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their first and second preseason games Authentic Braden Smith Jersey , and with football just getting back we needed our fix soon. Unfortunately, the Colts came out a pretty cold early in this one. Aside from a pass breakup by Matthias Farley on the Baltimore Ravens first offensive play of the night, and a big stick on the next, Joe Flacco largely had his way with the defense.Flacco started the night 7-9 for 72 yards and a 7-yard touchdown pass to John Brown on his three series of the game before handing the quarterbacking duties over to Lamar Jackson.Andrew Luck and the Colts offense didn’t come out with any sort of energy either in their home opener. Luck threw an interception early on after leaving the pocket with good protection, still wasn’t able to find any sort of chemistry with Ryan Grant and struggled to get rid of the ball on time resulting in 2 sacks on his first five drives.Christine Michael was uninspiring, Josh Ferguson was injured early and didn’t return, and the receivers struggled to get separation with any consistency. Unfortunately, after starting out solid in protection, Le’Raven Clark began to have a tough time with the left tackle role.Luck finished his night 6-of-13 for 50 yards and an interception http://www.indianapoliscoltsteamonline.com/matthias-farley-jersey , and I don’t even know if you could say it looked that good.Jacoby Brissett would, however, put the ball in the end zone on his first drive of the night... sort of. Colts’ rookie running back Jordan Wilkins got 4 carries for 21 yards, and Chester Rogers caught Brissett’s first completion which ate up a quick 28 yards up the gut of the Ravens’ defense. The Colts tried to punch it in with Wilkins following several successful runs, but Wilkins coughed it up, but it squirted into the end zone — right into the waiting hands of Rogers. Largely the Colts’ defense did a nice job of keeping Lamar Jackson contained early on in his night. Jackson started 0-4 and when trying to make something happen with his legs almost cost the Ravens the ball with 4:40 left in the first half.Quincy Wilson stepped up to get underneath Jackson as he began to turn upfield and he nearly fumbled the ball. After review, he was said to have been down by contact and he would live to make another play. Fortunately for the Colts, though, on that very next play Hassan Ridgeway busted through the Ravens offensive line and sacked Jackson forcing another punt. The Colts http://www.indianapoliscoltsteamonline.com/clayton-geathers-jersey , up 10-7, would get another drive under Brissett before the end of the half. A penalty on the punt return set the Colts back inside their own 10-yard line, but Michael came back into the game and became a contributor. Brissett extended his drive after the 2-minute warning by picking up 9 yards on a third-down conversion, then hit Michael for a short gain across the middle, but couldn’t convert on third down as Kasen Williams got crossed up with Stanley Jean-Baptiste and wasn’t able to get his eyes back on the ball as it hit him in the chest.Jackson earned his first completion to tight end Kenneth Dixon as he now had a chance to lead his own 2-minute drive. Jackson was able to get the ball to mid-field with a little help of the running game, then hit Hayden Hurst along the boundary for a big third-down conversion. Jackson’s wheels got the Ravens to the 32-yard line and Dixon was able to churn out a 12-yard run to get into scoring territory.The Colts defense ended up doing enough, though, forcing three straight incompletions with a little added pressure to force a field goal to tie the game at 10 apiece.Colts leaders at the half:Chester Rogers | 2 catches for 36 yardsJack Doyle | 2 catches for 32 yardsJordan Wilkins | 4 carries for 21 yardsChristine Michael | 7 carries for 21 yardsDarius Leonard | 7 total tacklesSkai Moore | 4 total tacklesHassan Ridgeway | 3 total tackles, 1 sack Authentic Jordan Wilkins Jersey , 2 tackles for lossJohn Simon | 1 tackle, 1 sack2018 Opponent Scouting Report: Patriots special teams and a prediction OverviewOn October 4, 2018 the Indianapolis Colts will travel to take on the New England Patriots. In this week five match-up I sought to understand our opponent and get a better idea of how they may attack our new look Colts. The Colts have struggled against the Patriots ever since Peyton Manning took his talents to Mile High. The last meeting between these two teams came in October of 2015 which culminated in a 34 to 27 Colts loss. Currently the Colts are on a seven (7!) game losing streak to the Patriots and the evil empire has put up an average of 40 points per game over that span. Hopefully this Thursday these 2018 Colts will be able to change course on what has been a rough era of Colts vs. Pats football. This one means a lot to the Colts front office Thursday night should be interestingLet’s figure out what we can expect in week five.Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty ImagesKicker:Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty ImagesStephen Gostkowski took over for Adam Vinateri the day Vinny left town and he’s never given up his spot. For his career he is 87.6 on field goals and 604 for 610 on PAT’s and his career long field goal came in 2017, booting in a 62 yarder, which is unreal. Gostkowski is a very good kicker and I would expect Bill Belichick to always have an excellent kicking game as a former special teams coordinator. Punter:Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty ImagesRyan Allen has been with the Patriots since 2013 but oddly I don’t ever remember seeing him on the field during that time. I don’t remember seeing him because in the four games he’s played against the Colts he’s punted a total of ten times. Through four games this season, Allen has already punted seventeen times and only twice last week in blowout win. Hopefully, somehow we get Allen to double his career punt total tonight. Returner:Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty ImagesPatrick Chung is listed at the top of the depth chart for Patriots punt returners but in real life corner back Cyrus Jones is the one returning punts to the tune of five returns for 49 yards in their week four dismantling of the previously undefeated Miami Dolphins. Cordarrelle Patterson is listed as the teams number one kick returner and true to form he leads the team with six returns for 157 yards. Sony Michel has also returned two kicks for a total of 40 yards.Ultimately I hope we decide to keep the ball away from these returners. Jones and Michel don’t worry me nearly as much as Patterson who, in my opinion is too explosive as a kick returner to test. I hope they let Rigoberto Sanchez blast them out of the end zone and take their chances at the 25. Final Thoughts for The Week:I hope I’m wrong about this game. I hope the Colts come out and kill in this one. I hope Andrew Luck is upset about Josh McDaniels rejecting the chance he had to coach him and channels his inner 2009 Peyton Manning and lifts the teammates he has around him to play unbeatable football. I hope the defense comes out and punches the Patriots in the mouth and doesn’t stop until the Patriots defect back to old England. I hope they intercept Tom Brady six times in the first half and make him retire at half time. I hope Frank Reich announces his arrival as a great head coach by driving his team up and down the field until Bill Belichick complains that the Colts had to be cheating. I hope Andrew Luck doesn’t stop throwing touchdown passes until the scoreboard hits 99 and runs out of space to continue. I hope all of those things, but in reality http://www.indianapoliscoltsteamonline.com/jack-doyle-jersey , these Colts aren’t ready, especially not on a short week with so many injuries to players vital to the teams success. A year from now I think they might be there, two years from now I think we see another failed 4th and 2. Which is an absolute shame because we aren’t going to ever get to see Andrew Luck battle the Patriots at their peak. I’m not giving you any hot takes here, Tom Brady is 42. I know he’s won the battle against time so far, but father time is completely undefeated and 44 year old Tom Brady won’t be at his peak. PredictionColts 17Patriots 31