Indianapolis Isn’t Playing Around
I waited a good bit to see if the Indianapolis Colts were actually a serious team and not just taking advantage of a very favorable schedule. To be fair they have taken care of business against worse teams. Namely the Miami Dolphins, Tennessee Titans and this last week against the Las Vegas Raiders. They barely squeaked out a win against the Denver Broncos and should have beaten the Los Angeles Rams if not for WR Adonai Mitchell deciding to lose control of the ball at the goal line that should have been a touchdown instead of a turnover. QB Daniel Jones is having a stellar season and RB Jonathan Taylor is back to being a workhorse in the backfield. The Colts defense has been playing extremely well and they seem to be responding to their new coordinator in Lou Anarumo who was previously with the Cincinnati Bengals. Their schedule does get a bit more difficult going forward, but for now they are legit and won’t go away easily.
This Is Beyond Ridiculous
This kind of thing would be relegated to a freak occurrence. Lately it would happen once every season. Now it has happened twice and this last one by Arizona Cardinals RB Emari Demercardo was one for the ages. It was a 60-yard run for a touchdown that would have likely put the game away for Arizona making it a 28-6 lead. Yet, from the picture you see above he decides to let go of the ball just before crossing the goal line. The result is a turnover and all hell breaks loose as the Tennessee Titans begin an insane comeback scoring 16 unanswered points to beat the Cardinals. Once and for all can players just keep the ball secured before you start to contemplate what celebration you’re going to do when you score the touchdown? That might be too much to ask unless guys start getting cut for doing stupid things like this.
Chris Jones, Whatcha Doin?
When you watch the game winning score by the Jacksonville Jaguars, you’ll see QB Trevor Lawrence get stepped on by his own lineman to which he stumbles not once, but twice. Yet, somehow he recovers and avoids any and all defenders for the rushing touchdown. What you might not have noticed on this play is the effort of one defensive lineman in Chris Jones number 95 for the Kansas City Chiefs. He provided the kind of effort that Albert Haynesworth would be proud of. And by effort I mean next to none on that play. The argument could be made that with the way the game is officiated today no defender wants to go all out in tackling the quarterback. For this play though, at the start of the snap Jones gave no effort to get close to Lawrence on the play. This isn’t his first questionable decision on defense as he failed to contain Chargers QB Justin Herbert on the final play to keep him in the pocket. Jones was rushing from the end position and immediately ran inside instead of setting the edge as he was supposed to do. Frustration gets the best of everyone from time to time, but someone this talented can’t be having these kinds of lapses this often.
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