Overreaction thread

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

Seeing the Rams destroy Chicago has me convinced we’re starting out 0-2.

They’re gonna kill us.

o


They very well may kill us, but don't underestimate the ability of this franchise to right the ship with a win when it is most needed. 8 years ago, the 1-1 Colts were expected to get destroyed when they went to San Francisco to play the defending NFC champion 49ers with their young, mobile quarterback (Colin Kaepernick.) The Colts had barely gotten by the lowly Raiders on Opening Day, and lost to the Dolphins in Week 2. Dwight Mathis led a surprisingly dominant Colts defense to a 27-7 thumping of the 'Niners that afternoon, on their home-field.


http://www.jt-sw.com/football/boxes/...2013-03-ind-sf


Yes, Mathis and pretty much everybody from that team are gone (including the head coach and his assistants), but it is still part of Horseshoe history, and there have been more recent examples of this team/franchise staring down seemingly inevitable disaster and coming through with a W. Just last season after losing to the Ravens, the Colts were facing the 6-2, 1st-place Tennessee Titans on their home-field in Nashville. Ryan Tannehill was in the midst of the best season of his career (33 TD's, 7 INT's.) The Colts' defense shut down Tannehill and company in the 2nd half on their way to a decisive, 34-17 victory.


http://www.jt-sw.com/football/boxes/...020-10-ind-ten



The following week, the Colts unexpectedly beat Aaron Rogers' Packers in OT on national television.


http://www.jt-sw.com/football/boxes/...2020-11-gb-ind



The odds may be against them, but don't necessarily count out the Colts when they are staring into the face of the abyss.

o