow every 3rd down to be a short 3rd down, they will run over us all day until we shade up the linebackers, then we pay on the soft zone pass coverage. It's very problematic because Fields can also run and a spy is necessary on many downs. But the key to this game is hitting short routes with Downs & Co. , hit a long route or two to soften that stout Pittsburgh D up, and taking advantage of their depleted roster. They are more banged up than we are.

Remember when Frank Reich tried & failed to run him up the middle in the Patriots road game disaster? Reich thought he was a swiss-army knife. That play was the end of the end for that coaching regime.

Too Late to Not

When didn't he?

His pig-snort laugh is hilarious.

Carson Wentz had corrective eye surgery. I'm sure a lot of players opt for that.

Agree. He was making great plays and reads in that first TD drive. He still did well throughout the game considering the WR mistakes factored in. He has an uncanny ability to make a throw on a dime in very quick succession starting with progressive reads, body position with great foot placement, and then unloading the cannon or gearing it down. Steichen did not unleash AR's beast-mode and with all the tools the coach has to work with now, the playbook will be exciting. I realize it wasn't their 1st string defense but you can only play who lines up. And as far as glasses, 75% of the world's adult population wears vision correction, he's in good company.

If he could be .5 Lamar Jackson this year, it might win the division.

Let's see him with the 1's on Thursday

I was cross at first, but now I'm just down.

From a search on the serious Ebukem injury (After being carted off in major pain)------>> Ebukem is currently the projected starter at right defensive end, following a career season in which he recorded 57 tackles (39 solo), 10 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, 48 total QB pressures, 3 forced fumbles, and a pass defensed during all 17 starts in his debut Colts campaign. He was graded out as PFF’s 14th best edge in 2023 with a +84.4 overall grade.

What happened to Dayo?? I must be a day behind

What will the loss of Sampson mean? (Looks bad, don't want to speculate on the exact injury, but we know the drill and our luck, let's say he's out for the year)

If all athletes felt this way! Talk to your teammates Michael, preach it !!

That weightlifting aged him pretty good as far as his back. I wish him well post-surgery. I think he's going to be feeling much better!!! We need his leadership!!!

I like the levity!!! 😁

completely crazy, but we'll see

Great pick up, creates good competition in training camp. Make a name for yourself & don't get hurt.

Good call on your EDGE guesses. But wouldn't Turner have been our better pick? Are you comfortable with Latu?

The first part of your prediction was spot-on. Now let's see if the 2nd part of your post comes true.

After looking at the play over and over, the play was a designed throw to the inside (Goodson turns inside for the ball), Minshew threw it to the outside, and Goodson's feet got crossed up once he realized the ball was accidentally thrown to the outside. But, you will also notice that a defender who was being blocked on that side threw his arms up and Minshew had to throw the tight ball without getting it batted, so there's that little item too, which could have altered Minshew's decision to throw it inside.