NFL Playoffs Quick Recap: Jets 17, Colts 16

and we were doomed from the beginning. Why would you use your last timeout on a 2nd down?

Our defense it totally unreliable. And, our special teams is worse than that, has been for years. I’ve always said that they cost us games. Unfortunately, today it was a play-off game, and last year it was a superbowl. Add all the injuries and some extremely poor coaching, and what have you got? I know you said a while back to give Caldwell some love, but any wins we got, were a direct result of Peyton Manning. Caldwell is clueless, his coaching staff is clueless, and they will always be a hindrance to this team, unless changes are made.

And if serious changes aren’t made I’m gonna be very mad.

Disagree about pride. Pride doesn’t make you better. Their o-line is stout, and two phenomenal, rested RBs. Blame coaching and execution fine. But claiming they played without heart or pride is gutless and not the representative feeling among Colts fans.

i’m hurting. ST and D were just bad in 2nd half. sh\t

This’ll be the best draft position we’ve had in years (door now open for Polian haters) and it’s amazing to think of what this team did with the patchwork secondary. It’s no wonder we couldn’t stop the pass, only one of them, Bethea, started the regular season. Game plan was poor, but I agree with the earlier post. Too much is being made of Taj and the TO. It was inconsequential. I’m going to get a margarita and drink my sorrows into a hangover. Until next year (if there is one), Cheers!

Except QB, DE, and K… their are question marks everywhere…

- what do we do with Sanders?
- DT’s are terrible
- OL is terrible
- Hayden is worthless, always hurt, and overpaid. Lacey sucks.
- Will Collie make it all year without losing more brain cells?
- what to do with RB? Addai misses half a year like clock work. Hart is always hurt. Brown is terrible. Rhodes is average.
- LB… god I wish we had a killer in there. Just a bunch of average

I’m not happy about the loss but our defense did really well besides the one long drive for a TD. Not only did they get a 3 and after our last punt, but they got another after the Taj Smith penalty. They played well enough to get us the win.

Our special teams really let us down. With their lack of timeouts and Sanchez’s lack of poise throughout the game they probably don’t get in FG range if they need 55 yards to get there instead of 25.

This team has a high level of potential, but we still need help on our backend and both our lines need help. I wish Polian would figure some way to stockpile picks like the guys in New England because we could stand to get younger in a couple places.

but wouldn’t it have been something if Carmel PD had kept Lacey in custody unlawfully for a few days, then we would have had someone who sucked less covering on the Jets last pass?

I could care less about the Civil Rights violations and the potential lawsuit, I just wanted the damned Colts to win!

is really getting old and stale. I must have missed Caldwell lining up on the D-line and getting mauled over on every single running play. Its up to the players to bring it – the same players and scheme that gave up 66yrds a game for the last 4 weeks.

We blast him because he lose games plain & simple

we could have lost to the Seahawks.

Seriously? I’d say ‘lack of talent’. Our defenseive players are just not good against the run. Couple weeks of good stretch doesn’t change the reality.

Was Blair White running too deep on his route and not catching that last pass before the Vinatieri FG. They showed Manning on the sidelines really pissed at White saying, “What were you doing?” If White catches it, AV kicks it from much closer with almost no time left. Manning knew giving the Jets the ball back with a minute and garbage special teams was dangerous.

Caldwell gets the players ready to play..
He also develops young players
But he makes bad decisions at critical times
He is a good coordinator bad head coach..

horrible in second half. its not good when your punter has tackles for the game.

There were times the offense struggled but the real losers of this game were the defense! Both the defense and the special teams defense couldn’t tackle my dead great grandmother. I think it’s time to stop hiding behind the injuries or trying to find some way to lay the blame on the shoulders of Manning and put it where it belongs! Yes the defense played well the first half but they didn’t play worth crap when it counted. They couldn’t stop the run, the couldn’t stop the pass, they couldn’t stop anything! I’m so sick of hearing about how great Mathis and Freeny are! I want to see it! They need to make some big big changes this off season! Sad to see them go but it might be for the best! If we took that defense to play the Patriots we would get destroyed!

All we needed was a friggin touch back. Our liquored up swimmer needs to shoulder some heat here too.

I disagree about the lack of effort. It is a lack of talent. The defense was horrible. Little to no pressure from the bookends, horrible tackle and linebacker play and no secondary closer than 5 yrds. in pass coverage EVER!!! Anyone who thinks Polian has done a good job this year== well he just said it I can’t fault the defense. Lord what game was he watching?

A lack of heart?, a lack of pride? That is complete nonsense. What game were you watching? The Colts played hard the entire game.

If Blair White catches the pass on 3rd and 6, the Colts win.. If Special Teams doesn’t spot the Jets ridiculous field position, the Colts still might win…If the Defense can make 1 play the last drive…the Jets would at least have had to make a long field goal.
All of those mistakes near the end were a lack of execution.