Ask a Colts Fan: Superbowl XLIV Edition!!!

Just kidding. Although, many talking heads seem to almost try to portray him as just that. This matchup has been so over-analyzed this past week that I’ve really got no questions. Freeney is the big topic of discussion, but I expect he will play and play at a high level regardless of the injury. I mean, it’s the Super Bowl. He’ll find a way to get on the field.

Here’s a serious question: with all the talk about Freeney and the Colts D-line, how are the rest of the Colts D when it comes to stopping the run and shutting down an accurate passer like Brees?

also, besides peyton, what gives you confidence that your team can win?

Curious as to your take on this match-up. With Freeney either out or at the very least less than 100%, how do you rate your chances of being able to apply enough pressure against Brees with our award winning O-line?

Do you guys think they need an update?

If you are traveling at the speed of light and you turn on your headlights. What if anything will happen?

As a longtime Colt fan, before the Saints were born, I have always pulled for da Colts, except when they played da Saints, so this is really a tuf Super Bowl for me. I mean, I cant lose, but I hate to tell you that da Saints are gonna win!!!

My question is, before the Colts came to Indy, who did you guys pull for? I mean, were you a Unitas fan, or what?

He used it against the Saints offense when he first got here to shake them up. It created a lot of confusion and a lot of the Saints players still laugh about it. How do you think the Colts would handle it?

Maybe you rite sly, they were only peach basket fans before the Indy Colts. or just speed freaks at the brick yard.

I have treated a multitude of sprain/ strains and have suffered them myself. Most are not that bad and you can work through them with some rest and treatment, some peseverence and some meds with a high pain tolerance. Most you can play with at a medium level of ability- not playing at 100% but maybe 75 or 80 %. When it gets to a 3rd degree level and there is actually a tearing of the fibers of the ligaments; 2 weeks won’t do. You can live in Michael Jackson’s hyperbaric chamber all you want, but an ankle is an ankle. Now, as a Saints fan I hope he and the coaching staff are stupid enough to give him a go. He will be ineffective and it will be demoralizing to the Colts defense to see their best player ashambles. We wil be able to run at him and he will be a waste for screen pasees and he clearly won’t get a sack. I don’t expect they will be that stupid, especially since they have raheem Brock who they think will get the job done, but that is pretty doubtful since he is merely a situational player and not a starter and not a pass rusher. And, against our formidable OL that rarely gives up a sack, Mathis will now get the double team and Brees will have all day. Of course, our defense will still have to stop the Colts- a formidable task. But GW will make it so Collie and Garcon will have to be Super Bowl MVPs for the colts to win and if they can do that, then they deserve the trophy. Addai won’t beat us and Reggie Wayne will draw a double team- one of them Sharper and I think Payton is too smart to throw into that,

Have some crawfish ettouffee? Got a good recipe if ya want. Dont use the chinese bugs tho, they kinda like eating wadded up rubber bands.
Sorry that you weren’t a Colt fan back in the day, but since you werent even born, wuda been tuf to do. Johnny U was the best that ever played back then, kinda like Manning is classified as now.
Been a great week, too bad da Saints are gonna ruin it for you and the rest of the Colt Nation.

Just wondering how you’d rate your special teams on both covering kicks/returns and returning kicks…given our offenses will be trading blows, it might come down to a special teams return that makes the difference Sunday.

Anticipating a follow-up, I offer this pre-emptively, to which I hope my CSC brethren will add to or correct my misperceptions.

The Saints would be OK at both.

We gave up a big punt return TD vs. TB in December, and to me it seems we are close to giving up a big one many times. But, we have some skills at covering Morstead’s kicks inside the 20, and Morstead can knock it into the endzone on kickoffs with pretty good regularity.

On the return game for us, Bush is always a threat, but he has only one return TD all year (vs. Cards). Roby is decent on KO returns, having a few long ones at opportune moments this year, and one for a TD vs. the Rams back in November.

Thanks in advance, I’m gonna hang up now and listen to your answer…

You’ve suggested here that the Saints need to A) establish the run, B) not settle for field goals, and C) get at least +2 T.O.‘s to have a chance to win. Not trying to be real dicky or anything, but this team has excelled at all of those things all year, and several times all three in the same game. At best, I guess you could say your team’s higher defensive rank would offset our team’s higher offensive rank, in terms of predicting. I’m curious what makes you so sure that your team has an advantage in scoring efficiency against us. Is it just FootballJesus?

… do you people seriously believe we are worse off if this game turns in a shootout… last I checked we were number one offense by a mile in the first thirteen games.. funny some pundit called Indy the offensive juggernaut the other day… really…

If the Saints lose, they still did better than any Saints team before and the fan base is complete happy with that, a win would of course be a little something extra
If the colts lose, they lose to the Saints and Drew Brees, so I think the pressure is on the Colts

I have heard all about Reggie Wayne being from NOLA, and there’s the obvious ties by Peyton, but has anyone discussed Joseph Addai; the LSU alumnus? His presence really changed the team, and although their stats weren’t there this yr, like you said, they’ve been effective either as a decoy or key short yardage situations.
Has Addai gone unnoticed or am I missing articles about him? Do you expect him to be a difference maker, or if it’s a Colts RB, will it be Brown? (I hate to admit it, but on occasion the Saints had a knack for making average running backs look like game MVPs this yr.)

Let’s face it, Baltimore sucks. I know they have Ray Lewis, but he’s not anywhere near in his prime. Joe Flacco? Mid to lower tier QB. Ray Rice? Pretty good but not in the top 5 RBs in the nFL and with a weak passing game , he would need toi carry them. I can’r even remember who Balt’s receivers are. The best player on their team, Ed Reed, wasn’t even playing.

The Jets? Come one, look at Sanchez’s stats. he had like 40 Ints- actually in the regular season he had 21 ints and only 12 passing tds. Hardly scary. I know they had a good defense, but that’s basically a QB and a team that is NOT going to the Super Bowl. Most ( Maybe all) Qbs in the history of the NFL that go to the SB have more TDs than Ints- why? Because they are either very good or they protect the ball. Sanchez- not so much on either count. I am not saying he won’t be good, just that he’s not good yet. That was an easy opponent and I was surprised the Colts struggled aginst them so much early on. But, every one, even Rex Ryan, knew eventaully that Manning was so much better than Sanchez that the tide would turn. So, the Colts have not been tested yet in the playoffs. The Saints, on the other hand, just defeated two HOF Qbs, one with the NFC champs and one who had his best season ever and was leader of the NFCs 2nd best offense had the best RB in the NFL. not a Flacco and a Sanchez.