Also, anyone recognize how lazy the flip was?

I don’t like pointing fingers at refs because ultimately one has to take responsibility for themselves. That said, the PI calls on Moore were pretty shitty and the no-calls for Houston doing worse were kind of disgusting, but that’s football in this era.

It was nice seeing Paye have a meaningful impact there, twice.
Pitt looks like he wants to get paid

They’re going to kill Taylor’s career if they keep using him like this. Watch how defenders have to tackle him. My knees hurt watching the game.

Hines looked about as good as I’ve seen him. I thought he ran well and we finally worked his matchups. That said, and I’ve said this before, this dude fucks up fielding a punt every year. Put 34 back there, he’s better at it anyway.

Blackmon did not have a great game. He’s one to keep an eye on.

Some of the LB’s can really lay in the wood. That hit Franklin put on burkhead was tough. Speed got a good lick too.

Wtf was up with this snap issues? Maybe adrenaline? You’d think they’d have gotten over that shit during pre-season.

Ryan is more mobile than the media or the general fan will give him credit for, and I knew this before because I live in Atlanta and have seen him play for years as I’ve adopted the falcons like a stepchild (At this point I’ve lived here longer than Indianapolis) - but buddy needs to slide.

Gilmore looked okay I guess. I don’t think Moore had a bad game I think the refs made it look worse.

Strachan looks the part. Every time the put him out there he produces.

What happened to calling it in the air?

Not sure who said it, but the point that we were moving the ball well, but kept stepping on our own dicks was spot on. This team can do great things if we execute better. Dropped passes, fumbled snaps, running into the kicker, and missing a FG are examples of stepping on our own dicks.

a lot of blame to pass around, but for me, the following should happen:

Special teams coach should get reamed
a full two hours of Center to QB practice
improve the kicking game, wasn't Sanchez the Kick Off guy?
either improve the play calling or take it out of Reich's hands, or both

If Taylor continues to be our only effective weapon, he won't last the season.

Well, if your dick is long enough to step on it, you shouldn't be on a football field, you should be making porn movies. :D

Yes, but Haack is not Sanchez.

When selecting the replacement punter, besides punting (obviously), the task that the Colts were most concerned about was how well the punter held the ball for FG's and XP's. The team didn't place a premium on if the punter could handle kick-offs.

So when the Colts chose Haack, that meant that prior to yesterday's game the kick-off experience on the roster was:

Haack: 4 kick-offs in his NFL career
Blankenship: 24 kick-offs in his NFL career

Our backup QB disagrees

That might be one of my conclusions after this game- That Ryan certainly does not have elite arm strength.

Either he chooses not to deploy his fast ball, or he simply doesn't have one anymore. He is just as much of a timing, anticipation thrower as Rivers was but he is much more mobile. That is basically what I think we are getting with Ryan this year, and we can definitely work with that.
He is quite cerebral pre-snap, and knows where to go with the ball quickly when his first or second read isn't there. That is so key in this system.

I do think next week we must take a fair number of deep shots- if not to simply show the league that we are not a one man horse on O. I need to see that Ryan can scare teams with the deep ball still- and with a player other than Pittman- only then will I be convinced that this team can do anything this year.

I liked Moe, he played solid. AP looked like a rookie but one with very good physical traits. Granson looked more involved but clearly a player with a defined role and prospective impact. Campbell did fuck all, Dulin did about as expected. Strachan needs to maybe be playing AP's snaps for now as he looked big and steady and reliable.

Our biggest issues continue to be Reich, like it is every year. He single handedly loses us games (in this one he lost us the win, anyway) either by inept situational play calling or simply not having the whole roster ready to play in week 1 or crucial games.

I like Frank, and he does good things, but I am starting to realize that the bad things he does repeatedly is hurting this team far more than the good things. Time will tell, but I feel his leash shortening by the week.

When your alternative is Blankenship taking kickoffs...that's a real, real, real, real bad oversight.