The Game Ball Thread: Week 11 at the Colts

[SeoulSoxFan]

I present to you, the Angry Chuck.
 

OH YOU GUYS WANT TO TACKLE GRONK
 
YOU LOOK LIKE FUCKING BABY KITTENS
 
GOOD LUCK GOING HOME TO YOUR PONY STABLES AND EATING HAY
 
LUCK WHERES YOUR MANNING FACE
 
YOU CANT EVEN FIND THE END ZONE
 
AND YOUR NECK BEARD LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE HIDING YOUR TRIPLE CHIN 

 
Now the Game BallZ:

• Gray: wuh, wuh, whut? Jonas Gray? How about this nugget: "@JLundbladESPN: Jonas Gray is 4th RB in last 50 years w/180 yds, 4 rush TD on the road (joins Barry Sanders, Doug Martin, Mike Anderson)"
• Secondary: Fleener made some plays but limited T.Y. Hilton to 3 catches and 24 yards. The corner & safety depth on this team is pretty amazing. Revis seems like a must sign for 2015
• Oline: completely man-handled the Colts all game long, both in pass protection and of course, on rushes

This Patriots team may be the most complete team since the SB days. Winning with defense and running the ball? 
 
Added Bonus: Colts fans really took this game as the most important of the year and understandably so. Not just for the AFC seeding implications but to beat BB & Brady in the Luck era, on their own turf. Makes the win that much more satisfying. 

 

[bluefenderstrat]

You covered it. Add Gronk for incredible blocking & the FU TD.

 

[Ralphwiggum]

Gray obviously but o-line for kicking some fucking ass all game long.
 
Remember September when the line sucked?  Me neither.

 

[Boston Brawler]

Premature confetti.

 

[Scoops Bolling]

Can't forget Hightower and Collins, both of whom have really stepped up in Mayo's absence.

 

[nothumb]

Gronk for going all Blindside on Sergio Brown and mudholing their whole fucking secondary for the FU TD.
 
Jonas Gray, Rivers Cuomo's favorite running back.
 
And really nothing to complain about on D, one of the TD's was a gift from Brady to Luck and he still had to throw a perfect fade to Nicks to get it, at times they moved it well between the 20s but we made enough plays when it mattered.

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

Honorary game ball for picking up Gray in the first place. Every Single Year BB finds a gem. 

 

[cronuts]

Gray obviously.
 
Gronk for playing enforcer the past couple weeks and generally being unstoppable.
 
Fleming/O-Line.

 

[axx]

Trent Richardson

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

Among the AFC powers Broncos, Colts, Ravens, and Steelers, Indy probably has the least contemptible team...and undoubtedly has the most contemptible fans.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Jonas Grey
OL run blocking. Cam Fleming was really fucking good.
Gronk. Best TE of all time.
Dominique Easley. Best game of the year.
Revis

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

Among the AFC powers Broncos, Colts, Ravens, and Steelers, Indy probably has the least contemptible team...and undoubtedly has the most contemptible fans.

Sorry, wrong thread... So let me add Gray, Hightower, and #87.

 

[Ralphwiggum]

Honorary game ball for picking up Gray in the first place. Every Single Year BB finds a gem. 

 
Yup.
 
Plus Tim Wright had a TD catch and the line didn't seem to be missing Mankins today.

 

[DegenerateSoxFan]

Gronk is simply the best and most complete (receiving, running after the catch and blocking) tight end I have ever seen. That is all.

 

[Marciano490]

Does Manning let an rb score 4 times while he's sitting on one td?

 

[PC Drunken Friar]

Does Manning let an rb score 4 times while he's sitting on one td?

Please get this post to every talking head out there

 

[Byrdbrain]

Trent Richardson

Jonas Gray tonight was what people thought Trent Richardson would be.
 
Hightower and Collins were excellent again and Easley was really good.

 

[Rusty13]

Gronk gets the Jim Ross Treatment:
 
https://vine.co/v/O5U63AD2eZW

 

[Ralphwiggum]

Sergio Brown does look dead once Gronk got done with him there.

 

[Devizier]

Trent Richardson

 
The entire Colts' running game deserves credit here. Bradshaw did nothing. Their oline was as horrible as the Patriots' was good.
 
My swinging game balls:
 
1) Jonas Gray. Not counting on future Emmitt Smith performances from him, but this was a good game to have one.
2) Gronkowski. Not just for the FU touchdown at the end, but an outstanding blocking performance from what I could see of him. Develin deserves credit here, too.
3) Revis. Hard to pick just one defensive player, but receivers covered by him did jack and shit. And the Colts have some damned good receivers.

 

[McBride11]

Does Manning let an rb score 4 times while he's sitting on one td?

Has he gotten all of his receivers killed at this point or is there someone he can throw to? Seems important for this hypothetical.

 

[Rusty13]

Chad Finn ‏@GlobeChadFinn 38s38 seconds ago
Gronk on NBCSN, re: Sergio Brown: "He was just yappin' at me the whole time. So I took him and threw him out of the club."

 

[Infield Infidel]

 

[bluefenderstrat]

Edelman for that block.

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

Gronk is just an animal. My God he is a pleasure to watch. Enjoy it people.

 

[RIrooter09]

1. Revis/Gray
2. Gronk
3. Run D
 
 
 
 
 
Everyone else

 

[LuckyBen]

 
The entire Colts' running game deserves credit here. Bradshaw did nothing. Their oline was as horrible as the Patriots' was good.
 
My swinging game balls:
 
1) Jonas Gray. Not counting on future Emmitt Smith performances from him, but this was a good game to have one.
2) Gronkowski. Not just for the FU touchdown at the end, but an outstanding blocking performance from what I could see of him. Develin deserves credit here, too.
3) Revis. Hard to pick just one defensive player, but receivers covered by him did jack and shit. And the Colts have some damned good receivers.

My three, nothing more to say.

 

[Tharkin]

 
I mean, come on.

 

[mikeford]

Gray, Gronk, Oline, particularly Connolly, Jamie Collins, Revis

 

[dcdrew10]

Edelman for that block.

And for going back to give him a second one.
 
OLine, Gray, Gronk, Revis, Hightower, Collins. Game. Balls.
 
Off-season question: What to do with Mayo (and his $10.6 million cap hit)? Can he stay healthy? hat's the best make up of the LB corps?

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

Ty Law & Troy Brown ripped Reggie Wayne to shreds saying he took a lot of plays off and quit running routes. 

 

[E5 Yaz]

Most have been covered, but LaFell had 2-3 sweet back-shoulder catches

 

[Byrdbrain]

Ty Law & Troy Brown ripped Reggie Wayne to shreds saying he took a lot of plays off and quit running routes. 

It is hard to see on the TV feed but there was one really obvious play where he stayed on screen the whole time running a shallow cross and he couldn't have run much more than half speed and at one point just stopped.

 

[SoxVindaloo]

Lots of great choices. All have been covered but to chime in.
 
1) Revis and the secondary--Wow they are good. Even the rare times they give up a big play they nut up and limit the damage. The tip to McCourty for the INT was awesome. Breathtaking.
2) O-Line--Dominating.
3) Gray--A friggin fire hydrant, he will do just fine in Foxboro in the cold.
4) Big Al Branch--He brought the wood at DT. He and Big Vince are a great DT pair.
 
Hon Mention to Gronk for cleaning dumb ass Brown's clock and Edelman for the big block on Gronk's TD.

 

[soxhop411]

Chad Finn ‏@GlobeChadFinn 38s38 seconds ago
Gronk on NBCSN, re: Sergio Brown: "He was just yappin' at me the whole time. So I took him and threw him out of the club."

:rolling: :rolling: :rolling: :rolling:

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

I thought the best drive of the game was the 1st one starting the second half. After allowing that dumb-ass INT & the TD, Vereen caught that sweet wheel route pass and almost broke it before getting a FU-TD right back.

 

[GeorgeCostanza]

Gotta give Brady's 2nd half some love. Nearly perfect.

 

[riboflav]

Ty Law & Troy Brown ripped Reggie Wayne to shreds saying he took a lot of plays off and quit running routes. 

 
Felger Youth is pissed at Indy for losing this game.

 

[riboflav]

 
Anyone know who the DB is that comes across the one-yard line right at the end and just waves?

 

[vadertime]

 
Anyone know who the DB is that comes across the one-yard line right at the end and just waves?

 
Dewey McDonald.

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

Anyone know who the DB is that comes across the one-yard line right at the end and just waves?

 
Can't make out the number but there's no way he wanted to get in Gronk's way. 

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

Not a misprint:

• Trent "2 First Round Picks" Richardson: 7 rushes 0 yards
• Ahmad Bradshaw: 7 rushes 4 yards

DL also needs some love for sure. Branch showed life and could be a huge boost if he gets in any kind of a roll.

 

[E5 Yaz]

 
Can't make out the number but there's no way he wanted to get in Gronk's way. 

 
I wonder if it's the same DB who provided my favorite moment of idiocy of the night. After Gray had powered for another eight or nine yards, in the fourth quarter, the DB who arrived on the scene late started pointing at him and jawing. So, he doesn't make the tackle and he's clowning on the guy who ran for 199 yards.

 

[minischwab]

My favorite Gray note (per ESPN Stats and Info/Elias): The last time a player rushed for 4 TD after entering game with 0 career TD was Herb Henderson of the Evansville Crimson Giants against the Cincinnati Celts on November 27, 1921.
 
Also, since it seems to fit here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah5FEpGql9s

 

[riboflav]

 
I wonder if it's the same DB who provided my favorite moment of idiocy of the night. After Gray had powered for another eight or nine yards, in the fourth quarter, the DB who arrived on the scene late started pointing at him and jawing. So, he doesn't make the tackle and he's clowning on the guy who ran for 199 yards.

 
I noticed that too. I think he was giving Gray grief that he didn't get the first down - was about a yard short.

 

[Harry Hooper]

 
I noticed that too. I think he was giving Gray grief that he didn't get the first down - was about a yard short.

 
That was like UUU celebrating a K after blowing the 9th inning lead.

 

[soxhop411]

also, what the hell was that "A good dog is a D-A-W-G, that's what he is." on NBC?

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

The game ball goes to the entire franchise.  They went into Indy, tore their defense to shreds and made it so Luck had to beat them throwing to his secondary targets.  Who, in the NFL, wants to face New England right now?  Yeah, that includes Green Bay, Detroit and Arizona too.

 

[Tony C]

Josh McD gets one, for sure.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

I'll throw a bone to the tenacious Rob Ninkovich. He was his typical relentless and tireless self, never coming off the field and always a general pain in the ass for opposing offenses. Guy just gets it done.