Nick Foles will start vs Colts

[CR91]

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/09/28/bears-announce-nick-foles-is-starting-qb/

 

A repeat of last year would be great.

[chad72]

Colts typically have issues with guys that throw on the run and have mobility more than statuesque guys like Foles. So that bodes well for us.

[PrincetonTiger]

FR knowing so much about him is a good thing

[shakedownstreet]

I pity the Foles who think he's the answer at QB

[PrincetonTiger]

5 minutes ago, shakedownstreet said:

I pity the Foles who think he's the answer at QB

[IinD]

1 minute ago, shakedownstreet said:

I pity the Foles who think he's the answer at QB

 

[Dogg63]

 

[shakedownstreet]

1 minute ago, Dogg63 said:

 

 

You have to wonder what the coaching staff would told Brissett had they ended up with Foles

[Myles]

Based off of their career stats, it's hard to choose who I'd rather the Colts face.

 

Pass completions

Foles - 61.8%

Trubs - 63.1%

 

TD's/INT's

Foles - 74/36

Trubs - 54/32

 

Rating

Foles - 88.3

Trubs - 85.9

 

Win/loss

Foles - 26/22

Trubs - 26-18

 

 

[shakedownstreet]

1 minute ago, Myles said:

Based off of their career stats, it's hard to choose who I'd rather the Colts face.

 

Pass completions

Foles - 61.8%

Trubs - 63.1%

 

TD's/INT's

Foles - 74/36

Trubs - 54/32

 

Rating

Foles - 88.3

Trubs - 85.9

 

Win/loss

Foles - 226/22

Trubs - 26-18

 

 

 

I think Trubisky can move around much better in the pocket and having him out against Foles favors Indy

[CheezyColt]

4 minutes ago, Myles said:

Based off of their career stats, it's hard to choose who I'd rather the Colts face.

 

Pass completions

Foles - 61.8%

Trubs - 63.1%

 

TD's/INT's

Foles - 74/36

Trubs - 54/32

 

Rating

Foles - 88.3

Trubs - 85.9

 

Win/loss

Foles - 226/22

Trubs - 26-18

 

 

Damn... Foles is a freakin winner.

[RollerColt]

6 minutes ago, Myles said:

Based off of their career stats, it's hard to choose who I'd rather the Colts face.

 

Pass completions

Foles - 61.8%

Trubs - 63.1%

 

TD's/INT's

Foles - 74/36

Trubs - 54/32

 

Rating

Foles - 88.3

Trubs - 85.9

 

Win/loss

Foles - 226/22

Trubs - 26-18

 

 

The Win/Loss stat I see for Foles is 30/24 as a starter...

[csmopar]

9 minutes ago, Myles said:

Based off of their career stats, it's hard to choose who I'd rather the Colts face.

 

Pass completions

Foles - 61.8%

Trubs - 63.1%

 

TD's/INT's

Foles - 74/36

Trubs - 54/32

 

Rating

Foles - 88.3

Trubs - 85.9

 

Win/loss

Foles - 226/22

Trubs - 26-18

 

 

I bet 150-180 of those wins are with him riding the pine 

Did Trubs get hurt or is this a performance type switch up?

[Myles]

5 minutes ago, RollerColt said:

The Win/Loss stat I see for Foles is 30/24 as a starter...

I was using the pro football reference which is usually pretty accurate.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FoleNi00.htm

9 minutes ago, CheezyColt said:

Damn... Foles is a freakin winner.

I edited my most.  Thanks for pointing it out.   

 

[Myles]

3 minutes ago, csmopar said:

I bet 150-180 of those wins are with him riding the pine 

Did Trubs get hurt or is this a performance type switch up?

It was to spark the team yesterday, but since it worked they are sticking with Foles for at least this week.

[JediXMan]

Foles is more of a statue and the Colts did good against him last year.

[shakedownstreet]

2 minutes ago, Myles said:

I was using the pro football reference which is usually pretty accurate.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FoleNi00.htm

 

PFR is typically one of the best reference sites

[Myles]

12 minutes ago, shakedownstreet said:

 

I think Trubisky can move around much better in the pocket and having him out against Foles favors Indy

I found their sack % opposite of what I thought I would see:

Foles - 5.3%

Trubs - 6.8%

[Lancer1]

Let's see if the defense can record a safety in the 3rd straight game!

[shakedownstreet]

1 minute ago, Lancer1 said:

Let's see if the defense can record a safety in the 3rd straight game!

 

 

 Could happen, but teams don't just score safeties 3 weeks straight. It was extremely exciting to see number one versus the Vikings. It was just flat out crazy to see it happen again this week.

 

I'll bet your bank account versus mine it doesn't happen again 

[shakedownstreet]

Seeing a team get a safety 3 weeks consecutively is about as likely as a an NFL one point play (yes it's possible but has never happened) 

[Lancer1]

4 minutes ago, shakedownstreet said:

Seeing a team get a safety 3 weeks consecutively is about as likely as a an NFL one point play (yes it's possible but has never happened) 

The "extra point" kicks after touchdowns?

[Myles]

8 minutes ago, shakedownstreet said:

Seeing a team get a safety 3 weeks consecutively is about as likely as a an NFL one point play (yes it's possible but has never happened) 

A little-noticed aspect of the NFL’s new extra point rule is that we could see, for the first time in league history, a one-point safety.

If the defense gets the ball in the field of play on a conversion attemp, and then a defensive player takes the ball into his own end zone and is tackled, the result will be a one-point safety: The offensive team will get one point. That has never happened before in NFL history.

It had never happened before because it was virtually impossible: In the past, any time the defense took possession of the ball on a point-after attempt (either a one-point kick or a two-point conversion), the play was blown dead. A one-point safety was theoretically possible before, but it would have happened only if the defensive team had illegally batted a fumbled ball in the end zone.

One-point safeties have happened in college football, most notably in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl, when Kansas State blocked an Oregon extra point and a Kansas State player picked up the ball and ran it into his own end zone. The college rule that gives the defense the opportunity to score two points by returning an interception, fumble or blocked kick to the opposite end zone means that defensive teams that take possession of the ball will try to run it back for a score, and sometimes those players end up getting tackled after backtracking into their own end zones.

With that rule now in place in the NFL, it will happen in the NFL eventually as well: Some defensive player is going to reverse field, get caught in his own end zone, and give up the first one-point safety in NFL history.

 

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/22/nfl-may-see-its-first-one-point-safety/#:~:text=If the defense gets the,happened before in NFL history.

[shakedownstreet]

1 minute ago, Lancer1 said:

The "extra point" kicks after touchdowns?

 

Yeah. It's something like the opposing team has to recover the ball, then retreat to the endzone where they get tackled

[Myles]

12 minutes ago, Myles said:

A little-noticed aspect of the NFL’s new extra point rule is that we could see, for the first time in league history, a one-point safety.

If the defense gets the ball in the field of play on a conversion attemp, and then a defensive player takes the ball into his own end zone and is tackled, the result will be a one-point safety: The offensive team will get one point. That has never happened before in NFL history.

It had never happened before because it was virtually impossible: In the past, any time the defense took possession of the ball on a point-after attempt (either a one-point kick or a two-point conversion), the play was blown dead. A one-point safety was theoretically possible before, but it would have happened only if the defensive team had illegally batted a fumbled ball in the end zone.

One-point safeties have happened in college football, most notably in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl, when Kansas State blocked an Oregon extra point and a Kansas State player picked up the ball and ran it into his own end zone. The college rule that gives the defense the opportunity to score two points by returning an interception, fumble or blocked kick to the opposite end zone means that defensive teams that take possession of the ball will try to run it back for a score, and sometimes those players end up getting tackled after backtracking into their own end zones.

With that rule now in place in the NFL, it will happen in the NFL eventually as well: Some defensive player is going to reverse field, get caught in his own end zone, and give up the first one-point safety in NFL history.

 

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/22/nfl-may-see-its-first-one-point-safety/#:~:text=If the defense gets the,happened before in NFL history.

I'm still a bit confused by this.  It sounds like if there is a fumble on a 2 point conversion and the defense grabs it in the endzone and doesn't get out of the endzone it would be a 1 point safety.  Wouldn't it be a touchback?

[shakedownstreet]

8 minutes ago, Myles said:

I'm still a bit confused by this.  It sounds like if there is a fumble on a 2 point conversion and the defense grabs it in the endzone and doesn't get out of the endzone it would be a 1 point safety.  Wouldn't it be a touchback?

 

Yes but in that scenario it's only a one point play

[MB-ColtsFan]

9 minutes ago, Myles said:

I'm still a bit confused by this.  It sounds like if there is a fumble on a 2 point conversion and the defense grabs it in the endzone and doesn't get out of the endzone it would be a 1 point safety.  Wouldn't it be a touchback?

Yes, that would be a touchback. What the article is stating is that if the defensive player picks up the ball in the Endzone goes into the field of play, then retreats back into the end zone and his tackled, that is considered a safety.

[Moosejawcolt]

1 hour ago, chad72 said:

Colts typically have issues with guys that throw on the run and have mobility more than statuesque guys like Foles. So that bodes well for us.

Actually, I thought quite the opposite 

[Myles]

4 minutes ago, MB-ColtsFan said:

Yes, that would be a touchback. What the article is stating is that if the defensive player picks up the ball in the Endzone goes into the field of play, then retreats back into the end zone and his tackled, that is considered a safety.

That makes sense.  I guess.

[lennymoore24]

I hate to see that.  IMHO Nick Foles is a MUCH better QB than Mitch.  He can be deadly accurate.  So I think this makes a much tougher win.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

1 hour ago, shakedownstreet said:

 

You have to wonder what the coaching staff would told Brissett had they ended up with Foles

From what I read Foles would of been in competition with Brissett. He wouldn’t of been handed the job like Rivers.

[DougDew]

This is concerning.  I've always thought Foles was a pretty good QB, probably more so than most.  Not a franchise guy who can carry a team, but solid QB who can win games with a decent team around him.

[DougDew]

1 hour ago, Myles said:

I found their sack % opposite of what I thought I would see:

Foles - 5.3%

Trubs - 6.8%

Its because Foles knows where to throw the ball, and does so, while Trubs is still looking.

[Smonroe]

My prediction.  Foles gets injured in the first Q.  Trubisky comes off the bench and looks like Joe Montana incarnate.

[Myles]

11 minutes ago, Chloe6124 said:

From what I read Foles would of been in competition with Brissett. He wouldn’t of been handed the job like Rivers.

That would have stunk.  Rivers is who I wanted and am glad we went that direction.   Good bridge.   I don't really think he makes the team a Superbowl threat, but if we can get to the playoffs, anything can happen.  Best case is that he stays next season as well and we make sure the QB of the future is on the roster.  

[shakedownstreet]

9 minutes ago, Myles said:

That would have stunk.  Rivers is who I wanted and am glad we went that direction.   Good bridge.   I don't really think he makes the team a Superbowl threat, but if we can get to the playoffs, anything can happen.  Best case is that he stays next season as well and we make sure the QB of the future is on the roster.  

**** that. Colts win the SB this season

[bestQBever]

1 hour ago, shakedownstreet said:

Seeing a team get a safety 3 weeks consecutively is about as likely as a an NFL one point play (yes it's possible but has never happened) 

please educate me as to how a 1 point play is possible other than an XP?

[PrincetonTiger]

2 hours ago, Dogg63 said:

 

[shakedownstreet]

12 minutes ago, bestQBever said:

please educate me as to how a 1 point play is possible other than an XP?

The Colts kick the ball for a PAT. The defensive team recovers the ball within the field of play and run back into the endzone and are tackled by the Colts in the endzone. 1 point play

[PuntersArePeopleToo]

2 hours ago, shakedownstreet said:

 

 

 Could happen, but teams don't just score safeties 3 weeks straight. It was extremely exciting to see number one versus the Vikings. It was just flat out crazy to see it happen again this week.

 

I'll bet your bank account versus mine it doesn't happen again 

There is that small chance, mostly cuz of Rigo punting and the guys who get downfield to down it. It does make it more possible