colts vs broncos

[CR91]

can we still win this game without mathis

[Gavin]

Yes

[CR91]

Yes

 

I dont know how. you beat peyton by pressuring him, making him feel uncomfortable in the pocket, and disrupting his timing. to do all that, you need an effective pass rush which we dont have now for 4 games. its now gonna come down to luck outshooting peyton

[jamesie jr]

I dont know how. you beat peyton by pressuring him, making him feel uncomfortable in the pocket, and disrupting his timing. to do all that, you need an effective pass rush which we dont have now for 4 games. its now gonna come down to luck outshooting peyton

I feel confident in Jones/Redding putting some pressure up the middle. Hopefully this could put him off a bit.

[CR91]

I feel confident in Jones/Redding putting some pressure up the middle. Hopefully this could put him off a bit.

 

this is gonna be a telling 4 games for werner to show us rather he can be that pass rush for us when mathis retires

[Hoosierdome93]

Mathis is an important part of the defense, but there are guys on this team who can step up and fill the roll.

The result will be the same...

Colts Win Broncos lose.

 

Step up !

[pacolts56]

Well....the strategy has been proven time and time again. Break down their passing pocket and screw up Manning's timing, and physically punish him, and he turns into Clark Kent.

 

In fact....Seattle made him look like Lois Lane.

 

Doing it without Mathis won't be easy....but by no means should we throw up a surrender flag....we can beat those guys!

[MTC]

[oldunclemark]

Everybody knows the reality of beating Denver on opening day in Denver..ask the Steelers (2012) and Ravens (2013)

[chad72]

If the game were in Indy, with the crowd noise to disrupt Peyton's offensive shenanigans, we would stand a better chance.

 

The best thing we can hope for is their secondary in the slot (if Chris Harris and Talib play outside) can be exposed again and again and that T.Y. can get behind them and we hope for a close game in a shootout.

 

Points in the 30s from both teams, the question is, which team will make just a tad few defensive stops? We will wait and see.

[Smonroe]

Everybody knows the reality of beating Denver on opening day in Denver..ask the Steelers (2012) and Ravens (2013)

Yeah, that's what I was thinking even before the Mathis ban.

[HtownColt]

Yep

[BlueCollarColts]

Yes....

[BPM_Colt]

Winning in Denver on the first Sunday night game of the season would be tough no matter who we had lined up on defense IMO..

 

Luck and the offense are going to have to put up "Star Wars" numbers for this one.. Definitely a shootout in my mind, just hope 12 out shoots 18.

 

& if we do happen to lose by 14-17 points, it isn't the end of the season

[HtownColt]

Winning in Denver on the first Sunday night game of the season would be tough no matter who we had lined up on defense IMO..

Luck and the offense are going to have to put up "Star Wars" numbers for this one.. Definitely a shootout in my mind, just hope 12 out shoots 18.

& if we do happen to lose by 14-17 points, it isn't the end of the season

Manning will throw a pick 6 to end it

[Bravo]

Yep! Were gonna need guys on defense to step up! Opening night, emotions will be high!! I don't think we will miss Mathis "that much" for the first game.

[Stephen]

luck might have to throw 7 or 8 tds to win

[supremecoltsfan300]

luck might have to throw 7 or 8 tds to win

Yep. He could do it though. Denver's Defense looks so much more improved on paper. But it's just paper so far. And the Colts offense certainly looks like it has tremendous firepower. But that's also just on paper too I guess.

[crazycolt1]

We have to keep in mind that this is game one for the Broncos so anything can happen. We need to stop this mentality of being scared of the big bad Broncos. We witnessed what happened in the super bowl so why not us beating them the second time? Next man up!

[BPM_Colt]

Manning will throw a pick 6 to end it

I would be a happy man

[crazycolt1]

luck might have to throw 7 or 8 tds to win

This mentality of being scared of the big bad Broncos needs to stop. We beat them last season and they got there rears handed to them in the super bowl. Win or lose it's only one game.

[Stephen]

Its not about being scared I just think it will be one of those 45 to 38 type games

[akcolt]

I feel confident in Jones/Redding putting some pressure up the middle. Hopefully this could put him off a bit.

That is how you get to Manning is getting pressure in his face. I think we will be able to get there  along with many other teams.I really think the Broncos hurt themselves by not resigning Moreno. His pass blocking and ability to catch the ball out of the backfield will be missed. Ball puts the the rock on the carpet and is not great in pass protection. 

[akcolt]

Manning will throw a pick 6 to end it

I have seen that ending on more than one occasion he usually waits until the playoffs but I could see us getting one Howell will silence the critics week one. The Donkey's had their shot last year there is a new sheriff in town and his name isn't Reggie Hammonds. 

[pgt_rob]

Hopefully he doesn't put 7 TDs on us like he did last year during their season opener game. That would be gut wrenching.

[JlynRN]

Of course we can !!!  We beat them last season, granted it was on our home turf, but I feel we have the power with all of our additions to do it again this season.  I predict the Colts will hand the Broncos their 1st loss of the season, just like we did last year

[jameszeigler834]

can we still win this game without mathis

Personally I trust Mathis didn't do this on purpose and I don't care what the stupid NFL tries to do to poke holes in his story there is no story unless it is the suspension is nonsense.

[SexyColtsFan12]

Of coarse we can  #98 is a HUGE part of our defense But With Luck at QB T-rich at RB and our TE's Dwayne Allen and Coby Fleener and who could forget our WR's

Reggie Wayne T.Y. Hilton Hakeem Nicks Donte Moncrief. don't forget that we signed Arther Jones who will be a major help and Vontae Davis and the under rated Darius Butler and a healthy Laron Landry (Dirty 30) ETC. I hope this made you realize that the Colts still have many pieces and don't forget #98 returns week 5

[Stephen]

Truthfully it doesn't matter if we beat them in the opener as long as we beat them when it matters.

[oldunclemark]

We have to keep in mind that this is game one for the Broncos so anything can happen. We need to stop this mentality of being scared of the big bad Broncos. We witnessed what happened in the super bowl so why not us beating them the second time? Next man up!

Denver is not a big deal to Indy...Houston and Tennesse are

 

...we don't play Denver mnuch so we don't have a mentality of being scared of them...

 

Odds are good that everybody loses at Denver..we need to go 6-0 in the division

[throwing BBZ]

 With Clady back Mathis likely would have been reduced to a non-factor as a rusher and we certainly won`t miss him against the run.

 

 Manning will likely start the season sharp so the big question will be the usual, can we run the ball decent and control the clock, and win the turnover and penalty battle. And ,will Luck improve his accuracy and timing this early in the season with his R core?

 

 Gonna be tough if we don`t have all of our other projected D starters ready to go for that game.

[crazycolt1]

Denver is not a big deal to Indy...Houston and Tennesse are

 

...we don't play Denver mnuch so we don't have a mentality of being scared of them...

 

Odds are good that everybody loses at Denver..we need to go 6-0 in the division

Could have fooled me. There are quit a few fans in these threads who think that Manning and the Broncos are unbeatable at home against the Colts. I have seen a few post who think the Colts will be lucky to be 2-2 to start. I do agree we need to take care of our own division but all games are important in the sense of how the AFC always turns out. I would much prefer having home playoff games if that's the way it works out.

[Stephen]

Could have fooled me. There are quit a few fans in these threads who think that Manning and the Broncos are unbeatable at home against the Colts. I have seen a few post who think the Colts will be lucky to be 2-2 to start. I do agree we need to take care of our own division but all games are important in the sense of how the AFC always turns out. I would much prefer having home playoff games if that's the way it works out.

i don't know why people are scared of the eagles. We play them at home so we can slow down their offense. If we lose to denver we don't lose back to back games so eagles will get beat. Luck will have field day on eagles secondary.

[PrincetonTiger]

Yes

ditto

[ThatOneColtFan]

Luck don't care, our offense can score as much as theirs.

[Jules]

Yes, but it does make things more difficult. Can't hide the truth here. Mathis played almost like a man on a mission vs. Manning at times in that game last season. Not to mention he is an awesome player in general and a team leader.

 

But, we do well as underdogs at times and we seem to have often played well vs. Denver. Our D will have to find a few ways to step it up. I am a bit worried about the secondary though in this game.....

 

And I already put this game ahead of time likely on our offense on the road. We should be healthy week 1 barring a preseason/TC injury on offense and will be in our second year with Pep so I feel expectations will be higher offensively this season.

[Jules]

i don't know why people are scared of the eagles. We play them at home so we can slow down their offense. If we lose to denver we don't lose back to back games so eagles will get beat. Luck will have field day on eagles secondary.

 

This. I am not as high on the Eagles as many apparently are. And if we lose week 1 we likely don't lose week 2 at home. Besides, if you want to use the "We never lose back to back games yet with Luck" trend that hopefully continues.......well we may not lose week 1 either. Cause, we lost to the Pats in the playoffs and our next real game is the Broncos.

 

We lost to the Ravens in 2012 in the playoffs and followed it up with a week 1 win over Oakland.

[Warhorse]

Roberto is a Pro Bowler. He will me sorely missed.....yes, we can still win by our secondary getting out the hickory on their WR's and our healthy D-line clogging the A and B gaps. Don't forget there is in infusion of talent at the LB position, and every one of them will want to show why they wont be the one that goes back to the bench when Robert resumes.

 

I smell a coming out party.......

[Jules]

Roberto is a Pro Bowler. He will me sorely missed.....yes, we can still win by our secondary getting out the hickory on their WR's and our healthy D-line clogging the A and B gaps. Don't forget there is in infusion of talent at the LB position, and every one of them will want to show why they wont be the one that goes back to the bench when Robert resumes.

 

I smell a coming out party.......

 

This is what I am hoping for. I HATE that Mathis is out for 4 games but I HOPE these 4 games starting week 1 will help us develop more pass rush behind him. Because we need it.....we need more established depth.

[amfootball]

The Colts are going to have outscore Denver just like last year to win.