Bob and Joseph expected to play against Patriots

Boston reporters saying Dungy confirmed that Bob Sanders and Joseph Addai will practice this week and, if all goes well, will play this Sunday.

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This is what stuck out to me:

Dungy put injured cornerback Kelvin Hayden in the same category

They have GOT to get Jennings out of there!

"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007

by peytonsthebest on Oct 29, 2008 2:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jennings was better than Jackson vs. the titans. I expect more from Jackson since he’s a true starter and Jennings was thrust into the role due to injury.

I do agree getting Hayden back is crucial. He seems to be the Colts only decent corner. I hope with Bob back they let them reduce this HUGE cushion crap they are playing with.

And I’m all for Melvin starting over Bethea. He has stunk this year. I guess he only looks good with Bob around doing all the work.

by tapper on Oct 29, 2008 3:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed. Jackson was far worse than Jennings and anyone who didn’t clearly see that just has a huge bias against Jennings. As you know, I think he isn’t that great but I can admit and accept reality and on Monday the reality was that he outplayed Jackson.

Fact is, Marlin has been medicore all season and I’d LOVE to see how many passes have been completed on him vs catchable incompletions/passes defended.

Hayden hopefully will help and with him and Bob back and the obvious film showing it doesn’t work that these guys QUIT THE TEN YARD CUSHIONS. It really does not take a high IQ to grass that if you give a guy 10 yards and a qb is willing to be efficient that he will make the quick pass and get those yards and this negates any potential pass rush. Put more bluntly, the horrid play by the Colts CBs thus far with this cushion crap is the main reason for the lack of consistent pass rush.

Bethea has been like a deer caught in the headlights this season which is mind boggling since he was great in his first 2 seasons. Either he gets his crap together or he gets benched for Bullitt.

The reality is that if you require giving up a 6-10 yard cushion to play cornerback then you should not be in the NFL. It is that simple. Also, the team may be concerned about giving up the long pass but it is far more logical to focus on stopping short passes than the potential long guy. If anyone can’t see that 10+ play, 7 min drives are worse than 6 or so play 3.5-4 min drives then well, I really do not know what to say other than they have some problems with logic.

by loregnum on Oct 29, 2008 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Put more bluntly, the horrid play by the Colts CBs thus far with this cushion crap is the main reason for the lack of consistent pass rush

If they don’t stop giving those huge cushions I am truly going to blow a gasket.

Jennings did do better Monday night. I’ll give you that. I just trust Hayden’s consistency (I can’t believe I’m using that word about anyone on the team) more than Jennings. I think he consistently plays well.

"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007

by peytonsthebest on Oct 29, 2008 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

bullitt

i think that Bullitt has proved himself better than Bethea this season, at this point the colts have to turn it round and something like this should be changed. I believe that Bullitt really did a solid job stepping in for Bob and that is something incredibly hard to do, If not impossible.

Bob’s return should be great and i think that the CB’s play a lot better when he is around. Maybe because they think that they wont give up the big pass with him in.

Kelvin’s return will also make a big impact, i’m hoping they will chuck this cover 2 defense even though it won’t happen because they have the people for that defense but i dont believe it is the best D.

By the way i heard that the colts used 4 linebackers on some plays, is that a new thing or have i just missed that on previous games?

by sharpie1600 on Oct 29, 2008 8:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

it was new

it was basically the same formation as bringing the SS into the box, but they pulled a safety (Bullit I think) for an extra LB (Sessions or Hagler, I don’t remember which played in the 3 LBs sets, but they were both in for the 4 LBs).

Shonn Greene for Heisman
144 yards per game
6.5 yards per carry
08 TDs per game > 06 GPA

by shake n bake on Oct 29, 2008 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs