Monday, September 26, 2022

Wait ... what?

 And now the part where the Blob would tell you it told you so (kinda), if the Blob were not too classy a Blob to tell you it told you so.

"But Mr. Blob," you're pointing out now. "You just did."

Yeah, well ... never mind that.

Remember instead what the Blob said JUST YESTERDAY about the Chiefs and the Colts -- and if you can't, I'll helpfully recycle it here: 

Now, I'm not in the Colts locker room. But I would think hearing all that for a solid week might make them a little snarly. So I'm guessing they're gonna come out chippy as hell today. And I'm guessing, when it's all said and done, the Chiefs are going to feel damn lucky to get out of Indy alive.

Hear that? "Lucky to get out of Indy alive." So I stuck the landing on that prediction, except for one small detail.

I never imagined they actually wouldn't get out of Indy alive.

I never thought the same Colts team that got floor-waxed by Jacksonville a week ago would hang an L on the lordly Chiefs, but they did. Slowed down Patrick Mahomes and the gang just enough. Put together an epic 16-play, 76-yard drive that ate up eight minutes of the fourth quarter and ended with Matt Ryan hitting rookie tight end Jelani Woods from 12 yards out for the win.

On that drive, Ryan completed 9-of-11 passes. He quarterback-sneaked for a first down. Derided in a number of quarters (including this one) as a senior citizen who was past his prime, he senior-citizened the hell out of  'em.

And, sure, the Chiefs spent an inordinate amount of time gifting this one to the Horsies. Travis Kelce dropped six points in the end zone on a throw he usually catches  in his sleep. The Chiefs got away with a two-point conversion (to Kelce again) that probably never got to the end zone. And they had the Colts stopped on their winning drive when Ryan was sacked for an 8-yard loss on third-and-6 at the Colts 39.

But Chris Jones said something uncharitable as Ryan lay on the ground ("Medication time, Grandpa!" is the Blob's guess), and that drew a flag for unsportsmanlike conduct that handed the Colts an automatic first down. Matters proceeded apace from there.

So what do we make of it all?

You got me. Either the Colts are the laydown artists they showed us in J-ville, or they are what they showed yesterday: A team with some gumption and (maybe) more talent than they frequently show.

As usual in these matters, they're probably somewhere in between. Personally, I still don't think they're very good. I think they're exactly what their record says they are: A 1-1-1 football team that'll win some they shouldn't and lose some they shouldn't, and tie the rest.

Next week they get their old nemesis the Titans, who were awful in their first two games and then, like the Colts, somehow hauled off and beat the Raiders yesterday. Who knows what happens when they play each other.

"You mean you're not gonna tell us, Mr. Blob?" you're saying now.

Not a chance. Why push my luck?

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