Have you watched the Colts this year or last? Last year, we had them down by 17 at the half twice, they had several come from behind & by the skin of their teeth wins last year, and a few this year.
We're talking about YEARS of the Colts doing one of two things: Either running up the score on people, or coming back and winning a tight game. Occasionally, they might lose a game or two each season. Happens very rarely, btw.
You grab the quirkiest freaking examples, TK.
Mentioning how we had them down by 17 last year, and how those Colts are also having comeback wins this year, too, means NOTHING.
You're trying to make connections that aren't fitting. Herv nailed it when he replied and says "I'm not talking about the Colts. I'm talking about the Texans." Perfect response to your post.
We're talking about US. OUR team. And it's hollow, void of cartilage and actually void of any sort of endoskeleton at all. It's floppy, saggy, sucky, oozing, and yet it's juuuuuust good enough to make it to the store shelves for consumption.
Let's let casual, uninformed Texans fans try their hand at bizarre association-comparison/contrast examples as to what happened and how it can be understood here. I imagine there exists a group of dull, dim-witted Texans fans who have not one clue about the things that we know and discuss on here. All they think is that we lost, but that it's OK because "it was the Colts, so you know...they do that to other teams all the time. Besides, there's always another game! And anything can happen."
The longer I spend time analyzing this team (and watching other teams who ARE consistently successful each week or each year) the more I begin to understand what NOT to do if you're trying to win in today's NFL. It's the equivalent of flying the Air Force's most deadly, complicated, and most powerful airplane--You better know what you're doing, or you'll be dead very quickly. You can't deviate from a plan. You find what works, and you do it. Doesn't matter what you WANT to try or what you THINK you can get away with during the game. Just find what works, and keep doing it until it doesn't work anymore. This whole "get cute" mindset of Kubiak's began vs. the Cowboys, continued with the Giants game, and showed up once again vs. the Colts. The guy is a moron. A smart moron, but a moron nonetheless. For a coach to NOT do what he knows will work, it's freakin' treason against the Texas nation. Treason.
I don;t care if I know all the real details about Kubiak or not. I damn sure don't know what the flip side of Kubiak would be, either, but I have games to go by...I have a long history of seeing the same "Let's get cute and try to do something different and see what happens!" schtick. It's arrogance. It's trying to say to the NFL "Hey, we can do it all. Look at us. You can't stop us when we run it, and you can't stop us when we throw it. Surrender now, while you still have the chance!"
Well, Gary forgets that the other 31 teams out there aren't going to lay down their weapons and accept a life in Kubiak's internment camp. They're laughing at us, TK, because they know they most definitely have an advantage over us when it comes to the very real, clear and present danger of Gary Kubiak getting cute and walking away from the plan that had been working.
Aw Hell, what does it matter anyways. I've gotta admit that I do these long posts to you mostly to help others out there to see the dialogue and hopefully make them sort it all out. I think you don't want to bear the thought of having to back away from Kubiak. You just won't quit him. Because you still think that we're a golden, beam of sunshine through a cloudy day away from putting it all together.
Well, so be it. We're Fluke City with this coaching staff at the helm. Period.
