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Indianapolis Colts vs. Denver Broncos

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page, This Week's Matchup Report, General Colts Chatter by dawgpounded on Friday 28 September 2007 at 9:07 am
The Denver Broncos are the luckiest 2-1 football team football team in the NFL as they could just as easily be 0-3 and they are flying to Indianapolis to play the defending World Champions. The Colts have been challenged in the last two games, but they won their only home game 41-10 over the Saints this season.

The Broncos would love to keep the ball on the ground this week. That will be easier said than done against the improved Colts’ defense that is allowing only 95.7 yards rushing per game and 3.7 yards per carry. But, Travis Henry (302 yards rushing, 5.0 ypc, TD) has been outstanding this season. He is the key as the Broncos need to control the clock and lessen the pressure on Jay Cutler to make big plays. Still, Cutler does have three nice receivers to throw to in Javon Walker (19 rec, 230 yards), Brandon Marshall (17 rec, 267 yards, TD) and Brandon Stokley (9 rec, 144 yards) so the Colts must get pressure on Cutler.

The Colts will no doubt be foaming at the mouth to run the football all over the Broncos defense which is allowing 166.0 yards rushing per game and 4.6 yards per carry. Joseph Addai (271 yards rushing, 4.2 ypc, 4 TDs) should have a field day running behind the solid offensive line of the Colts this week. Don’t expect Peyton Manning to back down from the Broncos pass defense which is only allowing 88.3 yards passing per game! Look for Manning to attack CBs Champ Bailey and Dre’ Bly with WRs Reggie Wayne (16 rec, 269 yards, 2 TDs) and Marvin Harrison (16 rec, 223 yards, 1 TD). The Colts will also attack the safeties of the Broncos with TE Dallas Clark (13 rec, 175 yards, 2 TDs).

PREDICTION: Look for the Broncos to get smoked pretty badly in this game. They don’t have the offensive firepower to deal with the Colts who have a much improved defense.

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The Indianapolis Colts lose rookie WR Roy Hall for several weeks

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page, Big Colts News, Injury Reports, General Colts Chatter by dawgpounded on Wednesday 26 September 2007 at 5:21 pm

The Colts have lost rookie WR Roy Hall for several weeks after he was involved in the hit that hurt DT Cedric Killings of the Texans. Hall’s injury is a severe one to his shoulder that he hit Killings with. The Colts will likely miss Hall on special teams as he played well there, but he was way down the depth chart at WR.

Indianapolis Colts 30, Houston Texans 24

Blogged under Game Recaps, Bloglockers, Front Page, General Colts Chatter by dawgpounded on Monday 24 September 2007 at 11:41 am

The Colts won this game with an efficient offense and some outstanding defense. Peyton Manning was his usual stellar self as he completed 20 of 29 passes for 273 yards with 1 TD pass and 0 interceptions. RB Joseph Addai got a lot of tough yards for the Colts as the Texans were bopping him pretty good. He finished up with 22 carries for 72 yards (3.3 ypc) with 2 TD runs and he also caught 3 passes for 19 yards (6.3 avg). Kenton Keith got some scraps from the table as he carried the ball 7 times for 20 yards (2.9 ypc). WRs Reggie Wayne (4 rec, 84 yards) and Marvin Harrison (6 rec, 53 yards) both played pretty well yesterday but TE Dallas Clark made some nice plays as he caught 4 passes for 58 yards and a TD. The Colts finished up with 92 yards on 29 carries (3.2 ypc) and they completed 20 of 29 passes for 270 yards.

CB Marlin Jackson (15 tackles) and linebacker Gary Brackett (9 tackles, interception) both played inspired defense yesterday. The Colts held he Texans to 40 yards rushing on 17 carries (2.4 ypc) and they completed 27 of 33 passes for 214 yards. The Colts special teams also had issues as KR Jerome Mathis returned the opening kickoff 84 yards for a TD and rookie PR Jacoby Jones returned a punt 74 yards.

http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=270923034

Indianapolis Colts vs. Houston Texans

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page, This Week's Matchup Report, General Colts Chatter by dawgpounded on Friday 21 September 2007 at 10:36 am

The Indianapolis Colts and Houston Texans are playing for first place in the AFC South this Sunday. The Colts will likely attack the Texans through the air first and then try to grind the game out on the ground. For this to work the Colts must keep the Texans impressive young defensive line away from QB Peyton Manning. The Texans already have 6 sacks this season including 2 each for rookie DT Amobi O’Koye and 2nd year DE Mario Williams. The Texans have given up 212.5 yards per game passing and they have had problems with injuries to their safeties so look for TE Dallas Clark (9 rec, 117 yards) and rookie WR Anthony Gonzalez (3 rec, 49 yards). Don’t think for a minute that Peyton Manning won’t be throwing the ball deep to Marvin Harrison (10 rec, 170 yards, TD) and Reggie Wayne (12 rec, 185 yards, 2 TDs).

With the Texans likely without running back Ron Dayne and WR Andre Johnson due to injury the Texans must keep the ball on the ground to keep the ball away from the Colts offense. RB Ahman Green will likely have his biggest workload of the season and he should have success against the Colts defense which is allowing 123.5 yards rushing per game. Without Andre Johnson available for this game look for QB Matt Schaub to spread the football around to a lot of receivers in the short passing game. TE Owen Daniels (6 rec, 72 yards) and FB Vonta Leach (6 rec, 29 yards) will likely be the most targeted receivers in the passing game. That will put pressure on the safeties and outside linebackers of the Colts. WR Kevin Walter (2 rec, 17 yards) and Jacoby Jones (2 rec, 33 yards) must stretch the field a little bit or the Colts will constrict the offense of the Texans by moving more defenders into the box….including Bob Sanders and that would be bad for the Texans’ running game.

PREDICTION: If Andre Johnson weren’t injured I might have picked the Texans to pull an upset here. But, without Johnson I just can’t see the Texans staying with the Colts on the scoreboard. Look for the Colts to win this game by more than a TD.

Peyton Manning is off to a fantastic start for the Indianapolis Colts

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page, General Colts Chatter by dawgpounded on Friday 21 September 2007 at 10:17 am

Peyton Manning is off to another great start for the Colts. He has completed 46 of 72 passes (63.9%) for 600 yards with 4 TD passes and 1 interception (102.8 QB Rating) so far this season. There is no reason to think that Peyton Manning won’t be in the Pro Bowl again this season as long as he stays healthy. Manning got the monkey off his back last season in beating the Patriots in the playoffs and they might be on another collision course to meet up again in the battle for the Super Bowl in the AFC.

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