1) The weather won't be that bad. High 30s, Wind 20-30mph,
Rain but not very strong rain. Don't expect Luck to struggle in this.
2) Pats rank 30th in league on Rushing Defense. So Indy using rush
could be a lot more than just to mix it up. Brown and Richardson
are decent backs who have shown breakout ability.
3) Key Patriot Outs: Wilfork, Mayo, Spikes, Vollmer, Gronkowski, Dobson.
4) Key Patriot Probables but Injured: Vereen, Arrington, Mankins,
Amendola, McCourty, Svitek, Dennard
5) Patriot backfield is only average at best.
6) Luck's 443 passing yards last week at KC, a better pass d than Pats
(13th/18th) despite Reggie Wayne and Heyward-Bey out.
7) T.Y. Hilton's 224 yards, 13 recs, 2 TD's
8) Robert Mathis leads the league in Sacks @ 19.5
9) Colts pickup of DEION BRANCH.
Deion is the type of receiver who can pick up instantly with a QB
such as Luck who is accurate and be a factor even on 4 days practice.
Do not expect Branch to just be a decoy (although having him as a decoy
for Hilton is mega-value all in itself) - expect Brach to actually be a factor.
Plus, you know Brach knows the Pats playbook inside-out, was on roster
this year, actually Brady wanted to re-sign him was the rumor but someone
balked on that.
10) Colts have more Patriot Superbowl Rings than the Patriots do.
Branch and Vinatieri have 5 Pats Rings. Brady is the only player on the
Pats with his 3.
11) Adam Vinatieri at Foxboro... sure as steel.
12) The manner in which the Colts came roaring back to defeat KC
in one of the greatest playoff comebacks in NFL History. Unreal momentum.
still thinking about how/what to play on this.