Do the Colts have hope, after DOMINATING the Dolphins?(Podcast)
 

Do the Colts have hope, after DOMINATING the Dolphins?

Will the win in week 4 of the NFL 2021 season help Indy turn the corner, and start stringing together wins?

D'Qwell Jackson & I discuss!

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I think that the Colts had hope before dominating the Dolphins ...... the win was desperately needed because of their 0-3 start to the season, but the Colts going right down to the wire against the Rams, coupled with Carson Wentz' lack of mobility (due to ankle injuries) against the Titans told me that they were not nearly as bad as their 0-3 record might suggest.

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They aren't but that shit start makes anything meaningful for the season doubtful, they are not good enough to play with the best, even with home-field advantage, let alone without.

They did what they were supposed to do. Although I think the score disparity should have been larger. Can they win against good teams though? Can they protect Wentz long enough for him to make reasonable decisions. Can they get to the passer when the other team has a decent line. Dolphins are a mess, Colts are less of one.

A team just has to be healthy and get hot at the end of the regular season.

This will be the issue that limits the team late in the year. I expect most of their issues to improve as the year progresses. Not this one. I expect some flashes here and there, but it will again limit them.

Do the Colts have hope, after DOMINATING the Dolphins?

The team will probably win against the average/poor teams from here on, but can only beat the better teams if we get our injured guys back.

The games at Ravens, at 49ers, at Bills, vs Bucs, at Cards are probable losses without a fully healthy squad.

This is a great point! Look at all the teams in the history of the NFL that got off to bad starts.... Looked like they were going nowhere.... Got healthy...got good... Got hot at right time. The two Giants teams come to mind... They got off to very slow starts. Both times ended up in the Super Bowl beating the Patriots.... Many great examples... The Bucs last year started slow..

I liked using the Giants as example because they beat the Patriots.... I hate that team!

It is fine to have hope, but starting 0-3 teams have a poor history in the NFL, this team is still a mess and will be for a few more weeks even if things go well. I am not holding my breath.

As long as you haven’t already played yourself out of a playoff spot.

Right after I posted it, I considered editing it to say a playoff team, but I thought it went without saying.

define "end" of the regular season.

If the Colts were 2-2 right now, considering their schedule, I think we would all be feeling pretty good....they just need to steal a game that nobody expects them to win! No better time than Monday Night Football!

What is there to define?? We see it every year.... Again let's use the Bucs last year.... They were 7-5 and noone had them pegged as the eventual SB champion then the won 4 in a row to "end" the regular season. Went into the playoffs as a hot team.... We see it nearly every year.

I think most should have understood it lol

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The Colts blew a very large lead against the Ravens last night, in similar fashion to the very large lead that they blew against the Steelers late in the 2020 season, a loss which cost them the AFC South title. That's the bad news.

The good news is that outside of a few extremely optimistic homers like myself, most Colts fans would have thought that it was an alternate universe in which they had a 22-3 lead late in the 3rd quarter against the Ravens, with an offense led by Lamar Jackson and a defense that was regarded as among one of the best in the AFC.

Subsequently, I'm still not ready to give up on the 2021 season. Outside of the Dolphins game, the Colts' early-season schedule has been rather challenging, to say the least. If they can beat the Texans next week, that will perhaps take this season off of the life-support that it is currently on, and move it to critical condition ...... that said, it is imperative that they win 4 out of their next 5 games, specifically the 4 games against fellow AFC teams (the rematch against the Titans, the game against the Texans, the game against the Jaguars, and the game against the Jets.) The only "affordable" loss in that 5-game span is an out-of-conference match against the 49ers, although it would suck pretty badly should the Colts lose that one and be sitting at 2-5 overall after 7 games.

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They also got extremely lucky in that their last two opponents in the playoffs had backup tackles at both ends of the line.

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A major proclamation from our beloved Jimbo, although we have heard similar assertions from him before ......


Jim Irsay to Colts Fans: 'We’re Gonna Get The Horseshoe at Least 2 Lombardis This Decade'

(By Matthew VanTryon)

https://www.indystar.com/story/sport...ck/8430767002/

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And still weren't able to pressure the QB!!

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Of whom happened to be a 39 year-old Philip Rivers, who was the most mobile quarterback that the NFL has seen since Dan Marino.

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After going right down to the wire against the Colts, the Ravens beat the hell out of a highly-regarded Los Angeles Chargers team whose only previous loss this season was a 20-17 nail-biter against the Cowboys.


https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore/_/gameId/401326411


This 2021 Colts team can play ...... they need to evolve into a team that can finish.

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I will add that they played the Rams down to the wire too. If they didn't shit the bed in the red zone, most likely would have won that game.

I was talking about the Bucs. They absolutely were able to pressure the QB, why they won it all. They took full advantage of the injuries by the packers and chiefs.

Bucs also have a lot of speed and talent just took awhile to gel.

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And today, the Bengals beat the hell out of the Ravens by a score of 41-17 ...... in my rat's ass of an opinion, so much is still up in the air terms of how truly good (or truly bad) most teams are in the AFC.

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Local sportswriter Mike Wells predicts a 9-8 finish for the Colts ...... and explains that it's hard to make the playoffs if you can't beat good teams.

Wells cites Carson Wentz' assertion that the Colts lacked "killer instinct" after blowing a 19-point lead in the final 18 minutes of regulation in an overtime loss to the Ravens ...... an assertion that Kenny Moore II echoed after the Colts blew a 14-point lead in an overtime loss to the Titans.

On the defensive side of the ball, Wells points out that the Colts incredibly have more turnovers (18) than sacks (17) ...... an indictment of the Colts' very noticeably weak pass rush.



2021 NFL Mid-Season Report: Record Projections for All 32 Teams

(ESPN's NFL Nation)

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...s-all-32-teams

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Not a fan of Wells but agree with him on this one.

The defense is definitely the weakness of this team. However, the OL is as healthy as it's been all season and they can dominate any team. If they stay healthy, they will be the ally of the D. Score over 25 per game, win the possession battle big time and kill the clock by running for 150+ yards every game. Late in games when they have the lead, they need to eat clock by running successfully. With this line, it can be and should be done.

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It's moving ....... it's moving ...... IT'S ALIVE !!!




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