San Diego at Indianapolis (01/13/2008)

I just started posing recently, but I haven't missed on one game I posted on.  Kansas Orange Bowl, Louisville in their last two basketball games, Giants over Tampa Bay straight and Georgetown over Depaul last week.

I'm all over San Diego in this one.

First off, when did Tony Dungy become the greatest head coach of all time.  He's still had way more failures than successes.  Lute Olson won a NC in basketball but that didn't end his problem with first round exits.  You don't think Norv Turner would have some playoff success worth bragging about if he had Peyton Manning for a qb?  If New England had some wr's that could catch the ball he'd still be labled as the coach who can't get to the Super Bowl.

I think San Diego's offense will have enough  success in this game to keep it close.  Everyone is talking about the Indianapolis defense.  This defense doesn't have Macfarland or Freeney, their two best defensive lineman.  Their starting dt's are an undrafted free agent from Penn State and a guy the Eagles cut a few years ago.  I went to PSU, Ed Johnson is OK.  They have ok lb's,  nothing special.  Their corners are ok, nothing special.  Their hole defense is about Bob Sanders.  Look at the Colts schedule, they played garbage this year.  Look at how many pathetic offenses they faced.  They haven't faced a good offense in OVER 2 months.  Just look at their schedule.  One pathetic offense after another.  You know how many playoff teams the Colts beat outside their division? 1.  You know who that 1 is?  Tampa Bay.  I'm not convinced this Colts defense is as good as people make it out to be.  I look at the qb's and rb's they faced this year and am not impressed.

Rivers played very well in the second half yesterday without Gates.  They  can still hurt the Colts secondary with  Chambers and Jackson.  They can also pass the ball more to LT out of the backfield.  I'm not saying Gates won't be missed, but Chargers have other options.

I'm tired and bored but I really believe this is going to be a tight game.  I think the Colts win, but 10 points is way too much.  San Diego has the best defense the Colts are going to see all season, Manning has had playoff failures against 3/4 defenses, San Diego knows they can beat these guys, the Colts defense isn't as good as people make it out to be, the Colts will probably play scared when it comes to kicking and punting to Sprolles giving up good field position in the process, etc.

I think the Colts will win, but by double digits?  Nah

Quote Originally Posted by bigdaddyhpd:

IMO the Colts have the better field General in this match up and and have the better balance on offense due to the fact that the Chargers will be without Gates in this one.

If the Colts WR's can keep the Chargers corners and safeties busy in this one it should open up the middle for Dallas Clark and Addai.

I do not like the fact that Freeney is not playing in this game but I do believe that if the Colts can find a way to pressure and fluster Philip Rivers the Chargers will be in for a long day.

As hard as Atari Bigby of Green Bay was hitting the Seattle players today Bob Sanders of the Colts will probably do the same with the Chargers offense.


Chargers did not start off well at home last week against the Titans and I cannot see them starting off strong in Indy.

The local hated my wins today so he jacked up my first half line....

Colts at the half -7

Aloha and good luck to all

Colts at the half -6.5

Good luck everyone!

whoops, now that didnt make too much sense, I can't do a teaser like that with VIP my bad, scratch the first one, and modify the 2nd to this

colts pick, over 36 (greek) also with NYG/DAL over 36.5
and
chargers +20, over 36 (greek) also with NYG/DAL over 36.5

Indy 31

SD 17

Hey no problem...it was the teasers that finally ended up saving my ass yesterday!

As for some more late analysis for this one, I really like how everyone on here for the most part is riding Indy.  I also love how Bodog has this game at 11 now.  Gates not being completely healthy scares me because he is such a huge part of this offense.  Even if he plays, he is not at 100% so that will limit his production.  Looking at the last game these two played back in November, Indy manhandled the Chargers except for the 6 Int's from Manning.  Rivers played a horrible game that essentially let Indy back into it, LT didn't do spectacular, the Bolts had 10 penalties, and Indy won the time of possession 36-23.  One of the biggest questions in this game is how effective Lorenzo Neal will be for the Chargers.  He was missing last week against the Titans, which is the major reason why LT couldn't get started. 

As TurbanCowboy said above...Indy hasn't played any really solid offenses in over two months.  What he failed to mention is that San Diego is right there in that same boat.  They've faced Oakland, Denver, Detroit, Tennessee, Kansas City, and Baltimore in their 7-game winning streak.  The thing that I like about them however is that they did WIN all of those games fairly convincingly. This is a team that has the firepower to stick with Indy in a shootout, and also a team that can grind it out on the ground and win a defensive battle.  Turnovers will obviously be the difference maker in this one.  Not for Peyton, but for Rivers.  If he throws anything more than 1 pick...I am going to be regretting it.  These two teams ALWAYS play each other tough, and you know San Diego is dying to get another shot at the Pats next week.

San Diego +11

INDY    23       SAN DIEGO  21 

INT could have ran back a lot more yards and into field goal range.