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Originally Posted by GoBigBlue88
Yeah, there's definitely a losing culture that still needs to be shed.
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I wouldn’t read to much into the culture yet. It was the first game of the season and a very young team. Some sloppy play and mistakes should be expected. It’s easy to blame the loss on a few critical plays like Luck’s pick and Geathers PI penalty. But to me the game was lost in the consistently poor plays. Letting what was the 2nd worst rushing offense in the league last year average over 5 yds a carry. Letting Andy freaking Dalton complete 75% of his passes for - 109.7 rating. They weren’t killed by chunk plays or big plays, Or even the boneheaded plays. It was consistently poor play defensively. How many 6-7 yd runs did they allow on first down? That’s not unexpected considering what the coaching staff was given to work with. I’ll judge the culture after a few games and see if they cut down on the boneheaded plays, but I doubt the overall poor play changes. Coaching matters, but it’s still trumped by talent. And defensively the Colts are severely lacking.