The loss came a week after the Colts hung tight with the undefeated New England Patriots, but ultimately were defeated 34-27. The Indianapolis Colts host the New Orleans Saints in one of the most anticipated shootouts of Andrew Luck and Drew Brees on Sunday, October 25 start time at 1:00 PM ET, at Lucas Stadium.
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It feels odd saying a team that had 449 yards of offense was sort of a mess the second half but the Saints mostly were.
“Big-time players make big-time plays in big-time games and he’s a big-time player”, Brees said of Colston’s catch. “I think this team has fight”, Vaccaro said. Like the rest of the owners in the National Football League, Jim Irsay paid very close attention to that situation.
Week 9 will see them, hosting Peyton Manning and the now unbeaten Denver Broncos on November 8.
Maybe this is the turning point. As far as Pagano, he’s very upbeat, I will give him that.
This comes just a day after ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported that there have already been recent “organizational discussions” regarding Pagano’s future as head coach. “We still had a chance at the end, but it’s just hard when you dig a hole for yourself like that”.
The thought was these players would rally around Pagano.
But rarely do you hear about the advantages Luck has enjoyed in Indy. So I’ll pose a bunch of questions I can’t answer: Is it the bad shoulder?
The line has allowed 16 sacks ranking them eighth overall. I didn’t like the way we played in the final two minutes of the first half when we lost a touchdown to an offensive pass interference penalty and missed a couple of other plays. Is it David Carr Syndrome? Payton said. “We made some improvements and we’re doing some things well and there are some things we have to clean up. You’re only as good as your next performance”.
The bottom line is there’s still a long way to go and none of us know where this journey is going to end. 500 when they host the New York Giants, who improved to 4-3 with a win over Dallas on Sunday. If Luck continues to play carelessly with the football and lose football games, it may be time to let Hasselbeck take the reigns of the Colts moving forward.
The bottom line is, he is not better than these guys right now.
But a lot of it is.
Pagano said health had “zero” to do with Luck’s struggles, but Dwayne Allen hinted otherwise. “It’s not where we want him to be. We are going to do everything in our power to get it fixed and we will get it fixed”. “We don’t have a choice”.
Same goes for the game against the Colts: the Saints were able to attack Andrew Luck and kick/punt returner Griff Whalen, forcing them to turn the ball over multiple times.
This whole team, it looks lost now. And Pagano, he just sounds angry, suggesting his team’s self-inflicted wounds are “bullcrap”. The Indianapolis Colts are involved in two such Super Bowl rematch games in 2015, however, the professional American football franchises are rematches of the two Super Bowls the team has been defeated.
Here are a list of five quarterbacks who I would rather have as my quarterback to win a superbowl this season instead of Luck; Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Tony Romo, Drew Brees and Russel Wilson. Finishing 23/44 isn’t going to win you lots of games either.
I’ll answer it now: YES! But things could get way worse way before they get any better. The Colts scored 21 points in the second half but it was not almost enough to bring them ahead. “There were a few things, with a lead, that we could have done better”.
I am as big a Robert Mathis fan as one can possibly be while wearing a press pass, but…WHAT?
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Maybe he simply didn’t want to drop the bomb on the offense, which has been the problem this year. McAfee punted 10 times in the game, and didn’t really make a mistake on any of them.
