Seattle favored by 3 at Indianapolis (opening odds)

[Keyhawk]

Great win today.

Next week, we're road favorites once again.

http://www.vegasinsider.com/nfl/odds/las-vegas/

 

[SalishHawkFan]

I don't fear Indy nearly as much as I feared Texas. Andrew Luck is going to get schooled. Guys never seen a defense like this.

 

[HawkFan72]

Indy is playing really good right now. But we will not face a Defense as tough as the Texans' again this year.

 

[chris98251]

I just want the O line healthy, I think the defense if not on the field all day can dictate how the Colts will play.

 

[LotsOfLuck]

I don't fear Indy nearly as much as I feared Texas. Andrew Luck is going to get schooled. Guys never seen a defense like this.

We will see but we play the Texans defense twice a year and they looked like the best defense on the field in your game Sunday until Cushing went out. Of course they were playing at home so it's not a perfect comparison but the point is that the Colts have seen very good defenses before and have won against them.

That said, Seattle is a very good team and they are favored by 3 on the road for a reason. It will take a great game by the Colts to win.

In my opinion, the key will be the Colts ability to run the ball. If they can have even minimal success (3.0 ypc) then I like our chances. If we can't run and have to rely 100% on our passing game then the game swings to your favor imo.

 

[LotsOfLuck]

Indy is playing really good right now. But we will not face a Defense as tough as the Texans' again this year.

I don't disagree with that. Texans defense is freakish in the front 7.

That said, Schaub is a huge problem for them. Seems like he comes up short in alot of big moments just like yesterday. What I saw yesterday in your game is something I've seen a few times before with Schaub's play turning a game the Texans seem to have under control into a free-for-all at the end. He's good enough to get them to the playoffs but hasn't proven to be good enough to go deep in them even though I believe the Texans may be the best team in football outside of the quarterback position.

 

[Renohawk]

If our OL could benefit from another week of rest, the Colt's don't have nearly the front 7 that Houston had and it wouldn't be as devastating as this last game; however, we survived with RW legs.

 

[Attyla the Hawk]

Indy is a better matchup for us. Although their TEs might be problematic for us. We still occasionally struggle defending passes over the middle.

 

[AbsolutNET]

I don't fear Indy nearly as much as I feared Texas. Andrew Luck is going to get schooled. Guys never seen a defense like this.

We will see but we play the Texans defense twice a year and they looked like the best defense on the field in your game Sunday until Cushing went out. Of course they were playing at home so it's not a perfect comparison but the point is that the Colts have seen very good defenses before and have won against them.

That said, Seattle is a very good team and they are favored by 3 on the road for a reason. It will take a great game by the Colts to win.

In my opinion, the key will be the Colts ability to run the ball. If they can have even minimal success (3.0 ypc) then I like our chances. If we can't run and have to rely 100% on our passing game then the game swings to your favor imo.

3 ypc is an awfully low benchmark to determine success. I'd be thrilled with 3 ypc as a Hawks fan. Luck will get his since he is a good QB and throws so often, but if our guys can hold your run game to 3 ypc, then we will be in fantastic shape to focus on Luck.

Two good teams that are a great match-up for football fans, but the Colts are very fortunate they drew the Hawks at home right after a tough game. Last weeks win for the Hawks was a bonus so it will be ok if we don't put up a W, but I think we are going to match-up with your team better than you seem to think. Our D has really only had about 20 mins of bad football all year - the rest of the time they've been dominating.

 

[keasley45]

...We still occasionally struggle defending passes over the middle.

That's the understatement of the season. Our middle is soft now and has been since Lofa left. We can take the Colts WR1 and WR2 out of the game but if our safety and LB coverage isnt better, Luck is going to light us up just like Schaub did (and just like Matt Ryan did in the playoffs last year). DOnt know what the answer is, but we need to get this fixed.

 

[Ozzy]

I think this weeks game was an aberration for our defense. We've played great defense dating back to most of last year. One bad half on the road doesn't mean all of the sudden we are average. So to Colts fans I would expect to see a much better outing from our defense than what we showed on Sunday. We also cleaned things up in the second half and held them scoreless. Pretty tough to do on the road against a good offense. Getting Irvin back will be interesting and I'm wondering/hoping he can help out with some coverage issues by our linebackers.

 

[Sarlacc83]

Indy is a better matchup for us. Although their TEs might be problematic for us. We still occasionally struggle defending passes over the middle.

Dwayne Allen is out for the year. So it's just TE.

 

[themunn]

I don't fear Indy nearly as much as I feared Texas. Andrew Luck is going to get schooled. Guys never seen a defense like this.

We will see but we play the Texans defense twice a year and they looked like the best defense on the field in your game Sunday until Cushing went out. Of course they were playing at home so it's not a perfect comparison but the point is that the Colts have seen very good defenses before and have won against them.

That said, Seattle is a very good team and they are favored by 3 on the road for a reason. It will take a great game by the Colts to win.

In my opinion, the key will be the Colts ability to run the ball. If they can have even minimal success (3.0 ypc) then I like our chances. If we can't run and have to rely 100% on our passing game then the game swings to your favor imo.

The two are completely different types of defense though, our strength is in our secondary, Texas in the front 7, their running game nullifies the biggest strength we have which is defending the pass, Richardson will certainly get some attention from our LBers, but not to the extent Foster and Tate did, which leaves our DBs to focus on what they do best - stopping guys who throw the ball a lot. I don't think 3YPC will do it for Indi, because in likelihood, that will be 3 YPC against a defense playing against the pass. This defense feeds off of one-dimensional teams, more likely it'll need to be around double that to get us to respect it and open up opportunities for Luck.

Bruce Irvin's return is going to be huge too, he comes in as our biggest LBer by about 20 lbs but with 4.4 speed.

 

[Missing_Clink]

Its going to be a really tough game. Honestly, I think Indy should be favored, especially if Breno and Max are out again. Their D is not quite as good as Houston's, but has been playing very well lately. They also have many quality weapons on offense. The Hawks are going to have to play better all around than they did yesterday if they want to win

 

[LotsOfLuck]

I'm not saying 3 ypc is the pinnacle but if we can get that then we aren't one dimensional. We'll take 3 ypc against a good defense. That keeps us on schedule as an offense.