Disappointed but not worried!

by 1LT David E Bryant on Sep 8, 2008 11:17 AM EDT Comment 4 comments

First things first. This site is GREAT! I really appreciate you all putting together a class website for true fans to talk about our team! I still wonder what "Terry" is doing on here though! lol

I am in Iraq right now, and got up at 3 in the morning so that I could watch our Colts do what was expected (by all it seemed) to the Bears. But as it was quoted earlier... "Sometimes the Bear gets you" That certainly was the case last night. (or this morning in my case) It was a tough pill to swallow watching our team knock off rust, but the sad part is that there didn't seem to be that burning desire to win that we have become used to. It seemed as though we were timid...

I have been bleeding blue since I have known about football. So I know how it feels to go through season after season of let downs, but this team truly has the potential to be great! They just need to OWN that identity! Yes we were one of the most dominant teams in those playoffs two years ago, and we won out! (I was cheering so hard at the AFC championship, that I literally threw up on the pats fan next to me. =P my brother in law who is from Cape Cod... After all the SH%$ talking he did during the first half, it was well deserved!)

We will put it together. If we stay healthy and get certain players back, we will be more than fine! We do need to get back to establishing the run, and then kill them with the pass, not hope for the pass, and then try to run. 80-20 pass attack will never work in this league. We have known that for some time! But getting protection that is stable will help that. Addai had some good runs, but he didn't get enough chances to do what he can do.

Coach Dungy cannot be swayed by the crowd to make challenges. His players will let him know if it was a good call or not. The big screen is not the greatest way to see if a call is good or not. But I understand why he had to take those chances. Each one had points attached to it. In the chance the the zebras were wrong, it changes the score board in both cases. So really he was trapped! But I sure wish that he had been able to challenge that no catch call on Reggies 40 yard reception. I don't know what the deal was with that!

At anyrate, cheer loud as hell there at home! No matter what is going on, we are COLTS FANS! NO ONE is LOUDER OR PROUDER! I will be watching every game that they show here, but I am afraid that if it is not a prime time game I will not be as lucky. But you can BET YOUR BUTT I will NEVER give up on my COLTS!

God Bless you all, and have a great day, your Hoosiers are here in Iraq, and you can rest easy knowing that WE wont drop the ball on OUR watch!

1LT Bryant

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Thank you

for what you do and God Bless and….GO COLTS!!!

April in CA

by peytonsthebest on Sep 8, 2008 11:28 AM EDT reply actions

GOD BLESS YOU, and for what you are doing for the USA, THANK YOU!!!!

I too think the Colts will be find,with Peyton having the surgery and then missing all of training camp and preseason and not being able to have that much needed rep. time with the team sure showed in the game also what many aren’t realizing is all through the game last night you could see it in Manning’s eyes the worry if his knee would hold up or if he took a hit on it would he be in the same situation as Brady.

I’m not one to predict never would until now and I predict that all these Cols fans that are worried now they have only till the next game to see a COLTS team that will come out blazing mainly due to the more confidence Manning will have in his knee and the more time he will have in practice with the team.

by Ufanforreal on Sep 8, 2008 12:04 PM EDT reply actions

Exactly! Ufanforreal got it on the nose!

They mentioned last night the Peyton wanted to get that first hit out of the way, and now thats taken care of he can get down to business! We will be ok, but we have to tighten up some screws where there seemed to be leaks… We will be looking forward to whats to come! Thats for sure!

Thanks for all the prayers!

1LT Bryant

We are surrounded? GREAT! Now the enemy cannot escape us!

by 1LT David E Bryant on Sep 8, 2008 12:16 PM EDT reply actions

Thanks for your service to our great country!

I am not too worried. I entered this game worried about Manning’s knee, the O-Line, and the rust in general. I already posted on here that the Bears are better than many of us were giving them credit for. It went as I feared.

However, I am optimistic as well. We will shake off the rust and be excellent real soon. Harrison looked as good as I hoped, and Freeney looked better than I expected. The O-Line will quickly gain experience, Manning will quickly gain confidence, and we will quickly begin to dominate the league again.

Thanks for a great post, and God watch over you and all our troops over there!

by coltsfanawalt on Sep 8, 2008 1:33 PM EDT reply actions