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good stuff, oddly my favorite part was the my/by typo that I hate myself for constantly making.

Another great post KR.

I would rec it but I’m afraid Cass will call me out.

Which has its good and bad aspects.

overall, good post… I enjoyed reading it, which is… well, what’s important…

The 65% completion 347 yd crap fest he shat out on Sunday better not happen again. I mean, does this guy think he’s human or something? If he doesn’t rebound from this and throw for 80% and 4 TDs, I say bring in Sorgi.

By the way, I’m assuming you’re being sarcastic about Manning, because if you are really expressing disappointment about him, pull your head out of your ass, quit whining like a spoiled 6 year old, and appreciate that we have the best QB in the game who win he puts up 347 while completing 65%, it’s considered a “bad game” or an “off day.” Every other team in the league (including NE and NO) would consider that a hell of a game.

over Vinny?

And I like balls, too!

/intentionally exposing myself to nasty jokes

BBS, putting garbage like this on the front page reflects poorly on you and the rest of your writers. There’s not an ounce of useful analysis in this entire thing. I am dumber now than I was before I read it. It looks like something a 16 year old might write in an IM window.

the packers FO didnt tell Favre to FO. The Packers said come back, but Brett started his, i dun wan be hurrrr, shit, just to get out of training camp and stuff, so the packers aid, okay, bye, and they taylored their offense to aaron rogers. then favre said, yoyoyo, wuz up boyeeez i is back like flint. Or something, and the packers were like lolz u want 2 take a vacation and we will pay u sum $29 thousand thousands to be r PR man? and favre was like hihi i just watched as da world turns, bitches, i goin to minnesota. and ted thompson was like rotflol, uz gots contract, and herpes, lewser, and favre was like RE…LEEEEEEASE… MEEEEEE…. (think of the alien in independence day when he’s choking commander data in the lab but data is actually dead and not data but a doctor who hasnt seen sun light in like 50 years kind of like some people on this site i think imo if you know what im sayin, now im not talkin about you, im talkin about you, you know what i mean?) so anyhow, TT was like RELEASE YOU? IM TRADIN YOU TO TAMPA LULZ and then he saw that tampa was on the schedule and he was like HAHA I CALLED A REVERSE HERE U GO J E T S JETSJETSJETS and mangenius was like HAHAHAHAHAH I WIN, and then they lost and then they fired him and then they hired an even larger man (the jets think that wins is directly proportional to the size of their coaches waist which is scary because after they go 8-8 this year who is left to hire that is larger than rex ryan? i mean like jabba the hut is only a fictional character lol but i would like to see him lick suzy kolber on the side lines (im referring to joe namath not some sort of sexual act f u perverts) so then anyhow after he was released by the jets he was like lol im going to retire but then he pulled a 180 and almost didnt retire and then pulled another 180 which is like a 360 and retired until the start of the season when he turned the 360 into a 540 and unretired from his retiring and then he was like IM BACK IN BLACK PURPLE! LETS GO CHILI… CHILLY. and that is the story all about how his life got flipped turned up side down, id like to take a minute, just sit right thurrr and thank you for reading my stream of conciousness thank you and good evening/night/morning waakwakakakaka wakak.

They call a play and (eventually) hike the ball. Then there is a push at the line of scrimage. If an offensive lineman can push the defensive lineman back, the runningback can find a place to run. If the defender wins the push, suddenly everyone you don’t like is coming through the gap. It’s simple—both sides push and whoever wins, their back is coming through—linebacker or runningback. When the offensive lineman is losing, the runningback appears to be dancing. What you are seeing isn’t Addai’s fault. The Colts offensive line is simply losing the battle. It’s a different type of player that can consistently drive back the defensive line. Addai keeps starting because the Colts know this. Brown wouldn’t be fairing any better, and he’s still pretty green in the rest of the phases of the game. Brown might be better during the freak chance a back can actually get into the secondary, but it’s not the way you gamble.

This lack of run statistics is completely caused by the offensive line. They are not able to win the initial push.

i swear the original return time for gonzo was 2-8 weeks…

not unless I’m ahead of you on the waiver list. :-)

I’m perfectly happy not owning him, though. Slaton was at best a marginal start before he got benched and sure, it’s nice to run all over Buffalo, but go back to week 4 and his 15 carries against Oakland went nowhere. Moats is a speculative add at best.

I remember someone that kept talking about Harvin way back in the day…oh that’s right, me.

http://www.stampedeblue.com/2009/1/7/713346/2009-2010-indianapolis-col#11272160

And not sure if he has ROY wrapped up quite yet. Nicks isn’t returning kicks but they’re virtually tied at receiver. Knox is returning kicks and he’s having a decent year. Moreno’s having a decent year, so is McCoy.

Collie probably has the slot locked down even when Gonzo comes back. Have a feeling Austin ends up with the best receiving numbers and if we decided to get wise and use him to return kicks.. Not to mention Donald could come tear it up too. Pretty tight race really.

In all honesty I think the defensive rookies are standing out more than any of the offensive ones this season. Looks like so far my hunch on Laurinaitis was right.

Disagree about the Goat of the Week. That Goat was the reason we advanced passed the Ravens in 2006. The injury obviously has effected him, maybe he won’t be where he needs to be again. But why not throw Gonzo or Brown in there? Them not playing had more to do with Stover being forced to kick field goals than Nougatieri.

Disagree with the Jamal Lewis assessment. Pretty sure he wants to retire because he hasn’t been a factor since he carried the ball 387 times back in 2003. Can’t knock a guy if he wants to preserve his health. Hell, Earl Campbell retired at about the same age and had 310 less carries than Lewis does now and look and look at him now. Being on the Browns I’m sure helped coming to his decision.

Completely, 100% agree with the whole Gonzo secrecy. You’d almost think that if they were going to try some trickery they’d say he’s NOT going to play and then he does. That may actually accomplish something. Wish the Colts were just a little more open in general about everything that’s going on. Nothing crazy, just stop being politicians about the entire thing.

On a slight tangent, I wasn’t fortunate to see the game, I did listen to it a bit. Heard about some slightly overthrown, LB tipping a pass by luck etc. The way I see it, I actually take this as one of our better games of the season. Call me crazy right? Well, I dunno about you guys, but I kind of have a smidgen of a feeling that our offense just might be able to kick it into gear. If a woeful terrible day is with Peyton not throwing an INT and 350 yards while still winning, I’ll take it. What I take from the game is what I, and a few others were saying in the offseason. This defense is finally coming together and standing as their own elite unit. They’re not the “Oh God, our defense is on the field again. Just hope Peyton can score after we give one up.” They’ve been off and on for several seasons, and this may not even be the best defense we’ve had. I think our 2005 one was pretty sick, but this one has potential. It’s also an extremely young defense with a ton of talent that’s already performing like a veteran unit.

Sure, the media can knock us, or anyone for that matter. I’m sorry, but just because the Colts doesn’t mean that winning with our defense is any less spectacular than the Ravens of 2001 or 2006 or the Giants of 2007 or Steelers of 2008. What I’m saying is, maybe the days that Peyton HAS to put up 400 yards and 4 TDs to win are gone because we can win with our defense? I know for a fact that our defense, and solely our defense, won us at least two games last season. Mathis returning the TD against the Browns and Rosencopter.

Let’s put it this way. I am now shocked when our defense gives up a big play and I have yet to see them smacked around. The “worst” day you could say was the ’Fins game. Well, they beat up those “elite” defenses worse than us and we never were down by more than 7 and never failed to score on the possession immediately following a Dolphins score. So why would we be morons and let Brown throw a cheap TD to Williams when it looked like Peyton was playing Madden on Rookie?

Yeah, it’d be chest thumping, in your face to beat everyone by 30, but I promise you that’s not going to happen in the playoffs. The 49ers are a good team with a very promising defense. People can dog us if they want and love the Saints and Vikings, but both of those teams have either really squeaked out some wins, especially the Vikings.

The most important factor to me that separates the “good” teams from the “elite” teams is that while the Colts may have had close games, they have not once trailed by anything that has required two possessions to tie. Let that sink in. Not once the entire year have the Colts not been able to tie or take the lead on an offensive possession. Add to that we haven’t given up big leads and allowed a team to take us from chilling on the recliner to yelling at the T.V. and you’re talking about one impressive team with a very potent defense.