(08-25-2023, 11:25 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(08-25-2023, 11:09 PM)rpr52121 Wrote: The key for week 1 will be the offensive has to live up to the hype and not make mistakes. Especially against a Gus Bradley coached defense that will be relatively predicable.

The Indy offense has so many question marks with rookie QB, Taylor's holdout/trade request, Pittman still have it?, any other pass catchers. It will be a good test of the defense to check for communication and doing your job, and if they can actually generate some pressure which should cause more issues against an offense with that many questions. I do worry about the deep ball though. Pierce has some speed and AR has the arm to throw them up there, so it will be all about the secondary doing their job and making the Colts execute, which you wouldn't expect them to be able to do.

I think the key is just outright owning this game from the first whistle to the final whistle. I understand it's a divisional game. However, I really want to see this team win on every level. I want the offense to dominate. I want the defense to dominate. I don't want to see McManus unless it's a PAT or going into halftime for a last second FG. I don't want Cooke out there at all. 

This is a statement game. We barely won out last year, we had to pull off some miracles that we may not get to see again this year, therefore, for all of those reasons above that you cited with their issues, we need to outright take this game away from them. Same can be said for the other two teams in this division. If we want a seat at the table with the other big three names in the AFC, we need to cement ourselves this year. 

Bury these [BLEEP] early and let's kick our feet up early at home.

It's a long season and this is week 1. Few teams are totally on point in week 1, especially a young team that is still developing at many positions. On top of that, you don't want to peak as a team this early. It is really hard to peak way too early in a season and then try to "recapture it" later in the year. This team isn't like the 2007 Patriots that is going to run roughshod over the league for like 19 weeks.

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