Detroit (+3) at Indianapolis (9-11-16)

[oldunclemark]

4:25 EST......inside Lucas Oil Stadium

Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnson and Laura Okman on FOX

over-under ....   50.5

 

Veteran Lions QB Matthew Stafford (398 of 592, 4,262 yards, 32 TDs, 13 INTs) is back with WR Golden Tate (90 catches, 813 yards) and pass catching back Theo Riddick (80 catches, 697 yards) plus free agent Marvin Jones...

Detroit will score points..I like Sameer Abdullah running the ball, too..but the Lins O-line has been juggled, shuffled an shape-shifted . Don't know what they have

On defense..pass rusher Ezekiel Anash had 14 1/2 sacks last year...Lions were 1-7 and then finished 6-2 to end up 7-9 for former Colts coach (and fan favorite) Jim Caldwell.

This is the return of Andrew Luck to the staring lineup after missing 9 game s last year..

He'll have the 'power of 3' at wide receiver with TY Hilton (69 catches, 1,194 yards), Donte Moncrief (64 catches, 733 yards) and Phillip Dorsett (18 catches, 225 yards - missed half of last year   Frank Gore (260 carries, 967 yards, 6 TDs) will benefit from a better line inclduikng to draft choice..- center Ryan Kelly.

Colts are missing CB Vontae Davis and OG Jack Mewhort ...but rookies Kelly, safety TJ Green and LB Antonio Morrison should be good.

 

There is sure bet here. A lock. Bet your mother and sell your brother.

......Take the over...at 50.5....'    51 points is just 27-24...

Luck and Stafford are set to go with lots of receivers. Colts are not strong on the corner right now..Not sure about Lions

Veteran kickers (Adam V and Matt Prater) can add 3 all game long and at the end....Both QBs have a good history of late game comebacks..,,and both teams need this game badly

 

Waited all summer for this and it should be fun to watch.  Your thoughts.

[CanuckColtsFan]

I'll take the over for sure, as I've done with many of the games this weekend. The he 25 yard start means more points. I like the Colts in this one. Andrew will be hungry, it's at home, grigs and Pagano need to prove something. I wish we were a bit deeper at TE and had a healthy Bradshaw on O but I can't wait to see what our receivers can do.

[BOTT]

Stay out of 3rd and long (duh) and don't let Theo Riddick kill you out of the backfield.

[Virtuoso80]

Let's declaw the Lions!  GO Colts!

[GoColtsWin]

Here's to not shooting ourselves in the foot with penalties/bone-headed plays on both sides of the ball. Go Colts

[oldunclemark]

1 hour ago, BOTT said:

Stay out of 3rd and long (duh) and don't let Theo Riddick kill you out of the backfield.

Riddick worries me.......he can turn a notihng play into a big gainer

[LJpalmbeacher2]

4 hours ago, oldunclemark said:

4:25 EST......inside Lucas Oil Stadium

Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnson and Laura Okman on FOX

over-under ....   50.5

 

Veteran Lions QB Matthew Stafford (398 of 592, 4,262 yards, 32 TDs, 13 INTs) is back with WR Golden Tate (90 catches, 813 yards) and pass catching back Theo Riddick (80 catches, 697 yards) plus free agent Marvin Jones...

Detroit will score points..I like Sameer Abdullah running the ball, too..but the Lins O-line has been juggled, shuffled an shape-shifted . Don't know what they have

On defense..pass rusher Ezekiel Anash had 14 1/2 sacks last year...Lions were 1-7 and then finished 6-2 to end up 7-9 for former Colts coach (and fan favorite) Jim Caldwell.

This is the return of Andrew Luck to the staring lineup after missing 9 game s last year..

He'll have the 'power of 3' at wide receiver with TY Hilton (69 catches, 1,194 yards), Donte Moncrief (64 catches, 733 yards) and Phillip Dorsett (18 catches, 225 yards - missed half of last year   Frank Gore (260 carries, 967 yards, 6 TDs) will benefit from a better line inclduikng to draft choice..- center Ryan Kelly.

Colts are missing CB Vontae Davis and OG Jack Mewhort ...but rookies Kelly, safety TJ Green and LB Antonio Morrison should be good.

 

There is sure bet here. A lock. Bet your mother and sell your brother.

......Take the over...at 50.5....'    51 points is just 27-24...

Luck and Stafford are set to go with lots of receivers. Colts are not strong on the corner right now..Not sure about Lions

Veteran kickers (Adam V and Matt Prater) can add 3 all game long and at the end....Both QBs have a good history of late game comebacks..,,and both teams need this game badly

 

Waited all summer for this and it should be fun to watch.  Your thoughts.

 

As far as the over I won't disagree. But sometimes bad D's will gameplan to bend and don't break. Playing soft, and offenses will have long time consuming drives that may cause lower scoring. 

It will be fun to watch a real game with Luck.

[bayone]

6 hours ago, oldunclemark said:

4:25 EST......inside Lucas Oil Stadium

Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnson and Laura Okman on FOX

over-under ....   50.5

 

Veteran Lions QB Matthew Stafford (398 of 592, 4,262 yards, 32 TDs, 13 INTs) is back with WR Golden Tate (90 catches, 813 yards) and pass catching back Theo Riddick (80 catches, 697 yards) plus free agent Marvin Jones...

Detroit will score points..I like Sameer Abdullah running the ball, too..but the Lins O-line has been juggled, shuffled an shape-shifted . Don't know what they have

On defense..pass rusher Ezekiel Anash had 14 1/2 sacks last year...Lions were 1-7 and then finished 6-2 to end up 7-9 for former Colts coach (and fan favorite) Jim Caldwell.

This is the return of Andrew Luck to the staring lineup after missing 9 game s last year..

He'll have the 'power of 3' at wide receiver with TY Hilton (69 catches, 1,194 yards), Donte Moncrief (64 catches, 733 yards) and Phillip Dorsett (18 catches, 225 yards - missed half of last year   Frank Gore (260 carries, 967 yards, 6 TDs) will benefit from a better line inclduikng to draft choice..- center Ryan Kelly.

Colts are missing CB Vontae Davis and OG Jack Mewhort ...but rookies Kelly, safety TJ Green and LB Antonio Morrison should be good.

 

There is sure bet here. A lock. Bet your mother and sell your brother.

......Take the over...at 50.5....'    51 points is just 27-24...

Luck and Stafford are set to go with lots of receivers. Colts are not strong on the corner right now..Not sure about Lions

Veteran kickers (Adam V and Matt Prater) can add 3 all game long and at the end....Both QBs have a good history of late game comebacks..,,and both teams need this game badly

 

Waited all summer for this and it should be fun to watch.  Your thoughts.

 

scoring shootout, the over is right

[Coltsman1788]

4 hours ago, GoColtsWin said:

Here's to not shooting ourselves in the foot with penalties/bone-headed plays on both sides of the ball. Go Colts

Amen to that. We can only hope.  

[Coltsman1788]

Unless the Colts can get out of their red zone funk...I wouldn't feel too good about taking the over.  Our offense looks pedestrian.  We need to score more touchdowns when we get down there..especially considering our defensive short comings.    

[oldunclemark]

1 hour ago, Coltsman1788 said:

Unless the Colts can get out of their red zone funk...I wouldn't feel too good about taking the over.  Our offense looks pedestrian.  We need to score more touchdowns when we get down there..especially considering our defensive short comings.    

No way, C-man....

Detroit has one good rusher and one really good corner...but not much else...

 

We obviously havent put the whole act on the field yet.....I would ignore all exhibition results.

They cant cover our 3 WR set..and I don't know if we can cover them...

 

warm up the scoreboard

[2006Coltsbestever]

The over/under is 50.5. I have the under as I can see the Colts winning this game 24-20, even if it's 27-23 it would still be under by .5. Last I looked the point spread was 4, is it still 4? I do have the Colts winning by 4 points or so.

[2006Coltsbestever]

Never mind I see where it says Detroit +3. I think the Colts cover and win by 4.

[oldunclemark]

 The over-under is 50 1/2   I just wrote 50.5

[jvan1973]

Just now, oldunclemark said:

 The over-under is 50 1/2   I just wrote 50.5

Isn't that the same thing?

[oldunclemark]

Just now, jvan1973 said:

Isn't that the same thing?

right.....I think CBE thought I wrote 55

[2006Coltsbestever]

1 minute ago, oldunclemark said:

right.....I think CBE thought I wrote 55

I knew you wrote 50.5. I even Posted 50.5 in my initial Post.

[oldunclemark]

Okay..I thought you wrote 27-23 would be under by 5....

You indeed wrote 27-23 would be under by .5 or 1/2

 

...You cant expect an old man to see very well

 

 

[2006Coltsbestever]

29 minutes ago, oldunclemark said:

Okay..I thought you wrote 27-23 would be under by 5....

You indeed wrote 27-23 would be under by .5 or 1/2

 

...You cant expect an old man to see very well

 

 

No bigge.

[ColtfreakDVA]

IS IT SUNDAY YET?

[oldunclemark]

2 hours ago, ColtfreakDVA said:

IS IT SUNDAY YET?

Not soon enough....

....No playoffs last year and a who cares? exhibition season....

8 months between real games right?

[Lawrence Owen]

My thoughts are this, ..Win,..with no injuries please.

 

But seriously, I am very optomistic until proven otherwise.  

My only concern is the Lions small fast recievers.  Tate is a real threat.  So is Jones.  And our 2 starting corners don't have much time working on this unit..or each other..or the scheme.  Plus we have a rookie safety...scares me some.

 

Offensively...i am scared of the edge rusher.. A.C. has not been himself lately, and I hope he gets over it quick.

Rookie Kelly has had poblems with big power NT's...in comes Ngata................................

 

I think we run right off tackle behind D.Good at least 1/2 the time...i hope.  He has shown great push entire preseason.  

This will bring the safety up, and open the backside of the field for our speedsters.

 

I think this will be an offensive game on both sides...with the ones with lkess penalties/and T urn overs winning it.

[oldunclemark]

  I'm as optimistic as I can be with the defensive players we have out today.

  I think we need to play backwards..in other words....establish the pass immediately and run more frequently as the game goes on....

.....I'd like to see a half dozen tosses to Frank Gore...virtual runs that get him outside quickly

They cant cover us..if Andrew gets time....quick RB tosses will slow up any blitz plans.

 

This is a team we can score on

 

[jvan1973]

14 hours ago, oldunclemark said:

 

[jvan1973]

I expect a lot of passing yards for both teams today.   Hopefully the defense can do just enough to get the w

[NewColtsFan]

 

Detroit is better than most people here think.   (Me included)     They finished last year 6-2 in the final 8 games.

 

Stafford has taken his game to another level.    Last year he completed roughly 67% of his passes.

 

Their defense was one of the better ones in the NFL last season.

 

This is not going to be an easy game for the Colts.

 

I think we win,  but I would not be surprised if we're winning on the final drive of the game......

 

Hope I'm wrong.     I hope we win in a laugher.....   but I wouldn't count on it.

 

[oldunclemark]

..and if you took the 'over' at 50.5....

....you could've cashed that ticket a while ago..

[oldunclemark]

we win!!!!!!!   wait..kick the point and we win

 

Great throw..Great drive

[oldunclemark]

Oh no.....spoke too soon

[John Waylon]

The excuses for this one should be nothing less than spectacularly entertaining. 

[Andrew Luck fan club]

Yeah I didn't even get excited when we scored, Detroit had more timeouts than we did healthy db's.

[austriancolt]

another slow start costs us the game. poor first half. great second half. Luck looked great, OL did a good job.

[oldunclemark]

OMG

[oldunclemark]

3 minutes ago, 12to13 said:

Yeah I didn't even get excited when we scored, Detroit had more timeouts than we did healthy db's.

you were right..

...we had to play such a soft zone at the end...backs out there I didn't even recognize..

....I guess we didnt deserve to win..down 21-3....hurts a bit

[jemack]

Wow that last penalty resulting in a safety either made you money or broke your heart.

[oldunclemark]

3 minutes ago, austriancolt said:

another slow start costs us the game. poor first half. great second half. Luck looked great, OL did a good job.

Our offensive line got better as the game went on...Andrew is what he is.

25 points in the second half.....Mewhort played the entire game, didn't he...

 

35 points should be enough, shouldn't it?

[John Waylon]

1 minute ago, oldunclemark said:

I guess we didnt deserve to win

 

This right here is probably going to sum up this season if injuries are the excuse. 

 

Everyone deals with them. You have to bring in talent who can make sure they don't, you know, derail your entire freaking team and season. 

 

We are entirely unable to do that. It's a Grigson staple. 

[krunk]

Love what we are doing offensively, but this defense is BAD until we get some of these injured players back. Hard to be optimistic until that happens.

[poaponies]

Just now, John Waylon said:

 

This right here is probably going to sum up this season if injuries are the excuse. 

 

Everyone deals with them. You have to bring in talent who can make sure they don't, you know, derail your entire freaking team and season. 

 

We are entirely unable to do that. It's a Grigson staple. 

I feel at this point our teams is know for injury or I think it feel more than normal that we should be better prepared 

[oldunclemark]

   

9 hours ago, jvan1973 said:

I expect a lot of passing yards for both teams today.   Hopefully the defense can do just enough to get the w

somebody saw it coming