One of the chief reasons for optimism for Colts fans is that it’s pretty difficult to figure out who in the AFC is actually any good. Yesterday was a prime example. Buffalo and Tennessee both won moving to 4-0. We all know enough to take the Titans sort of seriously, although you have to wonder how things will shake out when Vince Young gets ‘healthy’ (whatever that completely entails). I’m willing to say that this team is legit(ish). They obviously have had an excellent defense for some time, and the offense is just trying to stay out of the way. It can’t believe what terrible luck it was for the rest of the NFL that he got hurt. If Young could only have stayed healthy, the Titans could have been counted on to be a second tier team.
After the Titans though, it’s anyone’s guess. San Diego and Jacksonville both sucked out yesterday and came away with wins. Denver wandered into their own house of horrors. I suppose if Baltimore beats the Steelers tonight, we can assume they are good. I’m still not sold on Buffalo, though I freely admit that I can’t articulate why off the top of my head.
If the Chargers or New England had bolted out of the gate, I think we’d all feel pretty sick right now. As it stands, the Colts are still right in the thick of things, although it’s basically imperitive to win 3 of the next four games (including at the Titans) if they hope to keep their division hopes alive. Three of those games are on the road, although whether Green Bay is any good is anyone’s guess (MMTTB will be fun this week!).
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It’s from last week, but I avoided the media last week. Whitlock gently wonders about Dungy’s coaching schedule. It’s a fair question, but I think that there are enough other things that have clearly gone wrong. Unless the rest of the NFL is practicing on Friday nights, I doubt this is the culprit.
This Star piece on Irsay’s daughter was great yesterday.
Peter King claims he isn’t shocked over the state of the NFL. His nonsensical intro (in which he claims that the topsy turvy-ness of this NFL season is to be expected) actually helps me articulate why I don’t trust the Buffalos of the world. Because it’s a long season, and a chunk of the league hasn’t even played 4 games yet, it’s just silly to talk about the NFL like there has been some sea change. I can buy Tennessee because we’ve seen this coming from them for some time. All it took was removing VY from the equation. As for other pretenders like Buffalo, it takes a lot more than 4 games to convince me that they’ve arrived. King would be better served telling people not to overreact to four (three!) games worth of data and just calm down a little. Instead he acts like the way the standings look now is the way they’ll finish up.
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It’s from last week, but I avoided the media last week. Whitlock gently wonders about Dungy’s coaching schedule. It’s a fair question, but I think that there are enough other things that have clearly gone wrong. Unless the rest of the NFL is practicing on Friday nights, I doubt this is the culprit.
This Star piece on Irsay’s daughter was great yesterday.
Peter King claims he isn’t shocked over the state of the NFL. His nonsensical intro (in which he claims that the topsy turvy-ness of this NFL season is to be expected) actually helps me articulate why I don’t trust the Buffalos of the world. Because it’s a long season, and a chunk of the league hasn’t even played 4 games yet, it’s just silly to talk about the NFL like there has been some sea change. I can buy Tennessee because we’ve seen this coming from them for some time. All it took was removing VY from the equation. As for other pretenders like Buffalo, it takes a lot more than 4 games to convince me that they’ve arrived. King would be better served telling people not to overreact to four (three!) games worth of data and just calm down a little. Instead he acts like the way the standings look now is the way they’ll finish up.
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