Colts 2021 Nunc Coepi

[ChristianPatriot]

Wentz was 25/35 for 402yds and 2 TD’s and a 128.5 passer rating and we lost. Unreal.

 

[thunderchicken]

Tonight we saw the difference between a good team and a bad team.

Good teams can get their butts kicked for three and a half quarters and come back to win.

Bad teams can dominate 80% of the game and find a way to lose.

Ok playing devils advocate for a minute. I agree full contact practice puts players at risk for injury. But, are softer practices at least partly to blame for everyone being so gassed and on their heels for almost the whole 4th Q? Maybe to some degree

 

[thunderchicken]

Wentz was 25/35 for 402yds and 2 TD’s and a 128.5 passer rating and we lost. Unreal.

Other than some stand ins on D, they were equally as good until they got too tired

 

[Ingomike]

Hard to win when you are nearly flat footed and suckin wind while the other team looks like they are headed for half time

But in all fairness the kickers blew it! The lineman that let the kick get blocked blew it!

Plenty of blame to go way beyond the depleted D...

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Seriously one missed PAT away from beating the Ravens in Baltimore and completely changing the narrative about the season. I can’t even process how crappy this is.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

But in all fairness the kickers blew it! The lineman that let the kick get blocked blew it!

Plenty of blame to go way beyond the depleted D...

Absolutely correct. And the defense completely disappeared for the 4th Qt/OT.

 

[thunderchicken]

They absolutely have got to find a way to have better endurance late in the game period. That killed them

 

[JCSR]

Ok playing devils advocate for a minute. I agree full contact practice puts players at risk for injury. But, are softer practices at least partly to blame for everyone being so gassed and on their heels for almost the whole 4th Q? Maybe to some degree

I think at the professional level it should be up to the player to see that he is in shape.

 

[churchmouse]

When playing a quality team a missed extra point is costly. The game would have been over in regulation if not for that.

IND	BAL
	TD 13:59 Michael Pittman Jr. Pass From Carson Wentz for 42 Yrds, R.Blankenship extra point is No Good, Wide Left, Center-L.Rhodes, Holder-R.Sanchez. 2 plays, 73 yards, 1:01	16	3

Lest we forget 2 missed field goals.

 

[thunderchicken]

Seriously one missed PAT away from beating the Ravens in Baltimore and completely changing the narrative about the season. I can’t even process how crappy this is.

One missed maybe because of Blankenship hip injury. And one blocked. He made the effort so can't really fault him

 

[Ingomike]

Kickers had a bad week, possibly one of the worst weeks ever...

 

[churchmouse]

One missed maybe because of Blankenship hip injury. And one blocked. He made the effort so can't really fault him

No fault. He was on a roll until tonight.
damnit

 

[thunderchicken]

But in all fairness the kickers blew it! The lineman that let the kick get blocked blew it!

Plenty of blame to go way beyond the depleted D...

Idk man, Kicker has some kind of injury maybe limiting him??

They were up 25-9 at the start of the 4th. Offense didn't score in the 4th, D gave away the farm in the 4th. Maybe Sanchez should have kicked that last attempt but was it within his range? I don't know.
Plenty of blame to go around for sure

 

[thunderchicken]

No fault. He was on a roll until tonight.
damnit

Our Offense didn't capitalize in any way other than running down the clock in the 4th.

Regardless they shouldn't have been in a position where it was relying on the kicker to win it.

 

[Ingomike]

We just keep improving our draft picks, oops, the Eagles draft pick...

 

[thunderchicken]

I only played 1yr in high school before finding other interests. But I have an uncle that was a very successful coach in TN and he always said Offense wins games but you gotta have a good D to win championships.

 

[thunderchicken]

We just keep improving our draft picks, oops, the Eagles draft pick...

Ouch

 

[ChristianPatriot]

So now we really have zero margin for error the rest of the season.

We have three really good teams left to play (Arizona, Tampa, and Buffalo)

The other nine are average or bad.

Have to go 9-3 minimum to have a shot at the division. Tennessee isn’t running away with it, they just lost to the freakin Jets.

 

[JCSR]

Our Offense didn't capitalize in any way other than running down the clock in the 4th.

Regardless they shouldn't have been in a position where it was relying on the kicker to win it.

Yes, the mindset went from "let's win this game " to "OMG let's don't lose this game".

 

[thunderchicken]

So now we really have zero margin for error the rest of the season.

We have three really good teams left to play (Arizona, Tampa, and Buffalo)

The other nine are average or bad.

Have to go 9-3 minimum to have a shot at the division. Tennessee isn’t running away with it, they just lost to the freakin Jets.

Win the division? That's a pretty lofty goal man