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2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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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.I think their going to play this one like a normal football game.
I will bet that Brady gets one opening series, Cassell gets the rest of the game, and our strategy will be to run the football.
We need to work on the passing game. Fine tune the existing routes and use some new routes in game situations. And we need to start throwing the ball to jackson.
There was absolutely NO logical reason that they went away from the running game which was successful inthe first half. Total insanity and piss poor play calling inthe 2nd half.
That game was there for the taking, as was the Denver game when the same thing happened, in reverse.
Denver's run defense was stuffing us from every angle, yet the play calling didnt change and they kept tryng to run into stone walls.
Sometimes I get the feeling that Josh McDaniels is so much into himself that he continues with game plans that arent working in hgopes that they will work so he can take the credit for it.
But, in the meantime, we lose games. (Three games this season were lost, IMO, because of very bad play calling decisions, (Colts, Broncos and Jets)
And many others were much too close, and in many cases went down to the final minutes, and were only salvaged by the defense.
People may disagree with me and they keep citing the 11-4 record, and it is hard to argue with that.... But there is a lot more, under the surface, to the way games are won, or lost..... and we have been very fortunate this season tobe where we are...because in a lot of those games, one mistake and we could easily be 6-9 or 7-8, etc.... thats how close so many of them were to being losses instead of wins.. And, for the future, that has to change....
The Indy game plan worked very well. In the first alf we ran for 100 yards and it was only a 4 point game. Then, for some strange reason, the OC changed in mid game, only gave Maroney four carries in the second half, and completely abandoned the running game, WHICH WAS WORKING TO PERFECTION.... result...LOSS, at HOME.
This could not possibly have happened. You tell us, ad nauseum, that this O.C. doesn't make adjustments. Therefore, it is impossible for your claim to be correct.
Actually, the score at the beginning of the 4th quarter was 24-17 Colts and with 13.31 still to play, Scott intercepted Manning and brought it to the Pats 46 yard line. Great Field position, and plenty of time.
But, instead of dooing what was working the whole game, into a porous run defense, McDaniels went to the air. On 1st down an OUT route was incomplete, and on 2nd down the pass was intercepted. The Colts went on to kick a field goal, and with still, 10 minutes left, they led by 10.