Was Shanahan Wrong Deactivating Haynesworth vs. Indy

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

I agree that could have been a reason, but Manning is so efficient at his position that you have to "force" him into making mistakes. Chances are better at accomplishing that with pressure than with coverage simply because it's so difficult to confuse him with coverages. Last night we tried to confuse him and wound up confusing ourselves.

I see your point, given time Payton will pick anyone apart so lets get a good rush on him and force mistakes. I understand.

The other way is to take away his biggest threat, his passing ability. It sounded like the run was not the Colts best attribute this year and the bigger threat was the pass. So take away the pass and he's left with a mediocre run. That alone should have helped. Problem was the Colts run game was better then we thought and Payton still found away to get his WR's the ball. Although it's not hard when the CB's are running down field not looking for the ball even after the WR turns to look for the ball. I'm so glad Hall said he had a bad day cause he is guilty of this many times over yesterday.