It's water under the bridge anyways. There was only one team left that was going to end the Patriots march towards perfection, Colts, San Diego's defense and offense will be again exposed as average in New England. There is no replacment for good coaching and flawless execution.

Brendan you have said it, do you think Tom Brady would have been off vacationing on his bye week. I know that has nothing to do with the Colts/Chagers post, my point is that the Pat's do not take anything, and I'll reiiterate anything for granted. Do you think Norv is going to outcoach Bill? Rivers is going to get it handed to him and I'll love it. He's like one of those jerks you grew up with who mouths off when they're way ahead, then blows the game.

I think Mike Vrabel said it best, "Rivers face it, you'll never be Drew Brees!"

"A Kenton Keith drop led to an interception on the goal-line, and Marvin Harrison's fumbled killed another drive." "Peyton Manning can't take the blame for this one; the Colts offense was hardly stopped all day."

Funny huh? If I didn't remember wrong, it were Manning's 2 interceptions which ended Indy's other 2 potential scoring drives. It doesn't matter, Manning's fans like Rosenthal will defend: those were deflected passes... Alright, those were the best decisions a QB could make in the situations.
I can't disagree that "the Colts was hardly stopped", but you can say the same thing for the Chargers offense too. Using that as excuse for Manning? Excuse me. In a close shootout like yesterday's game, you don't have a lot of margin for error. 2 INTs?!
Sally was right on Manning's inability to deliver in the final series. What I would like to add is, watch Manning's face on the bench during last few minutes, if you have a tape of the game. Tell me what you would describe the looking...Calm, confident, huh?

SD shouldn't beat Colts? That's absurd. I would say if they play 10 times head to head, it is most likely a 5-5. I agree, of course, Colts is one of Pats' toughest opponents. But so is an emotional, motivated Chargers team. They overcame a slow start of the season and came back as a scary team into the post-season. They just pulled off an incredible win against Indy with so many back-ups in key positions. I have a lot of respect to them, as a PATs fan.

If Dungy and Harrison leave, its the end of an era. I still think they will be good, just different.

And as a lifelong Pats fan, I'm not sure how to take accusations that I'm a Manning apologist.

Let me see. The Chargers have beaten the Colts three straight times (twice at the RCA Dome. So are we all saying the Colts beat themselves three straight times? Self flagellation? Get real, folks. Chargers have their number.

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