Colts Week 3 Recap

On Sunday night the Colts dominated the Arizona Cardinals defeating them 31-10. It was a slow starting game and it looked like the Cardinals were going to go up 10-0 in the first quarter. . .and then all of sudden it was 21-3 and the Colts were in control.

The Good:

Where does one start. This was the Colts best all around effort to date for the season. The offense sputtered at first (and that was disconcerting) but like I mentioned earlier they got their act together and before one knew it. . .they had an eighteen point lead. Manning was at the top of his game and I liked how they sped up the no-huddle in the second quarter. That really caught Arizona off guard and seemed to get the offense rolling. Reggie Wayne proved once again that he's an elite WR in the league. Dallas was being Dallas. But furthermore. . .It's promising that Garcon is proving to be a player that can make big plays. He did get caught up in the moment but I don't think having a little flair is all that bad. I don't see him going all TO on us.

On the other side of the ball the defense looked entirely better than the previous week. I had thought this, but did not express it to anyone, but I felt that the way Arizona's offense works suits the Colts defense. They don't run the ball (actually worse than we are). Kurt Warner is an immobile QB and they like big pass plays. And the thing about big pass plays is that they take a while to develop and with our pass rush that is something that our defense can exploit. I just thought Freeney and Mathis and company did a superb job of getting in Warner's head, both literally and figuratively. This was a vintage Colts game. Manning and the offense get a big lead and the defense does it's job to get after the quarterback.

The Bad:

When one hears something pop in their leg, that is not a good sign. And when one is an elite pass rushing defensive end, that's an even worse sign. As of this post, there's no official status update of Dwight Freeney (who left the game with a leg injury) but I think it's safe to say that he's going to miss some time. And there's no easy way to say this. . .but that sucks.


The (not so) Ugly:

The Colts actually had some success running ball. As a team they actually had over a hundred yards rushing. . .126 to be exact. That's definitely a good sign for the offense. . .the offensive line . . .and for Addai and Brown. As one can see that opened up the offense to their full back of tricks.