Comments for Offended Line at http://www.18to88.com , comment 1 to 20 out of 20 comments http://www.18to88.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:50:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-9055 "Other than Saturday and Lilja, the Colts have no linemen that could be considered even slightly above average" - what does that say about the future of the other 3 guys now :o - matuag Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:45:49 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-9054 also seems to be offended now ;D Lilja's been cut - matuag Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:44:30 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8990 I've considered theory one already. Theory two is fascinating. I guess we will see. - coltsfanawalt Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:53:41 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8952 Polian has no one to blame but himself, heck, he drafted the guys. Go out and get some but-stomping, DL-eating, monster tackles and lets get back to the Edinger James running days. I believe we have the backs, lets go out and get two, maybe three tackles. The rest of our drafts should be committed to our D. - Dan Smith Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:21:52 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8951 seriously though, did they ever explain these 'sideways flashes'? because if they did, I missed the episode. what's funny is I each episode gets me closer to agreeing w/my wife's theory - the writers don't know what's going on and are just doing their best to throw us all off so we can't keep track. because they've LOST track. so when they plug the big 2 hour show finale ... we overlook the fact that they're still trying to figure out how to end it. but yes, Locke, what a perfect character. something about his eyes when he was tempting Sayid. perfect for that role. never would have picked him off the beach in season 1 to be that character. - m@chu Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:01:06 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8950 Well, I've started watching Fringe (cue Shake being happy). Fringe is Abrams other show and deals heavily with the concept of an alternate reality, two realities coexisting, but affecting one another (like Jack having an appendix scar he can't remember getting). Here are my top theories: 1. The alternate past is the denouement of the show. This is how things end up after whatever is going on on the island is resolved. 2. Based on a line from last night's episode, the alternate past is the result of Evil Locke's faustian bargain. Jacob's people end up okay, but Locke's get screwed (like Sayid apparently did). 3. The "it's a wonderful life" version. Someone will have to make a choice based on that reality to preserve it or destroy it. Sort of like how Jack woke up and realized everything was wrong and had to get back to the island to fix it once before. - DZ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:52:53 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8949 Good point. Any predictions on how things turn out in the end? I'm trying to wrap my mind around that alternate "flash sideways" or whatever. The characters are entwined quite a bit and some of it didn't make sense at all. Like the absentees and additions on the plane, for example. I am hoping it all comes together in short oder. Have loved the series so far. - coltsfanawalt Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:44:52 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8948 Yeah, I just assume all players have surgery as soon as the season ends. Sounded pretty routine. - DZ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:50:50 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8947 You guys see where Peyton had surgery? http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/nfl/03/03/manning.surgery.ap/index.html?eref=sihp - Bob L. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:36:15 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8945 The descent of Sayid has been amazing. Basically, he's always been evil but has fought to be good. Last night he lost that fight. It was very cool. - DZ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:02:07 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8944 Sayid looks mean and scary as a bad guy. Locke and Claire are pretty convincing as well. How can all my questions possibly be answered satisfactorily in the next two and a half months??? Oh, and go Colts. - coltsfanawalt Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:58:28 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8943 which is that weird fake draw thing they do, where it seems like every LB is going to kill Addai for a 5 yard loss every time, bu he gets by and then weaves around all one-on-one blocks. The old "stretch" play is dead. Gone. This team needs to go OL and then DE in the first two rounds. Also, I wouldn't min seeing Ugoh or Charlie back at RT. - dmstorm22 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:27:38 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8942 with all of your points. I've said as much in various forums (fora?), so it's good to hear someone validate me! :) - LovinBlue Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:14:35 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8940 Running outside should not qualify as "cute". If it does, then something is seriously wrong with your offense. - DZ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:37:22 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8939 I agree with the poster above me, but that just brings me to the most obvious (and frustrating) fact about the game... In the Super Bowl Joseph Addai ran 13 times for 77 yards, with that kind of success he should have been handed the ball more. Now I'm no "run to win" pundit-type, but if a strategy is working, picking up yards and keeping the defense off-balance, you stick with it. Especially in the aforementioned 2nd and 1, instead of getting cute with the outside run, go with the low risk of another run up the gut. - SilentRat Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:28:48 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8938 The play that bothered me the most, and also highlighted the failure of the O-line in the Super Bowl, was the stretch play to the right just before the Garcon drop. Addai had just ripped off a 9 yard run to put us in 2nd and 1 at the 29. They go stretch right and he has no where to go with a 3 yard loss. That play exemplified what you guys had been harping on in regards to our inability to run outside. That play still pisses me off. - MVPeyton18 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:36:45 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8937 You guys totally nailed this. As Johnny O pointed out, it was two lines of an hour's worth of answers from Polian. And as you pointed out, Polian's comments were really more about not throwing Caldwell under the bus and the changes to come. BBS used Saturday's comments to continue to reiterate his feelings that Polian just needs to shut up, and let someone else be the Colts' mouthpiece. (And Phil B. would probably agree.) Personally, I think following the Colts would become a lot less interesting, without Polian being out front. - Doug England Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:17:47 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8936 and I just got a chance to watch the Saturday interview. it's hilarious how we can be conditioned, as readers, to infer conflict when there really is none. Be it the behavior pattern of certain 'writers' or other elements, I was really expecting something ... more. Saturday sounds like a guy calmly speaking his mind, and I'd expect him and BP to be able have a 2 minute conversation over this and move on. In fact, the most telling thing I heard was Saturday saying "I've looked at it, and I don't agree ... you just gotta move on." Another interesting, related note then is the recent hiring of Ron Prince as OL asst. By all accounts, he favors slimmer (smaller) linemen. How is this a change? Ahhhh, you know what? Forget it, I'm just getting too far into [i]conjecture[/i], listening too much to the [i]pundits[/i] about the past ([i]which is prologue[/i]). Yep, stole that last paragraph straight from BP. - m@chu Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:35:02 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8935 Right, change is coming and he was signaling who it would be. They knew before the Super Bowl that the line needed an overhaul. He was just setting that up with his comments - DZ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:00:27 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2010-archives/march/offended-line.html#comment-8934 my question is why did there have to be a [i]scapegoat[/i] in the first place? I could be mistaken, but it seems somewhat out of Polian's m.o. to place direct blame unless, as you say, change is coming. - m@chu Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:51:06 +0100