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The Colts can be proud of their season, even though they clearly wish some things had gone differently last night. The writing was on the wall when Tracy Porter ran 74 yards on that interception with the Saints six points up and about five minutes left in the game.
Another classic come-from-behind win. I liked the post-game festivities, what Jim Irsay, Coach Caldwell, Peyton et al had to say. A focused, decent bunch that excels because they love what they do.
A great Saturday night in Lucas Oil Stadium. Lots of slick moves and turnovers. Pierre Garcon is definitely one of the season’s fully-risen stars.
That missed Houston field goal with one second left on the clock will no doubt be searing Texan memory for some time.
A nice if not-so-elegant win against San Francisco on a retracted-roof afternoon in Lucas Oil Stadium. Defense was important, as Peyton concedes that the team never really found a rhythm.
Rushing-and-touchdown wiz Joseph Addai says he’ll have no torn loyalties this coming Sunday when they play his hometown of Houston this coming Sunday, that he got over that about the second time the two squads matched up.
How long ago – or not so long ago – was it that it would have seemed like a flying-donkeys scenario for the only team better than Indy in the league would be the New Orleans Saints?
On the road in Nashville.
Austin Collie is quickly joining the ranks of legendary receivers with whom the record-setting Peyton Manning has connected over the years.
Now, don’t choke in the playoffs this winter!
In Lucas Oil Stadium. Marvin Harrison got emotional when he set the number two all-time receiver record. It was cool to watch, because it was one of those “I-did-that” moments. I know when I’ve achieved something that really meant a lot to me, I’ve felt that way.
Jim Sorgi proved himself an able backup to Peyton.
To be sure, Tennessee was just plain off-stride.
A classic Colts-style comeback-from-a-daunting-deficit-style win in Jacksonville. Is that Peyton Manning cool or what? First seventeen passes completed.
And playoff action is assured.
At home in Lucas Oil stadium, against Cincinnati. As you can see by the score, the drama went out of this one pretty fast.
Indy loses its top ranking in the AFC, though, due to Tennessee’s victory.
In San Diego. Adam Vinatieri pulls them through once again. He knew his field goal was the deal-closer even while the ball was still in mid-sail.
Playoff hopes remain alive.
Classic Colts way of winning – coming back from a ten-point trailing – and historic – the first Colts victory in Pittsburgh in forty years – but Coach Dungy and the squad are still facing a four-game deficit in the contest for top position in the AFC South.
May the lack of a margin for error be the spark of intensified focus.
Important victory for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the well-established rivalry between the Pats and Indy. In classic Colts fashion, its’ an Adam Vinatieri field goal that puts them over the line.
First time the Indianapolis Colts have ever played at home with sunlight beaming onto their helmets.
The game was a classic example of what early momentum can do for your attitude. One kind of wonders the point at which Baltimore saw the writing on the wall.
A surprise-filled afternoon in Houston. A blown Indy lead, a deficit that looked insurmountable by the beginning of the fourth quarter, and then the climb back, culminating in the Payton Manning-to-Reggie Wayne air attack with 1:54 left to go. And another interception after that, with less than a minute left.
That’s the way this team does it.
And the Colts’ points all happened in the fourth quarter. That’s the way they’ve won the games that have been the most satisfying to watch since the Dungy - Manning era got underway.
Not the way to start a new season in a new stadium, but it’s not the end of the world. Bob Sanders, Peyton Manning, Coach Dungy et al all concurred that Chicago just outplayed them.
Makes me not feel so bad about my off-nights as a musician.
A confirmed playoff berth. Four record-setting touchdown passes by Manning. Grreat interceptions.
Looks like a fifth straight AFC South title is in the offing. It was one of those wacky games so characteristic of Colts wins in this current dynasty. Full of challenges and other surprises. Sure want to see Manning get some of his fave receivers back in shape, though.
It was a wild one. San Diego running back Darren Sproles’s touchdown on the kickoff return may have thrown our guys off-kilter a bit. In true Colts fashion, they came back mightily early in the fourth quarter with two touchdowns and a two-point conversion, but Vinatieri’s missed field goal kept them from fully turning things around.
