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2007 Pre-Season: Lions at Colts

NFL 2007 Pre-Season: Detroit Lions at Indianapolis Colts
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2007 NFL Pre-Season: Detroit Lions at Indianapolis Colts

Location: RCA Dome  Indianapolis, IN

Kick-off time: 7:00 pm ET

Broadcast: It's pre-season, so it ain't on a major nework. Boo.

Kickoff Weekend and the regular season inch closer with tonight's pre-season game against Detroit. The third pre-season game is usually the "tune-up" for the regular season. Presumed starters play well into the third quarter. The week prior is game planned as if it were a real game. It's the dress rehearsal for the season. Here's what I'm looking at:

  • The defense gets a big challenge tonight. Detroit's offense is exactly the kind of offense the Colts defense typically DESTROYS. They throw a lot. They do a lot of 5-step drops. They like to spread it out and get the ball to their WRs. This means no TEs and no FBs chipping Freeney, Mathis, and the other pass rushers. Guys like Ed Johnson and Quinn Pitcock will get some serious playing time.
  • Marlin and Kelvin did great last week. This week, they get Calvin Johnson and Roy Williams. Have fun guys. Another great test for the secondary.
  • Bob Sanders will play. Is he fully healthy? Lemme put it this way... he damn well better be.
  • Can somebody please standout as a back-up RB, PLEASE! DeDe Dorsey is fighting for his job tonight. He's been awful in pre-season. I'm interested in seeing Clifton Dawson do some things.
  • The Lions cut KR Eddie Drummond this week. I bet he's pissed, because if he'd gotten to play this game he'd probably get to keep his job. The ST for Indy were embarrassing last week, and ST coach Russ Purnell should be coaching for his job. They better show improvement or I might just... write... bad stuff about them... and stuff.
  • Ugoh. Ugoh. Ugoh. The amount of pressure on this kid makes his transition from promising draftee to full-time LT one of the more compelling  on-the-field stories of the entire pre-season, right up there with the "Will Brady Quinn start?" stories. He has progressed with each practice, each game. He's gone up against two very good defenses and hasn't seemed rattled. Now he gets Detroit, a team known for bad defense. How will he respond?
  • I expect a lot of Gonzo tonight. Manning wants to get him the ball.

One of the best blogs in SB Nation, Pride of Detroit, covers the Lions tonight for us. Head writer SeanYuille is a blogging god, and like he does every year he has me believing that Detroit's offense can be very potent. Fans want to see Calvin Johnson in that Mike Martz zany-whackadoo-offense. Here's to a well played, clean game with no injuries for either team.

And Go Colts! This is an open game thread.

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Anyone have a link to a site where I can listen to the game online?
Please make an account and post a diary, add some comments, and make some noise. Accounts are free, and only require an email address.

by BigBlueShoe on Aug 25, 2007 7:15 PM EDT   0 recs

Here is a somewhat
frustrating link to actually watch the games.  I used it to watch the Bears game last night.  The feed cut out near the half, then started back up in the middle of the third quarter.  It was also 5 minutes behind.

http://streamednfl.blogspot.com/

You have to download "SOPcast" on the right side for it to work.  I think it only works with IE as well.  You can also use it to watch random movies, but it's mostly for sports.  Not sure if it will be available for the season or not, I would guess it will be.  

I doubt it's legal so the publication of that stuff is probably going to jump from site to site.  There is literally one post on that blog.

Here is similar site with some actual history:

http://www.sportsonpc.com/schedule.html

But I can't vouch for anything or review the service as I didn't use that one to watch the game.

by mikebdot on Aug 26, 2007 10:25 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hahaha!
I'm getting the game on TV! It's on a channel that I've never watched before, CW4?

by MarkV0327 on Aug 25, 2007 7:25 PM EDT   0 recs

CW4 used to be WB4
I dunno what it was before then.  I can watch it on that, or the NFL network so I decided to go for the indy channel.  Hey Comcast sucks in making you pay extra for the NFL network, but I already had the HD package so Bam the NFL network in HD.

But today's game is in standard definition.  Oh well...

Go Colts!

by Marked Hoosier on Aug 25, 2007 7:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Kitna is out
He has back spasms, I really wished that he was in so that we can test our secondary with a starter instead of a backup.

by MarkV0327 on Aug 25, 2007 7:46 PM EDT   0 recs

even with the backup
the wide recievers are getting open and making big third down conversions

by MarkV0327 on Aug 25, 2007 7:49 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Keiaho is impressive tonight.
so glad that he is in

by MarkV0327 on Aug 25, 2007 7:48 PM EDT   0 recs

Jeff Saturday stars in a commercial...
all is right in the world.  
Go Colts!

by Marked Hoosier on Aug 25, 2007 7:53 PM EDT   0 recs

What a catch!
Dallas Clark is amazing!!! Manning being pressured, having to back pedal and throw at the same time and Clark having to dive and just catching the ball, whoo!

by MarkV0327 on Aug 25, 2007 8:16 PM EDT   0 recs

My first half assesment
Offense:
Peyton Manning is on fire and is going to have a great season, duh. He had some sick throws too. He was 23/27 with one TD.

Addai is as well on fire and is going to be awesome.

DeDe didn't impress me at all. He had one good run but it was taken away by a holding call. Other than that, almost no yards rushing. he didn have a great block that allowed a big gain though.

Keith did impress me with what little he was in. He had one kickoff return where he shook a couple of guys. On rushing he had strong runs and needed more than one guy to take him down.

Ugoh did well. I didn't see him get beat around the edge this time.

Defense:
Looks very good over all. Good pressure on the QB and good against the run. Had some trouble early on getting off the field on 3rd down conversions.
Also Dwight had to go into the locker room with quad problems.

Side Notes:
Giodono had better make the team. When he is on the field he is around the ball. Special teams, he is making the tackle. Defense, he made the interception. He is everywhere.

by MarkV0327 on Aug 25, 2007 8:30 PM EDT   0 recs

it's official
Sorgi and Moorehead have a love affair. Three plays, all passes, all from Sorgi to Moorehead. And what is incredible is that they were all to his left! What happened to Sorgi? He can throw left! Can someone from the Patriots check will Belicheck and see if Hell froze over?

by MarkV0327 on Aug 25, 2007 8:54 PM EDT   0 recs

It was...
a good ol' fashioned beat down on both sides of the ball.

Freddie is like Freddie Krueger--he's a house of horrors. He can't really be only 225 or whatever. That diving one handed jersey tackle against the running back who was at speed was awesome. He also almost made an interception right at the end of the quarter, but was so mad at himself he almost wiped out the gatorade boy. Everyone was tackling well in spite of the frusteratingly frequent 7 yard receptions. I like everyone on the defense.

The offense was great, but that goes without saying. They are game planning for Ugoh's inexperience. Manning is better than ever and Ugoh will be able to catch up. It was costing Detroit big when they tried to gang up on Ugoh.

Dorsey isn't a second back. He twinkle toes around and gets grabbed in the backfield. It's the way Rhodes was in the past--hesitant to attack, except Dorsey doesn't have Rhodes' power so I don't think he'll ever be good. Maybe Dorsey would be good as a kick returner where he has a little more room to work. I liked the Kenton and the Dawson both. Kenton a little more maybe, but Dawson can punish people too.

I believe it was Perkins late in the game that just about killed the receiver and forced the fumble. Sessions also had a special teams hit that looked ugly. I would not keep my starters in against a mixed bag of free agents trying to make the team.

by will on Aug 26, 2007 7:31 AM EDT   0 recs

Sorgi
I'm amazed how good Sorgi looks.  I't almost like they're playing a different guy in his uniform.  I think he could actually win some games for us if he has too.

He even kept the drive going while the idiot fans were doing the wave.  Godd thing it's just a preseason game.  The season ticket holders gave their tickets to people who probably never went to a football game before.  Hopefully the real fans will have more sense during the real games.  Whenever the fans at the RCA dome do the wave on offense I'm reminded of that Beavis and Butthead episode where an airliner crashes and Beavis and Butthead are standing outside the plane amusing themselves with farting and boogers while people inside the plane are screaming for help.

It would be very cool if they stuck Sorgi in on an opening drive to start the game.  That would be like opening the game with an onside kick.

by coltsfan on Aug 26, 2007 10:37 AM EDT   0 recs

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