{"id":233783,"date":"2010-09-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2010\/09\/20\/colts-38-giants-14\/"},"modified":"2010-09-20T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T05:00:00","slug":"colts-38-giants-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/colts-38-giants-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts 38 Giants 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

After an impressive win\u00a0on Sunday Night Football,\u00a0 the Colts sent the Giants and the rest of the NFL an unmistakable message.\u00a0\u00a0They\u00a0plan on representing the AFC in Super Bowl XLV.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0From their outstanding\u00a0opening touchdown drive (12 plays, 80 yard drive)\u00a0to the Giants first offensive play (Antoine Bethea\u00a0plastering Mario Manningham), it was clear the Colts came to play.\u00a0 Between the touchdown drive and the\u00a0decleating hit, \u00a0the Colts\u00a0wanted the entire nation to know that last week’s loss to the Houston Texans was an aberration.\u00a0\u00a0The Colts\u00a0were magnificent.\u00a0 Indeed,\u00a0 the Giants did not look good at all.\u00a0 Yes, the Giants did play poorly.\u00a0 Plain and simple,\u00a0 the Giants ran into a buzz saw.\u00a0\u00a0It is only Week 2,\u00a0 the Giants are 1-1.\u00a0 With a 1-1 record, the Giants are in a three way tie for first place in the brutal NFC East.\u00a0 Looking on the bright side of things, although this is an ugly loss, it\u00a0is to an AFC opponent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Giants defense\u00a0had difficulty stopping the run.\u00a0 Colts running backs Joseph Addai and Donald Brown rushed for 161 yards.\u00a0 Despite allowing a total of 160 yards on the ground, this number is\u00a0somewhat misleading.\u00a0 In order to thwart the Colts potent passing attack,\u00a0Giants’ defensive coordinator Perry Fewell used a 4-1-6 alignment.\u00a0<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>This means the Giants were in a “dime” package for most of the game.\u00a0\u00a0Fewell’s gambit did not pay off. \u00a0 Peyton Manning said,\u00a0 \u201cWhen a team\u2019s playing five and six DBs on first and second down, obviously they\u2019re playing pass coverage. In the past, we haven\u2019t been able to run against that coverage and you sort of play into their hands. So it was nice to be able to run the ball against that look.\u201d
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The lighter\u00a0defensive backs\u00a0could not sustain the punishment from the bigger and stronger offensive linemen. Case in point, on Donald Brown’s touchdown run,\u00a0Colts guard\u00a0Jamey Richard\u00a0easily blocked\u00a0Giants safety Deon Grant out of the way. This enabled Brown to scamper into the end zone untouched. \u00a0Why did Fewell use this formation?\u00a0 Fewell leveraged all\u00a0his resources in order to compensate for the weakness at the linebacker position.<\/strong> \u00a0 Besides Michael Boley, the Giants do not have “three down” linebackers. They do not have\u00a0linebackers who can play in pass coverage. \u00a0\u00a0This weakness at linebacker manifested itself\u00a0at Lucas Oil Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With a sound ground game, Colts quarterback Peyton Manning dissected the Giants pass defense<\/span>.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Out of his 26 pass attempts, he completed 20 of them for 255 yards and THREE touchdowns.\u00a0 Most importantly, he threw ZERO interceptions<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Contrast that with\u00a0last week,\u00a0where magnanimous\u00a0Matt Moore threw three interceptions all in the red zone area.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since we are talking about making splash plays on defense,\u00a0\u00a0having\u00a0 Giants’ safety Michael Johnson in pass coverage engenders big plays for an\u00a0opponent.\u00a0\u00a0What was\u00a0Michael Johnson doing on Dallas Clark’s 50 yard touchdown catch?\u00a0\u00a0Johnson, spelling for\u00a0Kenny Phillips, bit\u00a0BADLY\u00a0on the play fake.\u00a0 With no safety help,\u00a0Clark was able to breeze by Giants cornerback\u00a0Aaron Ross.\u00a0\u00a0As a consequence, \u00a0Johnson’s mental lapse gave the Colts a two touchdown lead.\u00a0 The Giants could never recover.\u00a0 Undoubtedly, this play was the turning point of the game.\u00a0 Recall from last year,\u00a0 Johnson made the same mistake (biting on\u00a0a play fake) against the Eagles on\u00a0a 60 yard DeSean Jackson\u00a0TD.\u00a0 Aaron Ross, Sunday Night, Michael Johnson biting badly on play action… deja blue<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0 Johnson is a liability in coverage.\u00a0 Too bad Chad Jones severely injured himself.\u00a0 Otherwise, Johnson would not be on the team.<\/p>\n

Giants red zone defense continues to be problematic.\u00a0 Since 2004, the Giants\u00a0continue to be\u00a0the worst red zone defense in the NFL.\u00a0Last night was more of the same.\u00a0 In four red zone trips,\u00a0 the Colts scored THREE touchdowns.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On offense, Colts defensive ends Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis gave the Giants offensive line fits.\u00a0 For most of the game, because of the Colts pressure, \u00a0Eli Manning did not have time to read the defense. The Colts sacked Manning\u00a0four times.\u00a0 As a result of David Diehl’s slow feet,\u00a0 Freeney had his way with Diehl.\u00a0 In fact, Freeney had\u00a0two sacks and two forced fumbles.\u00a0 Clearly, Freeney’s performance erases any doubt his play may be eroding.\u00a0<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Additionally,\u00a0 Robert Mathis played a very good game. Like Freeney, Mathis had two sacks.\u00a0The Giants offensive line was over matched by the Colts defensive ends.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Without stalwart tight end Kevin Boss,\u00a0the Giants have a problem.\u00a0TE Bear Pascoe had trouble blocking Mathis.\u00a0 He also\u00a0appeared to be very slow.\u00a0\u00a0On his only reception, he looked like he was stuck in quick sand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With the game out of reach,\u00a0 inexplicably, Eli Manning remained in the game.\u00a0 What was Coughlin thinking?\u00a0 The Colts’ Linemen had their ears pinned back in pass rush.\u00a0 Thankfully,\u00a0Eli did not get injured.\u00a0\u00a0Coughlin should have inserted Sage Rosenfels into the game when it was\u00a0well out of reach.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Upticks:<\/p>\n

Ahmad Bradshaw is amazing.\u00a0 Bradshaw has great vision.\u00a0 His ability to cut back runs\u00a0makes him very dangerous.\u00a0 Especially against a Colts defense which\u00a0moves very quickly\u00a0to the football.\u00a0 If he did not collide with Steve Smith,\u00a0 he would have broken a long gain.\u00a0 Bradshaw gained 89 yards on 17 carries.<\/p>\n

This current group\u00a0of wide\u00a0receivers are the best\u00a0the Giants\u00a0have ever assembled.\u00a0\u00a0 When Eli was given time to throw,\u00a0 he hit Mario Manningham and Hakeem Nicks for touchdowns.\u00a0 Steve Smith runs crisp routes.\u00a0 He continues to be the best third down receiver in the NFL.<\/p>\n

Jason Pierre-Paul is becoming a force on special teams.\u00a0 When he is rumbling down the field,\u00a0 opposing players are running in the opposite direction.\u00a0 This is reminiscent when LT played special teams.\u00a0 When LT played special teams,\u00a0former Giants’s defensive coordinator Bill Belichick admitted players were frightened by him.\u00a0 On film, Belichick noticed opposing players were running\u00a0away\u00a0from Taylor. Like Taylor, opposing players did not want to deal with JPP.<\/p>\n

Special teams are getting better.\u00a0 Punter Matt Dodge picked up his game-consistency.\u00a0 Because of the improved special teams, the Giants did not give the Colts a short field.\u00a0\u00a0 Even Tynes’ kickoffs were much better too.\u00a0 Tynes had a touchback!<\/p>\n

Going forward,\u00a0 the Giants have talent on this team.\u00a0 It is up to the coaching staff to find solutions to their problems(run defense and OL woes).\u00a0 Let us hope they can make adjustments because\u00a0next Sunday\u00a0the Giants play\u00a0the Titans.\u00a0\u00a0The Titans\u00a0can run the ball well and rush the passer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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