Colts at Seahawks - Stars and trivia
Fans #12, Seahawks
Seattle value their fans so highly that they retired the number 12 jersey in their honour, and the Qwest Field congregation has been in full voice this year. It was at its loudest when Peyton Manning’s brother Eli visited and the Giants suffered 11 false start penalties because they couldn’t hear their QB signal the snap. Key to Indianapolis’ success has been their the no-huddle offense, Peyton Manning calling his own plays based on what he reads in the defense in front of him rather than taking the call from the coach on the sideline beforehand. But that relies on “audibles” at the line of scrimmage, almost impossible to call in a cauldron of noise.
Bryan Fletcher, #81 , TE, Colts
Bryan who? Ahead of Harrison, Wayne, Stokley, James and Clark as a receiving threat? Fletcher, a Bears cast-off who arrived in Indianapolis this season, has been used primarily as a blocker to keep the pressure off Manning, but he has also been used effectively in a play that exposes blitzing teams like Seattle: a screen pass, rolling out of his pass block behind several huge offensive linemen on the flank then taking a quick pass from Manning over the heads of onrushing defenders.
Interesting trivia
After voting was announced this week, Indianapolis have a league-high seven players heading to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii at season’s end. quarterback Manning, running back Edgerrin James, wide receiver Marvin Harrison, and defensive end Dwight Freeney make repeat appearances while center Jeff Saturday, linebacker Cato June and safety Bob Sanders are heading to Honolulu for the first time.
This is the first in regular-season game in NFL history to match teams that have combined for 25 victories.
Only a handful of teams have ever switched between conferences within the NFL but both these sides are among them, and the Seahawks have done it twice. Seattle were placed in the NFC West in their first ever season, 1976, before swapping to the American Conference the following season. When the league was realigned in 2002 to accommodate the arrival of the Houston Texans, the Hawks switched back to the National Conference. Meanwhile the Colts were one of three sides (the Browns and Steelers were the others) to join the AFC when the NFL and American Football League merged in 1970. They represented the NFL (and lost) in the 1968 Super Bowl but returned two years later as AFC representatives and won. The two sides represent the traditional images of each conference, with the Seahawks relying heavily on a rush-oriented ball-control offense while the Colts are a high-octane passing team.
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Seattle value their fans so highly that they retired the number 12 jersey in their honour, and the Qwest Field congregation has been in full voice this year. It was at its loudest when Peyton Manning’s brother Eli visited and the Giants suffered 11 false start penalties because they couldn’t hear their QB signal the snap. Key to Indianapolis’ success has been their the no-huddle offense, Peyton Manning calling his own plays based on what he reads in the defense in front of him rather than taking the call from the coach on the sideline beforehand. But that relies on “audibles” at the line of scrimmage, almost impossible to call in a cauldron of noise.
Bryan Fletcher, #81 , TE, Colts
Bryan who? Ahead of Harrison, Wayne, Stokley, James and Clark as a receiving threat? Fletcher, a Bears cast-off who arrived in Indianapolis this season, has been used primarily as a blocker to keep the pressure off Manning, but he has also been used effectively in a play that exposes blitzing teams like Seattle: a screen pass, rolling out of his pass block behind several huge offensive linemen on the flank then taking a quick pass from Manning over the heads of onrushing defenders.
Interesting trivia
After voting was announced this week, Indianapolis have a league-high seven players heading to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii at season’s end. quarterback Manning, running back Edgerrin James, wide receiver Marvin Harrison, and defensive end Dwight Freeney make repeat appearances while center Jeff Saturday, linebacker Cato June and safety Bob Sanders are heading to Honolulu for the first time.
This is the first in regular-season game in NFL history to match teams that have combined for 25 victories.
Only a handful of teams have ever switched between conferences within the NFL but both these sides are among them, and the Seahawks have done it twice. Seattle were placed in the NFC West in their first ever season, 1976, before swapping to the American Conference the following season. When the league was realigned in 2002 to accommodate the arrival of the Houston Texans, the Hawks switched back to the National Conference. Meanwhile the Colts were one of three sides (the Browns and Steelers were the others) to join the AFC when the NFL and American Football League merged in 1970. They represented the NFL (and lost) in the 1968 Super Bowl but returned two years later as AFC representatives and won. The two sides represent the traditional images of each conference, with the Seahawks relying heavily on a rush-oriented ball-control offense while the Colts are a high-octane passing team.
Click here for memorabilia!
NFLBriefing.com
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