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BlueStreak

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8. There is no end to the comparisons. The Colts TRIED to run
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 07:05 PM
Jan 2014

All season long, Pagano had this vision that the Colts needed to be a power running game. During the first half of each of the first 12 games, he tried to run on first down almost every time -- and it almost never worked. Luck was facing passing sets continuously. It takes a lot more talent to put up the numbers under those circumstances than it does when you actually have a solid running game.

The Colts were behind at halftime in 13 games this year I think. That puts enormous pressure on the QB because the defense knows you have to eventually give up on the running game so they can start double-teaming receivers or run extra blitzers. Luck faced that continuously this season. Kaepernick and Wilson did not. They are secondary factors on their teams.. Good players, but a dozen other QBs could have won games with those teams.

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