If you had to pick 1 defensive player to have great game

[mirobi]

Who would it be

 

 

JACKSON

 

 

 

 

COLTS 31

PATS     23

 

 

 

 

we won last week when i did this

 

who knows if it works just go with it

 

 

 

 

[MTC]

LaRon Landry covering Gronk.

[el duderino]

Arthur Jones

 

Brady hates pressure up the middle

[A Lot A Luck]

Newsome! Give us another strip sack!

[IndyD4U]

LaRon Landry covering Gronk.

 

Agree! We need another good game from Landry

[jabbanobadda]

Vontae...6 pick sixes.

[bavanlan]

Whoever is covering Gronkowski.

[adamthyst]

Newsome will get his dinner again. 

[TonyBungee]

Josh Chapman.  Stuff the run, & get pressure up the middle.

[HOZER]

LaRon Landry covering Gronk.

This^

[ProblChld32]

LANDRY, LANDRY, LANDRY!!!!

[Ja'Crispy]

Whoever is on Gronk or Newsome. Stop Gronk or don't let Tom have a chance to throw.

[cdgacoltsfan]

Arthur Jones

 

Brady hates pressure up the middle

I agree..I said this last week vs PM. I wouldnt mind another early game shot to TB's thigh area by Mr Jomes either...just to send a message.

[FanFromtheWasteland]

Whoever will plant Tommy boy on his posterior....all game long

[Solon]

I'll have to go with Jackson. We have to stop their run before we get to the Gronk gameplan.

[lollygagger8]

I'm curios, why does everyone think Landry would do so well covering anybody, let alone Gronk?? 

 

Single covering Julius Thomas, JT burned him for 30 yards (almost scored) on the first drive.

 

Single covering D. Thomas - scored a TD. 

 

Landry was ok against the run (besides the missed tackle against Anderson - that Redding & Werner also missed) but wasn't great at coverage. He has good speed, but should not ever be in single coverage against anyone. 

 

I think Freeman should be on Gronk, and Brown would be better at helping cover over the top instead of Landry. 

[throwing BBZ]

 It will take a Monumental game by the Whole D.
 20 pts against their D at NE is a Big Challenge.
 Both of our ILB`ers must have a great game. And they have been playing VG the last 2 games. But Brady is ON FIRE with his short game. lol

[indyagent17]

Josh Chapman

[throwing BBZ]

I'm curios, why does everyone think Landry would do so well covering anybody, let alone Gronk?? 

 

Single covering Julius Thomas, JT burned him for 30 yards (almost scored) on the first drive.

 

Single covering D. Thomas - scored a TD. 

 

Landry was ok against the run (besides the missed tackle against Anderson - that Redding & Werner also missed) but wasn't great at coverage. He has good speed, but should not ever be in single coverage against anyone. 

 

I think Freeman should be on Gronk, and Brown would be better at helping cover over the top instead of Landry. 

 

 You just don`t get it.

 NOBODY says Landry will do well covering Gronk.

 These astute fans just KNOW he will be a HUGE part, as will Adams, of Gronks coverage whether we like it or not. WE are just hoping Landry has a Great game. Like ya know, laying the Wood to Gronk, a Strength of Landry i thought.

 Chuckle at Freeman staying with Gronk past 5 or so yards. He will get plenty of chances tho.

[HeSoColt]

I have no idea on how to pick one.

 

DQ

Art

Landry

[BullsColtsFan1]

Landry!

[lollygagger8]

 You just don`t get it.

 NOBODY says Landry will do well covering Gronk.

 These astute fans just KNOW he will be a HUGE part, as will Adams, of Gronks coverage whether we like it or not. WE are just hoping Landry has a Great game. Like ya know, laying the Wood to Gronk, a Strength of Landry i thought.

 Chuckle at Freeman staying with Gronk past 5 or so yards. He will get plenty of chances tho.

 

Oops, got it. Thanks. 

 

Well then I hope Landry actually tackles well and doesn't go for his usual scud missile flying through the air and whiffing scenario. 

[buck_hunter21]

Freeman

[Surge89]

Vontae...6 pick sixes.

 

If this were to happen... I dunno what id do in a fit of joy... like I would actually be scared of myself :-)

[Larry Horseman]

I'm curios, why does everyone think Landry would do so well covering anybody, let alone Gronk?? 

 

Single covering Julius Thomas, JT burned him for 30 yards (almost scored) on the first drive.

 

Single covering D. Thomas - scored a TD. 

 

Landry was ok against the run (besides the missed tackle against Anderson - that Redding & Werner also missed) but wasn't great at coverage. He has good speed, but should not ever be in single coverage against anyone. 

 

I think Freeman should be on Gronk, and Brown would be better at helping cover over the top instead of Landry. 

 

Landry was actually very solid in coverage except for those two plays. Also, LL on DT is a scheme issue--we shouldn't expect him to be able to cover a WR of DT's caliber.

 

Landry is important this week for sure, but I said Art Jones followed by Walden last week b/c of their ability to stop the run and rush the passer. I'll stick with that...

[RockThatBlue]

Arthur Jones

Brady hates pressure up the middle

This.

But I'll add Jones will be a big reason we stop the run this time. Can't allow 200 yards on us again by these guys

[ColtsFanMikeC]

This.

But I'll add Jones will be a big reason we stop the run this time. Can't allow 200 yards on us again by these guys

 

I think Jones will really help with the run game this time around -- and yes we need him to get some pressure.

 

The best way to beat NE, IMO, is to hit Brady early and often and with using as little complex blitz packages as possible (i.e., hit him with your front 7 and keep your DBs in coverage, as Brady can use his dink-and-dunk pass game like a run game if you leave anyone uncovered).

 

We need a big performance from the D as a whole -- on the line we need Jones/RJF/Redding/Hughes/Chapman to push that pocket back and get Brady uncomfortable.  We'll need our LBs to be timely when rushing the passer, and will really need them to set the edge and not allow their running backs to get into the secondary.  We'll need our secondary to play great again like they did last week, I am hoping to see Brown and Landry rotate as I think Brown is a tad better than Landry in coverage and we'll need Vontae and Toler to shut down the outside of the field.

 

My main guy this week though is Darius Butler -- with Amendola, LaFell, and Edelman the Patriots are usually going to have a dangerous option in the middle of the field to compliment Gronk.  We'll really need Butler to make whoever that player is invalid this game -- Brady will pick any defense apart if he's got one of those 3 guys to check down to.

 

Not sure if he can be considered 'defensive', but Pat McAffee (IMO) had his worst game of the year last week (as a punter... his kickoffs were great) -- we need the Boomstick back in this game to put the Pats in bad field position any time their offense touches the ball.

[Coffeedrinker]

Manusky.

[pgt_rob]

Art Jones! Need that run stopper and pressure up the middle.

 

I also hope for another great performance by Vontae Davis!

 

Let's eat! :blueshoe:

[MR. Blueblood]

 

 Chuckle at Freeman staying with Gronk past 5 or so yards. He will get plenty of chances tho.

Yeah, I don't think there have been too many times that I've watched Freeman in coverage and thought to myself, this is gonna turn out well.

[zibby43]

Freeman.  If his pass coverage on Sunday is out of this world, we have a very real chance at shocking the world again.

[Roboturner913]

First thought was Freeman, glad to see others are thinking the same thing. His pass coverage in the middle of the field will be crucial because the Patriots run slants and ins all day with those little receivers. And of course Gronk will be out in that area as well.

[omar]

Adams

[SteelDragon]

Werner

[JustAColtsFan]

Newsome will get his dinner again. 

CHIRP, CHIRP!!!

[Narcosys]

Same thing as last week. Must be our NT or inside linebackers. Will improve everything.

[krunk]

I agree with the statement of Landry having a good game this week, but I think overall what I want to see is a repeat of how we wrapped up, tackled, and pressed those receivers in the passing game last week. That type of performance is Exactly how you beat New England because they live off of taking short passes and getting run after the catch yardage. 

 

If you can control the running game, pressure Brady, and jump on those short routes as soon as they catch the ball you really leave them with an issue because they don't really have anyone that can take the top off a defense.  Gronk can give you issues down the seam, but the rest of that WR corps is very limited to me in going over the top.  That's why they had to resort to trick plays in order to get somebody open deep for a quick score on the Ravens.  The deep game is not what makes that team tick in my opinion.

 

 

Go back and look at Ravens vs Patriots the year the Ravens beat them.  The Ravens rallied to the football very fast and put on a tackling clinic out there against the pass, and they had Ridley shook running the football. From a defensive standpoint,  if we can repeat or even improve upon last weeks performance I think we are going to be in pretty good hands.

[pgt_rob]

I'll also throw Mike Adams back out there. He had a great game against the Patriots earlier in the season with 2 picks on Tom Brady. If we can get that again this time around, that would be awesome.

[ColtStronger]

It's not just one guy having a good game on defense that will win us the game.  We need everybody to have a good game!  If one person is a standout though I would have to say either DQ or Freeman, simply because covering Gronk.  Or Newsome, because we desperately need pressure on Brady.

[tfunky14]

Colts held Denver to 13 points,,, do the same against New England and I'll be calling in sick Monday....