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Cowherd: "The Colts are building a team to beat Manning/Brady"

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Interesting take from Colin Cowherd today. He talked about how the Colts are slowly building a team to beat Manning/Brady in the playoffs. He talked about hiring Pep and his "ground and pound" (his words) offense, drafting/signing offensive lineman built for the run game, signing TRich, shortening Luck's throws, etc. He talked about Luck's completion % going from 54% last season to 64% this year so far. And his short throws, he's in the low 70% range. A caller also mentioned us picking up more physical corners (Davis, Toler), and Cowherd agreed, and said we did this to try and throw off Manning's timing. He praised the Colts as a "smart organization" for doing this. And he talked about how no one is really noticing that the Colts aren't a finesse team anymore. The reason they are doing this, according to him, is to keep Manning/Brady off the field bc defenses can't stop them.

 

Now we all know this is true, and I appreciate his props to us, when we are kind of flying under the radar. I don't fully agree that we "can't stop Manning/Brady", because I think our defense is much improved and we will get some stops. That said, and I was paraphrasing all that above so sorry if I was inaccurate, I think he's dead on. We're building the "monster" for a deep playoff run. A good running game and good defense is what wins in the playoffs. We have both right now, and hopefully we'll get back some injured players down the stretch. We may be a year away, but we are getting there.

 

All in all, it was an interesting take

Ground and pound is going out of style further every day..

..Lovable old Chuck is behind the times...we are not a power running team..

You have to play to your strengths and I'm hoping we will eventually

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Ground and pound is going out of style further every day..

..Lovable old Chuck is behind the times...we are not a power running team..

You have to play to your strengths and I'm hoping we will eventually

 

My goodness.

 

First, can you please tell me what is wrong with making a defense have to defend teh threat of the run and the pass?

 

Second, do people actually watch the games?  The Colts came out against Jacksonville and threw the ball all over the place to start.  On their drives in the fist quarter, 17 of the 21 offensive plays were passes, including many 1st down throws.  Against Miami, they threw for 240 in the first half alone.  What this tells me is that they will have a plan for every game and dependent upon where the match ups are they like, they can either run or pass. 

 

They absolutely know where the strength of the team is and that is clearly # 12.  They will not forsake him just to run the ball.

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My goodness.

 

First, can you please tell me what is wrong with making a defense have to defend teh threat of the run and the pass?

 

Second, do people actually watch the games?  The Colts came out against Jacksonville and threw the ball all over the place to start.  On their drives in the fist quarter, 17 of the 21 offensive plays were passes, including many 1st down throws.  Against Miami, they threw for 240 in the first half alone.  What this tells me is that they will have a plan for every game and dependent upon where the match ups are they like, they can either run or pass. 

 

They absolutely know where the strength of the team is and that is clearly # 12.  They will not forsake him just to run the ball.

You win by playing to your strengths..

Which we did against Jacksonville and if you recall..against SF where Luck was 6 of 6 in the first few minutes...

Obviously you game plan every game......but I don't belive your vision of the future that they will never forsake Luck to run the ball.

Coaches belive in THEIR vision of winning and that's what Chuck keeps saying he's trying to build.

That's why we trade a No,.1 ick for an underachieveing (facts so far in evidence) ...

The goal is not to be true to a style or a philosophy..but to win...and to win NOW you have to throw the ball down the field.

The past few champs suggest that

I don't want to run the tailback 20-25 times...

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Hey now, lets not put the cart before the horse yet. :)

 

Lets enjoy the ride while we can with all the weight of expectations on the heavyweights not named Luck. :) Sooner or later, the expectations will cloud the ride. Till then, I am enjoying it.

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You win by playing to your strengths..

Which we did against Jacksonville and if you recall..against SF where Luck was 6 of 6 in the first few minutes...

Obviously you game plan every game......but I don't belive your vision of the future that they will never forsake Luck to run the ball.

Coaches belive in THEIR vision of winning and that's what Chuck keeps saying he's trying to build.

That's why we trade a No,.1 ick for an underachieveing (facts so far in evidence) ...

The goal is not to be true to a style or a philosophy..but to win...and to win NOW you have to throw the ball down the field.

The past few champs suggest that

I don't want to run the tailback 20-25 times...

And this is why you aren't paid to be a NFL coach... Looking at the team from the outside is a completely different picture then the players and coaches see. You have the right to your Opinion, just like I have My Opinion and the next person has theirs... they are just that. Opinions 

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You win by playing to your strengths..

Which we did against Jacksonville and if you recall..against SF where Luck was 6 of 6 in the first few minutes...

Obviously you game plan every game......but I don't belive your vision of the future that they will never forsake Luck to run the ball.

Coaches belive in THEIR vision of winning and that's what Chuck keeps saying he's trying to build.

That's why we trade a No,.1 ick for an underachieveing (facts so far in evidence) ...

The goal is not to be true to a style or a philosophy..but to win...and to win NOW you have to throw the ball down the field.

The past few champs suggest that

I don't want to run the tailback 20-25 times...

 

Oh Dear Heavens...

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