Game Thread: Week 15 Colts Come to Town

[Draft Crazy]

@SpringStein Passes the test on being able to start game threads now.

 

[iknowftbll]

Breaking news: Sean Payton had a game ball sent over to the Colts locker room for Jonathan Taylor.

 

[CEH]

BTW, good to see Drew Sanders out there tonight.

Besides Mims and Bonitto (punch his ticket to the pro bowl) I thought PJ Locke had a GREAT game.

Abrams-Draine and Mathis played well too after the Levi Wallace issue the game before. Abrams-Draine real "first" action now counting a few possessions vs Cleveland and he was thrust into a starting role and did pretty darn well.

telling you the third best play of the ballgame was smith batting the ball back into the field of play. except his foot was in the line.

our ST is really good. complimentary football

 

[cdumler7]

telling you the third best play of the ballgame was smith batting the ball back into the field of play. except his foot was in the line.

our ST is really good. complimentary football

It is really nice that every week we do not have to worry about special teams being the reason we lose a game. Yes there was the blocked field goal earlier this year, but it used to be consistently every week we would hold our breath hoping for someone not to miss a tackle or always being behind the 8-ball because we couldn't win the field position battle.

 

[Draft Crazy]

telling you the third best play of the ballgame was smith batting the ball back into the field of play. except his foot was in the line.

our ST is really good. complimentary football

It would have been the 3rd best play if his foot wasn't on the line.

btw, back to Drew Sanders return. He made a nice block on the Mims PR.. The play that changed the momentum around and finally gave our offense no chance but to score.

 

[Mountain Bronco]

It is really nice that every week we do not have to worry about special teams being the reason we lose a game. Yes there was the blocked field goal earlier this year, but it used to be consistently every week we would hold our breath hoping for someone not to miss a tackle or always being behind the 8-ball because we couldn't win the field position battle.

Ya, but that punt return coverage at the end of the first half was not good. They more than made up for it though.

 

[cdumler7]

Ya, but that punt return coverage at the end of the first half was not good. They more than made up for it though.

True. I'll just say that every unit is going to have a few bad plays here and there. They have been a top-5 unit though in the NFL and when you need to win 2 of the 3 units to win a game it is nice that we don't have to usually overcome special teams always being lost.

 

[Draft Crazy]

True. I'll just say that every unit is going to have a few bad plays here and there. They have been a top-5 unit though in the NFL and when you need to win 2 of the 3 units to win a game it is nice that we don't have to usually overcome special teams always being lost.

Give how poorly our special teams play was before Sean Payton came to town it really has been a drastic change. We use to be one of the worst special teams coverage units year in and year out... This is even missing our second best special teams cover guy in Delarrin Turner-Yell for the season.

 

[cdumler7]

Give how poorly our special teams play was before Sean Payton came to town it really has been a drastic change. We use to be one of the worst special teams coverage units year in and year out... This is even missing our second best special teams cover guy in Delarrin Turner-Yell for the season.

Yeah it was rough. Broncos consistently lost the field position battle week in and week out and having to drive 80 yards instead of say 60 yards is a huge difference in the NFL. And with our opponents having the reverse yeah it was rough.

 

[Draft Crazy]

Yeah it was rough. Broncos consistently lost the field position battle week in and week out and having to drive 80 yards instead of say 60 yards is a huge difference in the NFL. And with our opponents having the reverse yeah it was rough.

That and the poor OL play prior to last year was irritating. Year in and year out.

 

[Orange Crush77]

2 great improvements: Special teams and our conditioning program