Luke Links: The Sigh of Relief Edition
by BigBlueShoe on Sep 29, 2009 2:00 PM EDT
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Now that we know how long Dwight Freeney will be out, we can shift focus away from obsessing over his injury to finishing up discussion on the Cardinals game and looking ahead to the Seahawks.
- Revenge of the Birds breaks down the Cardinals inability to run the football on Indy's defense.
- John Oehser breaks down Bill Polian's latest episode of the Bill Polian show.
- Peter King offers yet another interesting nugget on how Peyton Manning develops a professional relationship with his receivers:
It's likely Clark and Wayne will alternate being Manning's men in the coming weeks, and perhaps even when Gonzalez returns. That's because Manning takes so long to get totally comfortable with new receivers. I've been told that Gonzalez hasn't become the kind of go-to receiver Manning looks for because he's too exact and doesn't yet have the kind of rapport with Manning the veterans do.
"It takes every receiver who comes into this offense a few years to not just be a receiver running routes, but to be a useful target,'' Clark told me. "It took me four years. It's hard to narrow down why, but a good answer is experience. It's my seventh season now, and it's seeing a lot of plays with [Peyton], in the same film room with him, then getting out on the field and feeling it. Same thing with Reggie. I'm sure he didn't have the chemistry in year three he does now."
- NFL.com's Mike Lombardi states that when Peyton Manning plays well, the Colts win. Pretty much a "duh" statement.
- Colts.com offers sites and sounds from the game.
- Does anyone have Comcast at home? Is it nice? SB Nation has started working with Comcast (you may have noticed the "Red Zone" ads) and I'm looking to gauge whether folks use and like Comcast's NFL packages. I know Comcast now offers NFL Network, which means that anyone who has it and NFL Network is now someone I automatically hate. I'm still stuck with Time Warner Cable. Barf.
- PhilB of the Indy Star offers a great live chat the night following the game. It seems that Philip Wheeler is very much in the Colts doghouse.
- 18to88 keeps it real, saying the only accurate article written about Freeney's injury in the last 24 hours was a FanPost written here.
- PhilB again, this time playing the "homer card." Very enjoyable article.
- And finally, shake n bake already has his "Ask a Colts fan" post up over at Field Gulls. Check it out to see what Seahawks fans are inquiring about.
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Comcast
I have Comcast and don’t have a problem with it as far as a cable service goes (internet is an entirely different story). I’m glad they now offer NFLN to all on the Digital Preferred package instead of making you spend extra for a sports package. I believe Red Zone is extra though.
by TouchdownMonkey on Sep 29, 2009 2:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
RedZone is an extra
However, I believe it is a pretty cheap extra for ComCast customers. Watching football on RedZone is an experience like no other.
EVH+DLR=BFFr........ God I Hope So!!
by dmstorm22 on Sep 29, 2009 2:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
$5 bucks a month
and you get a ton of other channels with it, NBA, Big 10, NHL, Horse, Golf, and the list goes on. I had a Fan Shot about it a while back.
I applaud Comcast for trying to b competitive with DirectTV. But there is no way they will be until they offer out of market games. And I’m sure DirectTV has a monopoly on that until who knows when. Comcast also offers their own Blog like website from comcast.com.
by MarkFive05 on Sep 29, 2009 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Comcast will always be competitive
becuase it is cheaper, and has a wider viewing audience. Much like Microsoft/Apple. DirectTV may have the superior product, but it won’t matter.
I think DirectTV has the monopoly on the Sunday Ticket package for a while. However, I am fine watching RedZone on Sundays, and buying the GameRewind on NFL.com for 40 bucks, which gives me access to every game at midnight.
EVH+DLR=BFFr........ God I Hope So!!
by dmstorm22 on Sep 29, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
im ready
for the power rankings to be posted. they dont mean a thing but its just wonderful to look at.
As long as we have Peyton we will always have a chance to win.
by skywalker on Sep 29, 2009 3:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Pete Prisco with CBSSports.com
has the Colts second behind the Giants.
by Ayrshire on Sep 29, 2009 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We also got a "mea culpa"
from Don Banks…its pretty sweet.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Sep 29, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok...
I normally post them on Wednesdays to avoid too many updates, but I understand your impatience…after that game Sunday night we should catapult to the top.
Give me a few hours and I’ll post what I am able to find.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Sep 29, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am happy with Comcast
They seem to have varying service by zone though. At my house (Where I never go), the internet is blazing fast but they have had issues with my cable boxes and TV service. But at my girlfriend’s (where I always am), the TV has always been great and their customer service top notch.
We paid for the extra sports tier back when NFLn was on it and now just have a package with every single channel (except porn, damn) for $199 including internet and phone (though the internet is nowhere near as fast here. Congestion, I imagine, as this is a more populated area). So that gives me the Red Zone channel. My only complaint is that RZC is not in HD yet. I’m sure it will be next year though – they were a year late with the GAME HD channel for the MLB package too.
It’d be nice to have the option to get the Sunday Ticket – 4 years ago I did and we always lined 3 TVs up every week – but I’m not too upset about it because a) DirectTV sucks otherwise and b) I’m in Indy half the weeks anyway at the games.
by willyduer on Sep 29, 2009 3:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dude, call Comcast today and tell them you can't afford your bill anymore and threaten to cancel your service.
They will cut your bill in half for a year. Seriously.
by MarkFive05 on Sep 29, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
really?
That’s awesome. I’m totally going to do that over at my place. I think they’ll know we’re full of shit at my girlfriend’s, but it’s annoying to be paying them that much twice over.
by willyduer on Sep 29, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmm..
but wouldn’t their first course of action be to tell you to lower the service? It’s a good deal at 199 but there are lower tiers, like the triple play for 119. Doesn’t make a whole lot of sense for them to just give me everything for 99.
by willyduer on Sep 29, 2009 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here is what I had
Internet for like 60
Cable for 90
HBO and Showtime for 25
Sports Package for 10
with taxes I was paying roughly 160 a month
I called them and told them I couldn’t afford it. I could only afford about 100 a month. I cancelled the Sports package outright because the NFL Network was free now, so who care. They gave me HBO and Showtime for 5 bucks a month for 12 months, Internet for 25 for 6 months, and Cable for 45 for 12.
All it took was a 10 minute call as well.
by MarkFive05 on Sep 29, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Red zone
I have the Comcast digital package and sports package, so it’s Channel 271 for me. In fact, I’ll probably never watch the NFL Network except for actual games or NFL Films footage again, now that my ADD-addled mind can flit through red zone possessions in 6-9 ongoing games. That way, I can avoid hearing the NFL Network’s crappy announcers and only be exposed to hacks on Fox and CBS in small doses.
The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in the stars, but in ourselves.
by Coltsfan58 on Sep 29, 2009 3:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
dude
Deion sucks, and Dukes sucks, but otherwise the NFLn dominates ESPN in coverage and shows. And I’d definitely advise you to watch Playbook. Those shows are by far the most informative 4 hours on TV right now.
by willyduer on Sep 29, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
As BBS said earlier, Inside the NFL on Showtime is really the best NFL analysis show out there
I like NFL Network for replaying games, NFL rewind, but espcially for their after the game coverage on the press interviews the coaches and players give.
by MarkFive05 on Sep 29, 2009 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah I need to start taping that
I avoided it when it was on HBO because I hated the guys on it, but there’s been some turnover, hasn’t there?
by willyduer on Sep 29, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was only talking about game announcers
But I’ll look into Playbook. Thanks.
The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in the stars, but in ourselves.
by Coltsfan58 on Sep 29, 2009 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We’ve been trying to decide between U-Verse and Comcast here. I’m pushing for U-Verse, but Comcast is making us a pretty decent deal.
Still, I’d take FiOS in a heartbeat.
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by MonkeyBusiness on Sep 29, 2009 3:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Comcast
Thanks for the feedback. I’m waiting on information from them because there is some promotion they are doing with us bloggers at SB Nation. I wanted to get a little user feedback because I was asked to post an article about this promotion, and I did NOT want to post some Mike Florio-like “buy a Sprint phone” type of article. Nothing against Sprint or anything, but those posts he used to make were laughable.
This is good feedback. Thanks.
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by BigBlueShoe on Sep 29, 2009 3:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
personal experience with Comcast
I used to have comcast. The TV aspect was fine, but the internet side of things sucked. Aside from random outtages, my speed dropping below dialup randomly, and other general headaches, they would routinely do ‘scheduled maint’ at 1am. Now, Im nocturnal, I do a lot of things at night (other than porn), its a headache. I would have no problem, if they would have ever given notice, but they didn’t. THey would put the service out from 1am till 2 or 3am, if you’d call, they’d say, ‘oh, we’re doing scheduled work’. Well, its not really scheduled if you’re not informing your customers. This would happen atleast once a week.
Their CS was also not good.
Im no longer with comcast.
by SpazMo on Sep 29, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was not a fan of comcast at all. their tv programming was OK, but internet was aweful. I switched to AT&T Uverse and it is leaps and bounds ahead of comcast. free nfl network and big ten network, not to mention in get free dvr. All of this is CHEAPER than my basic digital comcast package.
Call me "Sir" goddamnit!
by danorocks17 on Sep 29, 2009 5:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
oh wow awesome LOLCOLT from KSK
The number of ways you can fool yourself is just amazing.
by shake n bake on Sep 29, 2009 6:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Couldn't Fisher get a shirt that fit?
When my kids borrow my shirts, the sleeves fit like that.
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
by Bobman on Sep 29, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nothing to do with football but,
For me, Jeff Fisher is cute no matter what he wears. I’ve always enjoyed watching him on the sidelines.
"You can't defend the perfect throw, what can I say?" Peyton quoting Marino
by Indy Lori on Sep 30, 2009 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow...
that is brave that you admitted that!! Good for you! What exactly tickles your fancy? How he rocks the stash?
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey."
"I don't really trust a sane person."
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by TRDean on Sep 30, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL,
I can’t explain it, attraction is one of life’s little mysteries.
"You can't defend the perfect throw, what can I say?" Peyton quoting Marino
by Indy Lori on Sep 30, 2009 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd have to agree...
for coaches in the NFL, its Harbaugh and Fisher for me.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Sep 30, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That caption is so f-ing funny!
I love bilingual double-entendres!
Check out my cedille, buddy….
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
by Bobman on Sep 29, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's AWESOME!!
Going up on my office wall..
Thanks, Shake!
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Sep 30, 2009 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
saw new power rankings
1st ravens, 2nd colts, 3rd giants, 4th saints
by ANGELSFAITH on Sep 29, 2009 7:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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