OFFICIAL GAME THREAD: Turn the Clocks Back an Hour (vs. VIKINGS, 11/03)

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Oh my Lord what disaster we are. That was a disgraceful debacle, a display of appalling ineptness.

Flacco was bad, no question, terrible is probably most appropriate, but those here patting the D on the back for their performance- are you kidding me? Once again, look at the TOP. Once again just trounced in the TOP department. Why- why is it constantly this way--- motherfucking Sam Darnold completed 82% of his damn passes for almost 300! The middle of that defense was 4,000 yards wide with no one to fill. He averaged 10.4 per pass and I only recall the one deep shot down the sideline to Jefferson- meaning EVERYTHING was a nice comfortable 8-9 yard time killer.

There are so many people on this team that need to be fired. We won't move on from Ballard until season's end, IF we even do (we could lose out and Ballard will still be here next year...). But this morning, Gus Bradley should be gone. Every game, every damn game these QB's just chew up the zone and leave our offense standing on the sidelines watching the game.

Nah man, AR was not and is not the problem with this team. Steichen is real proud of himself for his player accountability, but there is ZERO accountability on himself or his coaches, zero, and that shit is real fucking old!

o


The Colts' defense ......


A) ) Scored 7 points on a fumble-and-scoop.

B) ) Score more points (7) than the Colts' offense did (6).

C) ) Got 7 stops in the Vikings' first 9 possessions, and 7 out of 10 overall after the Vikings punched in a TD in the final minutes of the 4th quarter.

D) ) Unquestionably kept the Colts in the game until the final minutes of the 4th quarter in spite of an absolutely horrific performance from the offense.

E) ) Your critique of the Time-of-Possession being lopsided is much more the fault of the offense than the defense ...... it was similar to the days of when Dan Marino's Dolphins would score quick TD's and subsequently gas the Dolphins' defense because of that ...... but the difference here is that Flacco and the Colts' offense was not doing anything except Punt, Punt, Punt, Fumble, INT, Turnover on Downs, Missed Field Goal, Field Goal, and Field Goal ....... your critique of the TOP being the fault of the defense in this game could not be more misplaced.



So your rage about the Colts' overall performance in this game is understandable, but your slaughtering of the defense, a defense that kept the team in the game until the final minutes of the 4th quarter in spite of an absolutely dreadful performance from the offense, could not be more inapt.

o