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The First of Three Tests

Zach — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:49:49 +0000

The thing that sucks is that the Jags played at 99% last night, but the Pats played at a full-throttled 100%. The Patriots scored 4 TDs and 1 FG, while the Jags - and here’s the part that sucked last night’s chances at an upset down the drain – scored 2 TDs and 2 FGs. Both QBs were pretty spectacular, but the difference in their successes came in Brady‘s ability to push down the field vertically, instead of of Garrard‘s horizontal tendencies to throw it shallow to either Jones-Drew or Taylor, though he had a couple impressive runs.

Oh well, it’s nothing new…the Patriots won, the Jags couldn’t get the job done. Now, it’s for some real football!

The Colts play the Chargers today at 1PM EST on CBS. If you remember, the Colts had half of their starters out during the last meeting and fell to about 23 points behind at Halftime. Manning threw a personal record 6 INTs to the Bolts and completely took him out of the game. Today, we find our boys are back in Blue. We should be at near strength besides a few sprints to shake off the rust and dust and cobwebs in Marvin‘s knees. Also, it looks like the Chargers may be without one of their best shallow threats and run blockers, TE Antonio Gates, but as of a couple of hours prior to kickoff he is listed as Probable. Cross your fingers!

Go AFC South!

Zach — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:56:42 +0000

The Next Round starts today and here’s the games:

Saturday, 12-Jan

Seattle Seahawks at Green Bay Packers…430pm EST
Jacksonville Jaguars at New England Patriots…800pm EST

Sunday, 13-Jan

San Diego Chargers at Indianapolis Colts…100pm EST
New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys…430pm EST

*****

The four best QBs in the league play today and tomorrow: Brett Favre, Tony Romo, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. It should be interesting to see which QBs fall because four of the better defenses play against them this weekend: Seahawks, Giants, Chargers and Jaguars.

We’re in for a great weekend of football, but we have to root for those Jaguars more than any other team (except for our Colts, of course). The Jags and the Colts are the two teams that can do pull this “upset of the century” off and I think one of them is going to do it, too!

Dropping Bombs!

Zach — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:08:33 +0000

It might be a pretty boring two weeks ahead of us should the Colts continue to drop bombs like they have since the Falcons game on Thanksgiving. Last week, the Colts yawned and stretched in the Q2, Jim Sorgi saw his first Q3 appearance in the NFL against a team that should have beaten the Pats only a week earlier, and Bob Sanders blew that Ravens‘ offense up! That game also clinched a playoff berth, though not a No. 2 homefield game yet.

Next up is Oakland… … …I don’t really have a preview except JaMarcus Russell, should the Raiders coach get smart and start him, is relatively unknown except for a few snaps last week so the mystery is enough to give caution. I’d hate for the Raiders to score more than 10 this game, honestly. This game will do a number of things for the Colts:

It will be a W in the win column, which is always nice to see, pushing the Colts to 12-2;
A win will separate the Colts from the still-dangerous No. 3 Pittsburgh Steelers;
Should the Colts win and the Jaguars lose to the Steelers this week, the Colts will have clinched their 5th divisional title in 5 years;
Should the Colts lose and the Jaguars win, the AFC South is back up in the air;
But should the Colts win and the Jaguars win, the AFC South - with a Colts win in Houston just for good measure - falls back into the Colts hands!

So, the Houston Texans, who is actually a good team that looks bad because of which division they’re in, is going to be a tough game. You know…the complete opposite of the New England Patriots who look better than they really are because six games this year have come on a silver platter because of which division they’re in. This game will galvanize the Colts’ divisional dominance no matter what, but I think the actual division title will come on Dec. 30 when we face the Titans.

To close out the season it’s the Tennessee Titans, which might be the game where the starters sit out after the Q1 to rest for the postseason. It’s going to be a tough game and I’m thinking the offense will probably be held up pretty well but there’s no stopping this defense we have! Bob Sanders, not Peyton Manning, is the man who is going to lead our Indianapolis Colts to a 14-2 record!!!

And then the first round bye, second round win, AFC Championship victory over the Pats and a second consecutive SB win against the Packers (yeah, I’m calling the Packers over the Cowboys – what?)…DROPPING BOMBS, BABY!!!