Week Six Quick Recap: Colts 27, Redskins 24
On a night which in which Joseph Addai had the longest run of his career (46 yards) and Pierre Garcon busted out of his funk in a huge way (4 catches, 103 yards, 1 TD), the key stat of the game was that the Colts were really able to impose their will on the Redskins by running the football right. down. their. throats.
28 rushes. 170 yards. 1 touchdown.
We've given this offensive line a lot of grief this season for their general inept play. Tonight, they showed up BIG TIME. Hats off to them.
Tons of game balls to be dished out. One person who will not get one is Kenneth Moore. Two fumbles on punts returns, one lost. The only thing that guy's getting is a pink slip tomorrow.
Despite the special teams miscues (Adam Vinatieri had a 48-yard field goal blocked as well) the offense came to play after performing somewhat poorly last week. For me, this game really belongs to the o-line. Despite a few times where the Redskins were able to get to Peyton Manning, the guys up front seemed to block well tonight. Been a long time since we ran for 170 yards. Hopefully, Addai's shoulder is OK. He left in the fourth quarter after injuring it. Not sure at this time if it is the same shoulder that he hurt last week.
Chat away and offer your thoughts on the game. Despite our team's many flaws, 4-2 entering the bye week is pretty decent.
Go Colts!
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Considering the inconsistency this team has shown,
4-2 feels pretty good. Plus, it’s always better to go into the bye week after a victory.
Agreed
Also, sorry for the lack of open threads everyone. I forgot to place the threads in the queue. So sorry.
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The win & bye softens the blow
Considering half of our starters were in the locker room before the end of the game. Hopefully Brandon James gets activated, Addai/Garçon/Brackett/Brown/Lacey/etc. can rest up and get ready for our MNF revenge game, yet-to-be-utilized guys like McClendon and Hughes can start getting more reps with the starting O/D, and maybe – just maybe – we’ll see an Anthony Gonzalez sighting or two.
It was unsettling to see everyone getting knocked around and getting up slowly, but the bye week and the victory makes this game a lot easier to swallow.
the colts will be fine.
as always. I liked the O-line out there tonight… finally Caldwell listened up and put DeVan out there. Worked like a charm. Also… I love Joseph Addai. I hope he’s ok. And Jerraud Powers played beastly tonight. And Franny making the big play at the end earned my love for at least a week.
Peyton Manning= Better.
Very impressed with Angerer
Played very, very well for his first start.
by Buffalo Braves on Oct 18, 2010 12:08 AM EDT reply actions
he was definitely solid
Yes, he did get caught out of position a couple of times that I saw, but with some experience he may be a very good MLB. It was a very good start, especially considering how much the Skins were trying to run the ball.
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I'm not sold on the O line yet
The skins were not really trying to stop the run very much. Still some good runs by our RBs. Agree Powers was a beast. Angerer solid. How Moore doesn’t get cut….don’t even want to think about them keeping him. Garcon was up and down, I sit him some, esp on short yardage for a guy w/ better hands. Really need to work on special teams and tackling.
by strandedincarolina on Oct 18, 2010 12:10 AM EDT reply actions
"Really need to work on... tackling"
Understatement of the millennium. Either that, or check the Redskins jerseys for grease. I counted as many as six missed tackles on many of the plays tonight.
ONLY 6???
Looked like a lot more than that. There were certainly some spectacular whiffs in the backfield, that went for big gains instead of a loss. Torrain gave our guys fits trying to tackle him.
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yeah, but if we can run when the other team
is selling out the pass, then we’ll be fine. It’s when we can’t even do that, then we struggle.
Peyton Manning= Better.
by JesusNinja13 on Oct 18, 2010 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Still not sold on Caldwell
Conservative win is nice
But score on that last drive would have been better.
Then you don’t have to count on heroic interceptions to seal the win.
Now, I’m not sure how much Caldwell had to do with the last drive, but somebody lacked a killer instinct.
This team has lacked the killer instinct....
I don’t really have a problem w/ Caldwell being too conservative. Washington was beating themselves, so make them earn it. Going up by two scores was huge, it probably saved the game.
Dungy always stressed the small things and to worry about your job. I don’t see the control from the coaching staff. Many games had questionable gameplans and no energy. I definately put Caldwell in the bottom third of the leage, but his problems are a lot bigger than game management.
by strandedincarolina on Oct 18, 2010 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Agree... I'm sorry...
but 4 fumbles?
Peyton Manning= Better.
by JesusNinja13 on Oct 18, 2010 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Half of that was Moore, and he will be cut in all probability
Addai was just blown up. Can’t fault him for that, if he wasn’t as tuff as he is he would have been scratched. First guy caught him helmet to helmet and fletcher lowered his shoulder and drilled his head also.
by strandedincarolina on Oct 18, 2010 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
The NFL needs to change that rule.
If a player loses the ball from a hit to the helmet and becomes concussed the ball need to be dead at the spot of the fumble. There’s no way someone can control the ball when their out cold. I don’t understand the logic behind allowing so many hits to the helmets.
by Dann Giszewski on Oct 18, 2010 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
It's a clean hit
And it’s a clean rule. The runner is on his own as long as his forward progress is not halted. Addai had already lowered his head.
The game is physical. It’s just part of playing it. You cannot turn this into flag football. The simple fact remains that Addai took a hard, but clean shot. In looking at the replays, it even looks like Fletcher may have led with his shoulder pad too…
by DevilsReject on Oct 18, 2010 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't have a problem w/ Fletcher
The guy is all class and it didn’t seem intentional. The first hit was helmet to helmet. Nothing will get done. The biggest thing is people have been on Addai for that fumble. Not his fault.
by strandedincarolina on Oct 18, 2010 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions
If the player is knocked out, that's different
The replays from some of the games earlier today showed a lot of helmet to helmet hits. I just feel the ball shouldn’t be a turnover if someone has no control of their body. If trainers carry a player off the field cuz of a concussion its wrong to give the other team the ball.
by Dann Giszewski on Oct 18, 2010 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions
But that killer instinct almost burned them on the previous drive
When (as 18 explained later) they assumed they’d face stacked boxes and they passed for three incompletes, burning only about 20 seconds, preserving all WA’s timeouts, and giving them the ball back.
Can’t have it both ways. I didn’t like the three runs into a wall of humanity, but (if they have no TOs left) it was the right call. if they have TOs left, then a run for 0 equals an incomplete pass in that the clock can/will be killed anyway. So you might as well try a pass.
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
Agreed, if you live by the sword,
you’ve got to be willing to die by it.
The previous 3 and out was due to some great defensive plays. I’d be willing to dare them to make those plays again. My money would be that they couldn’t.
And if they did, then I shake their hands and acknowledge that they were the better team. No regrets.
But this getting the ball back in their territory—they have essentially conceeded that the game is over by going for it on 4th down—and only needing a single first down to begin rolling the credits. All I get is a few safe runs that were telegraphed as runs from the get-go.
Regrets? Yep, I’ve got’em.
Unfortunately
That was due in large part to the injury to Addai. If he doesn’t go out injured, they would have ran the ball some there. Yes, Hart looked good but c’mon, Addai is whole another level…
by DevilsReject on Oct 18, 2010 8:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree that the O-Line was good,
but I’m not sold. I hope this means we see more of DeVan. He did miss one tonight that cost us a TD, but MUCH better overall than Richard. I liked the idea of putting in a roster claim for Brewster. I went to a few of the games he played at BSU and I always wanted him to be a Colt. It will take him awhile to learn the playbook, but I think he has more upside than MANY on the roster now. He could beat out Diem for skills right now.
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I don't see any reason not to try and improve the line
Cut Richard or Thomas and bring in someone like Brewster. Worst comes to worst, you can resign those two guys, nobody will pick them up. I also wouldn’t mind seeing Clapp brought up.
by strandedincarolina on Oct 18, 2010 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Powers gets my game ball.
As much as I LOVE what Addai did tonight, Powers was EVERYWHERE! I also MUST gove props to Angerer. I am beginning to really love his fire. I still don’t know why he’s not starting instead of Wheeler. I know they want him to learn first, but his discipline would be a welcome change to getting blocked out of every play like Wheeler.
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So true about Powers
I see Conner coming in and taking time away from Wheeler. Get Angerer in there some more. He’s got potential, give him the experience. Wheeler is maxed out. He won’t get any better.
by strandedincarolina on Oct 18, 2010 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Really happy
with the win heading into the bye. I been saying to everyone forever if Addai could just not get hit as soon as he touched the ball, and was given a hole every now and then, he’d be an excellent running back and he proved it tonight. Line did play better, but I’m getting tired of watching Diem whiff on blocks. He is the reason for the lost Peyton fumble. His time better be up after this year if not sooner. I love me some Powers baby. Big P had another great game. Recievers looked pretty solid. I’m a little worried about Clark. The past few weeks I been trying to figure out if he is not having big games due to either great coverage or he just isn’t playing great. I’m thinking its more the coverages. He did have that one nice big catch tonight. They need to rest and need to get ready to BEAT Houston. We NEED that game!
Clark has been game planned for a bit...
the last few weeks. It started in Denver. LB and Safety on him ALL DAY. Pretty similar against the Chiefs. Tonight the amount of “milling” the ’Skins did made it tough to know who was gonna be on him. I think that kept Peyton from looking at him a bunch.
PS: He got interfered with on that throw to him with 2:30 left in the game.
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When is Conner due back?
The shoe isn't lucky it's magic!!
No timetable yet...
Bleedin' Blue for as long as I can remember. Can you believe we get to be fans while our team has the greatest QB of all time?!?!?!
Since his injury happened in Week 3
Expect him back about Week 10-11….
by DevilsReject on Oct 18, 2010 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I hadn't heard an official time yet.
I like week 10 or 11! It’ll be good to see him back. He showed some good flashes!
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His injury report
was being out 6-8 weeks. He’s already been out 3 weeks, so add another 3-4 for sure…
by DevilsReject on Oct 18, 2010 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Damn
Thx tho!
The shoe isn't lucky it's magic!!
Can we give some props...
to the Colts No Huddle offense as well? I LOVED seeing the Colts push a D to the edge of their fitness. It reminded me of a few years ago when that was the majority of our gameplan!
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I was shocked that Washington wasn't ready for it.
We didn’t really outplay them on offense, but the no huddle wore them out, esp Orapko. It was key to the game. I thought the offensive gameplanning and gamecalling were much improved this week. I didn’t see the draw for negative yardage a hundred times tonight and the plays and formations didn’t telegraph as much as they have this year.
by strandedincarolina on Oct 18, 2010 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed...
The screens were varied and useful. Garcon getting deep early helped. It pulled the safeties back a bit deeper. I don’t think Washington planned for it because we haven’t run it all year. I think Peyton saw them trying to “disguise” their coverage SO much he said, “Let’s snap quick to catch them out of position.” We didn’t come out running the no huddle. We went to it late in the first early in the second. I think that tempo wore out the D and help make the running game successful.
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no kidding... flashback to the Glory Days!
Sure did work just as well as it used to!
Peyton Manning= Better.
by JesusNinja13 on Oct 18, 2010 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
43 years since the Colts won in D.C.
A lot to be corrected by this team but at this point I’m just happy to get into the bye at 4-2. Too bad Houston gets the benefit of its bye this week as well…
Anything I can do to help?
I’m in Houston, about 15 miles from Reliant Stadium.
Should I go to Home Depot and hire a batch of Mexico’s finest to take out Mario Williams? Call in bomb threats to the Texans’ practices so they can’t get any work in? Drive to the stadium and poop near the entrance gate?
I’ll probably just go with the last option.
Pull a LT and send over a bunch of strippers the night before the game.
That and tell the NFL to do another drug test on Cushing.
by strandedincarolina on Oct 18, 2010 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions
And Arian Foster
The guy is having a great year but going from the PS to a starter putting up those kind of numbers has me skeptical.
by ATX Colts Fan on Oct 18, 2010 7:05 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm getting so tired of coaches making excuses.
How many time are we gonna hear the same song and dance about why the defense wasn’t playing well. I really wonder if it the coaches not game planning teams correctly or player not being disciplined on the field. Too many mistackles, we’re making every running back look like future hall a famers. How long until something is done about it? Peyton is never smiling when he’s on the sidelines cuz, he knows next time he’s out there he’ll have to score or its game over.
by Dann Giszewski on Oct 18, 2010 12:41 AM EDT reply actions
Powers
J-Peezy really impressed me in this game. We knew he was good, but tonight he really slammed the door on anyone being able to call him just a Cover 2 corner product. I’ve been saying this for weeks but he needs to be covering #1 WRs and Hayden needs a demotion. The only reason Hayden is still the #1 CB is his contract and that’s sad.
That and we can't stay healthy at CB
Every week Powers and Lacey are on the injury report.
by strandedincarolina on Oct 18, 2010 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions
If we could trade him for a bus ticket, I'd take it.
I wouldn’t be to sure he’ll be on the team next year. Especially, if Kevin Thomas can take one of the starting spots.
by Dann Giszewski on Oct 18, 2010 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd cut him and go w/ Powers, Lacey, Tyrone and Townsend
Use the bucks to resign Addai.
by strandedincarolina on Oct 18, 2010 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions
I really don't think Townsend will stick around
Dude is already about 62. I assumed he was here this year for little more than mentoring and filling in on special packages… probably not beyond this season. Another mid/late-round draft pick next year might be a good option though.
yeah
I was bummed on missing out on Arenas. Perfect fit for us. Hopefully Thomas will get healthy. I would agree on a mid rounder. We can never have enough healthy dbs, they always get hurt.
by strandedincarolina on Oct 18, 2010 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Arenas would of been nice
He’s healthy, he returns kicks, he’s looking good on coverage, and he’s healthy… oh, did I mention he’s healthy.
by Dann Giszewski on Oct 18, 2010 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions
He went in mid-2nd round
I was downright giddy about him too, thinking he’d be a fantastic pickup for us if he slipped to the late third round, and still a very solid pick in the late second. Then the Chiefs grabbed him about 10 picks before we took Angerer, and I died a little inside.
Good win considering the injuries
Angerer played very well and had a huge deflection at the end, but his coverage is very poor still. He’s a rookie. It happens.
Hopefully Addai’s good, but I honestly think that he just got the F**K knocked out of him more than anything. I would not expect him to play next week, but with a bye, I think we could see him back against Houston. Best game statistically he’s had in a long while, and he earned it. Awful it had to be cut short.
Powers played excellent. Duh. Hayden played better than he has been playing, but still pretty awful by a player who gets paid what he does. D-line needs to effin learn how to finish a tackle. Way too many big gains because of not finishing tackles. Very bad.
Garcon drops easy pass. Jump to next scene. Garcon makes circus catch. What else is new? Welcome back, take care of those fingers.
Manning yet again was phenomenal. Hopefully this puts an end to the ridiculous neck-gate comments.
Kenny Moore is far and away the worst returner in the NFL, possibly in the last decade. He has sucked returning every time he has done so. He is slow, can’t make cuts, runs high, and can’t protect the ball. This was the biggest waste of a roster spot this team has made in a long while. He should have been cut after one game. Luckily, his ass is gone from this team.
Line of the night was the quote by vinatieri. “My range is 55 yards.” Biggest load of bullsh*t I’ve heard in a long while. Adam? First, don’t lie. Second, make the easy ones, and don’t horribly shank the difficult ones that are in your range, at least according to you. My fantasy team hates you right now.
"A lot of times, Kenny, we have no idea what we're doing. But the DEFENSE doesn't know that we don't know what we're doing.....and that's next level." -Peyton Manning
Unfortuately, I've lost all confidence
in Vinatieri. Hopefully, he’ll get on a streak of ‘making’ all his field goals the rest of the year.
Is it possible the Colts IR Swenson to give Vinatieri another year.
The fact that the Colts never released Brett Swenson tell me they liked him. Could the have known next year their not re-signing Vinatieri? Maybe the Colts figured they couldn’t put him on the roster and didn’t want to take up a PS spot so, IR him. Is there rules against this, I don’t know. But, if you could get a guy a year early you needed and knew you didn’t have a place for him yet, what would you do?
by Dann Giszewski on Oct 18, 2010 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions
That is exactly what I've been thinking for a while now
You don’t put a rookie kicker on IR so easily before the beginning of the season when the guy hasn’t kicked at least once for your team
Vinatieri has looked good all year
I mean c’mon guys, AV missed 1 FG in this game, had another blocked (piss poor Special Teams) and you guys are all of a sudden doubting the guy.
He was 8 of 8 coming into the game, and he’s 9 of 11 for the season. Those are still great numbers all things considered. Hell, his miss was just barely right of the uprights, so it wasn’t like it was a horrible miss.
by DevilsReject on Oct 18, 2010 8:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Was the second miss
definitely a block? I thought he just hooked it. If that’s the case, I feel differently about it.
No, it was definitely
blocked.
http://www.nfl.com/videos/washington-redskins/09000d5d81b6a633/Redskins-defense-blocked-field-goal
There ya go :)
by DevilsReject on Oct 18, 2010 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Thanks.
I don’t feel as bad about it, since it was only one close miss. Two misses would have been another story.
Quite understandable
I was as frustrated by the piss poor blocking on that as I was the miss. It still burns me, but at least we won..
by DevilsReject on Oct 18, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't expect Addaie to play next week either.
In fact… I’d be really surprised if any of them did… :)
Peyton Manning= Better.
by JesusNinja13 on Oct 18, 2010 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Also, agree on Moore.
I think on the first fumble he had, he literally just stood with the ball for a minute trying to figure out which way to run… and he had a bunch of open space in front of him! geeeez
Peyton Manning= Better.
by JesusNinja13 on Oct 18, 2010 1:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Kenny...
Runs (if you want to describe what he does as running) standing straight up, instead of heading up field, low to the ground, with intent. It’s no wonder he fumbles. The bigger question is, why does the Genius (BP) keep coming up with guys like this? Reminds me of another version of Hank Baskett. After all the preseason hype about who would be the return guy, we got nothing!!!
I voted for Powers
but Addai is equally deserving. Beastly tonight for both of them.
I wasn’t quite as high on Angerer tonight as a lot of you, and I hope I can get my hands on some video footage to show everyone why. The Redskins ran many a play where their main objective was to get him out of position. Fortunately, they are just rookie mistakes, and he’ll learn. Most of them were play action fakes where Pat bit pretty hard, but McNabb is one of the best in the game at the PA fake. I’m positive it’ll get worked out.
Creator and developer of the Winning Stats.
I'm sure you're right...
But, for a rookie, I’m looking for them to step in and not screw up too badly. Not only is he a rookie, he’s not seeing the field. Tonight was invaluable for him. A full game’s worth of experience, Brackett on the sideline to break down his play, and two weeks in the film room. He tackles better than Wheeler.
I think that the players who have stepped in for injured players have done a great job. Our main problem this year is our regular players who have not been making the plays.
by strandedincarolina on Oct 18, 2010 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm not saying he played badly
Just made some rookie mistakes, and it looked like the Redskins ran a ton of Play Action throws over the middle, where Angerer should have been, but had been faked out on the PA. It would have been dumb for the Redskins not to do it.
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by mgrex03 on Oct 18, 2010 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed mgrex03
I, like you, was happy with his play but I could see that that Skins were doing everything they could to burn him. I give the guy a ton of credit for showing up and playing his butt off, but definitely he needs more reps on defense. I mentioned something similar in my Devil’s Take this week…
by DevilsReject on Oct 18, 2010 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions
My memories of the Colts past defenses is people swarming to the ball
One guy would make contact and there would be 2-5 guys coming in and demolishing someone. How often do you see that? I saw Sessions come in out of control and blow Angerer off a tackle. I see Wheeler flying around out of control all the time. Hayden is trying to blow people up instead of wrapping up. It’s discipline. Tony was big on it.
Caldwell and Coyer seem like they don’t understand the cover 2. They don’t understand tackling, the use of speed, the use of press coverage, cushions. How many 3rd and longs have we seen converted this year. I swear to god I’m so tired of seeing someone like Foster make a good play and worry more about his dumb celebration than keeping his head in the game. I watch Freeney spin to the inside on first down constantly and give up a big run to his side.
Discipline. Intensity. Coaching. It boils down to that and until this team takes responsibility for what is wrong, nothing will change.
by strandedincarolina on Oct 18, 2010 1:48 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
In spite of 11 tackles...
Angerer looked like a total rookie. I’m sure it was a good learning night for him, but gotta hope Brackett isn’t out for long.
Can we
Give the Game ball to Polian for bringing in such a fine talent in Kenny Moore? Great move there Bill. We would have been better off with Brandon James.
Please Free Brandon James!!
Kenny Moore sucks & I will be shocked if he isn’t cut today.
Powers was awesome last night, and any road win is a good one
Get healthy with the bye & let’s keep up the momentum!

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