Andrew Luck to Donnie Avery: Immortalized in Tecmo Bowl, Already
Andrew Luck, LEGEND.
The Colts are 8-4, people after scoring 14 points in the final three minutes to shock the Lions in Detroit, 35-33. Remember when you scoffed at me in October when I said the postseason was in play for the Colts? The Broncos, Texans, Patriots and (probably, but not definitely) Ravens will be your four division winners, and right now the Colts are one of the two Wild Card teams. Pittsburgh and Cincinnati are a game back, with frauds like the Jets, Bills and Dolphins trying futility to get into the conversation.
So what if the Colts have a -41 point differential? They have Andrew Luck. If you assume the Texans are going to rest their starters in Week 17, the Colts should go 2-1 against Tennessee, Houston and Kansas City the next three weeks, and win the aforementioned season finale against Houston to finish 11-5.
As a longtime Colts hater – used to be in a division with the Jets – Andrew Luck is so good that I find myself quietly rooting for him every week. Also, I have him in fantasy in a keeper league. [video via Adam]
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December 3rd, 2012 at 9:59 AM
That Tecmo Bowl thing isn’t quite accurate. Luck threw the ball and then sprinted out to block. Crazy awesome.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Inaccurate. In this it appears that Chris Houston made an attempt at Donnie Avery. In real life? Nope. That bitch punked out. Unfortunately he’s by far the only player in the Lions secondary that’s close to resembling a mediocre to decent starting CB in the NFL.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:01 AM
You mean like going from David Robinson to Tim Duncan?
/tank’d
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:02 AM
this makes me very happy, at least until the Pats lose a game, Denver wins out, and the pats are stuck with the 4 seed.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:05 AM
He’s awesome and I’d take him over hillbily in a second. But he did throw 3 horrible INT’s yesterday and the Lions dropped 3 or 4 more that hit em in the hands.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:10 AM
I stand by this like crazy.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:12 AM
That wasn’t too much scoffage. It was pretty well balanced to put out a generic “you scoffed”.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:13 AM
that always works out so well for the teams that do rest their starters, i’d be happy if they did that and let the colts into the playoffs, only to be knocked out by them 2 weeks later.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:14 AM
Also Jason I don’t think you should have linked that post, probably the one from the beginning of the season when you said the same thing (I seem to remember you saying they could even be in contention for the division). I believe that one got some scoffing.
Anyways, Denver will rape them anally.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Also this wasn’t Tecmo Bowl it was Tecmo Super Bowl you idiots.
/Hitches pants to nipple level
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:17 AM
“Let the games begin.” Baseball winter meetings begin and Gammons said Greinke will get 6 yrs $25 million from either Texas, Dodgers, Angels, or Nats. The spankees may need a new left side to their infield as well with Afraud possibly having another tear in hip and Jeter coming back from injury.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:18 AM
and probably send them papa john’s pizza afterwards with a signed manning jersey.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Can we talk about how the Seahawks wrapped up a wild card spot yesterday? I looked at their schedule 3 games ago, and saw that of their remaining games, they only had one guaranteed loss.
And they won that game yesterday. They’ve got 3 home games left.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Oh boy. Let’s see how many of my favorite Indians get dealt!
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Already not looking forward seeing the Golden Tate replay 10 times during the Wild Card game between them and the Packers…good team though, Russell Wilson picked the wrong year to be a really good rookie QB for awards purposes
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Rams are undefeated in the NFC West so that’s a loss. Probably still get the wild card though.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Redskins are one game back, after a W tonight. Would not call the 49ers at home a guaranteed win for SEA at all. Don’t count out Black Jesus!
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:24 AM
really? do raiders fans still hate the seahawks?
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Were his three INTs immortalized, too?
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:27 AM
Redskins are one game back, after a W tonight. Would not call the 49ers at home a guaranteed win for SEA at all. Don’t count out Black Jesus!
that will be a good head to head matchup in two weeks, because i think the Skins will win tonight. And i’m really good at picking games.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:27 AM
really? do raiders fans still hate the seahawks?
everybody hates the seahawks. And always has.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:29 AM
that will be a good head to head matchup in two weeks,
forget i said that. I got confused
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:29 AM
I’m biased as fuck, but using their quality of work so far this season, would people rather have Luck or Griffin?
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:30 AM
ok, bad example. i was just making fun of the old divisions anyways. remember when arizona was in the cowboys division and jacksonville and tennessee were in the AFC Central? those were the days.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Enjoy the Lions in prime time two of the next three weeks.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:31 AM
I used to like the Seahawks. They had a running back, Chris Warren, who went to my rival high school. This was before i even got to high school, but it was still a cool nugget.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:31 AM
remember when arizona was in the cowboys division and jacksonville and tennessee were in the AFC Central? those were the days.
sheeeeeeeeiiiit, I remember when neither jacksonville nor tennessee existed.
I still remember the formula for the old 5th place schedule when there were 28 teams, and how much harder the “first place schedule” used to be.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:32 AM
Chip Lohmiller used to live down the road from me. RINNNNGGGGGGZZZ
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:32 AM
chris warren wasnt the guy who used to wear the cowboy collar was he?
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:32 AM
Remember when the NFC was absolutely loaded and the AFC was a joke? I miss those days.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:33 AM
nope…that was ricky watters. and it was a neck roll, not cowboy collar.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:33 AM
I used to like the Seahawks. They had a running back, Chris Warren, who went to my rival high school.
one guy who was a legend at my high school played for the 49ers, as a special teamer. And the guy who was a placekicker right before I played HS ended up having a 6 year NFL career as a not very good punter.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:34 AM
likewise…only because i remember a time when the fucking jaguars existed but the browns didnt.
/grumbles at childhood innocence ruined
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:36 AM
chris warren wasnt the guy who used to wear the cowboy collar was he?
back when it was just a piece of formed foam, and not part of your structural equipment? LIke packing peanuts.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Warren Sapp helped keep me anti-Buccaneer after the realignment of 2002 but since then I’ve joined with the people of Tampa in not caring about them anymore
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:37 AM
I saw Charles Rodgers this weekend when I was shopping at Kohl’s.
//All I got….
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Warren Sapp helped keep me anti-Buccaneer after the realignment of 2002
remember when he was a free agent, and he refused to play for Cincinnati because they were going to start Carson Palmer, and he said publicly that was the reason he wouldn’t play there, and then he signed with the Raiders, and by week 4 he was complaining that he had to play 2 gaps, and was being misused?
Because i do.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:39 AM
yea…i had a small roll for the first week of hitting one year and couldnt figure out the purpose it actually served other than giving a shelf to rest the back of my helmet on when my neck got tired from watching on the sidelines.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:40 AM
Wilber Marshall was the king of the neck roll. The funniest though was Carlos Jenkins, he looked ridiculous
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:40 AM
i dont remember sapp saying that about palmer…but hooray karma!
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:40 AM
So I have watched the last play a few times, and I just don’t see whats so special about it. A game-winning 4 yard pass to a wide open speedster who skates in between some slow/fatty defenders? Are people cumming in their pants because of how incredible it was? Color me confused as to what all the fuss is about.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:41 AM
we talking bout knowing nfl players in here? beebe, schlereth, linehan were teammates
/i may have mentioned a few million times before
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:42 AM
when i tuned into the game with 4 mins left, colts were down two scores.
also, that last play was awesome…loved seeing luck make the pitch and then immediately start looking for someone to block. that’s some awesome football porn.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Wilber Marshall was the king of the neck roll. The funniest though was Carlos Jenkins, he looked ridiculous
I was going to say Steve Grogan, and I googled Steve Grogan neckroll to get an image. What I ended up with was a blog post by somebody somewhere about awesome neckrolls.
Here: http://readandreact.net/2011/10/25/top-10-neck-rolls-in-nfl-history/
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:43 AM
any old skins fans remember eric yarber? him too
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:43 AM
that was awesome…good get.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:45 AM
See, I get that. The last 4 minutes was great, but the last play wasn’t jaw-dropping. It could be a season-defining play for them if they go deep into the playoffs, but as it stands now I have a hard time freaking out about it.
Yea, the kid definitely didn’t stand there and watch. I love the hustle.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:46 AM
So I have watched the last play a few times, and I just don’t see whats so special about it. A game-winning 4 yard pass to a wide open speedster who skates in between some slow/fatty defenders? Are people cumming in their pants because of how incredible it was? Color me confused as to what all the fuss is about.
were you not watching football yesterday? It was a great play because they were being beaten badly, and he was having a bad game, and they scratched and clawed their way back in, and then they drove down and got close, and ended up somehow getting 4 shots at the end zone with 16 seconds left. So this was 4th down, last play of the game, the mobile quarterback moves, gets things cooking.
Once he breaks the pocket, a heady defender goes out of his way to push the guy he’s playing out of bounds, so as to make him ineligible, but while he’s doing this, he’s briefly put himself out of the play, too. And Luck throws it a couple of yards to a wide open guy, and Luck nearly beats him to the end zone trying to hit somebody.
So amazing comeback, amazing recognition, Lions losing, smart play becoming game losing play, awesome awesome action, BSanders writing the game off of twitter 15 times (while waiting for his real team’s game to start).
Pretty sweet.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:47 AM
I added more wagers on Seahawks to win the division this morning (had a sizable one pre-season as well). Their schedule is verrrrry favorable.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:50 AM
also, apparently, after the last INT of the game for Luck, Ndamukong Suh destroyed an Olineman (I don’t know which) and then danced over his convulsing body while other teammates laughed.
So fuck the Lions.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:50 AM
It doesn’t have to be an acrobatic play to make it exciting. Game situation is what makes it exciting. Jordan hitting that jumper over Ehlo wasn’t a insane athletic feat. Yet that always pops up in his highlight reel.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:51 AM
That’s quite the three game stretch for Detroit losing the Packer game on a score inside of two minutes, the Texans disaster and now this…really hope their spirit is fully broken now and they’ll do the Lord’s work and just roll over next week
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:51 AM
Their schedule is verrrrry favorable.
3 home division games, and at Buffalo? Not bad at all.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:53 AM
I laughed.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:54 AM
Jordan hitting that jumper over Ehlo wasn’t a insane athletic feat.
that was a good shot, and Ehlo would have blocked anybody else’s shot in that spot. He had his hand in the way for a long, long time. I’m perfectly willing to proclaim that shot (with the hangtime) and insane athletic feat.
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:59 AM
This. It takes balls and vision to throw a two yard pass from the 10 on the last play of the game. I had written the Colts off +3 and was out in the yard… came back and turned on the TV for the last 3 plays.
Phew… was hoping someone got this.
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:03 AM
Getting real tired of all the KC love. Its great that they won. It was a tragedy. But lets remember that one of their players murdered his girlfriend. Not hearing that mentioned enough.
I’m not sure where the line is between proper remembrance and loss of perspective, but to me, hanging his jersey in the locker room during and after the game crossed it.
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:13 AM
So the Colts go from Manning to Luck. Meanwhile, the Chiefs haven’t drafted a QB that produced a win since Todd Blackledge and have had such immortal picks as Matt Blundin, Brodie “Glass Skeleton” Croyle, Ricky “I’m somehow much worse than Cassel and Quinn” Stanzi, Trick-Shot Tanney, and Pat Barnes.
And, oh yeah, now look to have a top 3 pick in a year where there is no clear franchise QB and a year after a draft that has produced some great rookie QBs.
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:13 AM
Chris Leak was in our conference when I was around.
Same school that produced Hakeem Nicks and Mohamed Massaquoi.
Shockingly, we did not beat them ever.
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Shockingly, we did not beat them ever.
i found out years and years later that one of the teams we played in the HS playoffs featured Priest Holmes at RB.
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:19 AM
3 home division games, and at Buffalo? Not bad at all.
That Buffalo ‘road game’ is in Toronto, and there may be as many Seahawk fans there as Bills. I’d be surprised if the Seahawks lost this one.
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:19 AM
While it certainly doesn’t quite reach the level of horribleness of the Rae Carruth incident from years ago, the bottom line is he murdered someone and left a 3 month old parentless. I think it’s sort of the awkwardness of trying to reconcile losing a teammate and seeing that teammate as a murderer. Such an unexpected and bizzarre incident. But you are right, the situation and lost life should be mourned, but the player shouldn’t be memorialized.
I’m just cringing for the inevitable discussion of whether this was caused by repeated head trauma or the violent culture of football.
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Redskins still have the same defensvie backfield, right? Big Blue is the first team to see this gimmick offense twice. 31-14 Giants
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:28 AM
Maybe the problem is with your listening. The Chiefs didn’t mention him by name in the stadium, and everyone who talked about this tragedy mentioned the fact that the little girl has no parents and the mother. Tom Jackson even mentioned that before the dude killed himself, he was already a murderer.
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:38 AM
It has already started
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:40 AM
Maybe the problem is with your listening.
he doesn’t listen so much as he wait for his turn to talk again.
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:41 AM
I’m not sure where the line is between proper remembrance and loss of perspective, but to me, hanging his jersey in the locker room during and after the game crossed it.
yep
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:44 AM
Whenever I hear some announcer slobbering over Ray Lewis’s knob, this is what I think.
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:44 AM
he doesn’t listen so much as he wait for his turn to talk again.
wasn’t there a study done on listening where a waitress drops in a poison when listing the day’s specials to see if anyone hears it?
it’s funny when you;re in social situations and conversations are just strings of people talking about themselves as reaction to what another person just said
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Did not realize the latter two played at Independence.
Where did you matriculate, Mike?
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:48 AM
Where did you matriculate, Mike?
that fourth word made me do a double take
December 3rd, 2012 at 12:09 PM
North Meck. Most famous alumni: Bishop Eddie Long!
December 3rd, 2012 at 12:31 PM
Did some coverage of the Vikings for the Huntersville Herald back when it first started up. I remember they had really good x-country and softball programs.
December 3rd, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Their cross country won two or three state titles when I was there. Softball was outstanding as was swimming/diving, baseball was solid. Soccer was top five in the country my senior year, they broke every state record (allowed something like five goals all season) and then choked in the second round of the playoffs.
Football was not good.