Brady'sButtBoy
2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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The Colts come right out and say their game is keeping you in front of them. They give yards to prevent big plays because most offenses cannot sustain long drives repeatedly over the course of a game. Except, of course, the Pats, who lead the league number of long scoring drives; a 'stat' demonstrated by their league leading 1st down totals. The Pats are also either leading the league or in the top 2 or 3 in plays over 20yds. So we can kill you by marching methodically, or by stabbing you deep when you get tired of us just marching down the field and bring up help.
A quick scan of Colts personnel on D shows some real question marks. Yes, Sanders is a stud, a presence even (though he only has 24 tackles, not tops on his team even) and Jackson and Hayden appear to be solid DB's along with Bethea. I like how Gary Brackett plays at MLB but his wings are far from impressive - Rocky Boiman, 4th round castoff from the Titans and a 5'11" 226lb 3rd round rookie, Freddy Keiaho, on the other side. Hardly scary stuff and not the type of guys than should give our O-line much trouble.
Up front, Freeney is talented but he can be very hot and cold, Mathis is a very good player. But beside them they have an undrafted rookie, Ed Johnson, and the far from spectacular Raheem Brock.
SD and Dallas have much more talent in their front 7's and we plowed them like Iowa sod, so this group should be in for a tough day. It's interesting to note that 4 of the top 6 tacklers on the Colts are DB's (the corners are 1 and 3) while the Pats have only 2 in their top six. Ironically, all this talk about how good Jackson and Hayden are in their physical play against the run only reveals how soft the front 7 are. I'd expect a lot of 2 and 3 TE sets against the Colts with Brady going for play action out of them.
A quick scan of Colts personnel on D shows some real question marks. Yes, Sanders is a stud, a presence even (though he only has 24 tackles, not tops on his team even) and Jackson and Hayden appear to be solid DB's along with Bethea. I like how Gary Brackett plays at MLB but his wings are far from impressive - Rocky Boiman, 4th round castoff from the Titans and a 5'11" 226lb 3rd round rookie, Freddy Keiaho, on the other side. Hardly scary stuff and not the type of guys than should give our O-line much trouble.
Up front, Freeney is talented but he can be very hot and cold, Mathis is a very good player. But beside them they have an undrafted rookie, Ed Johnson, and the far from spectacular Raheem Brock.
SD and Dallas have much more talent in their front 7's and we plowed them like Iowa sod, so this group should be in for a tough day. It's interesting to note that 4 of the top 6 tacklers on the Colts are DB's (the corners are 1 and 3) while the Pats have only 2 in their top six. Ironically, all this talk about how good Jackson and Hayden are in their physical play against the run only reveals how soft the front 7 are. I'd expect a lot of 2 and 3 TE sets against the Colts with Brady going for play action out of them.