Chiefs' Todd Haley On The Colts Offense

by Joel Thorman on Oct 5, 2011 4:44 PM CDT

It's a strange time to look at the Indianapolis Colts offense. Without Peyton Manning, the'yre 28th in points, 26th in passing yards and 23rd in passing touchdowns. This is a stark contrast to what we're used to seeing out of Indy.

Kansas City Chiefs head coach Todd Haley talked with the media on Wednesday and ran down the Colts offense. We've already talked about the quarterback situation -- the Chiefs are preparing for both Kerry Collins and Curtis Painter -- and it appears Painter will be playing.

Here's what he said about the rest of the offense:

Running back: "Offensively, they've got a really good back in Joseph Addai that I like a lot, that makes a lot of yards after contact. They run the ball very well on first down specifically. They're averaging close to five yards a clip."

Receivers: "They've got as good a group of receivers in the league as there is, led by Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark, Pierre Garçon, Austin Collie. They've got a really good group of receivers that can hurt you in a number of ways."

And let's not forget the banged up offensive line, either. The Colts lost Anthony Castonzo to an injury last week, the severity of which is unknown. Rookie Ben Ijalana was lost for the season last week, too.

But it's guys like Joseph Addai, Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark that make you a little nervous about the Colts offense. They're definitely not the Peyton Manning Colts but they're good enough to stay competitive with the Steelers and Bucs.

The best thing the Chiefs can do is cut down on those five yard first down runs Haley was talking about. If they can put the Colts in obvious passing situations, I don't think Painter (nor Collins) is good enough to really beat the Chiefs. That would be among my priorities heading into this game.

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GB sums up the Colts offense.

"Success is never ending, failure is never final."

by GenericBrand on Oct 5, 2011 4:51 PM CDT reply actions 4 recs

The colts are to offense what GB is to defense.

The views expressed by craig in calgary do not necessarily represent the views of all Canadians.

by saskwatch on Oct 5, 2011 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

This is what happens when you have a porrous offensive line.

"Success is never ending, failure is never final."

by GenericBrand on Oct 5, 2011 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions

Proud to say my offensive line is solid.

I NEVER allow a sack.

by bamachief5558 on Oct 5, 2011 5:47 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

The Steelers have had their moments too

but then again, so have the Chiefs…

by Ransom_ on Oct 5, 2011 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions

Last meeting, Crennel already had his guys keeping Peyton out of the EZ.

I hate bend-don’t-break, but if you can score TDs, yourselff, it’s a sure way to victory, like the Broncos of a few years back.

would of ≠ would've

by hmills110 on Oct 5, 2011 6:24 PM CDT reply actions

I don't love "bend-don't-break"

but my thing is I hate seeing us give up big plays. So I’ll take it over that.

by bamachief5558 on Oct 5, 2011 6:37 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

We gotta pass to open up the run...

And pray "Mad Matt’ shows up instead of “Matty Lice”…

by KCChef on Oct 5, 2011 8:54 PM CDT reply actions

I agree with have to pass to open up the run

Most QB are rhythm QB. We need to get Cassel in a rhythm. We can’t be run, run, pass.
We need to get in second or third and short yardage instead of 3 and 10. We need to throw some long passes to stretch the defense. Albert and B- Rich have their work cut out for them this week.

by rdlvegas85 on Oct 5, 2011 10:33 PM CDT reply actions