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Smith is excellent when to comes to the draft.
How has Weddle panned out, TSA? Has he gotten much PT?
Turner could have been a great trade piece before this season started, but after going 14-2 you can't get rid of a great backup in case of a Tomlinson injury, although, Sproles has shown he can manage the backup role quite well. I'm excited to see Turner get a full time role and hope to see more of him this next game vs. the Colts.
Gates is day to day. I'm hoping he can take the field to at least play as a decoy to free up other receivers.
Smith is excellent when to comes to the draft.
How has Weddle panned out, TSA? Has he gotten much PT?
64-6 this year..SD way
Whatever TSA. I'm done in this thread until Sunday. You go ahead and keep thinking the Colts have no chance in this game because of regular season head to head games.
Whatever TSA. I'm done in this thread until Sunday. You go ahead and keep thinking the Colts have no chance in this game because of regular season head to head games.
Sanity seems a little to confident over regular season victories, especially this years. Colts have mostly the same team they had last year, even there new starters were on the team last year and there rooks have been good. They have the experence and know and know they can play a better game than early in the year against the chargers.
I'm an obnoxious y fan, it is my job to be overly confident. It's not like my talking on the internet will determine the outcome of the game. I'll be here running my mouth until the outcome of the game is determined. If the Chargers win, I'll continue talking , if the Chargers lose, I'll give the other team the props they deserve and won't make a ton of excuses like JT does.
I noticed Gates is day to day. But John Clayton on ESPN said he dislocated his big toe and normally that's a two week injury.
ESPN isn't always accurate. Is it possible to play a week after dislocating your big toe?
Clayton found this out on the sidelines, during the game. He said Gates told him that. I'm not sure what to believe, the Chargers org or Clayton.
Gates will probably play but its not like he will make a difference, colts will win and sanity wont show up for days after.
You're right, Gates has never been a difference maker since coming to the league. Regardless of his health, if he takes the field, the defense is forced to cover him, allowing other receivers to take advantage of single coverage.
Im sure his busted ass toe will allow him to dominate the game. Just admit you are scared of the colts dude.
loooooooooooooooool
Where did I say anything about dominating you ing twit? Comprehension does wonders.Im sure his busted ass toe will allow him to dominate the game. Just admit you are scared of the colts dude.
loooooooooooooooool
Why would I be scared of the Colts, I'm not playing. Am I scared for my team? Not in the least bit. The previous two matchups will back up my stance. The Chargers were underdogs in both, yet pulled off two W's. As Dungy said, the team that beat his team earlier in the year is a much different, more confident, and better team than before. I have respect for the Colts (minus JT), but I don't fear them. I'll fearlessly be watching the game from my couch.
Cmon Brodie, log in with your real screen name you puss.
is your only rebuttal? Weak.
Well TheSanityAnnex is in full force tonight.
I do hope that Vegas is wrong because according to them all games are set to be big spreads.
Past history proves that there is a good chance for one upset this weekend, maybe two.Well TheSanityAnnex is in full force tonight.
I do hope that Vegas is wrong because according to them all games are set to be big spreads.
ESPN reporting conflicting reports on Gates. Team reporting a sprained toe with Gates being day to day. San Diego Union Tribune is reporting dislocated toe and there is no way he will play this weekend.
Its not like teams playing head games with the injury report is anything new, i mean tom brady has has "shoulder- probable" for like his entire career. I would trust the newspaper over the team because teams have been known to lie about injuries.
The chargers also want indy to prepare for gates and it might waste some of their time if they practice for him and he doesn't play, but indy is a smart team i dont think they will fall for it.
With Gates likely out, it will be interesting to see how Nanee does filling in for him. Nanee, in the limited time I've seen him, has shown some promise and has very good hands, plus he is similar in size to Gates. The only reason I'm not devastated by the loss of Gates (imagine the Colts losing Wayne or the Pats losing Moss) is because the Colts have covered TE's better than anyone in the league.
Sanity obviously knows jack aboot football because I just found the website he stole that mind numbing nugget of stat wisdom from: http://coldhardfootballfacts.com/Art..._down_TEs.html
Exposed?
I read that exact article on a Chargers board last night. It makes a lot of sense so I mentioned some parts I found interesting here in the thread led "Chargers vs. Colts". Did I copy and paste anything? I wasn't aware that sharing information learned from another website was referred to as being "exposed".
Gates or no Gates, Colts shut down TEs
Cold, Hard Football Facts for January 8, 2008
By Jonathan Comey
Cold, Hard Football Facts Gates-keeper
The status of Antonio Gates for Sunday’s Chargers at Colts game will be one of the stories of the week.
According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, Gates will “almost certainly” miss the game at Indianapolis, a huge blow to San Diego. But the Chargers, as they should, are keeping him active and making the Colts at least plan for the possibility he'll play.
For the Chargers, losing Gates is akin to the Colts losing Reggie Wayne or the Patriots losing Randy Moss – he’s their go-to guy.
Gates, after all, has represented more than a quarter of San Diego’s passing offense over his four-year run as a full-time starter:
* 2004: 964 yards (27.4 percent)
* 2005: 1,101 yards (29.5 percent)
* 2006: 924 yards (27.1 percent)
* 2007: 984 yards (31 percent)
And he’s represented an even greater chunk of San Diego’s passing touchdowns:
* 2004: 13/29 (44.8 percent)
* 2005: 10/27 (37 percent)
* 2006: 9/24 (37.6 percent)
* 2007: 9/22 (40.9 percent)
That’s an awful lot of production to lose from one player, especially when there’s no reason to believe that backup TE Brandon Manumaleuna (10 TDs in 110 games, including 62 starts) can even begin to replace him.
However, there is a very small silver lining to Gates’ probable absence – their opponent, Indianapolis, has been incredibly tough on tight ends this year.
The Colts’ pass defense numbers are truly bizarre, but quite good. They’re not going to sack you (28, tied for 26th), and they’re not going to force a lot of incompletions (65.3 percent complete against them, 29th). Basically, if you want to throw a short slant or quick turnaround route, they’ll let you do it. , they want you to do it.
But in the end, only Pittsburgh (5.7 yards per pass, unadjusted for sacks) allowed fewer yards per pass than Indy (5.9), because the Colts led the league in yards-per-catch allowed by a longshot.
The average completion against the Colts went for 9.0 yards, almost a yard lower of No. 2 Tennessee and 2.4 yards lower than the league average.
And the Colts were very, very stingy against tight ends.
In most seasons, tight ends average somewhere between 10 and 11 yards a catch league-wide. But the Colts limited TEs to 559 yards on 70 catches this year – 7.99 yards per grab, in keeping with Indy's overall lockdown on long passes.
And here’s the best stat: the Colts didn’t allow a tight end a catch of 20+ yards until Tennessee’s Ben Hartsock stretched out for a 21-yarder in that meaningless Week 17 loss at home.
Gates, in his first meeting with the Colts, caught 3 passes for 26 yards. Kansas City's great Tony Gonzalez caught 4 for 46 yards in a 13-10 Indy victory in November.
The Panthers, in a 31-7 October loss to Indy, produced 11 tight end catches for 96 yards against the Colts, the only standout game by an opposing TE group. Overall, the Colts held 14 of 16 opponents under 60 total TE yards.
Are the Chargers better off without Gates? Of course not. But last week against Tennessee, their passing offense took off after Gates went out with his toe injury. WRs Vincent Jackson and Chris Chambers both went over 100 yards, after both failed to do so once during the regular season in San Diego.
That was surely more of a fluke than a trend, but it at least should give Norv Turner a shove in that direction vs. Indy.
San Diego's game plan figures to be a lot of LaDainian Tomlinson and whatever the Colts will give them through the air.
Which, regardless of Gates’ status, doesn’t figure to be much to the tight ends.
Yeah, I really got exposed for taking a single idea out of the article and agreeing with it. Does the article mention Nanee too?
You want to talk about being exposed, why not post under your real screen name?
You still pretending you're new to the site yet know Zombie's posting habits?
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