Can anyone explain the 4th quarter collapse of our D ?

[Paa Langfart]

So what the hell happened ?  The rain let up and we let Luck and company off the hook ?  For about 11 minutes of the game  I couldnt shake the deja vous of some of our poorly engineered losses like the one a couple years ago in Atlanta..

[Captain Morgan]

too many injuries on our dl, our rotation is affected.  Guys were tired.

[chknwing]

its called playing not to lose and its all on the coaches.

[Peppers90 NC]

play the percentages. they colts were eventually going to move the ball, just so happened to happen only in one quarter. they somehow started pass protecting better.

[Kuhndog94]

Our guys were gassed because they gave our offense a short field so many times. They were out there all night. 

Not to mention the refs took it out of them by screwing us on multiple calls. 

[h0llywood]

It's Andrew Luck. Sucks for 3 quarters then comes back and he's the greatest. Story of his career.

[uncfan888]

We couldn't get pressure on luck. Even with blitzes. I don't know if that's lack of execution, exhaustion, offensive holding..  Maybe a combination of all three. 

I do think last night was a wake up call that you can't let off the gas in this league at all. In years past, no way we win that game 

[goodoleboy]

They were tired and the O didn't sustain any drives at all in the 4th quarter.

[Krucid]

Yup, our O wasn't sustaining many drives during the game and our D was getting tired.

[Zaximus]

 

[mc52beast]

Better get things figured out, we're going up against one of the best qb's in NFL history.

[Bartin]

I'd bet the rain clearing up helped Luck and their passing game a lot.

[panthers55]

If this were the only time Luck led a comeback it might be a story but he does it every week it seems. This year they are losing instead of winning.  We won and in the end that is really all that matters, what we do in one game has no bearing on future games. The only thing that goes from week to another is whether you win or lose.

[Snake]

3 minutes ago, Peppers90 NC said:

play the percentages. they colts were eventually going to move the ball, just so happened to happen only in one quarter. they somehow started pass protecting better.

Pass protecting ie. Holding on every down. 

 

The refs in that last qt. let the Colts get away with murder. That's why our D looked like poo.