The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

[mightisright]

Good

Donald Brown broke out

Painter's getting better every game

The no-huddle adjustment

Dallas Clark seems to be snapping out of it!

They finally yanked Lacey

I'm out

Bad

Everything else!

Ugly

Our coach saying that "we're getting better" after losing yet again

What are yours?

Edited October 16, 2011 by mightisright

[mightisright]

One more Ugly: Were there really no sacs or turnovers?

[Smonroe]

We played an even game with the Bengals. The two turnovers were killer and cost us the game.

Painter was decent.

[mightisright]

I think the DEFENSE cost us that game. The turnovers didn't help. But we wouldn't be having to come back from down 10 points if we actually had a secondary.

[Smonroe]

I think the DEFENSE cost us that game. The turnovers didn't help. But we wouldn't be having to come back from down 10 points if we actually had a secondary.

14 points off of turnovers. The D is by no means stellar, but they played good enough to win. And unlike last week, they showed up in the second half.

[Jason_]

some are going to disagree but in the GOOD dept. I'd add the Run Defense. The D held Cincy to 94 yards and 3.0 yards per carry, both below Cincy's season averages. Yeah they gave up a TD on the ground too but if Angerer hadn't been held the TD may have been stopped...at the least it wouldn't have been as easy a TD as it was. There is definitely still room for improvement but overall they played well.

in the UGLY dept I add the pass defense and defensive playcalling.

[coltfaninnewyork]

If he said were getting better than he is full of it,how many times have i heard that Mod Edit say there are no moral victories in this league.And i think that's what he is saying, Mod Edit.

No personal attacks or name calling on this forum please, regardless of whether it is a member of the forum or the team.

[mightisright]

I didn't actually hear him say it, just heard the commentators react to his supposedly saying it on the Lamy post game radio show. They agreed with him!

[colts52761]

I didn't get the game on tv. Who took lacey's spot when he got pulled? Did anybody in the secondary play well?

[mightisright]

Powers played decently

[Smitto]

We shouldnt be surprised by the defense... i personally coming into the season was very high on the defense but after the steelers game they have been a total let down... And that has alot to do with the secondary... though the secondary did look better with lacey out they werent passing that much then... hopefully they get better there and keep lacey off the field.. stick him on special teams.

[OLD FAN MAN]

I didn't get the game on tv. Who took lacey's spot when he got pulled? Did anybody in the secondary play well?

we have no one now but we might get another udfa no one else wants

[JCPatriot]

some are going to disagree but in the GOOD dept. I'd add the Run Defense.

I have been saying since the Pittsburgh game that I don't understand why teams try to run on the Indy defense. They have done a fairly decent job of stopping the run the past few games. The secondary is terrible, though. If I was game planning against Indy, I would throw like crazy. If they adjust to a nickel or dime package to try to cover the pass, then I would start to run more. If they never adjust, then I would just keep exploiting the weak secondary. Aside from the occasional string of broken tackles, running the ball has for the most part been wasted downs against the Indy defense.

[OLD FAN MAN]

We shouldnt be surprised by the defense... i personally coming into the season was very high on the defense but after the steelers game they have been a total let down... And that has alot to do with the secondary... though the secondary did look better with lacey out they werent passing that much then... hopefully they get better there and keep lacey off the field.. stick him on special teams.

we didnt resign hayden, what do we get, another undfa?

[mightisright]

I have been saying since the Pittsburgh game that I don't understand why teams try to run on the Indy defense. They have done a fairly decent job of stopping the run the past few games. The secondary is terrible, though. If I was game planning against Indy, I would throw like crazy. If they adjust to a nickel or dime package to try to cover the pass, then I would start to run more. If they never adjust, then I would just keep exploiting the weak secondary. Aside from the occasional string of broken tackles, running the ball has for the most part been wasted downs against the Indy defense.

Other teams don't need to be able to run the ball when they can pass on us all day long!

[Smitto]

we didnt resign hayden, what do we get, another undfa?

Forget hayden, he would be an upgrade over lacey... but the colts need a really good corner.. hayden was not that.. id rather marlin than hayden.

[JCPatriot]

Other teams don't need to be able to run the ball when they can pass on us all day long!

I know. That's what I'm saying. I don't understand why they keep trying to run. I remember Dungy saying at halftime against Pittsgurgh that the Steelers needed to run the ball more in the second half. I completely disagreed with that assessment. The Indy secondary is soft. Exploit it.

[mightisright]

Seriously! You don't need to be 2-dimensional against us! As long as you have a QB who can throw the ball you're good!

[Coltsman1788]

Ugly

Our coach saying that "we're getting better" after losing yet again

What are yours?

Yeah...we are doing it "six inches at a time". :rolleyes: At this rate maybe we will finally manage to pull out a W in the season finale.

Edited October 16, 2011 by Coltsman1788

[mightisright]

Found another "good" - at least we don't have to listen to all the "experts" talk about how we're really not that good a team this year even though we haven't lost a single game!

[Colts Moomba]

The Good: my father-in-law gave me the 2011 Colts Cheerleader swimsuit calendar this weekend.

The Bad: I don't know how quite to convince my wife to put it up in the basement with the rest of the memorabilia.

The Ugly: It's already October, dang I missed a lot of months!

[ruksak]

The good;

This season is almost half over.

The bad;

The season is almost half over.

The ugly;

The rest of the season.

[Colts Moomba]

The good: somehow Houston is still going to underachieve and be one-and-done in the playoffs.

[JCPatriot]

Houston may not even make the playoffs. The Titans might win the division.

[Andy]

Good

Donald Brown broke out

Painter's getting better every game

The no-huddle adjustment

Dallas Clark seems to be snapping out of it!

They finally yanked Lacey

I'm out

Bad

Everything else!

Ugly

Our coach saying that "we're getting better" after losing yet again

What are yours?

Donald Brown broke out? I'd say that's a little to much... he had one good run for a TD. Without that he's under 3.8 yards per carry.

Painter is getting better and he had a good game, but I think he did better last week.

No huddle is great! We should use it more often... it even did well with Collins at QB!

I would add that the play calling on offense was generally pretty good

Ugly:

Our coach

[Indianapolis-Colts-Fan]

Good

Donald Brown broke out

Painter's getting better every game

The no-huddle adjustment

Dallas Clark seems to be snapping out of it!

They finally yanked Lacey

I'm out

Bad

Everything else!

Ugly

Our coach saying that "we're getting better" after losing yet again

What are yours?

I thought you were going to say the good, the bad, and the luck.

Edited October 17, 2011 by Indianapolis-Colts-Fan

[doogansquest]

I think the DEFENSE cost us that game. The turnovers didn't help. But we wouldn't be having to come back from down 10 points if we actually had a secondary.

The defense wouldn't be under so much pressure if our offense could convert a 3rd down once in a while.