Not hard to pick what Sunday was for the Indianapolis Colts. While they’ve gotten off to a slow start, Hilton’s impact play should get him going again. How’s that? Read on. However, they completely fell off in the second half and became incapable of slowing Andrew Luck.
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“During that Indianapolis drive, I was trying to get the offense prepared”, he said.
Luck on another slow start: “I’m exhausted of being a part of slow starts”.
The Lions had no such problem.
Detroit surged to a 21-3 lead behind touchdown runs of 21 yards by Theo Riddick and 1 by Dwayne Washington and a 6-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to tight end Eric Ebron.
Then, Luck found the “On” switch.
Q. First half summary: How would you rate the first 30 minutes, with the Lions holding a 21-10 lead?
The final one to Doyle was a 6-yarder and gave the Colts their first lead of the game at 37-35.
It needed to be longer. That’s 50 yards in 25 seconds – and suddenly, the Lions were already at Indy’s 25-yard line.
“This is going to be a tough one to get over, but we’ve got to go on the road and play a really good (Denver) football team out west next week and they’re not going to feel sorry for us”.
“You always want to be trusted to close the game, ” linebacker Robert Mathis said. Do not worry. We offer you Live NFL streaming online. “You need to score first”. Then there’s coach Chuck Pagano. “He bounced back and did a nice job of getting the win for us”. The defense played terribly, but the Lions won by a final score of 39-35.
Of course they could have. The Lions took over on their own 25 after the kickoff. The Colts recorded just one sack of Stafford and didn’t force a turnover. “That’s a quality Detroit Lions team that deserved to win”.
“We were trying to save our timeouts”, Caldwell said. It started with me. It is refreshing to see him start the season out on a good note. “We didn’t do that today”. I hate to use that language, but I’m pissed off right now.
Punter Pat McAfee averaged 44 yards net on four kicks and had one downed inside the Lions’ 20-yard line.
Stafford was 31 of 39 for 340 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. Marvin Jones, Theo Riddick, and Ameer Abdullah all had more than fifty receiving yards. They did serious damage in the open field, juking defenders and pulling out of tackles. “Just make those tackles”.
For the record, coordinator Ted Monachino almost found himself grabbing guys out of the stands to play defense. Indianapolis continued to be stagnant on offense until the Lions went ahead 21-3 with 97 seconds left in the first half.
“I don’t care who’s out there, ” Jackson said, “there’s no excuse for us to play like that”.
The 39-35 victory made Prater a hero, moments after he thought he had cost his team the game.
“The quarterback, obviously, was exceptional”, coach Chuck Pagano said. Luck was able to spread things around. Indy’s Phillip Dorsett had a big grab down the right sideline to beat Darius Slay on the next Colts drive.
He found tight ends Dwayne Allen and Jack Doyle for three touchdowns.
A Colts defense that entered the game missing four front-line players was further depleted.
With the Colts severely banged up in the secondary, and with CB-Patrick Robinson and S-T.J. Moore and Cromartie returned. Safety Winston Guy (ankle) also left late in the game and did not return. Luck accomplished the feat in his 56 career game, tied for the second-fastest in National Football League history.
The Colts pulled to within 14-3 with 4:50 left in the half on Vinatieri’s 50-yard field goal.
Frank Gore came to life in the second half, gaining 45 of his 59 yards to give the Colts some semblance of offensive balance.
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Additionally, all three active running backs scored.
