GDT: Titans (4-8) @ Colts (8-4)

[stallyns]

Tom Zbikowski (knee) and Donald Brown (ankle) have already been ruled out.

Freeney (rest), Justice (head) , Redding (ankle) and Reitz (head) didn't practice today.
Our OL could be
Castonzo-Olsen/Shipley-Satele-McGlynn-Linkenbach
Regardless, I don't feel secure with that line. (I know, why start now)

Colts 28- Titans 23

[Tom Shean]

[TitanLegend]

We're putting out a offensive line made of twigs and leaves. Hutchinson and Big Country both went out for the year with injuries vs the Texans. Having to put in Kevin Matthews at center, moving Velasco from center to guard, and having Otto(who played left tackle vs the Colts the first time around due to Roos being out for the game) will play RT this time around.

Locker vs Luck should be a staple in this division for the next 12-15 years, should be fun to see.

[Tom Shean]

[stallyns]

http://www.colts.com/media-center/videos/Vick-Ballard-Game-Winning-OT-Touchdown/4909c3a0-35f8-421e-ac05-1cf693a9e242?fb_action_ids=4206154144560&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=246965925417366

^^^Just watching the Vick Ballard game winner from the last Colt/Titans OT game.

Joe Reitz is officially ruled out for this weeks game. Winston Justice is listed as questionable he did participate in practice yesterday but on a limited basis.

Coach Arians named the 6 Colts captains for the remainder of the season. Luck and Wayne on offense, Mathis and (Redding?) on defense and McAfee and Lefeged on special teams.
(Article on Colts.com mentions 5 of the 6 captains leaving out the second defensive captain but tags Redding after the story. )

[Tom Shean]

Wonder how Lefeged became a captain, and McAfee for that matter. Would've thought Vinatieri and Bethea would get ones
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[stallyns]

[stallyns]

I just read an article on Naptown's Finest (link below) that up until now the coaching staff has left it up to the team to select captains and that article did confirm what I suspected that Redding is the second def capt
http://naptownsfinest.com/2012/12/06/indianapolis-colts-name-team-captains/

[Mooche]

Redding definitely deserves to be a captain. He has been one of the biggest additions to the Colts this year, and his intensity on the defensive line has been unmatched. He's vocal, he's fiery, and he is a guy that has made huge strides for the Colts, especially in our run defense this year.
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Building The Monster

[Tom Shean]

One disconcerting thing was how Cliff Avril and Vanden Bosch were able to get past the tackles so quickly because they basically beat the ball off the snap. Need to change up the snap count a bit there.
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[stallyns]

Inactives:

Titans: WR Damian Williams, LB Colin McCarthy, QB Rusty Smith, G Mitch Petrus, T Daniel Baldridge, WR Lavelle Hawkins, DT DaJohn Harris

Colts: S Tom Zbikowski, RB Donald Brown, G Joe Reitz, WR Nathan Palmer, OT Bradley Sowell, DT Kellen Heard, LB Mario Harvey


Justice is active which could be great news for us.

[Tom Shean]

[Mooche]

I really want to see us establish the running game today. The PA pass can be absolute money against these guys if we can start running a nice, strong balanced attack.

I just hope Arians doesn't abandon it early.
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Building The Monster

[TitanLegend]

The Titans defense has actually played pretty well the past few weeks. We're fifth in the NFL in 3rd down defense in that period.

Our problem last week was dropped passes. Had like 8 of them. Jake turned it on in the 3rd and 4th quarter. No one on the offense cared to do so though, and Loggains(our OC) wasn't pleased with it at all, stating:

[Tom Shean]

You gotta be kidding. Robert Mathis should be hitting him up.
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