(08-25-2019, 08:57 AM)Eye of the Storm Wrote:

(08-25-2019, 06:49 AM)Bullseye Wrote: While Luck's retirement is a huge development, it may not be all candy and sunshine for us.

We already matched up well with the Colts even with Luck.  Now that he's gone, it will likely even be a bigger matchup edge-with one small caveat.  If we have a defensive weakness, it's stopping the run.  If they rely more on the running game, to the extent they can run the ball, they may be tougher for us to beat.

But the bigger concern is the impact Luck's retirement has on our divisional rivals.

In his entire career, Andrew Luck is 8-4 against Houston, and a whopping 12-0 against Tennessee.  The only wins Tennessee got against Indy since 2012 were in 2017-the year Luck missed.

We could reliably count on the Colts handing the tacks 2 losses a year, and more often than not, the Texans too.

The problem is, as well as we match up with the Colts, we have had problems with Houston and Tennessee.

If we don't take care of business against Houston and Tennessee, we will need help- help we could use from a Luck led Colts team that we likely won't get without Luck.

I hear what you’re saying, but if we need to rely on another team to soften up divisional opponents records, then that’s admitting your soft yourselves. I like the fact we matchup with the clots with or without Luck, but I would rather crush the other 2 teams on our own merit.