NFL Week 9 Scores: Colts Blown Out By Falcons 31-7
by Brad Wells on Nov 6, 2011 4:04 PM EST
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PrintIf you're a #Suck4Luck fanatic, like Nate Dunlevy is slowly turning into, today made you smile. The Miami Dolphins were winless heading into Sunday, but decided they were not interested in losing anymore. They utterly dominated the Kansas City Chiefs in Arrowhead 31-3. With their win coupled with the effort Indianapolis put forth against Atlanta today, the Colts are now the unquestioned worst team in football.
Worst by, like, a whole friggin lot.
Today's game against the Falcons (a 31-7 loss at home in front of 60,000-plus fans) was over after the second play of the game. No, really. I'm serious. On the second play of the game, Colts runningback Delone Carter fumbled. Atlanta recovered, and they turned the early gift into a Michael Turner touchdown run.
7-0 Falcons. They never looked back.
Atlanta added to their lead with a couple of highlight plays from rookie receiver Julio Jones. If anything, this game will be viewed as his coming out party, not as the game that dropped Indy to 0-9. The last time they were this bad was (you guess it!) before Peyton Manning was drafted.
The happy plays for today mostly involved Donald Brown running well when the game was out of reach, and Jerraud Powers picking off Matt Ryan for a touchdown in the second quarter. But, if you paid money to watch two competitive football teams today, you kind of got ripped off.
The Colts have given up. They've been dominated in four straight games, and the players seem content to just get this season over with. Can't say I blame them. Fans have given up as well. Colts jerseys with 'Andrew Luck' on the back, along with banners, were visible in the Lucas Oil crowd today.
One really has to wonder if, after today, Jim Irsay is still 'committed' to Bill Polian and his son running this franchise.
The Vortex of Suck continues, good friends. Have a stiff one. I know I am.
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It has got to be a record. Your first shot at Nate came in the first sentence; only 7 words into the story. Congratulations!!!!!!!
by ColtsPensacola on Nov 6, 2011 4:08 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
Look at it this way
It’s giving you something else to comment on instead of this awful football team we both follow.
SB Nation's Indianapolis Colts blogger at Stampede Blue and editor of SB Nation Indiana.
Dude, your soroity called,
they want their obsessive, petty backbiting back. Jealuosy is ugly.
"Without data, all you are is just another person with an opinion."
"When we were just starting out, if we didn't have anything left to play, we'd just go with anything by The Replacements. Anything. And the place would go wild." ~ Jeff Tweedy
Trust me,
dumbshit Irsay is still committed to Polian, for whatever drug-induced reason. It would be nice to have an actual adult in charge of the team.
If he doesn't fire Polian
He has to at least fire our totally inept coaching staff,,, and get some good people in there a 4th palce schedule some good draft picks and a healthy Peyton and once they take Luck the first call I want him to make is to Aaron Rodgers
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Nov 6, 2011 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
I've been working on some calculations to show how this is actually a really good football team
Just need to figure out the last couple of tweaks before posting it.
-18to88
" Tell me something Steve, How does a guy from Puerto Rico loose a ball in the Sun? "
by aaronb on Nov 6, 2011 4:09 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
That's the only way I can see Polian being a good choice going forward
If he had the foresight and the BALLS to strategically press the franchise reset button in an effort to draft Andrew Luck.
We’ve all seen what an advantage a franchise QB is. My hope is Polian is just insuring that we have one for the next 10-15 years.
" Tell me something Steve, How does a guy from Puerto Rico loose a ball in the Sun? "
Starting today, I am officially growing a neck beard
"The number 2" Projected Colts wins and number of students from Tennessee attending Vanderbilt.
I can actually feel the life being sucked out of me.
I’ve started having nightmares about poorly executed screen passes. Help.
Polian on the radio
Just stated there are meaningful people that have advice and also many negative people that he called “rats you have to put back into the sewer”. You just have to keep plugging along and continue to play hard.
"The number 2" Projected Colts wins and number of students from Tennessee attending Vanderbilt.
Well, I feel much better now.
He’s such a brilliant guy.
by Ayrshire on Nov 6, 2011 4:33 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
ahhhh
doesn’t bills poetic wisdom just inspire not only the fan base but everyone. you know i for one feel was so motivated by these pearls of wisdom i released the trigger…. although sure the rats will sue for defamation of character.
by Straight Out The Burbs on Nov 6, 2011 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
Is he calling all his draft busts rats?
Are the sewers big enough to send them all back?
they aren't playing hard
and Caldwell has lost the respect good coaching could have won 2- all 5 of those close games before these last 2,,
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Nov 6, 2011 5:25 PM EST up reply actions
It's the offense
I only saw the ESPN stats, but it’s the offense. Painter stinks.
by buymymonkey on Nov 6, 2011 4:34 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Yes he does!
No idea why anyone ever thought Painter could play. He is what he is – a backup QB (and a mediocre one at that) who is inaccurate and has no pocket awareness.
The QB situation was easily the biggest screw up of the season that is just as much to blame for this season as the recent drafting mistakes. They knew Peyton was in poor health, they knew Painter couldn’t cut it, and they waited until the last possible second to address it and brought in a 40 year old retiree and was given no chance to succeed.
The defense is bad, but the they played well enough that this team should have at least 2-3 wins already. This offense is terrible.
What do I really have left in life but this place? It ain't much of a home, but it's all I got. Well, g******it. I'll be damned if I let some foreign, graffiti writin', soul suckin', son of a bitch in an oversized cowboy hat and boots take my friend's souls and sh** 'em down the visitors toilet!
by Guy LeDouche on Nov 6, 2011 6:19 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
D.Brown
I would say Brown ran well throughout the game, and not only when the game was out of reach.
shhhhh
he’s supposed to be a bust remember…the stampede blue gods have declared it and so it must be!!!
if you keep pointing these things out you are going to weaken the bad drafting meme they have worked so hard to create!
Yeah
A 1st round pick that is 3rd on the depth chart and runs reasonably well against defenses playing the pass (as well they should since Painter is averaging over 30 attempts/game) has definitely validated himself as a draft success.
by FatDT on Nov 7, 2011 9:39 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
lol theres always an excuse
you think the Falcons were worried AT ALL about the pass with the way Painter was playing? you are either dilusional or know absolutely nothing about football.
i’m not even going to bother posting stats because you probably wouldn’t even understand them, you guys here like the “smell test” instead right? lol
go ahead…keep pounding the same drum…but just know that it makes you look like a moron
by PMoney on Nov 7, 2011 10:26 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Donald Brown is great!
We’re very lucky to have him! He puts fear into our opponents and I’m all for that. Some people would question drafting a run-of-the-mill, dime-a-dozen running back with a first round draft pick, when so many glaring needs existed. But, in Polian we trust, I always say. He must know better. After all, he’s Polian.
Colts are horrendous
have to fire the entire coaching staff and get some good people in tehre!!!!
and in 2 weeks at least for one weekend
the Colts cannot lose
If we blow you out next week i'll be convinced the colts org is tanking for Luck... Heck if we even beat you by 7 points..
Our offense is 32cnd in the league…..:-(
JUST WIN BABY!!!!!!!!
This will be ab UGLY game next week
What do I really have left in life but this place? It ain't much of a home, but it's all I got. Well, g******it. I'll be damned if I let some foreign, graffiti writin', soul suckin', son of a bitch in an oversized cowboy hat and boots take my friend's souls and sh** 'em down the visitors toilet!
I just really laughed out loud when I saw your sig.. Classic.
How is the colts run D? I think we will be ok if we just run the ball and not try to pass too much.
But yes, it could be ugly.
JUST WIN BABY!!!!!!!!
Run D
Actually, I don’t think the Colts run D is all that bad – not good, but not as bad as some make it out to be. The Colts have bigger problems with the high school secondary and the fact that the offense can’t move the ball at all (or keeps turning it over). The Colts D, especially the run D just seem to get worn down.
Don’t worry about MJD – I’m sure he’ll be a top 5 fantasy RB this week. :)
What do I really have left in life but this place? It ain't much of a home, but it's all I got. Well, g******it. I'll be damned if I let some foreign, graffiti writin', soul suckin', son of a bitch in an oversized cowboy hat and boots take my friend's souls and sh** 'em down the visitors toilet!
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