Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Let's call him "Gingerly"

The Colts are taking extra-special care with bringing along Bob Sanders in camp. Arguably their best defensive player, Sanders is returning from an injury-prone 2006 season. He had off-season shoulder surgery and the Colts desperately NEED him on defense. With the loss of McFarland, Simon, and a few other starters, the Colts defense looks like Bob Sanders and any given ten dudes that Tony Dungy can groom quickly. The good new is that Dungy is a defense guy (remember Tampa Bay and Gruden's stolen ring). The bad news is that Tony Dungy doesn't know magic tricks and he can't fabricate a run defense. The Colts secondary might be able to hold it down, but people are going to run for 170+ yards on them all year, which is really going to hurt and put pressure on the offense.

Poor Peyton. He's going to have to throw 3 TDs a game just to keep them in it. Addai will need to get 1200-1500 yards and 15 TDs of his own for the Colts to maintain their championship form. Perhaps by week 17 the defense will wake up anyway. Even rookies can have a good season, right?

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