Bal offense 15th 100.5 rush - [11th] / 182.9 pass - [18th]
defense 21st 94.1 rush - [16th] / 198.8 pass - [20th]
scoring 16.5 for - [17th] / 15.3 against - [6th]
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Hou offense 13th 93.0 rush - [14th] / 192.0 pass - [10th]
defense 6th 26.9 rush - [1st] / 224.5 pass - [25th]
scoring 17.5 for - [15th] / 13.1 against - [4th]
key matchups:
HB Ronnie Coleman (824 yds/7 TDs) vs. LB Stan White (66 Tackles)
WR Roger Carr (36 rec/628 yds/3 TDs) vs. CB Willie Alexander (2 INTs/1 TDs)
prediction:
Baltimore 15, Houston 19
defense 21st 94.1 rush - [16th] / 198.8 pass - [20th]
scoring 16.5 for - [17th] / 15.3 against - [6th]
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Hou offense 13th 93.0 rush - [14th] / 192.0 pass - [10th]
defense 6th 26.9 rush - [1st] / 224.5 pass - [25th]
scoring 17.5 for - [15th] / 13.1 against - [4th]
key matchups:
HB Ronnie Coleman (824 yds/7 TDs) vs. LB Stan White (66 Tackles)
WR Roger Carr (36 rec/628 yds/3 TDs) vs. CB Willie Alexander (2 INTs/1 TDs)
prediction:
Baltimore 15, Houston 19
A sack on each of the Oilers' first two possessions and now a third-down sack to push Houston out of field-goal range near the end of the first half ... as was reported here last week, Mike Bell, Baltimore's first-round pick out of Arizona State in NFL79, has turned into one of the league's most disruptive defensive forces.
ReplyDeleteDefense Tackles Sacks Knocks
DE1 Mike Bell 4 3
The Colts' offense has bogged down as teams are overplaying Bert Jones's passing options with John Goodie installed at HB1.
ReplyDeletePassing Att Com Yds Pct Lg TD Int
QB1 Bert Jones 12 4 121 33% 65 1 1
Rushing Car Yds Avg Lg TD
HB1 John Goodie 8 27 3.4 16
Billy Sims will likely be back from his knee injury in the next couple of weeks, but will Baltimore's playoff hopes be sidelined by then?
Jones who looked so good early on in thes season has really been struggling. I saw this game in many ways as a test for these two quarterbacks. Pastorini has also been struggling this season, showing his age, but he's been very good in this very important game.
ReplyDeleteRushing Car Yds Avg Lg TD
ReplyDeleteHB1 Ronnie Coleman 29 148 5.1 13 2
The eighth-year pro lost his HB1 job in training camp but reclaimed it after two weeks of NFL81, and, with about seven minutes to go in this game and Houston trying to protect a 10-point lead, he might well eclipse 1,000 yards on the season in this game.
Coleman is the league's surest-handed runner. His 222 rushing attempts before this game ranked fifth in NFL81, and Coleman had ZERO fumbles--still has no fumbles, in fact. Only one other runner in the top 10 in rushing attempts had fewer than two fumbles on the season, and that's New Orleans HB1 Rick Lockwood, who also hadn't fumbled. Counting rushing attempts and receptions, Lockwood had 236 touches through 11 weeks; Coleman, 238.
Coleman entered this week ranked seventh in NFL81 with 824 rushing yards and tied for second with seven rushing touchdowns.
Coleman's 1976 card says he "made Oilers' squad as free agent (out of Alabama A&M) in 1974 and was sensation of pre-season play as he led entire NFL in rushing." Since then, there have been annual calls around draft day for Bum Phillips to snag one of the flashier collegian ball-carriers.
Alas, on runs reliable Ronnie--quite possibly the MVP of the great NFL76-era Oilers.