Published On: Mon, Dec 28th, 2009

Curtis Painter was the rookie

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Curtis Painter was the rookie who substituted the NFL MVP Peyton Manning in their last game which resulted to a lose over the Jets. This is was heavily argued by many NFL fans, especially the ones on the Colts’ side. Know more about this news.

Quarterback Peyton Manning’s backup had dreamed of playing in the NFL his whole life, but as he trotted out to the huddle Sunday, Lucas Oil Stadium swelled with fan anger.

The Indianapolis Colts faithful were furious that a rookie sixth-round draft choice who had never taken a pro snap was entrusted with keeping the team’s 14-0 record unblemished.

The former Purdue passer was given a 15-10 lead, 5:36 remaining in the third quarter. His job: Don’t screw it up against the NFL’s No. 1 defense.

Two series later, Painter never saw the blind-side rush from linebacker Calvin Pace that knocked loose the football and led to the New York Jets’ Marques Douglas scoring on a 1-yard fumble return. Then Painter couldn’t rally the Colts in a 29-15 loss.


“That’s how you get it sometimes,” he said, after completing 4-of-11 passes for 44 yards with one interception. He was sacked twice. He finished with a passer rating of 11.2.

“You can’t be up by 50 every time. Sometimes, your name gets called. So I had to go into the situation and unfortunately we couldn’t hold it off and finish it.”

In fairness to Painter, the game-changing play wasn’t his fault. Reserve tight end Tom Santi was supposed to stop Pace.

“Bad technique on my part,” the second-year pro said. “It was me. It was not Curtis’ fault. I didn’t get my block. The guy came around the edge, and Curtis didn’t have a chance to see it. That’s my fault.”

The players on both teams couldn’t help but notice the boos. Manning was pulled to protect him from possible injury with the team’s AFC No. 1 seed and home-field advantage secure. But it didn’t make sense to many supporters who thought the Colts were going for 15-0 by playing their three-time NFL MVP quarterback so long.

Curtis Painter returns to lead the offense. He threw for an eye popping 3985 yards and 22 TD completing a respectable 59% of his passes. But if Purdue is going to be successful he has to cut down on the 19 interceptions he threw.

He’ll have plenty of targets to throw to since the top seven receivers from last year all return. Dorien Bryant is his favorite target catching 87 balls last year for 1068 yards and 6 TD. But it’s not like there is a huge drop off after Bryant. Greg Orton and tight end Dustin Keller each caught over 50 balls. Throwing the ball will not be a problem for the Boilermakers.

But Tiller is smart enough to know they need more balance. He has hinted that he would like his team to be tougher and do a little more power running. We may even see…a fullback? This pleases Kory Sheets and Jaycen Taylor who shared the load at running back last year. They each got 100 carries and combined 1357 yards and 15 TD.

If anything kills the offense this year it’s going to be the offensive line. They have to replace both the guard and tackle on the left side. If that wasn’t bad enough, injuries over the offseason have devastated the guys who are coming back. Projected starters Jordan Grimes and Eric Hedstrom are sitting out preseason practices. Projected left tackle Garrett Miller sat out the spring and is still not playing. Tiller is shuffling guys around like a subway con man hiding the queen while Curtis Painter is waking up at 3 AM in a cold sweat.

The Defense

Good God was Purdue bad on defense. Check out their NCAA rankings.

Purdue returns nine starters on defense which can be good or bad depending on how you look at it. It’s good in that they have a lot of experience. It’s bad in that they have a lot of experience in giving up a lot of yards and points.

Much of their woes fell on the shoulders of the defensive line which was basically Anthony Spencer and the Speed Bumps. This year Spencer is doing his thing in the NFL leaving the Speed Bumps without a front man. It’s like The E Street Band without Bruce Springsteen. They suck. Alex Magee is going to move from tackle to end to make room for sophomore Mike Neal. Unfortunately as I write this both guys are injured and not practicing as is end Mike McDonald. Like the offensive line, Tiller is scrambling for bodies. So if you’re a 300 lb freshman at Purdue reading this, you might want to show up for practice this week. They could use you.

The linebackers will have to replace George Hall who earned All Big Ten honorable mention. Stanford Keglar plays the strong side. He has the most starting experience but temporarily lost his job for a few games last year. Middle linebacker Dan Bick suffered a neck injury and missed the spring. He’s just now returning to contact but his health is obviously a concern. The weakside linebacker spot has red flags all over it. Anthony Heygood played running back the first half of last year before switching sides. Now he’s starting. His backup is Jeff Lindsay, a redshirt freshman that has never really settled on a position.

You would think the defensive backs would be pretty good after practicing against that high flying offense every week. You would be wrong. But in their defense they started two true freshmen last year. CB Royce Adams and safety Brandon Erwin are a year wiser now so improvement is likely, but Erwin is nursing a groin injury. Cornerback Terrell Vinson is a smurf standing only 5’9″

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