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The Dallas Cowboys welcome the Indianapolis Colts to AT&T Stadium on Sunday for a game that is crucial to the Cowboys playoff chances. The Colts have already clinched a playoff berth, but still have an outside chance of grabbing a #2 seed in the AFC. To find out what's been going on with the Colts, we turn to Josh Wilson at SB Nation's Colts blog, Stampede Blue.
Blogging The Boys: The Colts offense has a had a couple of rough weeks. What's going on there, any particular reason?
Stampede Blue: That's a great question. Four of the five lowest yardage totals for the Colts have come in the last five weeks while four of the six lowest point totals have come in that span as well. Last week was the lowest of the season in both areas, and it's pretty clear that the offense is struggling. I looked in-depth at some of the struggles earlier this week, but I think one of the biggest ones has been that they're turning the ball over a lot. In the last four games, they've turned the ball over twelve times. The main issue has been fumbles, as they've put the ball on the ground fourteen times in the last four games, losing eight of them. It's absolutely unacceptable to be turning the ball over at that pace and if the Colts can't get that under control then the struggles will continue. Additionally, however, the offense has had a lot of trouble adjusting to the loss of star back Ahmad Bradshaw for the season, defenses don't respect their run game, their offensive line has some issues, their receiver position has struggled a bit recently, and then simply Andrew Luck has been off on some throws too. It's a combination of a lot of things, but I think the turnovers are the biggest one and then the loss of Ahmad Bradshaw and their inability to replace him follows behind that as second. I don't think anything is beyond fixing, but the Colts better get some of the issues worked out before the playoffs roll around.
link/http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2014/12/19/7422789/cowboys-vs-colts-five-questions-with-stampede-blue
Blogging The Boys: The Colts offense has a had a couple of rough weeks. What's going on there, any particular reason?
Stampede Blue: That's a great question. Four of the five lowest yardage totals for the Colts have come in the last five weeks while four of the six lowest point totals have come in that span as well. Last week was the lowest of the season in both areas, and it's pretty clear that the offense is struggling. I looked in-depth at some of the struggles earlier this week, but I think one of the biggest ones has been that they're turning the ball over a lot. In the last four games, they've turned the ball over twelve times. The main issue has been fumbles, as they've put the ball on the ground fourteen times in the last four games, losing eight of them. It's absolutely unacceptable to be turning the ball over at that pace and if the Colts can't get that under control then the struggles will continue. Additionally, however, the offense has had a lot of trouble adjusting to the loss of star back Ahmad Bradshaw for the season, defenses don't respect their run game, their offensive line has some issues, their receiver position has struggled a bit recently, and then simply Andrew Luck has been off on some throws too. It's a combination of a lot of things, but I think the turnovers are the biggest one and then the loss of Ahmad Bradshaw and their inability to replace him follows behind that as second. I don't think anything is beyond fixing, but the Colts better get some of the issues worked out before the playoffs roll around.
link/http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2014/12/19/7422789/cowboys-vs-colts-five-questions-with-stampede-blue
Marinelli should have the boys on order to strip the ball at every opportunity.