The COLTS Road BACK To The Superbowl Starts Sunday!!

[Crazy Levi]

Why are COLTS and BACK capitalized?

[bane]

They won't win a thing with those two little RBs Hart and Brown. They need a power back.

Have they ever had a real power back?

[SkyDog112046]

Why are COLTS and BACK capitalized?

Because P13 envisions COLTS players on their BACKs while he sucks them off.

[SkyDog112046]

Indy is not an elite team. I don't think there are any elite teams this season. Indy is beatable. A physical team with a power runner and a hard hitting defense is an unfavorable matchup for them. I don't know why more teams don't expose their offensive line and go after Manning. Knock him down enough and he gets rattled.

I'd say that's a fair statement. Indy isn't the well oiled machine they've been in the past, but nobody really is this year. Getting to Manning is easier said than done. That guy is the best there is at going through his reads quickly and getting rid of the ball. I think they're going to have a lot of trouble with the physical teams with good secondaries going forward though. They're one dimensional right now.

Pittsburgh and Baltimore are not favorable matchups for them. Especially on the road. I think NYJ is a tough matchup for them too. Hard hitting defenses and ball control offenses can neutralize the Colts. Get them out in the cold and on grass and they lose a little of their speed game and it gets easier to get to Manning.

[bane]

Pittsburgh and Baltimore are not favorable matchups for them. Especially on the road. I think NYJ is a tough matchup for them too. Hard hitting defenses and ball control offenses can neutralize the Colts. Get them out in the cold and on grass and they lose a little of their speed game and it gets easier to get to Manning.

That's always been the book on beating them, but I think they're more vulnerable now than they've been, mostly due to injury, but their schedule is pretty tough with a bunch of physical teams in front of them. It's a weird year. I think we're going to see a 3 yards and a cloud of dust type team come out of the AFC.

[poizond13]

Indy is not an elite team. I don't think there are any elite teams this season. Indy is beatable. A physical team with a power runner and a hard hitting defense is an unfavorable matchup for them. I don't know why more teams don't expose their offensive line and go after Manning. Knock him down enough and he gets rattled.

I'd say that's a fair statement. Indy isn't the well oiled machine they've been in the past, but nobody really is this year. Getting to Manning is easier said than done. That guy is the best there is at going through his reads quickly and getting rid of the ball. I think they're going to have a lot of trouble with the physical teams with good secondaries going forward though. They're one dimensional right now.

Pittsburgh and Baltimore are not favorable matchups for them. Especially on the road. I think NYJ is a tough matchup for them too. Hard hitting defenses and ball control offenses can neutralize the Colts. Get them out in the cold and on grass and they lose a little of their speed game and it gets easier to get to Manning.

Baltimore is not a favorable matchup for us? You might want to check the facts, boy. We've won nine straight against them, including 2 playoff victories since 2006. I believe the score in last year's divisional round was, um, 20-3!! Your lack of knowledge continues to amaze.

As for the Jets not being a good matchup, um, who did we beat again in last year's AFC Championship game? Remind me.

You clearly have not watched the Colts much, as you buy into typical stereotypes that people have labeled us with for years upon years. These dumb stereotypes are proven wrong year after year, but ignorant people like yourself will continue to rehash them because you have nothing better to say.

[poizond13]

Only a sore loser would say that that was anything less than a Spectacular performance by us last night, especially considering the circumstances of missing no less than 8 starters. You can look at the stats all you want if it makes you feel better. The bottom line is we played our game and executed our plan to a TEE. That was Colts football the way it was meant to be played. We got out to a lead and FORCED you to throw the ball. Our offense was efficient and precise. Our Defense generated a consistent pass rush and got a touchdown off an interception. The run game was held in check. From start to finish, the outcome was never in doubt. Was it perfect? No, it never is, but all things considered, we couldn't have hoped for a better game. That's a testament to the heart and the culture of this team.

I'll try and explain this to you slowly, because, obviously, you don't quite get it. The Colts were clearly better than the Texans last night. I'm not disputing that. His point, that I countered, was that he thought the Colts looked really good. I think they did what they had to do in order to win against an unprepared team with a retarded game plan that I'll never understand. If you want to call the Colts the elite team that you seem to think they are, they should have absolutely destroyed Houston in that game. The Texans were pathetic last night. Indy did enough to win. Take away that last minute fumble and it's a 6 point game. Indy was clearly in control dude, but they weren't exactly blowing the doors off the joint. I'd argue your ""We" forced you to pass thing, because, the Texans didn't run the ball at all early. That was a huge coaching mistake. In the second half, yeah, the Texans had to pass. They sure as fuck didn't when it was 0-0. I know that goes a little over your little pea brain level of intellect, but, try and digest that if you can. Regardless, Indy was better, and no, I'm not a sore loser because I don't think it's anybody's fault but the Texans. Indy didn't cheat. The refs didn't hand them the game. They won, fair, and square. How does that make me a "sore loser"? I'm not going to say that Houston would have won if they'd played like they are capable of, because I don't know how well Indy would have played under those circumstances. Maybe they step it up too. Who knows? That's just a bunch of speculative bullshit that doesn't matter. I do know that Houston could have played MUCH better than they did. That wasn't Houston's best game, but I don't think it was Indy's either. Regardless, my point was that I don't think the Colts played all that great either. They won, fair and square, but I don't think they can continue to win with that level of play against the better teams in the league that they have yet to face. Is that clear enough for you?

Indy is not an elite team. I don't think there are any elite teams this season. Indy is beatable. A physical team with a power runner and a hard hitting defense is an unfavorable matchup for them. I don't know why more teams don't expose their offensive line and go after Manning. Knock him down enough and he gets rattled.

You're an idiot. Teams don't blitz us more because that's been tried many times and has not worked for a long time. Manning will adjust to anything the defense tries. He will identify the blitz and makes sure it gets picked up. Then teams are left to get smoked, because Manning will obliterate single man coverage every time.

[poizond13]

Only a sore loser would say that that was anything less than a Spectacular performance by us last night, especially considering the circumstances of missing no less than 8 starters. You can look at the stats all you want if it makes you feel better. The bottom line is we played our game and executed our plan to a TEE. That was Colts football the way it was meant to be played. We got out to a lead and FORCED you to throw the ball. Our offense was efficient and precise. Our Defense generated a consistent pass rush and got a touchdown off an interception. The run game was held in check. From start to finish, the outcome was never in doubt. Was it perfect? No, it never is, but all things considered, we couldn't have hoped for a better game. That's a testament to the heart and the culture of this team.

I'll try and explain this to you slowly, because, obviously, you don't quite get it. The Colts were clearly better than the Texans last night. I'm not disputing that. His point, that I countered, was that he thought the Colts looked really good. I think they did what they had to do in order to win against an unprepared team with a retarded game plan that I'll never understand. If you want to call the Colts the elite team that you seem to think they are, they should have absolutely destroyed Houston in that game. The Texans were pathetic last night. Indy did enough to win. Take away that last minute fumble and it's a 6 point game. Indy was clearly in control dude, but they weren't exactly blowing the doors off the joint. I'd argue your ""We" forced you to pass thing, because, the Texans didn't run the ball at all early. That was a huge coaching mistake. In the second half, yeah, the Texans had to pass. They sure as fuck didn't when it was 0-0. I know that goes a little over your little pea brain level of intellect, but, try and digest that if you can. Regardless, Indy was better, and no, I'm not a sore loser because I don't think it's anybody's fault but the Texans. Indy didn't cheat. The refs didn't hand them the game. They won, fair, and square. How does that make me a "sore loser"? I'm not going to say that Houston would have won if they'd played like they are capable of, because I don't know how well Indy would have played under those circumstances. Maybe they step it up too. Who knows? That's just a bunch of speculative bullshit that doesn't matter. I do know that Houston could have played MUCH better than they did. That wasn't Houston's best game, but I don't think it was Indy's either. Regardless, my point was that I don't think the Colts played all that great either. They won, fair and square, but I don't think they can continue to win with that level of play against the better teams in the league that they have yet to face. Is that clear enough for you?

If you don't think that was a dominant performance by the Colts, then you weren't watching the same game I was. The game was never in question. We did exactly what we set out to do in every single game: get ahead early, and force teams to play our style of game. Houston's offense could do nothing until late in the game when we were in a soft cover 2 zone to prevent the big plays. Offensively, we were very efficient with both the run and the pass. I don't see any areas of the game where we were weak at all. Maybe you can point that out?

And you came off as a sore loser because you blamed the Texans coaching and strategy for the loss instead of just admitting the Colts played better in your initial post. You came off as a cry baby bitch. The Texans Coaches did everything they could to put their team in position to win. That's why they're the coaches and you're just a fair weather fan. Take a look at my post after the Texans won the first game, I gave full credit to the Texans for having a great game plan and executing, and admitted they played better than us, plain and simple. And I SURELY didn't give up on my team and predict that we'd lose the division. That's fucking sad.

[Luminiferous]

And I SURELY didn't give up on my team

You backed out of a Superbowl bet pertaining to YOUR Colts Greg..

[SkyDog112046]

Baltimore is not a favorable matchup for us? You might want to check the facts, boy. We've won nine straight against them, including 2 playoff victories since 2006. I believe the score in last year's divisional round was, um, 20-3!! Your lack of knowledge continues to amaze.

As for the Jets not being a good matchup, um, who did we beat again in last year's AFC Championship game? Remind me.

You clearly have not watched the Colts much, as you buy into typical stereotypes that people have labeled us with for years upon years. These dumb stereotypes are proven wrong year after year, but ignorant people like yourself will continue to rehash them because you have nothing better to say.

No dipshit, this year's Baltimore team and this year's NYJ team are not good matchups for this year's Indy team. The NFL changes considerably every year. NY improved it's defense and offense in the off season and they have had a second year under their new coach. Baltimore picked up a couple of receivers and seems to have gotten Flacco to be more careful with the ball. Indy is showing it's age in key skill positions, has injuries in other areas and has been getting spotty play from their O-line. In a year in which no teams yet appear to be elite and every decent team appears to have some glaring weaknesses there are a bunch of teams that are currently on track for the playoffs that pose significant matchup issues for the Colts. And watch out for the Titans if they get Moss motivated. He is going to open up all kinds of room for their running game.

[SkyDog112046]

You're an idiot. Teams don't blitz us more because that's been tried many times and has not worked for a long time. Manning will adjust to anything the defense tries. He will identify the blitz and makes sure it gets picked up. Then teams are left to get smoked, because Manning will obliterate single man coverage every time.

A good defense can and will get after Manning. Pittsburgh and NE have done it to them in the playoffs in the past and good defenses can still do it. Manning has been sacked 7 times this season, fumbles 3 times and lost one of them and been knocked down and hurried a bunch more times. He is vulnerable this year. Philly will most certainly go after him next game.

[poizond13]

Baltimore is not a favorable matchup for us? You might want to check the facts, boy. We've won nine straight against them, including 2 playoff victories since 2006. I believe the score in last year's divisional round was, um, 20-3!! Your lack of knowledge continues to amaze.

As for the Jets not being a good matchup, um, who did we beat again in last year's AFC Championship game? Remind me.

You clearly have not watched the Colts much, as you buy into typical stereotypes that people have labeled us with for years upon years. These dumb stereotypes are proven wrong year after year, but ignorant people like yourself will continue to rehash them because you have nothing better to say.

No dipshit, this year's Baltimore team and this year's NYJ team are not good matchups for this year's Indy team. The NFL changes considerably every year. NY improved it's defense and offense in the off season and they have had a second year under their new coach. Baltimore picked up a couple of receivers and seems to have gotten Flacco to be more careful with the ball. Indy is showing it's age in key skill positions, has injuries in other areas and has been getting spotty play from their O-line. In a year in which no teams yet appear to be elite and every decent team appears to have some glaring weaknesses there are a bunch of teams that are currently on track for the playoffs that pose significant matchup issues for the Colts. And watch out for the Titans if they get Moss motivated. He is going to open up all kinds of room for their running game.

LOL!! So we've dominated the Ravens for the past five years, yet for some reason, this year is different??? Wow. NYJ and Baltimore are virtually identical on defense compared to last year. Same schemes, same personnel for the most part. Peyton Manning has picked apart Rex Ryan's defenses for the last 5 years. That will not change just because it's a year later, and Baltimore pretty much runs the same defense as they have for the past 10 years.

And please tell me WHERE we are showing our age at skill positions? We continue to stay young on both sides of the ball. We have very few veteran players but none of them are slowing down at all.

[poizond13]

You're an idiot. Teams don't blitz us more because that's been tried many times and has not worked for a long time. Manning will adjust to anything the defense tries. He will identify the blitz and makes sure it gets picked up. Then teams are left to get smoked, because Manning will obliterate single man coverage every time.

Manning has been sacked 7 times this season, fumbles 3 times and lost one of them and been knocked down and hurried a bunch more times.

This was more true in the beginning of the year than now. Regardless, the fact that he is on pace for yet ANOTHER MVP year, what does that say about your theory of him being easily "rattled." Are you high right now, bro? Seriously.

[SkyDog112046]

LOL!! So we've dominated the Ravens for the past five years, yet for some reason, this year is different??? Wow. NYJ and Baltimore are virtually identical on defense compared to last year. Same schemes, same personnel for the most part. Peyton Manning has picked apart Rex Ryan's defenses for the last 5 years. That will not change just because it's a year later, and Baltimore pretty much runs the same defense as they have for the past 10 years.

And please tell me WHERE we are showing our age at skill positions? We continue to stay young on both sides of the ball. We have very few veteran players but none of them are slowing down at all.

What don't you understand about a team getting better the second season after getting a new system? And any defense with Ray Lewis and Ed Reed is always going to be tough.

Saturday has looked like a rusty gate at times this year and Freeney looks like he lost a step.

[poizond13]

LOL!! So we've dominated the Ravens for the past five years, yet for some reason, this year is different??? Wow. NYJ and Baltimore are virtually identical on defense compared to last year. Same schemes, same personnel for the most part. Peyton Manning has picked apart Rex Ryan's defenses for the last 5 years. That will not change just because it's a year later, and Baltimore pretty much runs the same defense as they have for the past 10 years.

And please tell me WHERE we are showing our age at skill positions? We continue to stay young on both sides of the ball. We have very few veteran players but none of them are slowing down at all.

What don't you understand about a team getting better the second season after getting a new system? And any defense with Ray Lewis and Ed Reed is always going to be tough.

Saturday has looked like a rusty gate at times this year and Freeney looks like he lost a step.

Speaking of aging, an extra year for the likes of Ray Lewis and Ed Reed likely means they're a little bit worse, not better. No reason for us to fear a team we have dominated consistently for most of the last decade.

As for Freeney having lost a step, are you fucking kidding me? Anyone who saw Monday night's game would disagree thoroughly. There's always been certain games throughout his career where his stats were not great, for the sole reason that teams game planned significantly to take him out of the game with double teams, chips, etc. That opens up the pass rush for others like Robert Mathis. And anyone who saw Monday's game can see what happens when Freeney is single blocked. He will take over a game.

I don't understand why you keep talking about the Colts when you clearly know nothing about this team.

[MurrayFiend]

WOOOOO! Colts rule!

[UtahRatt]

Dog KILLER > Colts

[WhiteHouseSubsAC]

Dog KILLER > Colts

Evidently he abuses horses too.

[SkyDog112046]

Of course Philly beat Indy. Vick has a history of beating bitches.

[WhiteHouseSubsAC]

I don't know who was more impressive, Manning and his 31/52 294 1 TD 2 INT line (65.7 rating, clearly MVP caliber) or the run defense that gave up 195 yards against the vaunted Eagle rushing attack.

[MurrayFiend]

Of course Philly beat Indy. Vick has a history of beating bitches.

Off-topic, but what happened with the Pats today? I didn't see a second of the game, curious to know your thoughts.

[WhiteHouseSubsAC]

Of course Philly beat Indy. Vick has a history of beating bitches.

Off-topic, but what happened with the Pats today? I didn't see a second of the game, curious to know your thoughts.

Peyton Hillis went off and Colt McCoy played good enough to win. The Pats weren't that good either. Perfect storm for Cleveland.

[SkyDog112046]

Of course Philly beat Indy. Vick has a history of beating bitches.

Off-topic, but what happened with the Pats today? I didn't see a second of the game, curious to know your thoughts.

Their kicker got hurt and could barely reach the 15 yard line resulting in good returns and excellent filed position for Cleveland. And TE Gronkowski single handedly cost the Patriots the game with a fumble on a kick off return(he called for a fair catch and then walked away) that resulted in a TD, another fumble near the goal line right before half when it could have been 17-14, and a bunch of drops that killed drives. One of the Patriots TDs came when Gronkowski had a ball bounce off his hands and the other TE snagged it. All the receivers except Welker seemed to have a case of the drops today. Tate had a pass hit him literally between the numbers and he dropped it. Brady was off target a few times but even some of those were catchable. It just forced NE to play from a couple of scores down all day and eventually their defense tired from being on the field so long. If I'm Belichick I would have benched Gronkowski after the screwed up kickoff. Cleveland ran the ball well and threw in some trick plays that worked but the game was still within reach until the 4th quarter.

[TawnyVonJagger]

Of course Philly beat Indy. Vick has a history of beating bitches.

Off-topic, but what happened with the Pats today? I didn't see a second of the game, curious to know your thoughts.

Peyton Hillis went off and Colt McCoy played good enough to win. The Pats weren't that good either. Perfect storm for Cleveland.

Yeah, Josh McDaniels, that was a BRILLIANT trade! Go back East, you fucktoe.

[johnk5150]

Of course Philly beat Indy. Vick has a history of beating bitches.

Every time they needed a 3rd down conversion, Vick found a way. Great, great game last night.

[AnselmosSyringe]

Where's We at? He's probably busy studying film with Peyton.

[SkyDog112046]

Where's We at? He's probably busy sucking off Peyton.

Translated.

[Tymaster]

Of course Philly beat Indy. Vick has a history of beating bitches.

Off-topic, but what happened with the Pats today? I didn't see a second of the game, curious to know your thoughts.

Their kicker got hurt and could barely reach the 15 yard line resulting in good returns and excellent filed position for Cleveland. And TE Gronkowski single handedly cost the Patriots the game with a fumble on a kick off return(he called for a fair catch and then walked away) that resulted in a TD, another fumble near the goal line right before half when it could have been 17-14, and a bunch of drops that killed drives. One of the Patriots TDs came when Gronkowski had a ball bounce off his hands and the other TE snagged it. All the receivers except Welker seemed to have a case of the drops today. Tate had a pass hit him literally between the numbers and he dropped it. Brady was off target a few times but even some of those were catchable. It just forced NE to play from a couple of scores down all day and eventually their defense tired from being on the field so long. If I'm Belichick I would have benched Gronkowski after the screwed up kickoff. Cleveland ran the ball well and threw in some trick plays that worked but the game was still within reach until the 4th quarter.

Mangini, who I still have severe reservations as head coach of "my" team, flat out, out coached his mentor. McCoy played with poise. Hillis tore up your defense. The trick plays bamboozled Bellichick. Not saying the Browns are a playoff bound team, but my prediction of "6-7" wins is starting to look like a real possibility. Rome wasn't built in a day.

[poizond13]

Tough loss, for sure, but all things considered, we're in still in great shape. Credit to Philly, they are a great team, well coached, and Vick is absolutely playing lights out. I was truly impressed by how great he played yesterday. We couldn't contain him and he made some amazing throws. Hats off to them.

Given the current situation, I thought we played well. No excuses, because a loss is a loss, but not many teams could have even been competitive given the injury situation we were faced with, on top of having to go on the road on a short week against a team coming off their bye. But again, excuses are pointless, we still could have won this game and, in fact, should have.

Having said that, we're still in great position in the division as well as the conference. If we can get healthy just a little bit, I love our chances. Five of our last 8 games are at home. However, the rest of our season really hinges on not losing any more key players to injury, and hopefully getting a lot of people back. We can't continue to sustain this kind of carnage for much longer, there's only so much talent you can lose and still compete against good teams.

[SkyDog112046]

Mangini, who I still have severe reservations as head coach of "my" team, flat out, out coached his mentor. McCoy played with poise. Hillis tore up your defense. The trick plays bamboozled Bellichick. Not saying the Browns are a playoff bound team, but my prediction of "6-7" wins is starting to look like a real possibility. Rome wasn't built in a day.

I don't think it was a matter of being out-coached. Belichick had them prepared for that trick play and Mayo missed it. Gronkowski had one fucking brain fart after another all day. The screwed up kickoff was entirely his fault and that gave Cleveland 7 points. The Pats came back and scored making it 10-7, and that score was on a ball that Gronkowski couldn't handle and Hernandez made a phenomenal play on. After Mayo's missed call on the trick play which made it 17-7 Brady drove NE back down in scoring range. Gronkowski then coughed up the ball near the goal line right before half time costing the Pats 7 points. Then came a bunch more drops after half time resulting in 3-and-outs which put the defense back on the field to long and they wore down. Belichick's one coaching mistake of the day was in not benching Gronkowski after the fuckup on the first kickoff because the guy obviously didn't have his head in the game. McCoy made some nice plays and Hillis ran well but it was more a case of situational football. Once the Patriots got down by more than 2 scores they had to go hurry up and the drops killed drives and really hurt them, giving Cleveland the ball to run on an overworked defense. I give Cleveland credit because they played well but New England was more responsible for the loss than Cleveland was for the win.