A sobering statistic

[zibby43]

 

(Narrator: It held) 

 

Colts allowed Wilson to achieve the second-highest passer rating of his entire career.  

Big plays, high percentage/efficiency - the Colts’ D allowed a bit of everything.

 

[EastStreet]

I'll add....

 

Current NFL Ranks

Passer Rating allowed - 32nd, dead last at 152.3

Completion Rate allowed - 32nd, dead last at 78.3

Passing AVG allowed - 30th at 11.0

Rushing AVG allowed - 29th at 5.2

Defense Efficiency - 29th

 

Note - one game, two teams are not included. Assuming neither will beat our bad.

 

stinky poo poo defense

[Shadow_Creek]

whelp that concludes our 4th preseason game now next week we start week 1 and do this for reals lol 

[AwesomeAustin]

At least it was Russel Wilson and not that mullet guy.  

[open window]

Fortunately, it’s just one game against a great QB and a great set of receivers.

[JediXMan]

Meh we made much much worse QBs look elite. Wilson is a future HOFer and one of the best QBs in the NFL.

[zibby43]

2 minutes ago, open window said:

Fortunately, it’s just one game against a great QB and a great set of receivers.

I agree, but this was supposed to be a great defense that carried over the vast majority of its personnel.  
 

Great defenses would ideally keep a very good QB from a career day in week 1.  

[open window]

I won’t make excuses, they were pathetic. We’ll know more in a few weeks.

[IinD]

We're good with these type records unfortunately over the years.

 

Off the top of my head I remember Brees, Brandon Marshall and Maurice Jones Drew, and some scrub RB on the Texans years ago having career days on us.

 

Granted we were talking QB's, but we've seen over the years when the Colts are bad, they can be REALLY bad... Lol

[stitches]

48 minutes ago, open window said:

Fortunately, it’s just one game against a great QB and a great set of receivers.

On the flip side - unfortunately, this is what we are going to meet in the playoffs... if we make the playoffs. 

[lollygagger8]

I do think the Seahawks are better than anticipated, but the Colts are worse than anticipated. 

 

Hope they get it turned around sooner than later. 

[coltsfeva]

Does anybody remember how bad we were, against the run, in 2006? How’d that turn out?

[gspdx]

7 hours ago, zibby43 said:

I agree, but this was supposed to be a great defense that carried over the vast majority of its personnel.  
 

Great defenses would ideally keep a very good QB from a career day in week 1.  

 

I don't know if that is true.  I don't know if I have heard people say this was supposed to be a great defense.  Lots of question marks for edge rushers and many folks disagreed with not keeping Houston or Autry (or both).  I have also heard grumblings about the linebackers and of course the thin secondary.  

 

Now there has been some excitement out the potential of the defense, but when you are starting a rookie and are counting on him being your best edge rusher I think most would expect some time before the defense is great.

 

That doesn't mean they weren't bad overall.  But did you think this was supposed to be a great defense?

[MPStack]

1 hour ago, coltsfeva said:

Does anybody remember how bad we were, against the run, in 2006? How’d that turn out?

So, we are going to the SB.

 

[Colt.45]

1 hour ago, lollygagger8 said:

I do think the Seahawks are better than anticipated, but the Colts are worse than anticipated. 

 

Hope they get it turned around sooner than later. 

 

The Seahawks won a playoff game last year, after finishing 12-4 in that killer division (which they won), they have a super coach and a HoF QB still in his prime. They're exactly as anticipated.

The Colts however were worse than they'll be at any time this season. When you have the injury-filled offseason we had, the players missing practice because of fears of the needle, and a new QB suffering minor trauma from 2020, you're going to get a crappy product.

That game unfolded exactly as it should have.

 

Now, we have to brace our minds for Los Angeles, that may be a worse beating even if we 'play better'. I don't think they're going to hold the brakes when they're up multiple scores, like Seattle did. We're going to have to eat that beating then come out smoking in week 3.

[NannyMcafee]

At least we didn't get blown out by a lesser QB vs AZ. 

[Dingus McGirt]

10 hours ago, EastStreet said:

I'll add....

 

Current NFL Ranks

Passer Rating allowed - 32nd, dead last at 152.3

Completion Rate allowed - 32nd, dead last at 78.3

Passing AVG allowed - 30th at 11.0

Rushing AVG allowed - 29th at 5.2

Defense Efficiency - 29th

 

Note - one game, two teams are not included. Assuming neither will beat our bad.

 

stinky poo poo defense

Stinky poo poo....LOL

[The Fish]

Given that they made Garden Minshew look like Russel Wilson in week one last year- we're just going to have to be patient and see what happens. I can look at the schedule and get pretty concerned that this season is going to be a total wash (as of now, the Colts can be predicted to beat the Jags and Texans!), but they have to play this thing out, and injuries are going to change this landscape as we go.

[JediXMan]

After week one Texans have the best defense statistically in the AFC South. 

[Two_pound]

Yep, there have been lots of mediocre and downright bad qb's we have made look like probowlers over the last 30 years or more this is nothing. This is history repeating itself over and over and over. The real problem is WHY? Remember when we lost to the jets in Darnolds rookie season. One of the most pathetic displays of defensive strategy in the history of the nfl. Then last year we tried it again against rookie Burrow of the Bengals and we needed a miracle interception to save the game. These are not the same coaches over these past 30 years, it's different coaching staffs employing the same useless vanilla strategy at critical moments in a game, yielding the same results. In the past 48 seasons we have played good pass defense 4 times,87,95,05,and maybe you can count18. That's it folks. Many gm's and coaches have employed over these past 48 years and none of them have been very successful finding players or schemes that work. I don't know why!!!

[coltsfan_canada]

10 hours ago, stitches said:

On the flip side - unfortunately, this is what we are going to meet in the playoffs... if we make the playoffs. 

[CanuckColt]

3 hours ago, MPStack said:

So, we are going to the SB.

 

Only if we purchase tickets.

[LJpalmbeacher2]

Average to good QB's having Big games against the colts is nothing new.

[EastStreet]

3 hours ago, Dingus McGirt said:

Stinky poo poo....LOL

That's my PG13 description 

[EastStreet]

11 hours ago, JediXMan said:

Meh we made much much worse QBs look elite. Wilson is a future HOFer and one of the best QBs in the NFL.

 

Minshew did have his career high passer rating vs the Colts.... It was just a tick under Wilson's..... 142.3

[Superman]

Big stat to mention, the Seahawks went play action on 41% of their passing attempts, and sliced us up. I'd like to see the Colts try that one of these days. Just see what happens. Come on, Reich. 

[Dingus McGirt]

2 hours ago, EastStreet said:

That's my PG13 description 

As it should be, sir!

[Numba1Colt]

14 hours ago, coltsfeva said:

Does anybody remember how bad we were, against the run, in 2006? How’d that turn out?

 

is blackmon going to turn into bob sanders near the end of the season?

 

who takes the place of freeney and mathis? 

 

answers 

[coltsfeva]

13 hours ago, Numba1Colt said:

 

is blackmon going to turn into bob sanders near the end of the season?

 

who takes the place of freeney and mathis? 

 

answers 

 As good as Bob was, he missed a lot of games.

  I could see Blackman missing less time in his career and being as productive, when he’s in there.

  As far as Freeney and Mathis; those are pretty big shoes to fill. But getting Turay and Dayo back could make a difference.

   The point is, the same players (less Sanders) gave up those yards. The tendency of fans is to get rid of the players, based on a single performance instead of getting them to just play better.