Colts Dominic Rhodes Calls The Jaguars 'Our Little Brother'

by Brad Wells on Dec 15, 2010 10:40 AM EST in 2010 Colts News

Recently, re-re-signed running back Dominic Rhodes just gave the current leaders in the AFC South some board material:

"They're like they're our little brother right now. They want to be the big brother," said running back Dominic Rhodes, who is in only his second week with the Colts this season but came to know Jacksonville well while with the Colts in 2001-06 and 2008. "You get that thing going on, there's a lot of competition. They don't like us. We don't like them."

Well Dom, currently they ARE big brother. They've beaten the Colts already this season, have a one game lead over Indy in the win-loss column, and currently lead the AFC South. If they win Sunday, they take the AFC South, guarantee a home playoff game in Jacksonville, and send Dom back to the UFL.

Knowing this, it certainly doesn't help the cause of beating them Sunday by trash talking them the week before the game. Mike Vanderjagt used to do that crap five years ago. Look where that got him.

I like Dom and he will always be one of my favorite all-time Colts, but shut up already and just play the game. The Colts have played like inconsistent garbage all season. They have no cause for any kind of trash talk right now. If they aren't careful, and allow Jacksonville to run all over them and get an early lead, Dom and the 'big brother' Colts are going to get booed at home.

Trash talking is what the Jaguars used to do to use right before we'd kick their asses. Good teams don't talk trash. They just show us and kick ass. We've done more talking this year.

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If the Jags need bulletin board material for this week..

Then they’ve as good as bottled their attempt for the Division win anyway. I consider this sort of thing a pointless story with a needlessly strong slant – if getting into the playoffs isn’t a strong enough motivation, nothing will be, including stupid quotes like these.

by Ben Savage on Dec 15, 2010 10:55 AM EST reply actions

Bullitin board material

is for the media and fans.

Like you said, if the team didn’t have enough motivation without this, they don’t deserve to win.

DG is the best we have and help is not on the way. I realize he's not perfect, but I feel a lot better about him at QB than I do the O-Line, DB's, or LB's ability to cover a TE.

by pksiv on Dec 15, 2010 12:22 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah it’s terrible that a player on our roster, especially one who has enjoyed success in the past and has been here off and on for nine years, would have the gall to make a ballsy statement or show some gusto in an interview. Shit maybe he’ll even fire up some other Colts and remind them of their greatness over the past decade? Anyone in your position should know that “locker room material” for the other team is given way to much credit for motivating the other team. If the Jags aren’t fired up to dethrone us and finally win the division after all these years on their own, a comment by Dom ain’t going to put them over the top.

by spoonersucks on Dec 15, 2010 11:06 AM EST reply actions

what a pointless story

Do you actually think the Jags will play harder because Dom said theyre our littler brother?? C’mon Man!!

by bigpony on Dec 15, 2010 11:21 AM EST reply actions 2 recs

your stories are crap BBS

by DrMustache on Dec 15, 2010 11:28 AM EST reply actions 2 recs

I almost spit out my drink

Thanks for the laugh

by Naptime! on Dec 15, 2010 11:49 AM EST up reply actions

And yet

Here you are still reading and commenting on them.

Thanks for the stimulating comment.

SB Nation's Indianapolis Colts blogger at Stampede Blue and editor of SB Nation Indiana.

by Brad Wells on Dec 15, 2010 2:25 PM EST up reply actions

He can talk

AS LONG AS HE BACKS IT UP, I do not think his comments will cause the other team to be any more fired up then than normally would be we all know this is the biggest game for JVILLE in the last 12 years??? and obviously a huge for Colts as well as no one wants to see the playoff streak end!!! want to see Dominic do something he should return kicks no one else has done anything returning kickoffs,, at least we have a good punt returner now!!!

by OBGYNOSUPREME on Dec 15, 2010 12:01 PM EST reply actions

BBS-----You are CRAZY

How can you call them the Big Brother BBS….they beat us one time, while we have DOMINATED the division for 7 freaking years!!!

For one time in your life, think before you write. Please

W. Morton

by wmorton2 on Dec 15, 2010 12:07 PM EST reply actions

Nice words from the Pride of the Florida Tuskers!

Seriously though, bulletin board material to me is very overrated. Once you get popped that first time all you care about is imposing your will on the opponent.

by Joe Fisher on Dec 15, 2010 12:10 PM EST reply actions

+1

I suspect this sort of “story” has more of an impact on fans than players.

by KeithG on Dec 15, 2010 12:14 PM EST up reply actions

I guess that makes us the Pats little brother, conference-wise?

I mean, if one win is all it takes. I have no problem with what Dom said. People were complaining that the players weren’t fired up or showing emotion? Well, here’s one saying big brother isn’t gonna let little brother win.

"Cat in the wall, eh? Ok, now you're talking my language. I know this game."
-Charlie

by Addai Another Aday on Dec 15, 2010 12:13 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs

They are big brother ehh ???

Very encouraging from a colts blog writer…

by Macy_Blue on Dec 15, 2010 1:10 PM EST reply actions

That isn't bulletin board material...this is

4 minutes ago – Coach Jack Del Rio had a quip when told Indy coach Jim Caldwell made a video asking for noisy fans Sunday. "It’s better than piping it in,’’ he said. He referred to charges several years ago by Pittsburgh of the Colts piping noise into their stadium. Jaguars RapidReports

"I’m very fast. I’m like Forest Gump except... I am not an idiot." - Michael Scott

by Z.Pain on Dec 15, 2010 1:33 PM EST reply actions

definately

because the players definately take offense to the fact that the jaguars made a remark about the crowd noise.

niether of them really matter

by hawk16lx on Dec 15, 2010 1:51 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah...

An overrated coach accusing an entire organization of cheating based on unproven evidence will sit well with players….kinda like everyone bashing the Pats in 2007 for cheating…they definitely didn’t use that as motivation to absolutely obliterate teams…

"I’m very fast. I’m like Forest Gump except... I am not an idiot." - Michael Scott

by Z.Pain on Dec 15, 2010 2:03 PM EST up reply actions

overrated coach?

How do you figure?

by Joe Fisher on Dec 15, 2010 2:43 PM EST up reply actions

It's simple

He does not caoch for the Colts, therefore he is overrated.

On topic… overrated by whom exactly? And, more importantly, why would any Colts fan care how the Jaguars head coach was rated? How exactly does this supposed coach rating affect the Colts organization?

by KeithG on Dec 15, 2010 3:38 PM EST up reply actions

oh yeah cuz piping in noise is definately cheating

as has been said before, if a basically playoff game for both teams doesnt get teams pumped up enough those teams dont deserve to be playing

by hawk16lx on Dec 15, 2010 3:09 PM EST up reply actions

Don't be bitter...

because your teams playoff appearance are so damn difficult to come by. You play in the playoffs because you deserve to be there and you handle your business in the regular season..playoffs aren’t determined by who has the loudest fans….in which case, your team would still come in next to last.

There is no factual evidence of piping in noise…which is what makes your head-coach and absolute tool for bringing this up…

"I’m very fast. I’m like Forest Gump except... I am not an idiot." - Michael Scott

by Z.Pain on Dec 15, 2010 3:13 PM EST up reply actions

....a total tool.

by Ayrshire on Dec 15, 2010 3:21 PM EST up reply actions

I'm sure

… that JDR is just devastated to hear that you don’t like him. Your opinion will, no doubt, have a big impact on the outcome of this game.

What the hell is wrong with football fans these days? Trash talking and insulting opposition players/coaches is par for the course these days. It’s almost like fans think the outcome of any game is a direct reflection on their worth as a human being. We must protect our house!

(note, this is not directed at Colts fans, but football fans in general)

by KeithG on Dec 15, 2010 3:43 PM EST up reply actions

I couldn't care less

what Del Rio would think of my comment on a blog, if he read it. My comment is not directed to J-ville fans, who I have nothing against. I stand by my comment though. Any coach who would use that kind of excuse (without any evidence of course) for his past failures is a tool and a loser.

by Ayrshire on Dec 15, 2010 4:21 PM EST up reply actions

And, while I think our own coach

is completely incompetent, he isn’t a tool, and would never say something like that.

by Ayrshire on Dec 15, 2010 4:22 PM EST up reply actions

neither of the coaches

is a brain surgeon!!!!!

by OBGYNOSUPREME on Dec 15, 2010 1:55 PM EST up reply actions

DOWN WITH DUVAL!

Records go out the window when Colts/Jags get together, and its the closest thing to a true blue rivalry the AFC South has. Rhodes is right, it is a Little Brother syndrome.

GO COLTS! DOWN WITH DUVAL!

I've always considered writing the most hateful kind of work ... I suspect its a bit like fucking, which is only fun for amateurs. -Hunter Thompson

by RockyRippleColtsFan on Dec 15, 2010 2:48 PM EST reply actions

Caption

“Dominic Rhodes cannot contain himself since the bank called and verified that his last game check from the Florida Tuskers did in fact clear.”

by Joe Fisher on Dec 15, 2010 3:29 PM EST reply actions

I don’t even see this as trash-talking. He is basically just explaining a division rivalry, with highly competitive games, that the Colts usually win. Barely.

It’s just not trash talk. Where is Dom insulting the opponent?

by moocow on Dec 15, 2010 6:01 PM EST reply actions

why is rhodes talking, he just recently signed, and hasn’t taken meaningful snaps on ay team in a while

by Lrccolt4 on Dec 15, 2010 7:08 PM EST reply actions

5-14 against the Colst

does not make the Jags our big brother. If they win Sunday they are STILL not our big brother – it would only mean that they can beat their big brother while he is half beat up. Beat a team 4 times in a row, then you can be called their big brother. The Texans weren’t our big brother when they were 3-0 and we were 2-1…

by fc3worships on Dec 15, 2010 7:13 PM EST reply actions

If the Jags need motivation to play the Colts for the AFC south title

Then every single player on the team needs to be cut and the franchise disbanded. If this, THIS, is somehow more motivation than actually sweeping the Colts and taking the AFC south crown, then not only does Jack del Rio FAIL as a coach, all of those players are bums.

by Marik on Dec 16, 2010 2:11 AM EST reply actions