is capable of. I can’t wait :-)

Freeney aside, the Colts are pretty damn conservative when it comes to returning form injuries. I think Bob returned for the huge Pats game a few years ago, then missed the next 8 games before the playoffs. Do we want that? It worked out okay then, but….

I knew the 06 Patriots. I played the 06 Patriots. And you, 09 Titans, are no 06 Patriots.

Parahrasing Bentsen-to-Quayle never gets old.

That includes Bob Sanders. And yes, he does matter that much. Don’t make the mistake of forgetting how good this guy is.

Totally agree, when he comes back, the D will improve even more. Many prefer Bullitt over Bob, and they have good reasons for that but Bobzilla will ahve a bigger impact than Melvin.

no matter what anyone says bob is still a force until he’s proved his injuries are to great to overcome

Gotta love homerism.

I’m sorry, but I’d rather him at 100% injury free then still nursing injuries. More importantly, We have the bye week next, then we are at St. Louis. That would be the perfect game to let him come back in, get some reps at game speed, and not be as concerned with it being a critical game.

A division game against the Titans is not a game I want Sanders (if he’s not 100%) playing in. I’d rather take my chances….

More importantly, if the repugnant offense of the Jaguars can light their defense up for almost 40pts…..

Polian and Caldwell probably didnt expect the Titans to be 0-4… they were probably expecting the winner of this game to lead the division. I for one thing Bob should be back for the Rams game, get the rust off so he can be ready to go for that important stretch.

For the borderline injury cases… taking this week off would essentially give them a nice 4 weeks to rest up. I feel Hayden, Bracket, Sanders should be help out and Freeney should only play the Passing downs.

The problem is, this is a divisional game. The Titans record might be terrible, but we do have a Jags team that has managed to work up two divisional wins rather quickly. Do we want to start with a 1-1 divisional record? I don’t think so. I personally believe that Bob has been ready to go for a week or two, but they wanted him to be 100% for this game, no matter what the Titans record was. This division has been hard fought recently, so we can’t afford to lose momentum.

Get Bob in there, play some 3 safety nickel, rotate Freeney in and out, and let Lacey and Powers get some significant snaps and show the Thumbtacks how our new D-backs can play Man as well as Zone. That should give them some significant issues moving the ball on us, especially the way that Collins has played this year.

My predicitions:

3 sacks
1 FF, 1 FR
2 INTs
3.2 YPC
2 Rushing TDs allowed
0 Passing TDs
50% Red Zone Conversion allowed
< 5 YPA Passing
< 40% 3rd Down Conversion allowed

Let’s go D! Play some Colts Ball!

… someone who isn’t undervaluing Sanders just because we’re an 4-0 team.

This just in: Fred Taylor injured!

Who’d have guessed THAT!?!? Ankle surgery, out indefinitely, but not IR. Yeah, because 32 year-old RBs recover so well. Especially injury-plagued ones. He had 45 carries this year and the next two rushers didn’t total that together. I like Sammy Morris and Faulk, but LoMo is another fragile back they’d be wise to not rely too much on.

Tommy, gear up for 50 passes a game. Indy D, gear up for your specialty.

Looking at the schedule, the Texans and Jags have games they could well (maybe should) lose, which would put them at 2-3. Beating the Titans puts us at 5-0 and them at 0-5, which means they have to run the table to tie if we just go 6-5. Since the Titans have been a pain in the a*s, I would hope that the Colts would go all out to win this game.
On another point, I would not play Sanders in any game that we should win easily without him; i.e. the Rams, who are awful. Why risk him getting hurt, again, when he is not essential to winning the game?
If he doesn’t play against the Titans, i would hold him out at least until the Texans game and maybe for the Patriots.