Not Dead Yet and a Little Home Cookin'

Looks like people wrote the obituary a bit prematurely. I don't know if the New York Giants are a good team or not, but they got completely dominated (physically, mentally, and on the scoreboard) in all phases yesterday. The Colts displayed their incredible array of weapons, and the most effective may have been punter/kickoff specialist Pat McAfee. He kicked off 7 times. 6 ended up as touchbacks, and the 7th was brought out from 6 yards deep and returned all the way out to the 13 yard line. That's an average starting position of the 19-yard line for the Giants. For those who remember the 2008 playoff loss to San Diego and the incredible field posession battle the Colts fought that entire game, McAfee was equally dominant last night.

And oh yeah. There's that Manning guy. He showed his little brother exactly what an offense should look like. If anyone needed a lesson in "efficiency," that's what it looks like. Not a wasted motion, not a wasted throw; and 400+ yards of total offense while seemingly always in the right play. The Colts showed they aren't simply a one-dimentional team you can beat with a game plan. They showed they aren't a soft, finesse group you can physically dominate. And they showed the game in Houston was an anomaly.

True, home games are much easier on the emotions than roadies are, but THAT was Colts football. I don't claim to know or have the answers about what happened in Houston. But the problems were immenently fixable. The Colts went from passive, submissive victims to a dominant force; and where they got simply man-handled against the Texans; the Colts defense so frustrated Giants running back Brandon Jacobs that he flung his helmet into the stands in anger. What a difference a week makes.

This 2010 season - and for as long as the personnel stays largely the same with the necessary tweaks here and there - will be enjoyable for Colts fans, and yes...it will end with a playoff appearance. No team in the NFL would have defeated the Colts last night, and they're the most consistent thing since "sunrise." Tear up the obituary. Please tell Keyshawn and Cris Carter they can come off their high horse (have any 2 analysists ever been as biased and unqualified as those 2??). And please pull "Blue" off the ledge. The 2010 Colts? They're just getting started.

Bob Sanders just got hurt again.

RT Brightman