midwestpatsfan
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Over the last 2 weeks we have seen the Colts D dominate their opponents and they are the main reason they are playing in the AFC championship, but are they really as good as the stats show. I say no.
I really think that both the Chiefs and Ravens got overconfident that they could run it down the throat of the Colts all day and win. The Colts have decided to do anything and everything to shut that down. What the Chiefs and Ravens didnt do was have a successful passing game. The chiefs were dropping passes left and right and Trent Green is old and not the same after his blow to the head earlier in the season.
The Ravens gave that game away as well. turnovers in the redzone and then another inside the colts 20 will kill a team. Neither team tried to spread out the Colts and PASS first, Run second. I think the Patriots fell into that same trap earlier against the colts. They tried to run Dillon up the gut right off the bat and it blew up in their face. I see the Patriots using that 7 yard out to Gaffney and Caldwell to loosen up the Colts D and then start to run the ball.
That is just my extremely uneducated guess on the gameplan. What about your thoughts?
I really think that both the Chiefs and Ravens got overconfident that they could run it down the throat of the Colts all day and win. The Colts have decided to do anything and everything to shut that down. What the Chiefs and Ravens didnt do was have a successful passing game. The chiefs were dropping passes left and right and Trent Green is old and not the same after his blow to the head earlier in the season.
The Ravens gave that game away as well. turnovers in the redzone and then another inside the colts 20 will kill a team. Neither team tried to spread out the Colts and PASS first, Run second. I think the Patriots fell into that same trap earlier against the colts. They tried to run Dillon up the gut right off the bat and it blew up in their face. I see the Patriots using that 7 yard out to Gaffney and Caldwell to loosen up the Colts D and then start to run the ball.
That is just my extremely uneducated guess on the gameplan. What about your thoughts?