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Looking long term the Colts are going to own their division for years. To get to the Super Bowl we are going to have to build our team to beat them, and then rely on that same general configuration that should keep us competitive in our division. What it means is we have to compete with the expectation that 70% of passes will be completed, and that means we will have to have an offense that consumes time when it wants to, and scores quickly when we need to. This points more to personnel than it does to Sutton. To get there we have to ugrade a guard position so that Davis can be more effective in the middle and so Alex has longer in the pocket to allow receivers to get open down the field more. So we have to upgrade at WR as well. Where it gets interesting is what to do defensively. What the Colts do so well, and always have done well is tackle. It forces more punts and their offense is on the field all the time. That is what we have to do. We made like so difficult all year by not delivering defensively on 3rd downs. We have to play close to the line of scrimmage like they do. To that end, we have to say goodbye to Hali. He doesn't fit what we have to do moving forward. Other secondary weak links obviously have to go too. The bottom line is we have to build this team to beat one team, the Colts, or we can forget the Super Bowl for another 15 years. It doesn't even matter what other teams in the league do. If there's a plan B then sell it.
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