Pagano: Luck will not play Sunday

[GoColts8818]

Just announced at his presser

[Erupt]

Hoyer has been officially ruled out as well. Looks like it'll be Hasselbeck vs Yates.

[GoColts8818]

He went on to say they expect Matt to start but getting Clipboard Jesus reps just in case.

 

in other news he said if Castonzo has no issues this week he will play Sunday. 

[2006Coltsbestever]

Yeah I just read that. Hass just needs to get his rest, really all we need is probably 1 more win but it has to be this week.

[MTC]

[IndyD4U]

Well I'll be

[SilentHill]

Good season guys, time to move the conversation to the draft forum.

[krunk]

Well I hope Hasslebeck does indeed play, and we better have one heck of a game plan to gut this one out.

[jvan1973]

6 minutes ago, SilentHill said:

Good season guys, time to move the conversation to the draft forum.

Because that texans offense is so potent? 

[RollerColt]

[Architects08]

Damn, was really hoping to see Luck play considering I'm making the trip to Indy for my first home game. Oh well.

[Qwiz]

Phew. I thought he would be returning to torment us once again, this is big news. 

[2006Coltsbestever]

1 minute ago, QwizBoy said:

Phew. I thought he would be returning to torment us once again, this is big news. 

It's a big blow but I still think the Colts can win with Hass in there. We already did it once in Houston. Yates isn't really that good so we will see. Watt is injured as well. I look for a low scoring ugly game. I pretty much knew deepdown Luck wouldn't play, I posted yesterday that I would bet money on him not playing. I am hopeful if we do beat you guys Luck can come back so we can have sort of Playoff run because without him we definitely cant win in the Playoffs.

[krunk]

It would be fitting for Andre Johnson and Hasslebeck to get hot again sending the Texans to their doom.  I think if we can get Matt back to his play action game again for this one the offense should be more efficient and actually put up some points for crying out loud.

[Qwiz]

Just now, 2006Coltsbestever said:

It's a big blow but I still think the Colts can win with Hass in there. We already did it once in Houston. Yates isn't really that good so we will see. Watt is injured as well. I look for a low scoring ugly game. I pretty much knew deepdown Luck wouldn't play, I posted yesterday that I would bet money on him not playing. I am hopeful if we do beat you guys Luck can come back so we can have sort of Playoff run because without him we definitely cant win in the Playoffs.

Yates is a more then adequate back-up. You might not have seen it yet but I quoted you in another thread. Yates has taken down two top defensive teams in the Bengals and Jets. He's going to force feed Hopkins the ball, regardless of who is covering him. The running game may still be an issue but I think our defense will play much better this time around. I guess we will see. A Texans win this Sunday and against the Jaguars gives them the division, so it is do or die for both teams. 

[2006Coltsbestever]

1 minute ago, QwizBoy said:

Yates is a more then adequate back-up. You might not have seen it yet but I quoted you in another thread. Yates has taken down two top defensive teams in the Bengals and Jets. He's going to force feed Hopkins the ball, regardless of who is covering him. The running game may still be an issue but I think our defense will play much better this time around. I guess we will see. A Texans win this Sunday and against the Jaguars gives them the division, so it is do or die for both teams. 

This week is for all the marbles! I am ok with Hass in there, I would of course feel 100 times a better with Luck but the situation is what it is. You guys perhaps have your best chance of all-time to finally beat us but I still trust Hass. If Charlie plays you guys will win.

[Bravo]

Poor Matt

[will426]

For those not worried about yates you might wanna reconsider..he forces passes all day to Hopkins and if the matchup isn't vontae on him which manusky won't dial up he'll probably go off on us once again

[krunk]

8 minutes ago, QwizBoy said:

Yates is a more then adequate back-up. You might not have seen it yet but I quoted you in another thread. Yates has taken down two top defensive teams in the Bengals and Jets. He's going to force feed Hopkins the ball, regardless of who is covering him. The running game may still be an issue but I think our defense will play much better this time around. I guess we will see. A Texans win this Sunday and against the Jaguars gives them the division, so it is do or die for both teams. 

 

I'm interested to see how we play this thing on offense.  I don't know where Hasslebeck is right now in terms of his health. Nor do I know if he will be able to push the ball down the field.  I did notice against the Jags he was pushing the ball down the field more than once to T.Y.  T.Y. had a pretty big game against Jax.  My gut is Crennel will probably copy New England or Pitt and try to clog the passing lanes with 8 defenders. If he doesn't it won't surprise me to see Matt go up top a couple times to T.Y.  And we all know what happens if T.Y. gets going.

[lollygagger8]

[SilentHill]

27 minutes ago, jvan1973 said:

Because that texans offense is so potent? 

 

We'll be lucky to score a FG.

[throwing BBZ]

but he's only been cleared for individual work and not 11-on-11 or team drills

I look forward to a Healthy - Much Improved Andrew - Next Season!

 

[jvan1973]

Just now, SilentHill said:

 

We'll be lucky to score a FG.

Non sense

[krunk]

My biggest fear in this game if Hasslebeck starts is he'll get knocked out again.  From there it's Clipboard Charlie and Doomsville.

[SilentHill]

1 minute ago, jvan1973 said:

Non sense

 

we'll see on Sunday, I'm so confident I'm going to start the Texans Defense in all of my Fantasy matchups this week.

[18Manning]

There's still no line on this game. I'm not a betting man, but I often look at the lines just to get Vegas' take.

[Old Colt]

47 minutes ago, jvan1973 said:

Because that texans offense is so potent? 

No, because their defense will have a picnic with our offense and likely pitch a shutout.....  let's dee, the last offensive touchdown was when?

[Qwiz]

23 minutes ago, krunk said:

 

I'm interested to see how we play this thing on offense.  I don't know where Hasslebeck is right now in terms of his health. Nor do I know if he will be able to push the ball down the field.  I did notice against the Jags he was pushing the ball down the field more than once to T.Y.  T.Y. had a pretty big game against Jax.  My gut is Crennel will probably copy New England or Pitt and try to clog the passing lanes with 8 defenders. If he doesn't it won't surprise me to see Matt go up top a couple times to T.Y.  And we all know what happens if T.Y. gets going.

He had his arm in a sling yesterday, didn't he? I'm not sure what his injury is but of course that could impact the passing game. He might not be able to get many deep balls to Hilton if his arm isn't in good shape. You're right about that though, if he gets hot then that could spell trouble for the Texans. 

[Flash]

17 minutes ago, jvan1973 said:

Because that texans offense is so potent? 

The Colts starting QB is not playing. The backup QB is not practicing and will most likely be a game time decision. Even if Hasselbeck plays, is the arrow pointing up or down him, with all of his injuries taking a toll on his 40-year old body? Odds are, he will continue to struggle because his body has not healed.

 

The Colts scored only 16 points on the Jags, and the only Colts TD was a defensive TD. The offense struggled mightily with Hasselbeck, who was less banged up then than he is this week.

[2006Coltsbestever]

I do know this Jameis Winston is better than Yates and we shut him down here 3 weeks ago. Only gave up 12 points. So this is still doable.

[CamMo]

I'm a little surprised that Chuck just came out and said it. I was expecting a "game time decision."

 

Appreciated though. Don't play with my heart strings haha.

[Cynjin]

6 minutes ago, QwizBoy said:

He had his arm in a sling yesterday, didn't he? I'm not sure what his injury is but of course that could impact the passing game. He might not be able to get many deep balls to Hilton if his arm isn't in good shape. You're right about that though, if he gets hot then that could spell trouble for the Texans. 

 

MH has a hard time getting TY deep throws even when his arm is healthy.

[2006Coltsbestever]

30 minutes ago, throwing BBZ said:

but he's only been cleared for individual work and not 11-on-11 or team drills

I look forward to a Healthy - Much Improved Andrew - Next Season!

 

Umm, he's not out for the season. If we win this week he could very well be back for the Phins game and we can make a run. Some people give up on the season way too easy. It's not like Hass cant beat Yates here in Indy.

[Jason_]

10 minutes ago, Flash said:

 

12 minutes ago, Old Colt said:

I really hope this quoting issue gets fixed soon

[2006Coltsbestever]

5 minutes ago, CamMo said:

I'm a little surprised that Chuck just came out and said it. I was expecting a "game time decision."

 

Appreciated though. Don't play with my heart strings haha.

I am surprised too. Usually we are secretive. At least we know now and know what the situation is for a change.

[krunk]

10 minutes ago, QwizBoy said:

He had his arm in a sling yesterday, didn't he? I'm not sure what his injury is but of course that could impact the passing game. He might not be able to get many deep balls to Hilton if his arm isn't in good shape. You're right about that though, if he gets hot then that could spell trouble for the Texans. 

 

I'm not sure if we're just playing coy with that or what.  Pagano said the sling was to help him deal with the spasms he's getting from the rib injury.  I didn' t think he'd be able to push the ball down the field as much as he did against Jax coming off the original Pitt rib injury but he was.  Maybe/Hopefully it'll be the same deal.

[Superman]

Ugh.

[2006Coltsbestever]

All the reports I have read about Hass is his arm was/is in a sling due to spasms. He has nothing broke or inured to my knowledge other than sore ribs.

[krunk]

21 minutes ago, QwizBoy said:

He had his arm in a sling yesterday, didn't he? I'm not sure what his injury is but of course that could impact the passing game. He might not be able to get many deep balls to Hilton if his arm isn't in good shape. You're right about that though, if he gets hot then that could spell trouble for the Texans. 

 

They may play him with 8 defenders back, but with Hasslebeck and the rib injury they may just play the run real heavy and leave the deep ball open.  Hopefully Hass can take advantage of a couple of those.  It won't be done a whole lot I'm sure of that, but I do believe they'll probably leave us some opportunities due to the circumstances. Most of his throws are going to be short, but I'm hoping he takes his shots like last week.

[2006Coltsbestever]

Just now, krunk said:

 

They may play him with 8 defenders back, but with Hasslebeck and the rib injury they may just play the run real heavy and leave the deep ball open.  Hopefully Hass can take advantage of a couple of those.  It won't be done a whole lot I'm sure of that, but I do believe they'll probably leave us some opportunities due to the circumstances.

I think TY and Moncrief both may have 2 or 3 key opportunities deep. We need to take advantage of all the key breaks, get Turnovers, not Turn it over etc.. Maybe this could finally be the week Frankie gains 100?