Twitter: Vontae Davis: "We're not 35 pts worse than that team"

[Dale]

You know you're in a bad spot when the optimist inside of you says you're not 35 points worse than the opponent. You know you're in a really bad spot when your proclamation is met with some skepticism.

 

[theogt]

Every team has a bad day. And theirs came against a particularly good day for us. But if each teams' starters had stayed in the game, the margin would have been much worse for them.

 

[roughneck266]

Okay, Vontae. I'll agree that you're only, say, 27 points worse than the Cowboys. Feel better?

I wont. The score was 42-7. At this moment, you are 35 points worse. Dont like it? Score more points or stop the other team from scoring so many, otherwise you are who you are.

 

[jrumann59]

You're right. If the starters would've played the 4th quarter, you would've been at least 42 points worse. With a shutout.

I think it was mostly the starters it was Carr's PI that allowed them to get to the 1yd line.

 

[JBS]

I think that game yesterday was indicative of what a team WITH FOCUS can do to a team WITHOUT it.

We simply must make it a point to stay focused and on track. What they need to do is up to them.

This is nonsense...and it minimizes our performance yesterday...it's a shame so many people think this way.."oh, the Colts didn't have anything to play for"..first and foremost, the Colts had a ton to play for and more importantly, teams that have nothing to play for typically don't perform any worse...

How about the skins?
How about the Bears?
How about the Browns?
How about the Jets?

These teams all came to play, some of them won outright, others gave their opponents fights down to the wire and were playing teams w everything on the line

It's incredibly how often this line of thinking is used...

 

[landroverking]

He's right. It's more like 42 Pts better!

 

[Direwolf63]

The Colts have been owned by the Cowboys, Broncos, Patriots and Steelers this year. All playoff teams.

This is a one man team. Andrew Luck has virtually zero help. No running game and very little defensive help. And they will get exposed by good teams in the playoffs. Just like they did yesterday. No matter what Vontae Davis says.

 

[JohnsKey19]

Davis makes a true statement. But that can be said after any blowout loss in the NFL. It's like saying water is wet. What's the point? You got dominated - own it.

 

[Jenky]

The Colts have been owned by the Cowboys, Broncos, Patriots and Steelers this year. All playoff teams.

This is a one man team. Andrew Luck has virtually zero help. No running game and very little defensive help. And they will get exposed by good teams in the playoffs. Just like they did yesterday. No matter what Vontae Davis says.

Sounds like Romo for most of his career.

 

[Direwolf63]

Sounds like Romo for most of his career.

I actually wrote in another thread that this Colts teams reminds me of the Cowboys of the past 4 or 5 years for exactly this reason.

 

[jrumann59]

I think that game yesterday was indicative of what a team WITH FOCUS can do to a team WITHOUT it.

We simply must make it a point to stay focused and on track. What they need to do is up to them.

This is what I am worried about for week 17 with this teams. I do not think this teams is the same team of fragile psyche of years past but I think everyone should at least play a half. Athletes are a creature of habit and routine and voluntarily sitting guys I think can introduce a "funk"

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

could have been worse, we called the dogs off in the 4th qrt as backups were all over the field for Dallas

It was like payback for the home loss to eagles onto the colts...lol

 

[Plankton]

Last I checked the scoreboard, yes you are, Vontae.

 

[camelboy]

Ok I agree Vontae..that actually was a moral victory for the colts

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

They're not but I said it when the Eagirls gave us a whooping. They simply at that time were a better team than us and as of right now the Cowboys are a superior team to the Colts. If we played next Sunday the outcome would more than likely be the same.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Maybe not Davis.

But yesterday you most certainly were.

 

[Don Corleone]

Well, Randle did have a fumble and we did miss a FG, so it could have been 45 points worse.

 

[Doomsday101]

It was like payback for the home loss to eagles onto the colts...lol

Tell you what for the last reg season home game it was a heck of a way to end it Dallas is now 4-4 at home and 7-0 on the road and the last home win was a blowout. Guys should be feeling great

 

[Bullflop]

This is nonsense...and it minimizes our performance yesterday...it's a shame so many people think this way.."oh, the Colts didn't have anything to play for"..first and foremost, the Colts had a ton to play for and more importantly, teams that have nothing to play for typically don't perform any worse...

How about the skins?
How about the Bears?
How about the Browns?
How about the Jets?

These teams all came to play, some of them won outright, others gave their opponents fights down to the wire and were playing teams w everything on the line

It's incredibly how often this line of thinking is used...

Do you SERIOUSLY believe they were playing with focus? Everything they did reeked of the opposite. Dropped passes, penalties and generally doing everything under the sun indicative of a team lacking focus. Hey, I'm not minimizing anything -- we played just as well as we should have and won deservedly so -- no need to get our undies all knotted up, OK? The Cowboys should be congratulated, just as Indy should not be taken lightly by the next team that has to compete with them. I'm pretty sure they learned something by that experience. So did we.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

After spending a whole week hearing about the great Vontae Davis, I'm glad he has to basically say "we sucked but not that much."