Comments for Catching up at http://www.18to88.com , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.18to88.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:56:32 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/catching-up.html#comment-1582 The AFC is a concern, but not a worry for me. Plus, anybody is capable of righting their ship and peaking at the right time. The NFC, I don't really know. Giants have the recipe (Good D, good run game, capable QB who can light it up if need be, plus experience on a big stage.) Saints and Vikes might as well. I know these guys need time to recover and game-plan, but Jeez, I wish they'd get the 16 game season over in about a month! I just can't wait a whole week. - Bob M Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:36:17 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/catching-up.html#comment-1581 On a neutral indoor field with no fans, I'd pick the Colts against all of those teams. Away, in inclement weather, in the playoffs, I'd question our ability to beat the Jets, Pats, or Ravens. Home, I'm not scared of any of them, but I'd put our odds at no better than 60:40. - Monkey Business Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:48:14 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/catching-up.html#comment-1579 what helps is that, if we meet in the playoffs, the game will most likely be in Indy. I feel like the gave away the Chicago and Cincy games, and with Troy, they would have won those. Roethlisberger is playing great. Now San Diego might just not be any good, but Pittsburgh cruhed them in that game. It was really 28-7 before garbage time TD's started. They scare me more than the rest. But honestly, I do not feel that any team can beat us more often than not. - dmstorm22 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:23:35 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/catching-up.html#comment-1577 Good news or bad news? Our top AFC competition this year appears to be NYJ, NE, Bal, Den, SD. Pitt is a talented dark horse digging out of a hole. I suspect Edwards to the Jets will weaken them this year, and maybe for a few years to come. It might hamper rookie QB development if he's unreliable and lazy, and they lose future draft picks as well as current productive players. I like it! I may be nuts, but looking around, there is not one AFC team that really worries me. Bal did until the Pats handled Flacco. We should be able to do the same. SD IS the Phil Rivers show on offense, and his offensive cast is pretty talented, but the D is in disarray. Den is a bit of a mystery--I assume they're somewhat of a mirage, but that D point total is pretty impressive. (Of course, IIRC, a few years ago we played them in Week 5 or 6 at a time when they had allowed the fewest points in the league. Then Manning hung about 35 on them, about what they allowed to all opponents up to that point. Cue their downfall.) Pats... we all know and love them, so no point in elaborating. Will the return of Troy spark Pitt's resurgence? Or did his absense just illustrate their flaws? - Bob M Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:36:14 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/catching-up.html#comment-1576 I would never be in the faction of the ignorant people that want them to cut Bob Sanders, I still wear his jersey proudly every Sunday. I do however just wish we were given some real info on when he may come back. If they told me coming into the season we wouldn't have him until weak 7, I would be fine with that, but instead it's a wait and see approach for something that feels like it will never happen. If he doesn't play this week, then we obviously should have left him on the PUP until week 7, as we have the by coming up in week 6. Maybe they were just hoping for the best, but we could have used the roster spot. It just seems like head games sometimes. - Nickaveli Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:14:24 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/catching-up.html#comment-1574 For Brady fans (see e.g. Boston area sports media), it was never about the numbers. I remember a Tom Curran piece in the ProJo 4 or 5 years ago which laid out the case for Brady being so much better than Favre or Manning. Brady's greatness (the best ever?) had nothing to do with numbers. 4 and 18 were just about stats. Tom was the greatest because of his dreamy qualities (stuff like guts, determination, leadership, his clutchness). It was inconceivable that any QB could possibly measure up to the greatness that is Brady. Boston journalists are incredible homers (think Red Sox, Celtics) and everything Boston is the best that ever was or could be. So the evaluations of Brady don't start with a look at his play and proceed to build a case. They start with the certain knowledge that Brady must be the best ever and then they assign to him attributes that the best QB would surely be expected to have. So they assert that Brady is a very accurate passer -- must be true because he's the best QB ever. Actually watching him play isn't necessary. After all, he single-handedly won 3 Super Bowls. Brady is the best at play action -- must be true, he's the best QB ever. Brady has always been fantastic at reading defenses and calling audibles -- (doesn't matter that Belichick was once quoted several years into Brady's career saying that they were slowly beginning to give him more freedom to change plays) if he's the best ever, it necessarily follows that he was always great reading and audibling. They don't need no stinkin' evidence. They already "know". - sb Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:45:28 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/catching-up.html#comment-1573 1. Garcon's penalties have reached a ridiculous level. I'll forgive him a holding penalty though, because the downfield blocking has been so solid. Can't complain when a WR gets grabby. 2. The AFC South worries me way more than the rest of the Colts schedule. Those teams are so unpredictable. The two Houston games will be tough. I'd take a 3-2 finish against the South (4-2 overall). 3. Excellent point about Brady. I wouldn't celebrate yet, but at this point several of the 18 bold visions for 2009 are looking good. Including the one about Tommy Boy. - DemondSanders Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:04:06 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/catching-up.html#comment-1572 Have you noticed how much Tight End Robinson has been playing? I can't remember him getting thrown to since the Jags game. If he is just staying in and doing the dirty work of pass protection, God bless him. But I haven't even noticed him blocking. - Doug England Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:57:24 +0100