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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Quick question based on the above:
Ken pointed out in his analysis that the Colts now have Arthur (Chandler's brother), who didn't play the last time against us. Ken pointed out that he is a big body that the Colts D needed a lot, and alluded elsewhere that the Colts D has improved significantly over the last five games.
Thoughts?
thanks!
I would agree on 8-8 with Hasselbeck, but I'd venture that all the other playoff teams wouldn't be much if any better than 8-8 with Hasselbeck.The Colts are basically in need of improvement in the trenches. They either have inexperienced players or very average veterans on both lines. Their skill players on offense are terrific, especially with the addition of Herron who looked excellent against a good Broncos front seven. Hakeem Nicks has stepped up for them at receiver.
Without Luck, the Colts are a .500 or so team with Hasselback or any of the QBs in the AFC East other than Brady, any of the NFC East QBs, etc. Luck is special. Give him the Cowboys' offensive line and his skill players, and they'd be frightening.
Colts had a better season than the Ravens and a better weekend too. Not sure how giving up 35 points (none off turnovers) to a team that didn't even pretend to run makes them a complete team. They simply cannot defend the pass.2) If not the Colts, who? Great question. The Broncos are so Manning-centric, they wouldn't be the #2 team in the AFC right now and even with a healthy Manning they were a paper tiger. The Ravens looked pretty complete on Saturday. I'd rank the AFC: Patriots, Ravens, Colts, Broncos, Bengals, Steelers, Dolphins, Chargers.
The Bills of 15 will be worse than the Bills of 14.The Buffalo Bills of 2015 with Rex could be a beast. Put a good quarterback in there with their running backs, receivers and that defense and it will be a dog fight.
They can and will win without a running attack IF they protect Brady.Yup. It would not surprise me at all to see this game become a 60-minute struggle just like vs. Baltimore. The Pats offense NEEDS a running attack in this game.
Ware is useless at this point. Miller does not rush all the time. Denver had little pass rush against us either, yet some teams give us trouble. We seem to like bringing A gap blitzes against Luck.If Ware and Miller couldn't get pressure on Luck then I don't know what to expect for our guys
I'm trusting Bill will put together a defense for 4 QUARTERS that helps us win the game
We will have to disagree. With an average QB the Colts would be an average team IMO, and would make that average QB look better than average due to the weapons he would have.I think they would be a bad football team without Andrew luck. So if hasselbeck was the QB. They would be a 4 or 5 win team. I think the Colts and Patriots deserve to be in the final 2 because they won there games and are undefeated in the post season
The colts have no business being in this game.
All I'm going to say is that the colts would be a 5 win team without luck. The dude is that good.
Edit, this is like elway with the Broncos. The colts have no business being in this game. God bless them if they win this game and the Super Bowl. There here because of One guy
Quick question based on the above:
Ken pointed out in his analysis that the Colts now have Arthur (Chandler's brother), who didn't play the last time against us. Ken pointed out that he is a big body that the Colts D needed a lot, and alluded elsewhere that the Colts D has improved significantly over the last five games.
Thoughts?
thanks!
I think you're either misreading what my point is, or trying to manufacture disrespect where there isn't any. Of course they earned their way here. But the entire point of this thread is to dissect the matchup and talk about strengths and weaknesses and predictions. The Pats happened to match up poorly against the Ravens, with their strong front 7 and good run game. The game this week proved those concerns to be valid, with Forsett gashing them early and Brady getting hit repeatedly in the first half. This week, my opinion is the Pats match up very well against the Colts, whose strengths (dominant QB who's prone to mistakes; very good secondary) and weaknesses (front 7 not too stout, not a great run game) align very well with the Patriots.
This isn't disrespect. This is analysis. Well, amateur analysis at least
He is a back up. No reason to cut a back up because he isn't active every game. He will be able to compete for a bigger role next year.Wonder if Jonas Gray will get to play. He seems to have dug himself deep into the dog house. Can't imagine he's back next year if he doesn't even play this week.
All I'm going to say is that the colts would be a 5 win team without luck. The dude is that good.
Edit, this is like elway with the Broncos. The colts have no business being in this game. God bless them if they win this game and the Super Bowl. There here because of One guy
I disagree heavily that this is the last team the Patriots wanted to play. In fact, I think this is the ideal match up for you guys.
Wait, I thought all those hand gestures and OMAHAs meant that Manning could read the defense and audible into a play that works.It appeared that the Colts anticipated the Broncos passing scheme and routes very well. Not only did Manning look worn out, but the entire Denver offense looked predictable. It is difficult to sort out how much of that is on Denver and how much of it is good defense by the Colts.
The Bills of 15 will be worse than the Bills of 14.
Hiring a bufoon for a coach doesn't make you better.
And I already said that I got the Pats' defense vs. the Ravens' offense wrong. I admitted that yesterday. But everyone were saying that if the Pats lose it will because the o-line got Brady killed. I said the Pats would score over 30 points on their defense. I predicted a 31-20 score. I was right on the Pats' side. Wrong on the Ravens' side. Everyone who disagreed with me predicted a low scoring affair.
So you and the rest were not right either. It was a close game, but no one predicted it would be a shoot out with both defenses struggling.
Hasn't he only gotten like 2 carries since that colts game? I've heard rumors he was causing trouble. Perhaps he wouldn't be on the team if that were the case. Who knows...He is a back up. No reason to cut a back up because he isn't active every game. He will be able to compete for a bigger role next year.
He may be active this week. He is in one of those spots that is rotational based on game plan. Do we need an extra RB (esp when we have Bolden who will always be active for sts) or a LB, DB, DL, etc?
He's had 20 carries over four games since then.Hasn't he only gotten like 2 carries since that colts game? I've heard rumors he was causing trouble. Perhaps he wouldn't be on the team if that were the case. Who knows...