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Is it just me, or does the following scenario make sense to anybody else here....
1) We know the game plan going in was to throw until Minnesota's D woke up and showed an adjustment was in order - which it just plain never was.
2) We know that the spread offense is hell on a cover 2 defense.
3) We know that Dungy still thinks it's 2002 and loves the cover 2 as a base defense.
Not that we're going in with a game plan calculated for the NEXT week -- that's not the point. The point is, in answer to the question "what's Tom still out there for? Why are they still throwing?" might the answer not be:
"Hey Tony, we know how to pitch and catch now"?
That sets up Dillon and Maroney in a way not possible if the Colts were pretty much confident they could defend the pass -- and puts us right back in the grind-it-out comfort zone. Unless they're dumb enough to stack the box.
Or am I just attempting to over-think the obvious fruits of a team hitting on all 8 cylinders in every phase of the game? I'm far from the expert some of you guys are, but I'd love to hear thoughts on this.
All I know for sure is if I were Dungy, I'd be soiling my pants right now.
PFnV
1) We know the game plan going in was to throw until Minnesota's D woke up and showed an adjustment was in order - which it just plain never was.
2) We know that the spread offense is hell on a cover 2 defense.
3) We know that Dungy still thinks it's 2002 and loves the cover 2 as a base defense.
Not that we're going in with a game plan calculated for the NEXT week -- that's not the point. The point is, in answer to the question "what's Tom still out there for? Why are they still throwing?" might the answer not be:
"Hey Tony, we know how to pitch and catch now"?
That sets up Dillon and Maroney in a way not possible if the Colts were pretty much confident they could defend the pass -- and puts us right back in the grind-it-out comfort zone. Unless they're dumb enough to stack the box.
Or am I just attempting to over-think the obvious fruits of a team hitting on all 8 cylinders in every phase of the game? I'm far from the expert some of you guys are, but I'd love to hear thoughts on this.
All I know for sure is if I were Dungy, I'd be soiling my pants right now.
PFnV