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Old 02-05-2018, 08:22 AM
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I think it is Colts related because every time the Cheats lose it is Colts related (who are my 2 favorite teams? The Colts and whoever is playing the Cheats!). Oh, and I might mention McDaniels. So there.

1. Probably in my top five all-time of most enjoyable games to watch in my life. Honestly, both offenses played their hearts out. Neither defense could get stops (1 punt, 2 turnovers and all the rest scoring drives I think). Proper outcome; very enjoyable.

2. Commercials sucked for the most part. My fav was the early "Fire/Ice" one because who doesn't like watching Morgan Freeman mock rap? The Tide series of commercials was clever with the Mr. Clean one being tops but overall it got old quick.

3. Most yards in an NFL game......ever? Not just SB, not just post-season, ever! Unreal. So much for the SB being "old hat" for one team and "brand new bright eyed" for the other. Both played like it was no big deal.

4. For those of you dissing kicking records....new FG record for a rookie kicker in the SB! Lots of love....

5. One of the few games this year where I felt like the refs were even handed and got almost every call right. Sure, the Eagles were penalized more but every time they showed it in slow motion, it was a righteous call. I wish they would have thrown about 4 DPI/D Holding calls early on to back to DBs off but they did not, let them get a ton of body and contact on receivers and let them play EVEN. You could have argued DPI on just about every TD except the catch by Foles but they did not call any of them. Actually enjoyable game that the refs did not take over.

6. Was the critical play of the game (strip sack) a complete shock or what? Sure, they had knocked Tommy Cheater down a couple of times after the throw but they had not really sniffed a sack up to that point. The Pats OLine had played WELL against a good Philly front. Then, an inside bull rush strip sack fumble recovery to put the game almost out of reach requiring the Cheats to score a TD and a 2 point conversion to tie. Amazing.

7. I am not positive what the Cheats were doing to get their receivers SO WIDE OPEN against a good defense but I hope McDaniels can bring some of that magic to Indy. T.Y. having a 5 yard cushion when he catches the ball will be deadly with his speed and sizzle.

8. Incredible game plan by Philly as well. I truly and honestly did not think Foles had it in him to have this kind of post-season.

His situation will be interesting. He is signed by Philly through 2021 but 2019 - 2021 are throw away years that are voided if he is on the roster on the 23rd day of the NFL season in 2019. This is purely a mechanic to extend the signing bonus pro-rated cap hit out 5 seasons. He is really under contract for the 2018 season at $7.600m cap hit. That is going to be VERY attractive for some QB needy team to throw a 2nd round draft pick at them for Foles at 29 years old for a 1-year "show me you deserve $15m a year" tryout period. I bet he is not with Philly in 2018. CLE is actually a destination that makes sense; they have the cap and it would allow them to pick up Barkley / Chubb at the top of the draft (assuming QB goes 2/3 with someone giving stupid compensation to us to trade down) whom are probably the best 2 players in the draft.

9. The Cheats lost!!!! Seriously, this could be points #1 - #34,596 and it would not get old. In the Super Bowl! I love that line.

10. I thought Tommy Cheater looked old. A couple of his passes were ducks because of pressure but a couple of his passes were just ducks. And behind his targets. Don't get me wrong; he threw a ton of pretty passes but he threw more ugly passes than I can remember him throwing in a long time.

That's it, Colts fans. What did you see last night that was interesting to you?

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