The Official Colts 2010 Season Thread - Week 17 (Titans 20 - Colts 23)

[MaxV]

I hope Tamme can step up. We'll need him.

[killxswitch]

The suspension for McAfee is ridiculous. Moala didn't even get a slap on the wrist (that we know of) and he DROVE WHILE DRUNK. McAfee was walking around and did not put anyone else in danger.

As for Clark he has not had that great of a year but obviously the rest of the receivers will miss the coverage he drew. I hope it is just a few weeks and not the whole season.

[MaxV]

A "rare" wrist injury.

Ok, WTF does that mean?

[Seamus2602]

Originally Posted by killxswitch

The suspension for McAfee is ridiculous. Moala didn't even get a slap on the wrist (that we know of) and he DROVE WHILE DRUNK. McAfee was walking around and did not put anyone else in danger.

As for Clark he has not had that great of a year but obviously the rest of the receivers will miss the coverage he drew. I hope it is just a few weeks and not the whole season.

If Clark had kept pace for the rest of the season he would have had the 2nd best year of his career in both Receptions and Yards, and the 3rd best year of his career in Touchdowns.

Moala had one too many drinks and drove home in early evening. Yeah he was drink driving but was still far more sensible that McAfee.

Also, Caldwell has indicated that it isn't as much the difference between McAfee and Moala's cases but more the Colts shifting policy after the 4th Alcohol related incident in as many months.

[MaxV]

Tough game coming up. This is a must win, we can't afford to be 0-3 within the division.

[killxswitch]

Paul Kuharsky had a good blog post about the AFC South and specifically this game against Houston.

You don’t need me to tell you the magnitude of Monday night’s game between the Texans and Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium.

A Colts win puts them at 5-2. They will be either a half game up or down on the Titans, who will be 6-2 or 5-3 after a Sunday afternoon game in San Diego. The Colts will be a game ahead of 4-3 Houston. Indianapolis would have washed away the Texans’ head-to-head tie-breaking advantage by evening the season series.

A Texans win puts them at 5-2. They will either a half game up or down on the Titans, who will be 6-2 or 5-3. They will be a game and a half up on the 4-3 Colts. They’d hold a tie-breaker over Indianapolis from the sweep of the season series.

Seven or eight games into the season is early to talk playoff scenarios.

Except for this: I don’t believe two teams from the AFC South are getting into the playoffs.

Barring catastrophes, I think New England and the New York Jets are locks out of the AFC East and that Pittsburgh and Baltimore are locks out of the AFC North.

That leaves only one spot for the AFC South. Win the division, or you may be staying home, even with a great record. Lose Monday night, and you’re chances at the division crown take a significant fall.

http://espn.go.com/blog/afcsouth/pos...e-playoff-spot

[MaxV]

Steelers, Jets and Ravens are all VERY lucky to win their last games.

I'm not sure I would put them under "locks" category just yet.

The Titans look as impressive as any of those teams.

[MaxV]

Good win.

Plenty of things to like and not to like about this game.

- Man, TACKLE THE BALL-CARRIER! This needs to be corrected. I'm sorry, this is just inexcusable.

- Please tell me Mike Hart is ok. Please, please, please. He ran VERY well today. He is such a decisive runner, unlike Brown.

- Jacob Tamme can play. I can see why Colts' trusted him to step up.

- TERRIBLE game by Ryan Diem. Those penalties could've been VERY costly.

- As expected, some dropped passes and miss-communication with receivers, but they did fine. Gonzo needs to get up to speed with the offense. He and Peyton weren't on the same page on several plays. When is Collie coming back?

- Still see the linebackers overrunning the plays.

- Depleted secondary did a decent job. Tryon was a decent pickup imo.

[ironman4579]

Mike Hart: 3 more carries than Donald Brown, 68 more yards, 7 YPC average, averaging 4.7 YPC on the season. I always said he'd be a good NFL RB if someone would give him a chance to get a decent amount of carries. Of course I'm a Michigan fan, so I'm biased.

[RagingColt]

Call this is total team effort in achieving the W.

Free & Mathis dominated the Texans O-Line all night

Sessions played well - I hope he's resigned

Tyron and the Blair White Project were more than good returning kicks esp compared to some of the bums they've had back there this year - both were decisive and moved up field quickly

Agree on Diem, ugh

Hart did an awesome job on runs - he picked up additional yardage after getting hit for the 1st time, something we don't see from Brown and to some extent Addai

Peyt - what is there to say that hasn't been said - no modern NFL QB comes close in filling the role that he plays for the team

Our late game clock management wasn't good, 3 passes on our last drive to kill the clock resulted in less than 30 seconds in TOP. Texans got the ball back with more than 3 minutes left. Reminded me of the San Diego playoff loss from 2 years ago when they couldn't milk the clock.

Onto Philly to play the Vick/Kolb led Eagles.

[Seamus2602]

Originally Posted by RagingColt

Our late game clock management wasn't good, 3 passes on our last drive to kill the clock resulted in less than 30 seconds in TOP. Texans got the ball back with more than 3 minutes left. Reminded me of the San Diego playoff loss from 2 years ago when they couldn't milk the clock.

Even without bringing up Colts Offensive Line, when your top two Tight Ends (including your beast of a blocking Tight End) are out, your top 3 Running Backs are all out, anyone is going to struggle to run out the clock.

Freeney was Freeney. Mathis was Mathis... Diem was Diem.

I love Peyton Manning pulling out all the stops though. Get's his first First Down in over two years, puts in a lead block for Garcon. While slightly worried that the star Quarterback, the life and soul of the team, is putting in a lead block but quite happy with the effort.

[MaxV]

BTW, another thing that should be mentioned:

Blair White did a fine job filling in as a Punt Returner. Obviously, no one will confuse him for Hester, but, with a short roster, we can't afford to have a one-dimensional specialist.

[MaxV]

Any updates on our injured players?

How bad was Mikey Hart's injury?

[killxswitch]

I haven't heard anything yet either. A healthy Addai and Hart would be awfully nice. Brown can go on IR for all I care. Horrible pick.

[RagingColt]

Doesn't sound good for Hart or Gonzo to play on Sunday vs. Philly. Via Phil B on Twitter: No interviews with #Colts RB Mike Hart (left ankle) or WR Anthony Gonzalez (left knee) today. Casts doubt on their availability for Sunday.

[killxswitch]

Now Session has a fractured forearm and dislocated elbow. Pretty amazing he played through it.

[MaxV]

Even with Session it'll be a big challenge to contain Vick.

With him out, Vick could have a monster game.

Who is expected to be the replacement? Wheeler at WLB?

[killxswitch]

Originally Posted by MaxV

Even with Session it'll be a big challenge to contain Vick.

With him out, Vick could have a monster game.

Who is expected to be the replacement? Wheeler at WLB?

Actually I've read it's Hagler at WLB. Wheeler has really fallen out of favor.

[MaxV]

Colts will have to do a better job of containment in this game. Over-pursuing can really cost them.

[KCJ58]

justin tryon is out was seen in a walking boot, do you think Blair will take over Kick Return duties along with his Punt Return duties?

[MaxV]

I really hope Austin Collie is ok.

[RCAChainGang]

Originally Posted by MaxV

I really hope Austin Collie is ok.

Yeah I hope so too. I've seen a lot of football but the way he twitched as he laid on that turf made me cringe. My hat is off to him doing that in the slot every week. He has been such an incredible WR for this team stepping up his rookie year when Gonzo bit the dust.

[MaxV]

Far from a spectacular win, but job is done.

I hope the offense got it's struggles out of the way in this one. They'll have to be MUCH sharper from now on.

Our remaining schedule is brutal.

I only saw the first half. How did Linkenbach look?

[killxswitch]

Originally Posted by MaxV

Far from a spectacular win, but job is done.

I hope the offense got it's struggles out of the way in this one. They'll have to be MUCH sharper from now on.

Our remaining schedule is brutal.

I only saw the first half. How did Linkenbach look?

He struggled at times and did let Manning get hit but I was also paying more attention to other parts of the offense more than I usually do. It was frustrating watching our WRs not get any separation. And of course most games the running game is frustrating. I did not think Linkenbach looked too bad. I think he would do better at RT with Diem kicked in to guard though. Linkenbach is obviously quicker and more athletic whereas I'm guessing Diem is stronger and could probably better handle DTs.

[MaxV]

What do we think about Colts-Pats?

If we play vs. Pats the way we did vs. Bengals, we'll get smoked. This has to be our 'A' game.

I hope Addai (or Hart), Collie, Brackett and possibly Session are back by next week.

I also heard that Tamme got hurt yesterday. I REALLY hope it's not serious. We need him.