***The Official Chiefs BBQ The Colts Gameday Thread***

[albany ed]

Other than the Colts, the Chiefs are my favorite team to watch. Largely because of Mahomes. Daniel Jones is a good QB, who executes the plays as they are designed. Mahomes is a wizard who is at his best when the design breaks down. That's what makes him so tough to defend. You play great defense and he improvises into a huge gain. The man is magic.

[Oldcolt]

In my mind it was kind of a defining game for the Colts. They lost. Lots of specific reasons why they lost. For me the big picture was Taylor was stopped, really good NFL teams can do that. Jones didn't elevate. Not sure he can. We will find out because that is what everyone will be trying to do from now on. Until it isn't, it is how you beat us.

[CletusPyle]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

In my mind it was kind of a defining game for the Colts. They lost. Lots of specific reasons why they lost. For me the big picture was Taylor was stopped, really good NFL teams can do that. Jones didn't elevate. Not sure he can. We will find out because that is what everyone will be trying to do from now on. Until it isn't, it is how you beat us.

Good points....watching a game on TV you only see what the camera shows us, I find it hard to believe Pierce, Downs, or Warren weren't getting open more often. We just didn't make plays when we needed to to put the game away, and the Chiefs seem to always find an open receiver when they really needed one!

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

In my mind it was kind of a defining game for the Colts. They lost. Lots of specific reasons why they lost. For me the big picture was Taylor was stopped, really good NFL teams can do that. Jones didn't elevate. Not sure he can. We will find out because that is what everyone will be trying to do from now on. Until it isn't, it is how you beat us.

The Chiefs sold out to stop the run and dared Jones to beat them. For a good portion of the game, he did. At the end, he didn’t.

[Oldcolt]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

The Chiefs sold out to stop the run and dared Jones to beat them. For a good portion of the game, he did. At the end, he didn’t.

Almost, but not quite, good enough.

[Colts And Orioles]

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I've said before that I believe that there is a good chance that the AFC Championship game will be between the Colts and the Chiefs, and I still believe that ...... if it does come to that, that game will probably be played in Indianapolis.

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[CletusPyle]

Cardinals are taking the Jaguars to overtime....

[CletusPyle]

Jacksonville survives, moves within a game of the Colts with the win....of course!

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

The Chiefs sold out to stop the run and dared Jones to beat them. For a good portion of the game, he did. At the end, he didn’t.

Think you're giving Jones too much credit. He (and the entire offense) was terrible in the entire 4th quarter and OT and just ok in the first 3 quarters. Take away the post Latu int TD, which was only for 3 yards, and our O only mustered 13 points this game

I blame Steichen more than anyone else though. He has no idea what to do when our opponents start getting aggressive w/ blitzes, and it leads to Jones becoming a deer in the headlights.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by IndyNorm

Think you're giving Jones too much credit. He (and the entire offense) was terrible in the entire 4th quarter and OT and just ok in the first 3 quarters. Take away the post Latu int TD, which was only for 3 yards, and our O only mustered 13 points this game

I blame Steichen more than anyone else though. He has no idea what to do when our opponents start getting aggressive w/ blitzes, and it leads to Jones becoming a deer in the headlights.

I wouldn't say anything deer in the headlights. Because Jones never seems to flinch. IMO, Steichen needs to give him better options or more freedom, ala PM.

So yeah Steichen needs to improve in that area.