TripleOption

"Run where they ain't"

---Old Coaching Axiom

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Oswlek

Yes

But it goes beyond that. Indy overcompensated to flood the middle and neither team adjusted. It is not a sin to run up the middle looking for some shorter, more consistent runs. Teams do it all the time. But it is stupid when the opposing team has 8 in the box *and* the DEs move towards the middle on top of that.

Fixit

Also, Baltimore did nothing to keep Indy honest. Nothing.

Oswlek

KC did less. If that is even possible.

PatsFaninAZ

I'm just a humble country football watcher so I ain't even know about all this fancy statistics stuff and game plans and whatnot.

But I know what my eyes tell me. And my eyes tell me that the colts were playing some pretty darned good defense. And they were hitting hard and playing physical.

Kansas City did not get a first down in the first half. They had like 6 possessions for a total of 24 plays, of which 6 were punts. I'm not going to argue that the Chiefs were a dominant offensive team this year. They had trouble scoring this year against good defensese -- scoring 10 or fewer points in most of their games against good opposing defenses. But they also were able to score in the 30s and once in the 40s against average defenses. And the bottom line is that whatever one wants to say about game plans or Herm, at some point, zero first downs speaks for itself.

I agree we don't need the annointing oil just yet, but they are much improved.

SoonerPatriot

Nobody is saying they're not improved. However, when you're playing two average to poor offensive teams, you should improve. No? Against Baltimore, my eyes told me Billick was blowing the whole enchilada by designing his entire game plan around getting the ball to the Ravens' highly unathletic fullback for some strange reason.

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JR4

I don't understand why many think Colts Defense is going to give
PATs offense such a hard time.

Yes they are fast ... but they are NOT big at all.
The Front 7 is the smallest I can remember.
A good TE like Graham could play Matthis and win those matchups.
He is not that big.
The biggest guy they got is McFarland and he's not close to Seymour, Warren or Wilfork.
The secondary is small and PATs 6'+ WRs look big next to them.

Speed is their advantage. So how do you beat small fast guys?
With a physical smash mouth football game. Right?
I could see PATs using 3 TE sets to have the power necessary but also
have the added speed for blocking assignments.
If PATs come out with a controlled physical game determined to power over
these guys ... I can't see how they don't have the advantge.
Play physical and win ... especially in 3rd and 4th Qs.

Does anyone not think BB is going to see this and game plan for it?

hwc

Go ahead. If you wanna crown dey ass, then crown dey ass.

mosi

I agree 100%. Too many people think we are going to go in there and be unstoppable. The Indy defense has played really well at times. And generally, they play well at home. We have to pass to run. Treat this like vikings game. Also, Brady has to play a lot better. Another 3-4 INT game and we are doomed.

Triumph

HAHAHAHAHA

Funny stuff indeed