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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.Given the injury to Marlin Jackson that is forcing 'Tiny Tim' Jennings in to the starting lineup for the Colts, airing it out may not be that bad of an idea. Besides the fact that opposing QB's are completing 80% of their passes thrown his way, he's also getting flagged often - including four penalties in the game against the Packers two weeks ago. In addition, the player behind Jennings for nickel or dime subs, Keiwan Ratliff, was just signed to the team yesterday. The key will be keeping the pressure off Cassel and giving him enough time to make the throws.
Indianapolis should not necessarily expect much help from Cassel in this respect, or at least they shouldn't if Cassel's performance of late is any indicator. According to my game charts, Cassel has 58 dropbacks and only one bad decision in the last two games, or a bad decision rate of 1.7%. If Cassel can keep things going at that rate, the Colts won't see many interception chances.
One interesting point from the article:
No progress my a**.
What's worse, it turns out the NE Tackles don't suck as much as the witch hunters screams would indicate:No progress my a**.
Who'd have thunk it? Scar rules and fanboys drool!If there is any bright side, it would be that Indy's tandem tends to rely heavily on one move - the speed rush. Light has given up only two sacks this year and neither of them came as a result of a speed rush. That isn't a one-season anomaly, either, as only two of Light's 2007 sacks came versus speed moves.
The story is similar on the Kaczur/LeVoir side of the ledger. Those two have allowed only two total sacks and only one of those sacks was on a speed rush. Kaczur gave up only two sacks against that move in 2007 as well, so his history in this department is just as strong.
Without Sammy Morris they do not have a running game they can rely on. MC has been maddening in taking sacks but he is being conservative and not making too many bad throws. And winning. His decision-making took a big step forward last week. He needs to take another step this week. The Colts have a great rush and Freeny et al will get their sacks, but Cassel will hit some plays too. He will have to hit some big ones to win because Manning, Wayne, Harrison, Addai will make plays. Should be a good one.