Curtis Painter, Fili Moala and Mike Hart to have good games.

I think Painter preformed admirably last week as a rookie with a shoddy Oline and a complex playbook. Yes, he needs to make decisions quicker and yes, he needs to find a rhythm getting the offense rolling – but those things come with more playtime. I’m hoping he makes a stride in the right direction and proves to the pundants out there why Polian drafted this guy.

2nd round draft picks are supposed to play, and play well. That’s just bible when it comes to the NFL. Fili didn’t do much last game and we can chalk it up to NFL jitters, but I really would like him to show the speed and length that convined Polian he was our guy. I haven’t heard much about him at camp, and that’s not good. We don’t need him to start, but he need him to be an active member of the Dline, and soon.

Lastly, I want to see just how healthy this knee of Hart’s is. If he’s healthy, we have our 3rd down back. He’s got good hands, can pass block, hardly ever fumbles and every Colts fan remembers the key 3rd down in the Ravens game last year. He had a good preseason last year – I’d like him to put that one to shame starting tonight.

For some reason I am fixating on the LB corps. I really want to see Adam Seward play well. I have heard that the last game he played well, and I have also heard he played badly…I didn’t get to see so I don’t know. To me he may be a real jewel.

To add on the D line…I want to see Taylor dominate like I thought he could. Both him and Moala need to pick it up…I’m sure they will!!!

QB protection…better be improved.

Lastly, Im just glad I get to see this game!!

Mannings feet better stay on the ground, and his ass off of it. it wont be cool to see more sacks……

I also want to see Hart get out there…….and the defense get off the field!

One, I think the Eagles will continue to run the same blitz-happy defense they have in the past, so I want to see the OL pick up these blitzes, and keep Peyton upright. This is especially true for Richard and the 2nd team OL. Richard needs to keep working on identifying the blitzers and pointing them out to the rest of the OL, and this will be a great opportunity to do that against a team with lots of exotic blitzes.

Second is Pat McAfee. Not so much for his punting (we saw that last week), but for his holding. I hope we can get 4-5 opportunities for him to catch and hold on an XP/FG. We became so used to Hunter Smith being spectacular holding the ball, that it never entered our mind on a FG we needed that the hold would cause any trouble. I don’t feel that comfort any more (yet), so McAfee needs as many live-action chances, as we are going to need him a couple times this year late in a game.

Charlie Johnson to suck, Tony Ugoh shining and getting his job back for the next 10 years without missing a start…and then I woke up…Hope my dream comes true

  I really want to see what Brown looks like. There was a lot of praise for him after a big run against the Vikings, and I want to see if this was a one shot deal, or if he does this against another team as well

I want to see Peyton throw a touchdown pass.
I want to see ANY running back break a big one.
I want to see a little swagger from Painter.
I want to see All the Eagles QB’s get sacked.
What I don’t want to see, Caldwell looking stunned or confused.
Come on Colts……….show us SOMETHING!

Line play on BOTH sides of the ball. Everything else seems to be in place, but unless we do a better job of controlling (not necessarily dominating) the line of scrimmage it will be a very tough season.

One Charlie Johnson. His footwork and pass blocking especially. Given that I’ve literally thrown thngs in the past because of him, I’m especially dubious about him as a starting LT. Argh.

That the Eagles are planning on using their starters for the first half of the game. This could be good and it could be bad.

It could be good because it will give us a chance to see our second team take on a quality starting NFL team. Its always harder for me to tell if a 2nd or 3rd stringer is any good when they are pitted against other 2nd and 3rd stringers.

It could be bad, well, because we’ll probably get creamed…

And I will repeat it here: With Jason Peters out and Winston Justice struggling, I look for Marcus Howard to put up some big numbers with the expanded playing time he should get since Robert Mathis and Raheem Brock out.

1. Improvement over last game – less offside penalties on D, more 3 and outs, better pass protection, solid return game

2. No injuries – really this should be #1 but I’m lazy so it’s staying at #2. In the time it takes me to type this I could have cut and pasted it back to #1 but now I’m just proving a point.

3. More aggressiveness on D. Last game was good, but I want to see improvement. I think we will see better tackling and that will help.

4. Better line play overall on offense AND defense.

5. Addai and Ugoh to play well so they can get their confidence up….

I am getting the game on TV tonight!!!! yayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayya

/excited little girl scream

The Eagles are undefeated against the Colts in preseason?

2-0 baby!

Yay for games that don’t count/mean nothing!

Seriously though, these are not two teams that care a whole lot about preseason.

May not be able to watch the game as I am in Korea right now now headed to minila for the week. if my plane lands on time I might make it back for the third or fourth quarter