I know some of these have been mentioned elsewhere, but I just wanted to throw out some of the positives I found in today's game:
There were a couple of small negatives, but there was so much positive out of this game... It feels great to see such a solid performance against a top team.
- Rackers' hitting the 49 yard field goal. When I saw them lining up for that, I was actually thinking "Oh, this is where they wish they had Kris Brown." I think that was longer than any FG Rackers attempted last year. I feel much better about our overall kicking game after seeing him make that.
- The kickoff coverage. We had some good kickoffs (good for Rackers, again), and solid coverage.
- Kubiak: the game plan worked great. He didn't make any mistakes that I saw, and he both found and stuck with an approach that worked well.
- Run defense: there were several reasons the Colts went to a nearly pass-only offense; the solid Texans' run defense was a factor
- Pass rush: Mario was on fire, Okoye was what I hoped he would be when drafted, and Smith was solid. I think the strong pass rush was a big factor in keeping the Colts to such a short-range passing game. Surprisingly, it looked to me like the blitzes were not all that successful, but the regular rush pass rush was excellent.
- Great performances by Kevin Walter, and by Jacoby Jones (though he had a couple drops).
- Offensive line was doing almost everything we could want. Did I see Studdard in street clothes on the sideline? I wasn't paying close enough attention to the individual players on the OL, but I think we have a good unit.
- Obviously Foster was incredible, but I was also impressed with Slaton. Makes me feel better to have two backs who can perform well.
There were a couple of small negatives, but there was so much positive out of this game... It feels great to see such a solid performance against a top team.
