The only way this game can make a headline is if the Colts lose. The only way I can feel good about this game is if the Colts offense scores on every possession and if the defense pitches a shutout. Here is a little food for thought. In 2003, the Colts offense discovered itself in the second half of a Monday night football game against the Tampa Bay defense. Up until that point, Hunter Smith was kicking about 66 punts a year. For the next four years he averaged ten less. This year, through 9 games, he has kicked 37. That puts him on pace for 65. Are we back to the beginning? Have we come full circle?
I think a careful fan and evaluator of the Colts realizes that the Colts are desperately trying to get back to the offense that drove teams into the ground like a triphammer, and scored with seeming ease and magic every time they touched the ball. But that may not be an option, and the fans (AND THE TEAM) should perhaps awaken to the notion that they aren't the team they were before. They don't have the personnel to be the offense they used to be. They don't have Tarik Glenn. They don't have an experienced slot receiver. They don't have Edge James who, when at full capacity, was as dynamic and effective a back as any. Manning and Harrison were so in sync that any time Manning threw away a pop can Marv would catch it and drop it in the recycling.
Now, we can't decide who our left tackle is and no matter who it is on a particular day they don't hold down their position as reliable and definitiavely as Skeeter did. The playaction passing game that used to clean out the deep middle is based on the threat of the run game, which is non existent. Addai is losing more and more favor with me every game. I don't see any solid ability to break into the second level, period. At this point, I would rather have Rhodes starting. Maybe Addai is gimpy, maybe the spot doesn't develop. Regardless, he hits the hole and take the edge like a constipated grandmother. He looks 35 years old. Without better running, the slot receiver cannot develop the deep middle of the field, and therefor Gonzo will not develop as quickly. I bitch a lot. We are winning, so, I guess I will quit.
One more thing, ESPN's power rankings are crap and the most ballless thing on their website. They list the teams apparently with only regard for their total schedules, seemingly regardless of current win or loss streaks or injuries or strength of schedule.
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2008 Cubs Preview
We just got beat by a Punter!
Rob Parker...didn't I hear that name before? Oh yeah, that is the guy that called Hammerin Hank a coward for not being on hand for Barry Bond's record breaking homer. He is the guy that got suspended for telling lies about a Michigan State quarterback. 
The most overstated stat in the lexicon of stats spouted towards the Colts is the idea of the one that says they have only allowed 5 touchdown passes. It leads you to assume that they are somehow a good pass defense. In fact, the Colts pass defense gives up so many easy, intermediate passes that teams get deep into the red zone before they score and simply run it in instead of using their passing game.
You can't put your finger on it. Is he falling forward? Is it the mustache? What is he doing with his hand? Why can't I stop looking at his hand? I...
Well, things aren't going well, but we won. The defense makes two good plays and then gets lost. The offense is out of whack. The playcalling is horrible and unimaginative. Still, the thing that drives me nuts is that Marvin Harrison, my favorite player of all time, is playing like crap. he has to catch the fucking ball. He dropped two touchdowns and a possible third on three different drives. All three were catches he makes two years ago. If you want to say he is out of physically, I don't know what game you were watching. He was running around guys, getting behind them or just blowing them off the line. The passes were there. He just did not catch them. He can't focus. Somebody needs to go up to him in the locker room and say, "Hey, you haven't retired yet." He stands to makes about 12 million buckaroos next year and I, of all people, think he may be a prime candidate for "renegotiation".
