I might as well get this over with............ I was wrong. I said the Colts would run away with the division. That was the wrong call. For the last couple years, I blamed Phillip Rivers woes on his poor O-Line play in San Diego. That obviously was not the case. The Colts O-Line gave him plenty of time yesterday and he was awful! Those 2 (almost 3) interceptions yesterday were nothing short of "dead ducks" that were gifted to us. Rivers has lost his vision, instincts and after the season, I think he should call it a career.

I was also wrong about how bad I thought this team would be. Although I will stop short of crowning Minshew as the first franchise QB this team has had since Brunell, I'll admit, he is winning me over. His performance yesterday was brilliant. He took what was given and showed tremendous poise and accuracy. Maybe the marriage between Gruden's system and Minshew's skill set is perfect together. Minshew still needs to learn to throw the ball out of bounds, instead of taking a sack, but he's way ahead of where I expected him to be.

I'll even say this. C.J. Henderson had a very good game. His coverage was good, but what especially shocked me was his tackling. This was a very weak area of his coming into the NFL, but apparently he took this to heart and really worked on that area of his game. He almost didn't look like the same player from last year. He made 3 beautiful open field tackles with near perfect technique. He must've hired a private coach in the off season, because I know he didn't improve that much from Wash's teaching.

I know it's just one game, but this is a big win and puts us in the right direction.

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