Thoughts after game.

[Dark Superman]

I feel like 90% of our defensive starters would be backups on most teams..

[Stephen]

20 hours ago, Shafty138 said:

Apparently Davis injured his groin.......  hope it's nothing serious......  

Yea because if it is his wife will be disappointed lol

[a06cc]

45 minutes ago, Colt-King 24 said:

I feel like 90% of our defensive starters would be backups on most teams..

They were if you look at the roster lol

[RomanianColtsFan]

I thought Steelers moved the ball too easily against our first D on the first 2 series, and if it wasn't for the turnover they would have scored. You can't always count on turnovers. There were some good individual performances like Farley and Hairston (love his tackling). 

Obviously the offense looked much better with Moncrief, Dorsett and Gore playing. The OL was better but still too many QB hits allowed. 

Morris should definitely be the starter in Luck's absence. There is something about him that makes him look like a real QB, like how he always seems to be in control, sets his protection, makes it look easy, seems unflappable under pressure.

[Superman]

5 hours ago, JMichael557 said:

We just have to disagree.  He did not attack down field and moved poorly in the pocket. 

 

He had passes that traveled 19, 19, 23, 53 and 36 yards in the air, and was 5/6 on those attempts. 

[Tmoney]

4 hours ago, RomanianColtsFan said:

I thought Steelers moved the ball too easily against our first D on the first 2 series, and if it wasn't for the turnover they would have scored. You can't always count on turnovers. There were some good individual performances like Farley and Hairston (love his tackling). 

Obviously the offense looked much better with Moncrief, Dorsett and Gore playing. The OL was better but still too many QB hits allowed. 

Morris should definitely be the starter in Luck's absence. There is something about him that makes him look like a real QB, like how he always seems to be in control, sets his protection, makes it look easy, seems unflappable under pressure.

We got that turnover on the 3rd or 4th play on the 1st drive. Ball was at the 50. Everything else you said I agree tho

[Tmoney]

14 hours ago, Coltscrazy said:

I heard the first half on the radio, and it sounded like the OL did a real good job run blocking.  Gore was getting some big runs.  On pass blocking, the announcers were saying Tolzien was getting hit  after most throws.  No jail breaks, but quite a bit of pressure.  I know Good played RG, and did a good job.  I'm really glad to see him bounce back.  Who played RT?  Also, it seems Bond had another solid game at center.  He could already be better than Blythe.

 

Hairston sure can play the run.  He made quite a few plays in a row that forced the Steelers to punt.  Simon and Farley were definately stand out players.  I guess Farley was know as a playmaker at Notre Dame, so I'm not really that surprised.  I loved the clean low penalty first half.  The Steelers were getting eaten alive with penalties.  If we play clean and get takeaways, that could be a lot of fun.

Same guy who started against Dallas. Last name starts with a V. He and Denzell also flipped during the 1st team reps as well. Good to see we can have depth when healthy.

[DaveA1102]

49 minutes ago, Tmoney said:

Same guy who started against Dallas. Last name starts with a V. He and Denzell also flipped during the 1st team reps as well. Good to see we can have depth when healthy.

 

Vujnovich

[DaveA1102]

Considering the expectations I had going into the game, it was a pleasant surprise to see the level of performance we put in against a very good team and one that seems to almost always have our number.

 

Yes, the first few drives felt like groundhog day with big yardage given away and, yes, there were still issues with the same old, same old like tackling and run defense, but..........considering we were missing some of our top talent (Luck, Kelly, Geathers, Hankins, Wilson, Hooker) we matched them in a lot of areas and saw some of our depth guys step up and make themselves heard.

 

Definitely more optimistic now than I was this time last week........which means we will definitely go 0-2 again!

[RomanianColtsFan]

6 hours ago, Tmoney said:

We got that turnover on the 3rd or 4th play on the 1st drive. Ball was at the 50. Everything else you said I agree tho

 5th play, fumble, ball at Colts 33 yard line

[DaColts85]

I think there was some good takeaways from this game.  Tolzein did not play nearly as bad as many will say.  Morris looked pretty good but again got time against all backups.  Our D looked pretty good for the most part.  This being the first dress rehearsal sort-of-speak, I like what I see.  Once we get everyone out there, Hankins, Hooker, etc... we should hopefully only improve from there.  CB2 is still a concern for me because who ever it is will consistently be attacked all year.  If Wilson gets time then he will have to grow up pretty fast.  O-line was not terrible but I hope they solidify a little more because Luck likes to hold the ball a little longer than ST and Morris and that means he will be getting hit.

 

I would say we beat the Rams in LA with Tolzein at QB and our D showing up against the Rams offense.  Goff has looked pretty bad so lets get pressure on him.