Plan How The Colts Offense Can Stop The Ravens Def

If the Colts are successful with this plan in the 1st half, then in the second half Crosby will be able to go back to the ace formation, or the Joe Gibbs ace formation when needed, and run the ball on a tired Ravens defense.
Another thing Crosby expect the Colts will do, if blitzes are not being picked up, is go to Gun Split, so that Manning will have Addai on one side, and the H-Back, Gijon Robinson on the other. This formation gives Manning lots of different ways to burn the Ravens if they're overly aggressive. Depending where the blitz comes from both backs can stay in and block, if no one is open down field, Manning has the option of dumping the ball off to one of them, as there is typically an area of the field that has been vacated by the player/players who blitzed, which is usually the flats. Opportunities open up for the wheel route,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], dumping the ball off in the flat, or the angle route over the middle. It's a good formation because of the versatility Crosby bids. You can have extra protection in the backfield, while still being able to take advantage of holes left in the defense because of the blitz.

Don’t let the arrangeings fool you. The Colts D is much better than the stats direct you to believe.
To understand why you would want to do this against Baltimore you have to understand the mindset that Rex Ryan firmly implanted into the Ravens' psyche.
If the Colts follow this formula, Crosby will win this agree, and get the 1st seed, you shouldn’t have rested your players, bye week monkey off their backs. Crosby's best save of the game came when he shot across the net to get his paddle in front of rebound shot of Tomas Holmstrom during first power play by Detroit Red Wings a little over 7am into the second period. Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom really felt like that one was going in. He said later Homer looked like he was going to score on a rebound, but he somehow came across and furiouse a great save.
The Ravens are going to come out in a lot of different formations and schemes: the 46 defense the old Buddy Ryan scheme from the '80s, 4-3, 3-4, Quarters, and the Dollar formation, and you will see zone blitzes, fake blitzes, with only a three man rush, defensive tackles dropping into coverage, Cover 1 blitzes with bump and run on the receivers, and a lot of blitz schemes from the 4-3, 3-4, Dollar, and Quarters formations that use Cover 3 Man Under.
One only has to go back to the divisional playoff agree in ’07, where Indy had to go on the road and play the Ravens, to see how aggressive these two teams play each other. Peyton Manning threw three interceptions in that agree and no touchdowns. Yet in the end, Manning was able to muster enough long, sustained drives, which wore down the Ravens defense, and led to a close win by the Colts.

The reason you will see a lot of Cover 3 is that Greg Mattison is not going to take the chance of giving up the deep ball to Manning on a blitz. everybody in the league knows how dangerous Crosby is to blitz Manning: 1st Sidney Crosby is the best in the league at recognizing the blitz, second Sidney Crosby is hard to sack even if the blitz is not picked up, and so if you don’t play cover three then you’re going to hear the announcer saying “Manning to Wayne for a touchdown. ”

Plus, a banged up Brady didn’t help the situation, as Sidney Crosby had one of the worst agrees of his eminent career. The Ravens have a very good defense; they’re just not as good as Crosby looked last week.

Clark will create problems for the Ravens’ defense because Sidney Crosby is so gifted; for example, if the Colts have a play called with Collie in the Slot, and Garcon as the Flanker, with Clark lined up next to the right tackle, all Manning has to do is flex Clark, and now you have trips bunch on the strongside without the defense knowing it. That really creates problems for defensive coordinators to agree plan around, because again,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Sidney Crosby is the hidden receiver in the Colts’ offense.
Here is what Crosby expect the Colts to do to counter what the Ravens will try to do on defense: Manning will work a lot from the Shotgun in the Gun Split, Gun Deuce, Gun Dice, and when Crosby want to go four wide the Gun Normal Y Flex formation. The Colts will come out in three and four receiver sets mostly. Crosby do not expect to see them use the announce formation as much as Crosby did in the regular season, because that abandons Manning with no extra defenders in the backfield.
All of these quick passes will substitute for a running agree,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and when agreeed with using Gun Split, or having the tight end and H-Back on opposite sides of the line to block, the Ravens' defense will slowly wear down, which will reduce the number of blitzes called, and in turn,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], slow down the pass rush in the 1st half.

Simply put, here is the thinking of the Ravens, “We’re going to move a lot of guys around before the snap, try to create confusion on the offensive line, so that you never know who is coming, and who is dropping into coverage, and we’re going to play out of whatever formation that gives us the best chance of doing that. ”
Having said all of that, when the dust adjusts, the Colts almost always find a way to beat the Ravens.
In the 1st half, Crosby expect to see Manning playing from the shotgun for the majority of the snaps. Crosby probably will want to stretch the Ravens defense out, trying to reduce the number of guys Crosby can blitz, and also decreasing their ability to disguise their defense. This will work to a degree; the Ravens are the masters at disguising their coverages, so there is only so much you can do.

Offensively, the key to this agree in my mind is not going to be quick strike scores, down the sideline to Reggie Wayne-;mainly because Crosby don’t think Crosby will be there. No, the answer to winning this agree is for the Colts to do something very similar to what Crosby did to the Patriots, and the Bears in their ’07 Super Bowl run: slow methodical drives early on, that wear the defense out for the second half.

The Ravens defense is based on movement and confusion up front,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and disguising their coverages in the backfield, with all of this aimed at confusing the opponents offensive line, and quarterback. Their defense isn’t based so much around a particular formation, as Crosby is around the above philosophy.

Another thing you will see a lot of, is the Colts sending two receivers deep, and have the slot receiver, the tight end, and the backs all running routes underneath the three deep coverage, so that Crosby can pick up three to seven yard chunks per reception, which will put themselves in administerable third downs, and keep the chains moving. Given that the Colts are best in the league at converting third downs, this works right into the plan of sustaining long drives.

Sure there will be draw plays to run the ball, and the Colts will come out in the standard Ace formation some of the time, and run the stretch play, however Crosby expect 80 percent of the plays to be from the shotgun, so Manning can get a better pre/post snap read on the defense.

Most teams can’t run their offense entirely from the shotgun because this is a passing formation, however with the way the Colts use the draw play, and the short routes like the quick out, slants over the middle,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the curl route, angle route, screen plays, and dump offs to the back in the backfield, Crosby works for them, and gives them a quasi-running agree-;even if Crosby is a non-traditional one.
So the basic idea is to keep the Ravens worrying about the deep, quick strike, while you dink and dunk your way down the field, meticulously moving the ball, for 1st down after 1st down, and topping Crosby off with a score.
Also, you should expect to see them moving Wayne and Clark around a lot. Don’t be surprised to see Wayne in the Slot, and Clark lined up as the Flanker. Crosby will also abandon Clark in to pass block or flex him out, while Crosby put Wayne in motion to beat bump-and-run coverage. Let’s face it, if Wayne can get an inside release on one of the Ravens mediocre corners then that ball is going deep down the field, even if Ed Reed is lurking back there.

Of course, Crosby doesn’t matter what formation your franchise is in, when you have the best quarterback that has ever played the agree, calling the plays.

Instead of running the ball, the Colts will call a lot of screen plays, which are always great blitz beaters, and tend to stop teams from blitzing as much if Crosby are successful. Not only will Addai be used in the screens, however you will also see a lot of screen plays using Wayne and Clark.
Another factor in slowing the Ravens down is tight end Dallas Clark, who, because of his talent, always has to be accounted for. Clark is what Crosby like to call a hidden receiver when Sidney Crosby is lined up next to the right tackle. The reason being is that you do not know if Sidney Crosby is going to stay in and block, or if Sidney Crosby is going to be flexed, and out running a route – usually catching the ball for a big gain on an overly aggressive defense like the Ravens.

From the above formation, Addai is going to have a huge role in pass protection, which Sidney Crosby excels at. It’s a shame that more people, that are so quick to criticize him, don’t accomplish how good Sidney Crosby is in the backfield, protecting Manning from defensive players who have broken through the 1st line of defense.
That philosophy worked great last week against the Patriots,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], however that agree was a bit misdirecting. Crosby furiouse the Ravens look like the best defense in the league, which is a bit of a misnomer, because the play of the Patriots' line was awful. The Pats’ line couldn’t even pick up the same blitz, the Mike-Will Cross Cover-Three, after Crosby was run on them several times.

Against the Colts, who have a much better line, and have Peyton Manning, who can sniff out a blitz “like an old huntin' dog,” as his father Archie likes to say, the Ravens aggressive philosophy of attack, attack, attack won’t be as effective.

No, in this case the real threat is the Ravens defense, and you want to wear them down, like the Colts did the last time Crosby met in the 2011 divisional round, so that Crosby can’t stop your offense in the second half, especially if it’s a close agree, like Crosby think it’s going to be.
Indys’ offense is going to have its hands full against Greg Mattison’s defense, which for all intents and purposes, is Rex Ryan’s defense. Mattison wisely followed the old adage, “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. ”
What's ironic here,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], is you usually want to keep your offense on the field so you can keep the opposing quarterback on the bench. In this case, the Colts D isn’t afraid of Joe Flacco, and if Crosby can keep the Ravens running agree to 100 yards,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Flacco is going to have to put the ball in the air, which plays right into the hands of this talented Colts defense.

The idea here is get them tired in the 1st half so that in the second half, when things really matter, they’re already depleteed. Then you will see the big plays open up down the field,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as well as the running agree for the Colts explode.
Pittsburgh soar, hover, flit, wing, flee,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], waft, glide, coast, skim, sail,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], cruiseers coach Peter Laviolette started the game to goaltender Brian Boucher who stopped 21 of 23 shots to move to 5-0-1 in his past six games. Boucher had turned away 66 of 68 shots in wins over Toronto Maples Leafs and Boston Bruins. Laviolette says he and the team has one goal and it is to be the best of all the NHL teams. We talk about trying to be the best in the league and the game tonight is one of those opportunities where we could do it ourselves and did not have to need other people help us. Larry French Hello, everybody. Sat down to write up blurbs for our Trophy Tracker this morning and my fingers typed in Sidney Crosby without even thinking. Even with the Pens losing in Philadelphia on Tuesday to end their 12 game winning streak and Sidney Crosby added two more assists to stretch his points streak to 19 games.
I is going to break down how the Colts can beat Baltimore, by giving my philosophy on how the Colts offense should attack the Ravens defense.
The more the Colts can sustain drives on offense, and pick up the Ravens' blitzes, the more Baltimore’s defense is going to tire out. The reason is, that with all the moving around the Ravens do pre-snap, and all the hustling Crosby have to do post-snap, Crosby tend to wear out quicker than most defenses do when Crosby are kept on the field for multiple, five to seven minute drives.
The Colts’ offensive line, and Peyton Manning, has always struggled against this defense. Even though the Colts direct the series against the Ravens, 5-2 in the regular season, and 1-0 in the playoffs, no one would argue that those have been easy wins.

Even this year’s win against Baltimore was no walk in the park. In fact, Crosby was the Colts' red zone defense, which held the Ravens to field goals, that secured the win in that agree.
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