headerimg
#1

its share of tough draws. [url=http://www.shoptheo

in Stronghold Wed Aug 15, 2018 4:35 am
by zhanjiao1212 • Farseer | 645 Posts | 6450 Points

CLEVELAND - Andrew Luck was indecisive, unsteady and inaccurate. Natrell Jamerson Jersey . For 57 minutes, he looked nothing like a franchise quarterback or one of the NFLs biggest stars.Given a final chance by the Browns, Luck redeemed himself and rescued the Colts.Bottled up all afternoon by Clevelands swarming defence, Luck threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to T.Y. Hilton with 32 seconds left, rallying Indianapolis to a 25-24 win on Sunday.He just had that fire in his eyes, Colts running back Daniel Herron said.Luck had helped the Browns build a 14-point lead with his fumble that was recovered in the end zone for a touchdown, and by throwing an interception returned by rookie cornerback Justin Gilbert for a TD. Starting at his own 10 with 3:46 left, Luck took the Colts (9-4) on an 11-play, 90-yard drive.Some real bonehead mistakes, Luck said. Cant do that, but it feels good to win on the road, in this fashion against a very good team. Made enough plays when it mattered just to get it done.Before Luck, who threw two picks and was sacked three times, connected on his second TD pass to Hilton, Herron picked up 2 yards on a critical fourth down to keep the drive going.Luck finished with 294 yards passing, picking up 208 in the second half. He has 12,501 yards for his career, surpassing Peyton Mannings mark for the first three seasons.The Browns (7-6) got two defensive TDs, but Clevelands offence, led by struggling quarterback Brian Hoyer, couldnt do enough to keep the teams playoff hopes from fading. The Browns picked up only three first-downs after halftime and missed a chance to host Cincinnati next week with the AFC North lead on the line.Its a kick in the gut, Browns coach Mike Pettine said. Its an opportunity that we let go. We know our margin for error is now zero, that weve got to win our last three or were done.Hoyers hold on his starting job over rookie Johnny Manziel has never been more tenuous. He completed 14 of 31 passes for 140 yards and threw two interceptions, a performance that did nothing to solidify Hoyers standing on the depth chart. Pettine said he did not consider switching to Manziel during the game like he did last week in Buffalo, but would not commit to Hoyer for next week.I have to play better, Hoyer said. With each game that goes by, there are less and less opportunities to figure out how this season is going to go.Down 24-19 and time running out, Luck completed a 27-yard pass to rookie Donte Moncrief on third down, and the Colts got 35 yards when Browns cornerback Buster Skrine was called for interference on the next play.Herron, though, made the drives biggest play. On fourth down at the 3, he ran right and was initially stopped at the line. But Herron spun away from the pile and cut inside safety Donte Whitner for the first down.That was all Boom Herron right there, Luck said. That was a great run and probably one of the best half-a-yard runs Ive ever seen in my life.Adam Vinatieri kicked a pair of field goals for Indianapolis, which trailed 14-7 at halftime and by 14 early in the third.The Colts were reeling, but Luck found a way.He moved Indianapolis into position for Vinatieris 51-yard field goal to make it 21-10. After Clevelands offence went three-and-out, Luck connected with Hilton on a 42-yard TD pass to make it 21-16.The Colts 2-point conversion attempt was intercepted by safety Jim Leonhard, but the Browns gave the ball right back with another unproductive series. Vinatieris 33-yard field got the Colts within two, but the Browns went up 24-19 on Billy Cundiffs 39-yarder with 8:34 left.Clevelands Isaiah Crowell scored on a 9-yard run with 1:14 left in the half, completing a 77-yard drive that may have saved Hoyer from being benched in the second half.Hoyer had badly overthrown wide-open Taylor Gabriel on the second play of the drive, triggering more boos and louder cries for Manziel. Hoyer bounced back on the next play, rifling a 27-yard pass over the middle to Travis Benjamin.Clevelands defence manhandled the NFLs top offence in the first half, holding the Colts to 117 total yards and harassing Luck on nearly every throw.NOTES: Colts C Jonotthan Harrison (neck) and RG Joe Reitz (ankle) both left with injuries did not return. Pagano said both would undergo further evaluations. ... With just one catch for 5 yards, WR Reggie Wayne had his NFL record streak of consecutive games with three or more catches snapped at 82. ... Return specialist Joshua Cribbs, who spent eight seasons with the Browns, saw a similar type of team to the ones he was on in Cleveland. They got a hungry group of young guys that just suffer from the same thing — they gotta finish, he said.___AP NFL websites: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Jermon Bushrod Jersey . -- Phil Mickelson will be watching the final two rounds of the Masters from home for the first time in 17 years. Kurt Coleman Jersey . If Vettel wins at Suzuka on Sunday, and his nearest rival Fernando Alonso finishes worse than eighth, the German driver will join his compatriot Michael Schumacher and Argentine Juan-Manuel Fangio as the only men to win four consecutive titles. http://www.shoptheofficialsaints.com/Elite-Tom-Savage-Saints-Jersey/ .Y. -- Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire will have less time to remain eligible for the Hall of Fame ballot under changes made Saturday.The 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup draw takes place Saturday in Ottawa and from that point on, Canada will know exactly what they’re up against when they host the globe’s top nations. Watch the drama unfold in the 2015 FIFA Womens World Cup Draw LIVE NOW on TSN1, TSN3 and TSN4. Canada will undoubtedly be watching the draw closely, since it was largely a stroke of luck – bad luck – that helped derail their 2011 World Cup aspirations. Heading into the 2011 draw as CONCACAF champions, the Canadians found themselves in the second seeding pot for the draw and wound up in one of the toughest groups in the tournament. The Canadians were handed the two-time defending champions from Germany, the top African qualifiers from Nigeria and a French team that went on to finish fourth at the tournament. Of course, scoring just one goal in three group stage matches was the true death knell for Canada, but the stiff competition did the team no favours. So, what does Saturday’s draw have to offer the Canadian women in terms of hope? Well, a lot, it turns out. The first helping hand comes from an expanded field. The tournament has expanded from 16 to 24 total teams for the 2015 World Cup, with 16 of those advancing to the knockout stage. The top two teams in each group will automatically qualify for the knockouts as will, the top four third-place teams. In simple mathematical terms, the odds of advancing just improved from 50/50 to a two-in-three chance. The other bounce the Canadians will be getting is that they automatically fall into the top seeding group as tournament hosts, meaning they are guaranteed to be free of the top five teams in the world during the group stage. This advantage can not be stressed enough, since two of those five teams wound up in their group last time around. The other five nations emerging as top seeds include: Japan, the United States, Germany, Brazil and France. In order, that’s: the reigning Champions, the reigning Olympic gold medalists, a two-time World Cup champion, a team that has won all but one South American title ever handed out, and the fourth-ranked team in the world. With a two-in-three chance of advancement, the likelihood of a true Group of Death at this tournament is diminished. That said, there is no shortage of scenarios that could make a team’s opening round uncomfortable and – by proxy – make their potential road through the knockout stage a nightmare. The first land mine for any tough group draw will likely come from the European pot: Pot 4. Teams in that group include: Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, England, Norway and the Netherlands. For those unaccustomed to the recent history of women’s soccer, that’s a group that includes: a Norwegian team that has made at least the semifinals in four of five previous World Cups including winning the 1995 title, a Swedish team that has made two of the last three semifinals and an England team that went unbeaten in European qualifying and outscored their opponents 52-1. Pot 3, which houses the remaining Asian and African qualifiers, allso has its share of tough draws. Patrick Robinson Saints Jersey. Its six teams are: Australia, China, Korea Republic, Thailand, Colombia and Ecuador. The strength of the Asian qualifying tournament displays just how tough three of these teams are. Keep in mind that Japan enters this tournament as defending champions and Olympic silver medalists. Australia tied Japan in Asian qualifying, and China and Korea drew on the other side of the tournament. Japan needed extra-time to get by China in the tournament semis and beat Australia by a 1-0 margin in the Asian Cup Final. Three of these teams can hang in there with the champs and could make life very difficult for one of the top seeds. The least threatening pot is likely Pot 2, which houses the African and Oceanic qualifiers as well as the remaining CONCACAF teams: Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Costa Rica, Mexico and New Zealand. That said, it’s a group that still includes a Continental Champion in Nigeria and a New Zealand team that comes in just outside the top 16 teams at the tournament according to the latest FIFA rankings. But what does all this mean for Canada and the top contenders? The possibilities for Canada are vast, since the only guarantees they have are that they will not be drawn with Mexico or Costa Rica out of Pot 2. Since the rules dictate that no team in Pots 2 or 3 can be drawn with a team from their own confederation, Canada will get either New Zealand or one of the African nations in their group. The best news is for Japan. Under the aforementioned confederation rules, they are guaranteed to avoid Australia, Korea Republic and China in the group phase. Brazil, meanwhile, has a 75 per cent chance of getting one of the three. For the other five teams, however, the possibilities are nearly endless. With all due respect to the 24 qualified teams for their achievements in advancing to the Women’s World Cup, here is a best- and worst-case scenario for Team Canada heading into Saturday’s draw based on FIFA’s World Rankings. Best case (FIFA rankings in parentheses): Canada (8), Switzerland (18), Ecuador (49), Ivory Coast (64). Worst case (FIFA rankings in parentheses): Canada (8), Sweden (6), Australia (10), New Zealand (19). Watch the drama unfold in the 2015 FIFA Womens World Cup Draw live Saturday at Noon et/9am pt on TSN1, TSN3 and TSN4. See below for a full table of the seeding pots. Womens World Cup Seeding Pots POT 1 POT 2 POT 3 POT 4 Brazil Cameroon Australia England Canada Costa Rica China Netherlands France Ivory Coast Colombia Norway Germany Mexico Ecuador Spain Japan New Zealand Korea Republic Sweden United States Nigeria Thailand Switzerland Draw rules: No team from Pot 1 may be drawn with a team from their own conference from Pots 2 or 3. Every group will have at least one European qualifier. Cheap Canadiens Jerseys Cheap Predators Jerseys Cheap Devils Jerseys Cheap Islanders Jerseys Cheap Rangers Jerseys Cheap Senators Jerseys Cheap Flyers Jerseys Cheap Penguins Jerseys Cheap Sharks Jerseys Cheap Blues Jerseys Cheap Lightning Jerseys Cheap Maple Leafs Jerseys Cheap Canucks Jerseys Cheap Golden Knights Jerseys Cheap Capitals Jerseys Cheap Winnipeg Jets Jerseys ' ' '

Scroll up


Visitors
0 Members and 169 Guests are online.

We welcome our newest member: selfstudys
Board Statistics
The forum has 6516 topics and 6575 posts.
Visitor record: 493 users on Yesterday 4:10 pm..