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Originally Posted by sportsshrink
PM and Crennel know each other like the back of each other's hand and Crennel has won most of those battles 'BUT' Crennel had a better pass rush and better 2ndary with the Pats.
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I'm not sure you can say that about the secondary, certainly not after Malloy and Law left. The secondary here is young, but there's an incredible amount of talent there. And I don't know if the 49ers game was an aberration or a sign of things to come - the pass rush may be further along than we all thought.
I still don't think we have any chance in this game. I don't think running the ball is going to be enough. Cassel is going to have to make plays, particularly if Indy comes out primed to stop Jones and Charles (and you know they will). The only shot I think we have is if we have enough of a passing game early to open things up in the running game.
And we
can't get behind. If we're a couple scores down early and in constant passing mode, those Indy ends/OLBs are going to have Cassel for lunch.
These are the keys to me: survive the initial onslaught early/keep it close, execute early in the passing game to open up the run, make some special teams plays, be at least +2 in turnovers (preferably with none of our own), run the ball down their throats late but sprinkle in some play-action and trickery deep/keep attacking the whole game.
In order to win, we're going to have to have to play as well for 4 quarters as we did in the second half against SF, and we have no margin for error. If we make mistakes, we lose.
Tall order.