Can someone explain some stuff to me? Thanks!

Thomas was at DT because they need fresh bodies for the rotation. He and Brock were filling in at Dawson’s spot and the bigger guys at Foster’s. I have no problem with them keeping fresh bodies in there and trust the coaches to know who’s practicing and playing better. Most of the problems with run D had to do with missed assignments and missed tackles. It was weird seeing Thomas inside, but I didn’t consider it a problem.

No idea on Simpson vs Rhodes but yes, it would seem to make sense to have the better player in there. Disagree about Manning being hurt. As for the play calling, they go with what they think will work based on the D they see, plus you have to sometimes call the opposite of what’s expected just to keep them guessing.

I can’t really say I blame him either. There’s at least a couple QBs who go down each year due to someone running into their front leg.

I don’t think Manning’s hurt at all, but I agree to a certain extent it’s mental. The thing I fear come playoff time is what they’ve been doing this year. Everyone says that the run game isn’t doing that great blah blah. But that’s because they’re not really giving it a chance. I mean, look at the times where Manning just starts throwing throwing throwing. We’re normally not ever in that big of a hole where that needs to happen. It’s like he’s reverting back to how we were before we said “okay Peyton, we’re going to RUN the ball now and we’re going to run it alot”. That’s how it was before 2006. We’d have these great offenses and then we’d get up big and Edge would start running the clock out. But when we’d get into the playoffs we wouldn’t pull ahead of teams so we’d abandon the running game and Manning would do exactly what he’s doing now. Pass pass pass pass run repeat. The thing is, that works great and all, but when we’re running our regular offense it’s a hurry up. So our D gets them to give it up after being out there for a little bit and then Manning goes and tries the quick strike because he doesn’t trust the run or the line and the Defense gets a drink of gatorade and has to go right back out.

Alot of teams only average 3.5-4.5 until they tire the defense down and then start getting bigger chunks. I can only assume that Addai has been hurt way more than was originally let on and Dungy or someone is telling Manning he has to pass. Nobody expects our run because we don’t do it so nobody respects our playaction.

Same situation’s happening with the Jets if you look at it. I know because I have T. Jones on my fantasy team and looked through all their games. But the thing that’s worse about them is that they know they do better when they run but they won’t.

All I can say is that it’s working now, but Addai better be healthy during the playoffs.