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Originally posted by QSmokey
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And they were absolutely lucky to win either of the OT games against us over the past two seasons. In Herbert's debut, the game was there for us to win, but the conservative play calling killed the potential game winning drive after we had 1st and goal at the KC 4.
This year, the fluke fest for KC continued--dropped TD passes on multiple drives for us plus James going down with injury, which changed the entire game as it did in week 3 when James was forced out of the game. Kelce basically does nothing when James is on the field.
IND has not beaten anybody that did not give them the game. Their wins are fueled by turnovers/mistakes by opponents. They are not that good on offense or defense. Look at the numbers. They have been good at getting turnovers, which is not a sustainable stat. I congratulate them on their awesome ability to have ARI's center make a bad snap in the end zone for a safety or for Prater to miss two FGs and an extra point--you know, crap that had nothing to do with what the Colts did, in the one game in which there was a victory by IND but only an even turnover differential. Every other game in which the turnover differential was even and in the two games when it favored the opponent, the Colts lost. They also lost to TEN by two scores despite being +3 turnover differential in one of their games against them.
Finally, I think you are missing a lot about the last weekend's game in which we were missing a multitude of key players. If COVID is going to eliminate a bunch of starters for both teams, such that both teams are discombobulated and do not resemble their normal selves, that is always going to favor the less talented team and the home team, which will have a greater sense of normalcy by being at home and not having to travel. The absence of just one player can make a large difference, so of course the absence of many players can create an even greater impact.
In this case, the absence of Williams and Guyton meant no possibility of a deep passing game--nothing to keep the defense honest. I have spent an entire season posting about what that means in terms of defenses being able to squat on our short passing game to slower receivers and how the the threat of a deep passing game and the deep passing game itself works with the short passing game to produce the best possible results for both, so I will not repeat that discussion here other than to say that Sunday provided a perfect example of exactly what I have been discussing by showing what happens when defenses do not really have to account for a deep passing game from us.
Linsley is our most important OL player--the anchor of the OL. And the absence of Ekeler hurt in depth situations (i.e., when Jackson needed a break). There is a huge drop off after Ekeler and Jackson.
On defense, we were without our 3 of our top 4 OLBs, our best DL player (Jones), our best S (James), and had to use street free agents/practice squad scrubs because our secondary depth had taken a hit due to COVID (Campbell, Hall) and our best starting CB (Davis) getting sick right before kickoff. Our other starting CB was rusty, having just returned from being out multiple games with his second concussion of the season. We had to start a lesser ILB with no real OLB experience at OLB.
It was far beyond just two players of significance on offense and defense. Are you shitting me?
Take away our COVID outbreak and James' injury and we are sitting as the #1 seed in the AFC right now despite the multiple dropped TD passes against KC two weeks ago. Not a playoff team? That is ridiculous. It is only bad luck that will prevent us from becoming one.
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