True, Manning has been deteriorating and the rest of the team seems uninspired. But it's clear that the Colts came to play.
New England will likely crush them next week, I agree, but the Colts didn't look quite so polished in last year's playoffs.
Yeah, Stafford really isn't that great of a QB. He still has never won a road game against a winning team. He's one of those guys that's just good enough not to be really questioned, but he's not a championship QB.
It is a little disconcerting that last year, with Rodgers out and Cutler giving away the Bears season as usual, Schwartz couldn't get the Lions into the playoffs.
This all sounds great.
Yeah, Hue kind of got boned in Oakland - obviously his successor Allen did not improve the team and oddly got far more time to try - but one red flag is that his team was the most penalized of all time.
Also of note is that the 2011 Raiders similarly did not have a 1st round pick.
It was a spoil of riches. Cohen was clearly better than the third stringers he played with/against, but Charles and Bryant must have outplayed him pretty handily in practice because he never got to play with the second team, did he?