I get the doom and gloom but I am stupid and will keep hoping we pull our collective heads out of our asses starting with the Chiefs who we have beaten before when the odds were against us.

BTW - Reading where lots of fingers pointing at Steichen and Ballard yet not a single word that I have read specifically calling out Lou since our amazing ever changeable defense that we have heavily invested in and have long heard about, shit the bed royally. Methinks there needs to be a harder look there also.

There was no one higher on the Colts chances vs the Ravens than me. I was wrong, but I am undaunted.

One game does not, in fact, make a season.

This kind of reminds me of a quote by John F Kennedy: “Victory has a hundred fathers, defeat is an orphan.” Another that comes to me was written by an American patriot in the winter of 1776. “These are the times that try men's souls.”

I’m not suggesting that anyone here is a sunshine patriot, but you don’t abandon ship merely because the first salvo hit the mizzen mast.

Bob Sanders ain’t walking thru that door…

However Cam Taylor Britt is

Start Boettcher

Start Wohler

Give Curry more plays in pass rush situations

Lou is saying there were big mixups in the defense. Calls were missed. Who would have guessed having a safety make the defensive calls makes it hard for everyone to hear what the call was

Haulcy looked lost out there all game, when he wasn’t lost he was a pancake

I agree with Lou, huge mixups on D, starting with the idiot wearing the headset on the sidelines. He absolutely blows as DC.

But when they lose an important player to injury everyone will scream “why were they in there?”

I can get missed calls. I think defenses are at a disadvantage early in the season with no tape to study.

My issue is the player lineup. Tim Smith probably should have seen more time instead of Tilley. His whole schict is run defense. Tilley was a liability out there. Carlisle instead of another LB, Haulcy instead of Wohler. They could have beefed up the middle with some changes.

Also if Walley is getting killed on crossing tours by Flowers move to a robber scheme to shut it down.

Overall it was an interesting weekend. Defenses were forced out of cover 2 and 3 schemes this weekend. Only like 11% was played when last couple years you would see up to 30-40% and it was team’s primary scheme. Offenses are changing. More running to counteract the deep safeties. The ravens used a lot of 12 man and 13 groupings meaning 2-3 TEs on the field at a time. Teams were using fullbacks. FULLBACKS! Never thought I would see them being used again. League is constantly changing and defenses have to adjust.

It doesn't, but still, there was nothing all that positive from that game past the first drive.

What really bugged me is CJ Allen being a healthy scratch. Dude was literally their highest drafted player this year, and it's not like there's a bunch of all stars, or stars, or quality NFL starters, or average NFL starters, or below average NFL starters in front of him.

Well that's great. Let's throw a bunch of money at an NFL QB who can't handle a pass rush. Fortunately it's rare for NFL QBs to see fucking pass rushes, so it's a small gamble.