WOW Nobody seem to see us winning this Sunday.

[HOF19]

Sporting News , ESPN, The entire CBS staff...… The entire USA Today staff ….. all picking the Skins to win. Are we being written off already ????????? ( As in it is a wait until next year as far as the national NFL Media is concerned ).

[#12.]

Are you picking the Colts?

[compuls1v3]

I'm picking the Colts, because I'm a fan.  I'm not betting money on them though.

[HOF19]

1 minute ago, #12. said:

Are you picking the Colts?

The Colts could be losing by 35 points in the 4th Quarter and AS ALWAYS I would still pick them to win .

[CamMo]

It’s an away game for a very young team that gave away 24 unanswered points last week. There are a lot of reasons the Colts aren’t favorites this week. I don’t think we are being “written off.” Just more people to prove wrong while overcoming the odds 

[jskinnz]

1 minute ago, HOF19 said:

The Colts could be losing by 35 points in the 4th Quarter and AS ALWAYS I would still pick them to win .

Yeah, that is just fan boy stuff.

 

Gun to head and without your blue colored glasses - who do you think will win?

[HOF19]

I will say this our present level of play by the defense in the 4th quarter does not bode well  ( if it does not improve )

[1959Colts]

Perhaps Washington is the "sucker bet" ?

[Boiler_Colt]

You can be a fan and still think we're going to lose. I'd pick the Redskins too.

[Coffeedrinker]

1 minute ago, jskinnz said:

Yeah, that is just fan boy stuff.

 

Gun to head and without your blue colored glasses - who do you think will win?

Well, hopefully nobody puts a gun to my head about it because then I'd have to get my gun and... well it could get messy and then I'd probably miss the Colts game.

 

personally though I am picking the Colts to win this game.  While Kerrigan is better than anyone on the Bengals line, I think overall the Bengals from 7 is better than the Redskins front 7.  I also don't think Washington has any receivers that are going to challenge the safeties which means Geathers can spend more time supporting the run defense.

 

Peterson and Thompson were responsible for 70% of Washington's yards.  Because they are the two best weapons.

There are a bunch of other reasons that, unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it) I don't have time to go into now.

 

But I think the Colts will win by a 10-14 points.

[Four2itus]

21 minutes ago, jskinnz said:

Yeah, that is just fan boy stuff.

 

Gun to head and without your blue colored glasses - who do you think will win?

Colts

[LJpalmbeacher2]

FWIW colin cowherd loves the colts +6 points.

[HOF19]

2 minutes ago, LJpalmbeacher2 said:

FWIW colin cowherd loves the colts +6 points.

Cowherd might be a Colt fan. I have read more than  a few other times over the years where he picks the Colts .

[OffensivelyPC]

34 minutes ago, jskinnz said:

Yeah, that is just fan boy stuff.

 

Gun to head and without your blue colored glasses - who do you think will win?

[dodsworth]

16 minutes ago, HOF19 said:

Cowherd might be a Colt fan. I have read more than  a few other times over the years where he picks the Colts .

He is a Luck fan.

[HOF19]

Listening to 1070 the fan via internet ( I live in NY Metro area ) and they are not sounding exactly confident either . 

[HOF19]

1070 the fan Just said They felt Colts 7-8 win team. With loss to Bengals they are dropping it to 5-6 .

[LJpalmbeacher2]

1 hour ago, HOF19 said:

Cowherd might be a Colt fan. I have read more than  a few other times over the years where he picks the Colts .

 

I would guess he's more a Luck fan than colt fan.

[jvan1973]

47 minutes ago, HOF19 said:

1070 the fan Just said They felt Colts 7-8 win team. With loss to Bengals they are dropping it to 5-6 .

So one loss equals 2 losses? Is that common core math?

[horseshoecrabs]

Hey the Ravens looked good in their opener but they struggled against the Bengals like we did and lost by 11 at the end. So you never always know for sure. 

[The Fish]

The public perception is going to be that this team sucks until they see them win more than a few random games. 

[krunk]

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[Colts_Fan12]

Cool to hell with my fantasy team

[Gocolts-Rolltide]

Welll.... we def don't match up well... our only advantage is having 12

[King Colt]

AP is saying he wants to be the best RB in NFL history. Graveyards are full of people that wanted to live long, healthy lives.

[VaAllDay757]

This will be the type of game we will win just wait

[OLD FAN MAN]

in year two of the ballard show he has put together a below average talent group this is very clear to the media

[richard pallo]

Ballard has already said he is developing this team for next year.  The talking heads know it.  There won't be many games where we will be favored.  That's for sure.  

[funktacious2]

I know it's just one game, but Washington looks pretty good, great o-line, good defensive pieces, and Alex Smith is underrated. I wouldn't certainly rule out the Colts any given Sunday with Luck, but I also would have to agree with a group of panelists picking the Skins at home.  I'm excited either way, and hope we pull off the upset.

[horseshoecrabs]

Would be nice, when we can get to the point where Luck can benefit from having some real play makers at his disposal and the defense can stop and create more turnovers. The real confidents builder will  be better production in the red zone instead of stalled drives and field goals 

[Hoose]

Fans just need to be patient with this team. No one should be shocked with an 0-5 start. The second half of the season will get better as the schedule eases and the team begins to gel. I see a 6-10 or 7-9 season as likely, 8-8 as best case scenario. But this team is going to get better and better, with 2019 the start of winning seasons again. 

So, yeah, the Skins are favorites. And should be. But this team is going to bust out in 2019. So be patient and enjoy the ride. 

[krunk]

Um excuse me was Washington in the playoffs last year or something?  I don't really understand this scaredy cat mentality in this thread. People pronouncing Ls before the game is even played. I can't buy into that type of thing.

[jameszeigler834]

Unless we run the ball better this week we will get blown out specially if that 4th quarter defense shows up so the chance of a win will depend on if the colts can run the ball with any success.

[Yoshinator]

25 minutes ago, krunk said:

Um excuse me was Washington in the playoffs last year or something?  I don't really understand this scaredy cat mentality in this thread. People pronouncing Ls before the game is even played. I can't buy into that type of thing.

This is a very poor matchup for the Colts. I don't believe we are going to lose every game or anything, but they just match up extremely well vs us. Alex Smith is a lot like Russell Wilson in he's mobile and accurate, but with a better O-Line. They have Peterson, who seems to have a year left in him (all he needs is one more game at this point to affect us), Reed and Thompson are healthy and mismatches against us in the passing game. We have no running game and they have a top D-Line. It's in Washington. We also have very little pass rush.

 

Like I said before, Luck will have to carry the team again, except we're against a much bigger mismatch at QB than Dalton. They shut David Johnson down, we aren't running the ball. This match is a trap game for uninformed Colt football fans who are optimistic, and it will be very difficult come Sunday.

[krunk]

22 minutes ago, Jared Cisneros said:

This is a very poor matchup for the Colts. I don't believe we are going to lose every game or anything, but they just match up extremely well vs us. Alex Smith is a lot like Russell Wilson in he's mobile and accurate, but with a better O-Line. They have Peterson, who seems to have a year left in him (all he needs is one more game at this point to affect us), Reed and Thompson are healthy and mismatches against us in the passing game. We have no running game and they have a top D-Line. It's in Washington. We also have very little pass rush.

 

Like I said before, Luck will have to carry the team again, except we're against a much bigger mismatch at QB than Dalton. They shut David Johnson down, we aren't running the ball. This match is a trap game for uninformed Colt football fans who are optimistic, and it will be very difficult come Sunday.

They didn't shut Johnson and Arizonas run game down.   Arizona had like 90 yards on them by the 2nd quarter.  That team is about in the same realm as Cincy probably less.   Grass always looks greener from TV.

[Yoshinator]

2 minutes ago, krunk said:

They didn't shut Johnson and Arizonas run game down.   Arizona had like 90 yards on them by the 2nd quarter.  That team is about in the same realm as Cincy.   Grass always looks greener from TV.

http://www.nfl.com/teams/statistics?team=ari

 

Arizona had 68 rush yards the whole game vs Washington. David Johnson had 9 carries for 37 yards and a td. He did nothing besides a td. Bradford got shut down as well for 153 yds no tds and 1 INT. They completely shut Arizona down, no idea what you are thinking on this one.

[krunk]

4 minutes ago, Jared Cisneros said:

http://www.nfl.com/teams/statistics?team=ari

 

Arizona had 68 rush yards the whole game vs Washington. David Johnson had 9 carries for 37 yards and a td. He did nothing besides a td. Bradford got shut down as well for 153 yds no tds and 1 INT. They completely shut Arizona down, no idea what you are thinking on this one.

Who exactly Sam Bradford?  You act like Bradford is something close to good.

There offense is terrible. 

[Yoshinator]

1 minute ago, krunk said:

Who exactly Sam Bradford?  You act like Bradford is something close to good.

There offense is terrible. 

David Johnson is terrible? Larry Fitzgerald is terrible? I don't think so. Bradford isn't great or anything, but they abused him. Also kinda funny how you just ignored the running stats after I pointed them out to you. If David Johnson can't run on the Redskins, what chance does Mack, Wilkins and Hines have?

[VaAllDay757]

33 minutes ago, Jared Cisneros said:

This is a very poor matchup for the Colts. I don't believe we are going to lose every game or anything, but they just match up extremely well vs us. Alex Smith is a lot like Russell Wilson in he's mobile and accurate, but with a better O-Line. They have Peterson, who seems to have a year left in him (all he needs is one more game at this point to affect us), Reed and Thompson are healthy and mismatches against us in the passing game. We have no running game and they have a top D-Line. It's in Washington. We also have very little pass rush.

 

Like I said before, Luck will have to carry the team again, except we're against a much bigger mismatch at QB than Dalton. They shut David Johnson down, we aren't running the ball. This match is a trap game for uninformed Colt football fans who are optimistic, and it will be very difficult come Sunday.

What?????? This is why I can't ya'll serious about football....smith is nothing like wilson....smith is on the wrong side of 30 he's not that mobile and he's only accurate on short passes

[krunk]

14 minutes ago, Jared Cisneros said:

http://www.nfl.com/teams/statistics?team=ari

 

Arizona had 68 rush yards the whole game vs Washington. David Johnson had 9 carries for 37 yards and a td. He did nothing besides a td. Bradford got shut down as well for 153 yds no tds and 1 INT. They completely shut Arizona down, no idea what you are thinking on this one.

You do realize Johnson only had 9 attempts and he averaged 4.1 with those attempts. He didn't get shut down. He was making nice runs right up the gut when I was watching portions of that game.  Probably would have gotten more if the offense wasn't crappy.    I was off on the numbers, but I remember the announcer making that statement during the game.  And Edmonds the other back averaged 6.1 with his carries.