Colts, Patriots in a League of Their Own
October 23, 2007 by David Kindervater
Filed under Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots
Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
All that last night’s MNF game did was reaffirm that there are two dominant teams in the National Football League — the Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots. Notice I listed the Colts first, but don’t read into it. I was just arranging alphabetically. The Patriots have been my Super Bowl favorite since … well, a long time ago.
The way Indy manhandled the Jags on the road was awe-inspiring. Yet, as impressed as I was with the Colts, I was equally as disappointed in Jacksonville for not showing up for such a big game in front of their home crowd. Sure, starting QB David Garrard left in the second quarter with a leg injury, but he doesn’t play defense. I’ll allow the offense some level of excuse, but the Jags D gave up 400 yards of total offense and a touchdown to TE Dallas Clark that looked like he was warming up playing catch with Peyton Manning. The game lacked the emotion and intensity I thought it would have and for the few days prior I thought Jacksonville actually had a chance in this game, I feel pretty foolish.
Fellow b5er James Edwards has some thoughts on this game at SquibKick.com.
