CTPatsFan

The tackling, especially in the first half, left a lot to be desired. OTOH holding Indy to those FG (and attempts )the D came up big when needed. They did get stronger as the game went on.

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AndyJohnson

I have a totally different outlook on this.

The run D was good, IMO, considering the circumstances. We played a 43, with an OLB at DE, and Rodney Harrison at OLB.
If anyone was expecting this to be a strong run D, they were kidding themselves.
Addai started strong (he had 71 yards in his first 9 carries) but that led to us tightening in the red zone.
After his first 9 carries he ran 17 times for just 41 yards, which is 2.4 per carry. STILL PLAYING THE NICKEL.

That is TREMENDOUS run defense for 2/3 of his rushes.
I was screaming in the first and early second for BB to abandon that scheme. What ended up happening? He stayed in it, it did what he wanted, and we played great D. (Shortly after screaming to change, I said "Well BB does know more than me") There were 10 levels of strategy in that gameplan beyond what we can see or understand. I think part of it was enticing them to run the ball. I think part of it was to set up red zone success.

Ultimately we had one horrendous play that caused a TD. We had one horrendous pass interefernece call that caused a FG, and the Colt offense otherwise scored 10 points. With the only TD coming on a drive that started at our 32 after a turnover. Are you kidding me to say the defense wasnt great?