2019 NFL Playoff Game Thread - Divisional Round

DJnVa

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Tomorrow got a lot less interesting.

Chiefs will be huge favorites next week.
Come on man, this is weird af take. The Colts were so awesome last week that on one show today everyone picked them to win. And now this.

Also, these teams played like 5 years ago in postseason...it started like this one.

What do you think the line will be? Cuz I guarantee it won't be bigger than like 4 or 5
 

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Moving the Line
I'm still absolutely thinking KC has this, but if you're Indy, it's a decent regroup. Don't jump offsides and that drive ends. Indy gave up 24 eight times this season, 34 four times. It's not totally foreign.

Now if Luck, Smith, Kelly, etc. wind up going nowhere, yeah. That's the bigger concern. Expected a shootout, but that can't happen if it's one way traffic, obviously.
 

j44thor

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Stunting the DL and flowing the LB's outside on a 4th and 1 is one of the worst defensive calls in playoff history. Will be forgotten by next quarter but that along with the Ebron drop are determing the game right now.
 

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La Mancha.
Serious question: that play was a sweep, not a reverse, right? For years announcers have been calling that type of play a reverse, but to me a reverse is when the QB hands the ball off to a teammate sweeping one way, who then re-hands it off to a teammate going the other way.
 

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we know KC defense is trash, particularly the secondary. Colts haven't shown up yet and it might already be too late.
 

DJnVa

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Serious question: that play was a sweep, not a reverse, right? For years announcers have been calling that type of play a reverse, but to me a reverse is when the QB hands the ball off to a teammate sweeping one way, who then re-hands it off to a teammate going the other way.
It's like calling a ball bouncing over the wall a ground rule double. Announcers have said it for so long that it really doesn't matter it's not right.
 

j44thor

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Just horrendous coaching by IND thus far, 3rd and 2 and you have every receiver running 5+yd deep routes, no rubs or slants.
 

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It's not just Andrew Luck. These are dome receivers. Eric Ebron doesn't look nearly as fast and agile on grass as he does on a track. TY Hilton is their only real threat and he's been bottled up. They can't get open in these conditions, against one on one coverage.

Bottom line, the Colts need to commit to the run, maybe a couple screens sprinkled in along with quick passes (maybe stuff out to the flat, running backs out of the backfield, etc.). The bombs to Hilton won't be there today.