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Bye Week Blues: Fallout from Week 4

Once again, the Colts get to face a division opponent who is winless, staring 0-4 in the face and the strong possibility that the 2008 season is over before it begins. The Houston Texans lost a heart-breaker to the Jacksonville Jaguars yesterday in OT. This was one of many wacky games that have begun to define this young season. Here's some thoughts on Week 4:

  • Once again, Josh Scobee kicks the game winner for the Jags, whose defense is a shell of its former self. The Jags allowed nearly 400 yards of offense and did not sack Matt Schaub once even though he threw the ball 40 times.
  • I feel sorry for Texans fans. I really do. That is no comfort to them, I know. If anything, it probably pisses them off more. But 0-3, with two loses already in the division, basically means the season is done. Now, they face our Colts, who are as desperate for a win. 0-4 with three division loses and one conference loss = flush 2008 season. This should illustrate how fine a line it is between winning and losing. The Texans are a good football team, and are about as good as the Titans. Go down the roster and compare. Yet, the Titans are 4-0 and the Texans are 0-3. Very fine line, indeed.
  • I've said from day one the Packers were morons for dumping Brett Favre for Aaron Rodgers. Now, a 39 year old man with an inferior team throws 6 TDs while Rodgers dumps his second straight game, and separates his shoulder in the process. Rodgers has a long reputation for being brittle, while Favre (with a bum ankle) continues to start games and dominate opponents. Don't care who your opponent is. If you throw 6 TDs in a game, you are a special player. Favre still is at 39. Rodgers isn't. Packers dumb.
  • I'm interested to see 18 to 88's take on the Packers braintrust after Favre's dominance yesterday.
  • Broncos came back down to earth and realize they have no defense. None. No pass rush. Can't stop the run. Over-rated secondary (Dre Bly still stinks). And now they can't run the ball. Putting the season all on Jay Cutler's shoulders will result in 6 wins. Jay is developing into a fine QB, but only QBs like Manning and Brady can carry football teams. Jay can't do that, and it is stupid to expect that from him. He needs help.
  • Good call to go for it on fourth down Andy Reid, but your playcalling was about as bad as it gets. 4 runs? THROW. THE. BALL. You have Donovan McNabb for crying out loud!
  • Lovie Smith is a great coach.
  • Scott Linehan isn't, and now he's unemployed.
  • So I watched some of the pre and post game shows for the first time this year, and I have to say ESPN's commentators have gotten much, much better. Gone are the Sean Salisburys we used to loath listening to, replaced by articulate, intelligent people like Trent Dilfer, Shaun King, and Marcellus Wiley. These guys are outstanding. They breakdown the game well and do a great job focusing on the important stuff. Take Dilfer, who made it a point to dismiss Terrell Owens acting like a punk following his team losing to the Redskins, and instead made a point to say TO's antics should not overshadow Washington's win. The was refreshing, especially since Dilfer works for a network that has their lips sewn to TO's ass.

What games did you watch? Any thoughts, ideas, reflections on Week 4 as we head to Monday Night?

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T.O.

Would you consider his comments “class-less”? Yet another example. I wonder if we’ll be hearing from Terry anytime soon. hahaha.

McNabb looked really good until the 3rd quarter. Looked as though he started getting flustered and was trying to force plays, and promptly started throwing bullets to his receivers’ shoe laces..

April in CA

by peytonsthebest on Sep 29, 2008 10:45 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

LOL

check out Terry’s comments since the loss. Looks quite a bit like what he was making fun of us for, right down to the it’s early and a player returning from injury still shaking off rust.

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 29, 2008 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL.

My favorite was “it’s not how you start (Sept) but how you finish (Jan)”.

The rust thing was great…I wonder where he came up with that?

OH WAIT! Wasn’t he talking about Dallas going 19-0 last week? ouch.

April in CA

by peytonsthebest on Sep 29, 2008 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Terry

Terry is Terry. God bless him. He is nuts for his team. We all have a Terry within our souls somewhere.

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by BigBlueShoe on Sep 29, 2008 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Speak for yourself, I am the Anti-Terry.

We Colts fans did not pay $720 million dollars in public funds to build a brand new stadium that will get opened on Sunday Night Football by Jim Friggin Sorgi.

by KingRichard on Sep 29, 2008 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't mind Terry on this site

I learned long ago not to take him seriously, and he certainly brings entertainment value.

That said, most of us don’t have a Terry within our souls. We may be rabid fans, but unlike Terry, we have some grounding in the real world. We have at least some ability to criticize when our team does not perform up to standard, and our arguments ususally have logical consistency, at least to some degree. There are excellent commenters on this site, who make excellent arguments, even if I don’t always agree with those arguments. While I am amused by Terry, I really can’t take his arguments seriously (although it’s often fun to point out his inconsistencies and hypocrisies).

by ctnyc on Sep 29, 2008 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep.

Terry is definitely entertaining. I enjoy giving him a hard time. And, you’re right…I think we all have a little Terry in our hearts – we all LOVE our Colts no matter what. And nobody will ever convince me that Peyton is not the best…ever.

April in CA

by peytonsthebest on Sep 29, 2008 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Notice how many more comments Terry makes on Stampede Blue...

then on any other site besides the Cowboy’s site….evidence that Terry really wants to be a Colts fan but doesn’t have the guts to give up on the Cowboys. I wonder if the Cowboy’s were in an era of “suckage” if Terry would be on here “loving” on the Colts… but we have to admit guys like him make it a little more interesting. Like JC on 18to88…life is just more interesting with an Antagonist around.

by Rob-Westside on Sep 29, 2008 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

not understanding what you mean

I don’t remember making fun of the Colts regarding any of those issues.

Actually I’m glad we lost, gets that 19-0 talk over and done with.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Sep 30, 2008 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Losing=Winning

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 30, 2008 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh and is complaining about not getting the ball enough

after getting it thrown at or handed to you 20 times classless?

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 30, 2008 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no, I wouldn't

T.O. is T.O., he’ll chirp if we lose, he’ll be content if we win. Nothing new. Has nothing to do with being classless….selfish maybe, not classless.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Sep 30, 2008 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"chirp"

that’s awfully euphemistic of you.

April in CA

by peytonsthebest on Sep 30, 2008 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What if TO is leading a class full of students on a tour

of the stadium and loses them, would he be class-less then?

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 30, 2008 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

GO RAVENS!!!!!!!!!

I picked them not just against the spread, but straight up too, and a big game for the Ravens D is likely the difference between a 3-1 and 1-3 fantasy week.

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 29, 2008 10:47 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I love TO bitching about not getting the ball

after they threw 17 passes at him and gave him two rushing attempts. 19 times a game it’s enough?

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 29, 2008 11:20 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I don't get the Rams

you are giving up 39 points per game, so you bench your QB.
you lose again giving up 31, so you fire the head coach and promote the Defensive Coordinator

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 29, 2008 11:45 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The owner's name is "Chip"

What can you say?

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by BigBlueShoe on Sep 29, 2008 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hmmm...

Makes alot of sense…WTF?

April in CA

by peytonsthebest on Sep 29, 2008 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the rams...lol

We Colts fans did not pay $720 million dollars in public funds to build a brand new stadium that will get opened on Sunday Night Football by Jim Friggin Sorgi.

by KingRichard on Sep 29, 2008 12:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I knew them as "The Lambs"

when they were out here. I remember many a game in Anaheim spent getting liquored up not paying any attention to the game. Sad…but true.

April in CA

by peytonsthebest on Sep 29, 2008 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

82 minutes

that’s how long it took ESPN on in the background to say something that pissed me off. It wasn’t even football related, they haven’t run out of stuff to say and started throwing crazy stuff out there yet.

They read off the results of a ESPN.com poll of who was winning the NL pennant, the Cubs had the most votes and one of the anchors cracks “that would really top off upset weekend.”

NO, they had the best record in the NL, second best in the league. They are the only team to have a more than one run differencial between runs scored per game and runs allowed per game. Over the 162 game regular season they were the best team in the NL. Them winning the NL would be the opposite of an upset.

/rant
/turning of ESPN

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 29, 2008 12:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The world will soon see.

Our Cubbies will win it all this year. People have often wondered which would come first. Armageddon or a Cubs World Series championship. We might be getting both real soon =p

by coltsfanawalt on Sep 29, 2008 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If the Angels

choke (which is a probability vs. a possibility), I will definitely root for the Cubs.

April in CA

by peytonsthebest on Sep 30, 2008 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

it wouldn't be choking

it would be finally playing at their talent level. In terms of runs allowed vs runs scored the Angels played like a 88 win team, not a 100 game winner. The teams with the most similar runs scored-runs allowed difference are the Brewers, Yankees, White Sox, Mets and Dodgers. They are probably a team that would have mediocred it’s way to the top of a bad division that got lucky.

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 30, 2008 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Run differential isn't all its cut up to be

DBacks very successful last year while being outscored. This year they played like a “normal” team and not so much.

Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.

by AJforAZ on Sep 30, 2008 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It isn't a end and be all

but the evidence is that it’s a bit better measure of a teams talent level than wins. Teams can definitely outperform their run differtial, but outperforming their differential isn’t a repeatable skill inside or across seasons.

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 30, 2008 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't get me wrong

I love my Angels…its just that baseball isn’t football. And I’ve lived in So Cal long enough to know that more often than not, the teams here choke, regardless of the talent level.

I give you the LA Fakers….

April in CA

by peytonsthebest on Sep 30, 2008 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And the

U(niversity of)S(poiled)C(hildren)

How in the heck are they ranked #9? I mean, WTF? Georgia lost to a top 10 ranked team…SC loses to….Oregon Friggin’ STATE?

I hate SC.

April in CA

by peytonsthebest on Sep 30, 2008 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This weekend was the Jason Campbell coming out party

Somebody was on his bandwagon before the season (see me loading up on RB/WR, knowing Campbell would always be there for me to take), and he showed how far he has developed. He looked outstanding yesterday, and still hasn’t turned the ball over as of yet.

A buddy of mine from Philly hoped Andy Reid choked on a KFC biscuit this morning. He was not happy at all, as he shouldn’t be. They should have won that game.

I also think people underestimate how good a coach Jon Gruden is. The Bucs just keep on winning with a bunch of no-name guys on offense (scoring 30 on the Packers is no small feat). I expect Tampa to win that division again, even though talent-wise, they are probably 3rd.

The Titans are very good. Nothing more needs to be said until we play them. They have few weaknesses, especially defensively.

by mgrex03 on Sep 29, 2008 12:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I have to say...

I feel better about the Colts this morning. After watching Philly struggle with the Bears. The Bears are a good team. I really, really, really wish the Titans would lose.

April in CA

by peytonsthebest on Sep 29, 2008 1:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I agree...

… I was rooting heartily and vocally for both the Vikings and the Texans this weekend. Am looking forward rooing for the Colts next weekend instead!

by LovinBlue on Sep 29, 2008 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Colinsworth

Heard Collinsworth took a shot at the Colts last night on NBC. The Colts are on a bye and HE STILL hates on them.

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by BigBlueShoe on Sep 29, 2008 1:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Maybe he should focus

some of that criticism on the Bengals, having been one of them – without a ring.

April in CA

by peytonsthebest on Sep 29, 2008 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Random Thoughts

The Bengals are hopeless and Cleveland’s not much better. Not a whole lot to say about that game. It was bad, yet for some reason I couldn’t pull away and switch to the other game.

I think at this point the NFC East is the toughest division in football. I was glad to see Washington win (since I picked them to cover). They played harder and better than the Cowboys.

I didn’t see the Jets-Cards game, but can someone explain to me why Brett Favre threw for a 20-something yard TD and went for 2 with just over a minute left and leading by 2 scores? From what I could tell, Warner was coughing up the ball in some way, shape, or form everytime he touched it. Why didn’t the Jets run it more at the end? Since I didn’t watch the game, I don’t want to accuse them of laying it on like a certain team from the northeast, but I don’t understand the playcalling. Anybody watch the game and can give an accurate description of what really was going on?

Am I a homer for thinking Tennessee isn’t as good as their 4-0 record? Their defense did give me 19 points in one league.

How about Prater kicking those 50+ yarders? You know you’re having a good fantasy week when your kicker gives you 19 points.

As others have said, I feel good about the Colts. Minor hiccups that will be solved soon enough. There is no clear-cut #1 in the league right now, IMHO. I think we will get things together and start pulling away from the rest of the league.

by TouchdownMonkey on Sep 29, 2008 2:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

at the pace the Jets were giving up TDs as well

it could be explained off as trying to nail the coffin shut. The Cardinals did score 30 something points in the second half. I would blink and they’d put another 6 spot on the board.

Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.

by AJforAZ on Sep 29, 2008 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Chris Johnson isn't a sunshine and touchdowns
Good news: Chris Johnson is not only really fast, but he’s running intelligently and being patient enough to let his blocks open.

Bad news: Chris Johnson can’t pass block yet. He was supposed to help in the A-Gap and just watched two blitzers go right by. Oh well.

From FOs audibles,

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 29, 2008 3:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Big Blue Shoes
The Texans are a good football team, and are about as good as the Titans. Go down the roster and compare. Yet, the Titans are 4-0 and the Texans are 0-3. Very fine line, indeed.

Nice subtle dig at the Titans. I find it really cute for you to try and knock us down when your team is the only other one in the division that looks anywhere near as crappy as the Texans; only, you guys never had a hurricane to mess up your training. At least the Texans have an excuse for playing poorly.

I’ve said it before – http://www.musiccitymiracles.com/2008/8/12/592488/is-this-the-year-the-colts

and I said it again – http://www.musiccitymiracles.com/2008/9/17/616549/this-is-the-year-the-colts

Why don’t you go out there and win some football games before you run your mouth off.

by BeansCarter on Sep 29, 2008 6:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The Titans have played 1/4th their regular season

and the Colts less than 1/5th.

The Colts have struggled because they have topped out at 2 of their projected starting O linemen playing at the same time. They will come out of the bye with Saturday and Diem, probably Ugoh and maybe Pollak. Lilja can come off the PUP week 6. They’ll get a starting LB and Bob Sanders back there or a little later.

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 29, 2008 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Titans' opponents

The Titans have played a Jacksonville team with a decimated offensive line, a horrible Bengals team, a Houston team the week after the hurricane turned their world upside down, and a reasonably good Minnesota team (albeit one with Gus Frerotte at QB). To be fair, the Titans have played pretty well and their record reflects that. But they clearly got some breaks. If Houston had those same breaks… who knows? That, I think, is BBS’s point. And I think it’s a fair point.

by ctnyc on Sep 29, 2008 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

Gotta love someone who tastes a little victory, and gets cocky as a result of it.

Newsflash ace, our team has started 4-0 for three straight years. When your team wins a Super Bowl, and 5 straight AFC South titles, call me. Until then, kindly leave the lecturing somewhere else. All it does is make you look like an even bigger ass than you do at MCM, if that is possible.

So, who wants to call it? Titans lose the AFC South lead to the Colts when? Week 15? Week 16? Or the last regular season game of the year, Week 17?

BTW, Vince Toung still sucks, Beans.

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by BigBlueShoe on Sep 29, 2008 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Too bad you won all those division titles...

Only to mostly choke in the playoffs. That must be frustrating as a fan, to have dominated the division and to have laid so many eggs in the playoffs.

Your days are over. Time to start enjoying the memories. Can’t wait to pound you senseless on MNF.

In any case, give it up on VY – nobody cares, and on another note, we’ve basically been raping the Texans for years. Show us the respect we deserve, we are much better than them.

by BeansCarter on Sep 29, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thought I'd remind you

“Choke” on this:

While you are at it, get some new material.

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by BigBlueShoe on Sep 30, 2008 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice.

That IS a big “pill” to swallow…I mean, uh, to choke on.

April in CA

by peytonsthebest on Sep 30, 2008 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haha

Since you like rings so much, why don’t we enjoy these last 5 ones together that neither of us won…

The only difference is, you probably should have won them. It’s too bad that the Patriots were a dynasty and that Brady is a better QB than Manning. These rings could have been yours! Man oh man, if I was a Colts fan I would probably hate all these rings, but I would especially hate those shiny Patriots rings.





by BeansCarter on Oct 1, 2008 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The argument is we should feel bad

about winning one more superbowl than the Titans over the last 6 years because we were so much better than the Titans it should have been more over that span? That’s your argument?

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Oct 1, 2008 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I kinda like the Giants' ring.

At least the trophy stayed in the family the past 2 years!

April in CA

by peytonsthebest on Oct 1, 2008 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No - My point is that the Colts were rarely very good when it mattered

The Colts were clearly better than the Titans over the past few years. I am not suggesting otherwise. A salary cap purge, and a rebuilding period tends to do that to a team. It also would have helped to win the QB lottery like you guys.

Right now, in week #4 of the 2008 season, I’d have to say we are better than the Colts. But who cares if I make that statement, that will get worked out on the field.

I’ll just rephrase my previous point one last time and you leave you in peace.

Your Colts aren’t as invincible as you think they are; their SB was won against a team that rolled over and handed it to them. And all those years, the Colts, despite their personnel, choked in the playoffs all but once. Kudos for going the distance in one particular year, but your franchise in this era will never be remembered as a dynasty, and will always be thought of as a team that should have accomplished more with what it had.

So yeah, we have our own shortcomings, but we don’t underperform with the talent we have. That is the only respect in which this is a Titans vs. Colts thing. Of all the Superbowls won in recent years, the Colts-Bears was really not very memorable. Your Colts for the most part have not lived up to their potential, potential even I admit was great.

And Manning, for all his regular season greatness… is really not very clutch in the playoffs. I blogged about this recently, in case you missed it.

http://www.stampedeblue.com/2008/9/16/615591/peyton-manning-31-4th-quar#

by BeansCarter on Oct 1, 2008 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Go down the roster and compare?

Ok, let’s do it. Where are the Texans better than the Titans? I come up with middle linebacker and one receiver. That’s all I got.

Titans Blogger at Music City Miracles

by Jimmy on Sep 29, 2008 7:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Where

Where do I say they are “better?” I don’t. I said they compare, as in their rosters are similar in terms of talent. Here is the statement again:

The Texans are a good football team, and are about as good as the Titans.

Now WTF in there is so bad? Calm down and take a breath. You are 4-0. Enjoy it. Getting all pissy about me saying the Texans “are about as good” as the Titans does not suggest that you seem very confident in your team.

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by BigBlueShoe on Sep 29, 2008 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

How am I not calm?

I just asked a question and made a statement. There was no yelling or negative commentary towards you.

Titans Blogger at Music City Miracles

by Jimmy on Sep 30, 2008 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

When you make suggestions

based on mis-reading my stuff, it does not make you seem calm.

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by BigBlueShoe on Sep 30, 2008 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

BTW

You have a good football team in Nashville, Jimmy. I said it is a fine line between winning and losing, because they have a good team in Houston too. They just happen to be 0-3 and your team 4-0.

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by BigBlueShoe on Sep 30, 2008 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

They are not a good team in Houston

They are a really poor team in Houston, and if the Colts lose to them, the Colts will have lost to a really poor team.

Good luck.

by BeansCarter on Sep 30, 2008 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I didn't mis-read it

If you are going to say “about as good,” I think there should be more than 2 out of 22 spots where the Texans are better. Still not upset…just sayin

Titans Blogger at Music City Miracles

by Jimmy on Oct 1, 2008 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

First play

in the steelers game, some dude down. stretcher on the field

by colts9318rock on Sep 29, 2008 8:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Haha

You Poor colts fans, until you guys are ABOVE 500, talk, until then shut up. We are 4-0 and we stomped the Texans. Get a new Blogger here, you have no idea what your talking about.

by RhiNo6705 on Sep 29, 2008 8:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dude calm down

Now that your team got a couple of wins at the start of the year, you guys think that your team is the best thing since slice bread. Dude relax 4-0 does not mean nothing. You haven’t won anything yet.

by Indianapolis star on Sep 29, 2008 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The funny thing is...

You guys quite literally almost haven’t won anything yet. Our strong start tells me plenty about how good my team is.

Does anyone here dare to believe that the Colts will win the AFC South this year?

by BeansCarter on Sep 30, 2008 7:14 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Beans

Most here believe the Colts will still win the AFC South. And if you think your 4-0 means you will cost to the AFC South division lead, then you are more naive than we thought.

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by BigBlueShoe on Sep 30, 2008 8:48 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fair enough

After all, to be a fan means to hope that your team wins.

In fairness though, you have to admit that an honest self-assesment doesn’t bode well for your team. They’re hurt, they’re in the hole record-wise, and your cherished Quarterback has a ways to go before he recovers his oft-reliable form.

If I were you, I’d probably panic this weekend if you were to lay an egg against the Texans. That couldn’t possibly happen, could it?

by BeansCarter on Sep 30, 2008 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Someone explain to me what the hell quite literally almost haven’t means. Seriously, I’m dying to know.

We Colts fans did not pay $720 million dollars in public funds to build a brand new stadium that will get opened on Sunday Night Football by Jim Friggin Sorgi.

by KingRichard on Sep 30, 2008 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

it takes 3 qualifiers in order to ignore a SB title

2 and you are just being dishonest and 4 you are incomprehensible.

(oh wait, with 3 you are both).

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 30, 2008 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If you had followed the thread carefully

You would have noticed that BBS thinks there’s a fine line between our 4-0 team and Houston’s 0-3 team. Clearly, we disagree on this point.

Your 1-2 team has almost not won a game. i.e. you are one L away from being quite literally as winless as the mighty Texans. BBS thinks our players match up, skill-wise… I know our players are much better than theirs, and we are building the record and the stats to prove it.

Your SB title is commendable, but why only 1? Your team played like SB contenders in many regular seasons only to lose in the playoffs repeatedly. That’s not a dynasty. That’s a disappointment.

 

by BeansCarter on Sep 30, 2008 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Last I checked, 1 (Colts) > 0 (Titans). And now you may eat a bag of dicks.

We Colts fans did not pay $720 million dollars in public funds to build a brand new stadium that will get opened on Sunday Night Football by Jim Friggin Sorgi.

by KingRichard on Sep 30, 2008 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whatever...

You won one, but you should have won 3… And it’s not like beating a self-defeating Rex Grossman is the most glorious accomplishment, either.

If I were a Colts fan, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t feel satisfied – let’s hope your window has not closed on you.

by BeansCarter on Sep 30, 2008 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Shoulda, coulda, woulda, but didn’t. Kind of like the Titans Super Bowl (speaking of choking) loss against the Rams. You my friend, need to run off and hide in a little hole, grow a brain, formulate some better arguments, and then come back and see us.

We Colts fans did not pay $720 million dollars in public funds to build a brand new stadium that will get opened on Sunday Night Football by Jim Friggin Sorgi.

by KingRichard on Sep 30, 2008 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sure buddy...

That Rams team, aka The Greatest Show on Turf fielded a better team that year than the Colts ever have.

But you know all about playoff disappointment so i would expect more sympathy from you.

by BeansCarter on Sep 30, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It would be interesting (not really) to see you try and prove that.

As for the whole disappointment thing; what part of “the Colts have actually won a Super Bowl” do you not understand? Are you seriously that daft, or are you just playing coy with me?

We Colts fans did not pay $720 million dollars in public funds to build a brand new stadium that will get opened on Sunday Night Football by Jim Friggin Sorgi.

by KingRichard on Sep 30, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Have

you guys won a game yet?

by RhiNo6705 on Sep 29, 2008 8:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Have you guys won a superbolw yet? Enjoying your team success is all good, but you don’t have to come and bad talk our team cause your team won a couple of games.

by Indianapolis star on Sep 29, 2008 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow, what a dumbass

the record is on the opening pg. 1-2.

by colts9318rock on Sep 29, 2008 8:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I know

ONE – TWO, not .500, Please read above. Don’t talk until your there.

by RhiNo6705 on Sep 29, 2008 8:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Don't talk until you are the defending AFC South Champ

5 years running and won at least 12 games each of those years

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 29, 2008 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Have

you guys won a game yet?

by RhiNo6705 on Sep 29, 2008 8:52 PM EDT reply reply actions actions 0 recs

by torontocoltsfan on Sep 29, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey guys don't feed him

if he can’t add anything useful with his next post I’m hiding all his posts.

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 29, 2008 8:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

give him a chance

maybe he’ll come back with a rational defense of the TItans roster that will enlighten us all.

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 29, 2008 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If not

i’ve can the troll spray jpg ready to post and the hide button at the ready

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 29, 2008 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

at least pats fans

occasionally make sense

Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.

by AJforAZ on Sep 30, 2008 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And the Pats fans

have a team with real success to brag about, not just a 4-0 start in a division that they haven’t won in years. That would be Tennessee. And Buffalo. (BTW, I like the Bills, because I called them as my surprise team this season.) I doubt Buffalo fans are so ridiculous as these instigators, though.

by coltsfanawalt on Sep 30, 2008 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Man does guys haven’t heard of good sportsmanship.

by Indianapolis star on Sep 29, 2008 9:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Matt Schaub had the best passing day of the week

against the Titans, looks like you can throw on them.

link

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It"

by shake n bake on Sep 29, 2008 9:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow, lucky for the Titans

the Colts are not a passing team. lol

by colts9318rock on Sep 29, 2008 9:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

my assessment of the nfl season so far….jags should be 0-4 and I question houstons coaching staff intelligence of when..everybody and their dog knew (except obviously the texans) that on the jags first td with no punter on the field they were going to go for it. that td was the difference. the jags nor the texans couldnt stop each other and if Im the texans Im throwing into the endzone twice with 19 seconds remaining. if the jags couldnt stop the texans in the endzone in any previous second half possession they werent going to stop them again. going for the tie was a loser decision. kicking the field goal was assuming that their 50/50 chance of winning the coin toss was going to be 90/10. once again everybody and their dog knew whoever won the coin toss was going to win. the jags got a gift from good ole walt coleman the week before and got a gift from gary kubiak and sons.

the jags secondary is swiss cheese and only because they pretty much held every colt reciever they got away with that in that game. and I still want to know how a crackhead reciever and being caught redhanded by the police is still playing with players who have done far worse are suspended two and three games. without crackhead they have no recievers and yet he continues to play as if nothing happened????

dallas. as long as TO is on that team, no matter how good he is, no matter how good the team is, he will always bring them down. he is not a team player and never has been and why he isnt wearing a ring

Im still not sold on them being all that. yes they have good d and they are in a division of beat up teams but I dont see them being this suddenly out of nowhere almighty team. we all knew vince young sucked and that anybody behind center was better than him but Im still not sold on this team as being great

pittsburgh. way back in week two when all the media had them in the top 5 in the power rankings I laughed hard. this team is the same team as last year only they have lost their line in week 5 instead of week 10.

buffalo. they are much improved but seriously with the top 5 in power rankings. same as the eagles. andy reid is always spoke of as this great coach yet he finds ways to lose games others dont

san diego will still be in it in the end no matter how long anybody argues.

watch the giants repeat. impossible everybody says. they lost too much. they were just on a roll from the superbowl win because the pats heads were inflated and looked past them. and yet they keep on rolling. yes its early but the eagles always find a way to implode as does the cowboys. that leaves washington and ny. I loved the jim zorn signing and I think washington could be a team to reckoned with but they still have have santana moss who will drop a game or two all by himself and eventually bring them down.

the packers. they make me shake my head. their d can look so spectacular and then they can look like the rams. I still think it was the right choice of not bring back favre but I just dont know about this team. same with the bears. they lose hester and then they have this impressive win. that is the division that makes me shake my head

the jets. Im sorry but favre getting 6 tds against the cardinals. every year its who is going to be the team that finally shows up….the cardinals. once again I laughed hard. this team to me is just toiling with the fans. the cardinals need to go back to st. louis and be crappy and the rams go back to LA and be crappy and then the jags can then move to toronto along with their tarped stadium. that way the jax gators can go back to being the florida gators 24/7 and then the players and their fans can stop biatching about playing in the heat.

the colts. their schedule is murderous. if somehow they can survive that and get a wildcard watch out. I love that everybody has already ruled them out

that being said I think there are no superior teams in the nfl. its all about getting your hurt players back for the colts.

peter king and BS bill simmons keep drinking the koolaid

by kinnickcolt on Sep 30, 2008 6:49 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

sorry about the typos…forgot the team

TENNESSEE…Im still not sold on them being all that. yes they have good d and they are in a division of beat up teams but I dont see them being this suddenly out of nowhere almighty team. we all knew vince young sucked and that anybody behind center was better than him but Im still not sold on this team as being great

and I forgot denver. I LOVE jay cutler. if tennessee would have drafted jay cutler this team would be a very very serious contender to win the superbowl. they would easily take over for the media loving jags and their superbowl contenders talk because unlike the jags they would have a real qb but no recievers. and their d is ten times better and jay cutler could throw to a running back just like garrard only they wouldnt need to score 28 points to win. the broncos have a lethal offensive attack and remind of the colts a little in the middle 2000. yes jay cutler is no peyton manning but I feel sorry for cutler having to win every game by himself and outscore their crappy d because I think the guy is going to be a great qb.

by kinnickcolt on Sep 30, 2008 7:01 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Good comments on favre and the packers and rodgers. So rodgers in his first year is crap and the packers are stupid to go with the future than to change their entire plan once their 39 suck former qb wanted to come back. Uh huh.

It is funny that you are so amazed by favre running it up on the cards who couldn’t cover worth beans. How about waiting until later on before sucking yourself off over your GB/Favre prediction.

I have no idea who you are but you sure sound like an idiot. No wonder you have many come here and talk smack. With people like you I can see why they do it.

by go colts on Sep 30, 2008 6:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Titans Fans

For the most part I like them and their team. I highly respect Fisher. I think with Collins throwing the ball, we are about to see how good this team has been for awhile. Beans Carter is that part of the fan base that makes them very difficult to like, though. He and I have already clashed in a previous recent thread here. I am not responding here to him, only to the Colts fans here about it. He will retort in his typical self righteous response that I am arrogant and wrong in my tone here and that he is a misunderstood conversationalist whom I fail to properly understand and address. But he does this everywhere he goes, including the Texans site.

Some people get overly obnoxious after winning a few games. All the more fun to watch them when things unravel for their team. Patience. Meanwhile, let’s just sit back and appreciate that we can be proud of a great decade of Colts football instead of one quarter of one season. Go Colts!

by coltsfanawalt on Oct 1, 2008 12:06 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ah yes... cotsfanawalt

Insult me, then try to deflate my right to defend myself with a pre-emptive strike… You’re really credible with your holier-than-thou rhetoric. If nothing else, you’re a hypocrite.

Now back to the subject of football; if you’re looking forward to watching a team unravel, why don’t you start watching Colts games, they’ve been doing it all season.

by BeansCarter on Oct 1, 2008 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What is your problem?

Talking trash really never works out. Especially when a team goes on a losing streak. Think you’re 19-0 worthy? If not, expect a losing streak…its inevitable.

BTW, when is Vince starting? Soon, I hope. LOL

April in CA

by peytonsthebest on Oct 1, 2008 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have no idea who YOU are but this comment

have no idea who you are but you sure sound like an idiot. No wonder you have many come here and talk smack.

what the hail does… no wonder you have many come here and talk smack…mean?

and what makes you think your assesment doesnt sound like an idiot? Im talking about the jets as a whole. favre or no favre the jets are the jets. and the cardinals are the cardinals.

Im not sure you read it correctly because I said the packers make me shake my head…not saying aaron rodgers was the answer but saying favre getting 6 tds against the cardinals is hardly a done deal that favre is the jets savior

how about you wait until the season ends to assess the packers. you sound like peter king and your secret insight with god

by kinnickcolt on Oct 1, 2008 6:50 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

go colts?

Oh, pay him no mind. He is plainly and simply a miserable human being. He enjoys putting people down (obviously, he is lacking in one area or another) to make himself feel better. Its ironic though, because that kind of arrogance and negativity cannot be comfortable. Seriously.

I, for one, think is sign-in name is suspect. Is he a Titan in horsey clothing??? hmmmmm.

April in CA

by peytonsthebest on Oct 1, 2008 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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