Lets look at the positives

[CR91]

Luck looked fantastic especially after the first three drives

 

The pass protection was great and gave luck plenty of time

 

Dorsett made a terrific 51 yard grab

 

Ty made one heck of a catch in the red zone

 

We almost survived a game with the most deflated secondary I've ever seen

[cdgacoltsfan]

Careful....no positive statements allowed.

[1959Colts]

I'll think positive when we win

[PeterBowman]

O line held up great for the most part save for one guy hurting them early

 

[JColts72]

Luck was great and so was Pat's USA cleats.

[Gabriel Alexander Morillo]

 It seemed like our receivers werre ready for prime time. They made every catch under the sun and then some. Plays that would he incompletions or tipped picks simply did not happen. Dorset was Mr. Big catch/play man. Dwayne allen stepped the he'll up and Luck was phenomenal. 

[thecorn4]

As the game went along, I thought the o line played better and better, both in pass pro, and run blocking.  Also they were all healthy after the game, the offense as a whole finished the game healthy.  This is huge in giving us continuity going forward.  

[Bluefire4]

I think we have a better shot to win next week even though I have it as a loss right now. Even with a bad secondary if Luck plays like he did this week or even like he did last year against this Broncos team, we should have a good shot against Trever Siemien.

[NorthernBlue]

Kudos to Doyle too. He came to play today. The offense is looking great.

[CanuckColtsFan]

Doyle looked good out there. When we get our starters back on cb, this is a good team.

[Patagonia Chris]

52 minutes ago, CR91 said:

Luck looked fantastic especially after the first three drives

 

The pass protection was great and gave luck plenty of time

 

Dorsett made a terrific 51 yard grab

 

Ty made one heck of a catch in the red zone

 

We almost survived a game with the most deflated secondary I've ever seen

 

So the positive are that the players we've spent high draft picks on and a lot of money on may not be complete garbage? We're starting Antonio Cromartie at CB for probably the next month. Where is the positive in that???

[Devildog]

Good thing we're only one game away from first place. That's positive 

[Steamboat_Shaun]

This defense needs to get healthy... fast. It was abysmal today. Offense is legit though, and I think the running game will improve once the line gels a little more.

[Happy2BeHere]

I think the offense got their crap together after the first quarter...it was our defense the WHOLE GAME more or less that less us down. We should have won this game by 2+ TD's IMO.

 

Very happy with Luck today though I mean he was absolutely masterful IMO. Jack Doyle also was incredible today the guy just made the catches and did what he did and was solid.

[Happy2BeHere]

I should also add that I think Gore was good today. I mean he averaged over 4 YPC on 14 carries. I do however think we didn't run the ball enough...we should have IMO.

[jradMT]

Luck was nothing short of amazing, and he only got hit 5 times, this is crucial in keeping him healthy.

[achcolts]

Cromartie and Robinson were also great for the most part. Looking forward to a healthy secondary

[GoColts8818]

The oline played well.

 

while not producing the yards you want the running game was effective.

 

that Andrew Luck kid is still pretty good.

 

Adam is an ageless wonder.

 

i thought Cromartie and Robinson did well when in there.  When they get Davis back if they can keep the other two healthy they might be pretty good at corner.

 

the tightends live after being absent after last year.

 

our top three WRs are as good as any top three group in the league.

[RockThatBlue]

2 hours ago, Pagano's Realtor said:

 

So the positive are that the players we've spent high draft picks on and a lot of money on may not be complete garbage? We're starting Antonio Cromartie at CB for probably the next month. Where is the positive in that???

If Cromartie plays like he did today I'll be estatic. He was pretty good.

[Smoke317]

A positive that I noticed was that we do indeed have a top flight passing attack. Whether it be our wr's or te's. And I am a big TY fan (wear his authentic jersey to every home game) but barring injury Dorsett will be our best receiver by the end of this year.  And I think Luck is starting to realize that. There is never a reason why 15 shouldn't be on the field...

[Defjamz26]

So the same positives huh? Luck is a phenom and the receivers are great. That never changes. At least the line played good.

 

I'm worried about the rush D though. Murray and Henry look like a deadly combo. This is the first season Im not looking forward to playing the Titans.

[VaAllDay757]

10 hours ago, 1959Colts said:

I'll think positive when we win

Exactly 

[UKColt13]

Oline looked fantastic. Particularly in pass protection. I don't think I've ever seen Luck consistently have more time to throw than today.

 

Luck. Is. Back. This is the first time in a while I felt he looked confident. This was the first time in a while I was confident in him when he dropped back. There were points last year that I found myself wincing whenever Luck threw the ball. We have our QB back and he is ready to roll.

 

We have 3 great receivers who were giving the Lions all sorts of issues all night. And will continue to give DCs heart attacks all season.

 

Jack Doyle is a seriously impressive player. Possibly the most under appreciated player on the team imo.

 

We only lost by a late field goal against a Lions team that looked pretty great, particularly the offense, without Vontae, Anderson, Geathers and Patrick Robinson & TJ Green leaving early. We need to work on bringing down the ball carrier, but Riddick and Abdullah make their money by being elusive, cut on a dime backs that eat up yards quickly. 

 

I think this is a great platform to build on, and we will only get better and (knock on wood) healthier.

[krunk]

I keep seeing good things from Hassan Ridgeway. He should be playing over Kerr

[krunk]

Sio Moore was Gritty, passionate and he strikes hard. Now if we can get the rest of that bunch around him to up their games we will have something.

[krunk]

Walden got a sack. Mathis almost got a strip sack.

[krunk]

Thought Rashaan Melvin played okay.

[krunk]

Ferguson adds a new dimension to the passing game with his receiving abilities. They are going to be throwing bombs to him in a minute.

[HeSoColt]

I thought the passing offense looked great once we got into the hurry up. Offensive line played very well against a really good defensive front 7. Rushing offense looked mehhh... couple good runs, couple ugly ones.

 

Loved the WR's making plays.. TE's looked good too.

[WarGhost21]

I felt like Doyle more than capably filled the void left by Fleener. He played phenomenally. Can't wait to see if he continues to impress!

[Andrew Luck fan club]

The first couple drives seemed like pep was calling the plays.. but after that the offense was great. If the secondary wasn't sooooo depleted, we would have won that game. 

[our_dbs_rock]

I'm positive that the Colts are going to have to find a more consistent pass rush or it won't matter who the DBs are.  They could have Bob Sanders, Darrelle Revis, Nnamdi Asomugha ,and Deion Sanders all in their prime and it probably wouldn't help.

 

I loved seeing Doyle more involved in the passing game.  In college he was more involved in the passing game, but over the past few years he has never really had the opportunity to catch many passes.  I think if continues to get the chance, he will surprise quite a few people.  Unfortunately, this is his contract year, right?

[Jim H.]

10 hours ago, Pagano's Realtor said:

 

So the positive are that the players we've spent high draft picks on and a lot of money on may not be complete garbage? We're starting Antonio Cromartie at CB for probably the next month. Where is the positive in that???

Dude.

[CR91]

10 hours ago, Pagano's Realtor said:

 

So the positive are that the players we've spent high draft picks on and a lot of money on may not be complete garbage? We're starting Antonio Cromartie at CB for probably the next month. Where is the positive in that???

 

[TDewar1987]

I thought the offense played great after the 1st quarter. That was kind of to be expected though since Luck hasn't played a real game since November last year. Everyone got the ball, Jack Doyle scored 2 touchdowns, Dorsett had a great game. 

 

The defense on the other hand played good at the start of the second half with 2 quick 3 and outs. Other than that Detroit had their way for for the most part. Riddick burned us a lot yesterday. 

 

Despite our Defense playing like complete garbage we were still in it up until the very end.

[bababooey]

26 minutes ago, WarGhost21 said:

I felt like Doyle more than capably filled the void left by Fleener. He played phenomenally. Can't wait to see if he continues to impress!

After seeing Doyle out there I thought "COBY WHO???"

[lollygagger8]

SIO MOORE IS A BEAST!!! 

 

That dude was all over the place! Plus that hit he put on the Detroit TE, that guy was like "Mom, did I miss the bus?" 

[lollygagger8]

Oh, and 

 

 

[tikyle]

If this team can just develop some talent on defense we could really be in a good place.  We need to make not so highly drafted guys and even some UDFA guys into contributing starters.

[Archangel]

I was impressed on how the offenses played after the first quarter, IMOP the Colts need to play a up tempo style of game from the beginning it gets the players involved in the game, Even though I like gore I would rather see Ferguson in their a little more often he can get you a few more yards from what I can see, Gore is more of a punishing kinda of back. The O-line had a shakey start but did settle down which was good considering mewhort is still mending. Center is a rookie RG this is his first year and he handled Nagata pretty good Reitz was good at RT, The one that concern me is LT a lot of money went his way for him to get pushed around like he did yesterday Also believe they do need to stay with the run block a little longer for gore.. The colts started to run a 3 WR Combo which became a good threat need to keep working on it, the lions were playing 8 in a box and luck was biting on it. As for the defense not much can be said they looked tired at the end out of control at times no containment on the edges, no pass rushing. And probably should of paid freeman for one more year to help the LB corp because to be honest the LB corp were totally undisciplined allowing the RB to run free, Now saying that the upside is in a couple of weeks the colts should get back Anderson and Arthur Jones and hope they can keep their DB and Safeties healthy.