Colts Prevail
November 16th, 2009 | by brooksbusch |Analyst and media outlets throughout the country were building up Sunday night’s game between the Patriots and Colts, as the biggest game of the season. With two of the AFC’s elite teams once again facing off in prime time and Brady and Manning facing off in another epic matchup, this game lived up to the all the hype. This game couldn’t have been scripted any better, from amazing catches, stressing coaching decisions, and elite players performing at elite levels all over the field, this game had it all. Even though Sunday’s win against the Patriots was a great win for this Colts team, the Patriots did expose many of the problems that Colts fans have been fearful of all season.
The Patriots knew coming into this game that the Colts were banged up on the defensive side of the ball, and it definitely showed. The Colts surrendered 113 rushing yards and 375 passing yards, but more importantly they gave up a whopping 34 points. Granted the Patriots have one of the best offenses in the league, and coming into this game both sides were expecting a shoot out. Even with the porous effort by the defense much credit should go to Melvin Bullitt who made the key tackle at the end of the game to set the Colts up for the game winning drive. However, the Colts cannot afford to play like that through the rest of the season and into the playoffs. They cannot always rely on Manning to win games for them and constantly outgun opponents.
This is the second week in a row that the Colts have been able to pull out victories in games where they could have lost very easily. Last weekend a missed field goal at the end of regulation gave the Colts a big division win against the Texans, and this weekend they managed to pull out a win after a questionable coaching decision. You want to see the Colts pull out big wins in close games, however, the “cardiac colts” may not be able to pull out these wins in the playoffs. Coming off this week you would like to see the Colts correct their problems and come out with another big win against a tough Baltimore Ravens team.
By Stew on Nov 16, 2009
I said it earlier this year, but Mathis showed he is just as important to the defense as Dwight, and came up with some huge plays throughout the game