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Dime Package: Colts Keep Perfect Start Going

Posted: 4th November 2009 by Nick South in NFL
After a tough win over a better-than-their-record 49ers team and with the improving Texans looming, there's a lot of Colts football to discuss. 10. A Wednesday recap? Seems the Colts aren't the only ones struggling. The flu season has officially hit our household. For only the third time in Manning's career, I missed a home game. I'm blaming my strep on a curse placed upon me by angry Favre fans. Hey, ...
The bye week is behind us and the Colts picked up where they left off, playing well in 42-6 blowout over the St. Louis Rams. Time for another edition of the Dime Package, 10 questions following the Colts' win. á 10. 42-6 win. Score surprise you? Maybe the final margin. I know some hate it when you say that a team can win if they just show up, but that was the ...

Brett Favre Shows His True Self to Vikings in Loss

Posted: 25th October 2009 by Nick South in NFL
At one point, it was really hard to hate Brett Favre. Unless you were a fan of his current opponent, there was something to love about Favre's game. He's been labeled a gunslinger, and it was that mentality that made many admire Favre. Sure, he was turnover prone, but more so than not Favre has a tendency to will his team to victories. Even in defeat, you always felt Favre gave ...

How Bob Sanders’ Return Will Help the Indianapolis Colts

Posted: 23rd October 2009 by Nick South in NFL
The Colts have just announced that Bob Sanders will play on Sunday versus the St. Louis Rams. Colts' Coach Jim Caldwell has even stated there's a possibility that Sanders could start. So, what does this mean for the Colts? Plenty. What's the biggest impact of Sanders' return? His mere presence adds a lot to an already solid defense. Sanders is a vocal player, and it's obvious the defense is energized when he's ...

Dime Package: Indianapolis Colts Overcoming the Bye Week Blues

Posted: 22nd October 2009 by Nick South in NFL
With the Colts' bye week finally behind us, it's time again for 10 questions about the Colts and the league. á 10. What did we learn about the AFC while the Colts were taking a week off? Cincinnati can't handle success. Denver can. The 59-0 rout was more about how bad Tennessee is than how New England is back to 2007 form. The wave has fallen in San Diego. Their best days are behind them. Josh ...

Recent Colts’ News Rains on Team’s Fast Start

Posted: 14th October 2009 by Nick South in NFL
You ever have a day where you don't feel sick, but you don't exactly feel well either? That's been me all day. Maybe it's the weather. It's been that kind of cold, wet day that just gets into your bones. It could be work. Somehow I have a stack of papers to grade that's rapidly approaching Rocky Mountain size proportions. But I really think it's been the news coming from the Colts lately that ...

Relax Patriots, Tom Brady is going to be just fine.

Posted: 13th October 2009 by Nick South in NFL
The sky must be falling in New England. The Patriots lost a game they usually win, a game where Tom Brady and the offense had the ball with five minutes left and a chance to take the lead. But they didn't do it.á Clutch plays came from a guy named Kyle Orton and not one named Brady. I can only imagine the headlines in New England.á Already I've seen multiple articles talking about ...
Another week. Another win. Another round of Colts questions. Don't think I could get tired of this routine. á 10. Titans To Be a Big Test, Huh? I was a little off on that one, yes. In the past, this would have been a down to the wire game. The Colts started off sluggishùmuffed punt, Peyton's interception. If not for a brilliant play by Antoine Bethea to cause the fumble that set up a ...

Don’t Laugh, But 0-4 Titans Are a Huge Test for the Colts

Posted: 7th October 2009 by Nick South in NFL
The 4-0 Colts visit the 0-4 Titans. Sounds like the ultimate mismatch. The Titans are in complete free fall after losing by 20 to a very average Jacksonville Jaguar team. The Colts are riding high, winning the last two games by an average of 19 points.á Lock of the week, right? It'll be the Colts third night game of the young season. Surely you haven't forgotten the first night game played by ...
Colts' General Manager Bill Polian likes to comment how you break a season into quarters. Polian, then, must surely be pleased at the perfect first quarter his team has put together. So, with a fourth of the games done, let's look at 10 questions concerning the Colts and the NFL. á 10. What the heck is wrong with the Tennessee Titans? Sitting at yesterday's Colts game, I heard more gasps for the Titans' ...