but congrats to the Chargers. Their special teams played great and they definitely won the field position battle. Peyton is still awesome, just not his best night, that’s for sure.

Is he done? Shanahan time?!?

Perhaps the stupidest play call I’ve ever seen.

Empty Backfield? Are you freaking kidding me? One, you should run it, and if you’re going to pass, at least call a freakin play-action. Terrible.

Unfortunately, we caught the wrong end of the coin flip, and the wrong end of the seeding rules. But the Colts earned that loss.

An exciting season thanks to Peyton but he can’t do it all. The combination of the inability to run the ball and the inability to stop the run is tough to over come during the season. In the playoffs, it’s fatal almost every game. Mental mistakes in the form of penalties didn’t help but it’s the run that is sending us home.

The O-line has got to be the top priority in the off season. We could put boyh Jimmy Brown and Barry Sanders in our backfield and not gain 100 yards in a game.

Always has been, and always will be.

I love the team…love the players…and will be right back cheering in September. But so many years of flaming out in the playoffs…..sigh.

to win more games than any other team in the past ten years and only have one superbowl championship……..ridiculous. I’ll still keep cheering them on though. It’s just too bad because Peyton is getting older.

The Colts had the game in hand… could not get two yards, or stop 3rd and long. Forget the refs or the coin toss… great teams do not lose games like that.

As for the Eagles fan that posted earlier… how many super bowls have the eagles won?

i have never been a big “blame the refs” kind of guy. ron winter and his crew blew it in OT. inexcusable in a playoff game. “jeff saturday holds while lying on the ground but mcneill doesn’t while bear-hugging freeney FROM BEHIND. over and over again.” garbage. congrats to bolts fans on their 9-9 season.

Now we get to wonder if Dungy returns, if not, what the staff looks like. Marvin? Edge? Oh, the humanity!

maybe this will help the pain…

mike vanderjagt??

He is going to spend time with his son his SR. year of school

First, to get it out of the way, because its what I’m best at: It was nice to get a replay of the Green bay game. Yep, Ron Winters, most of the penatlies you called against the Colts were there (the Tim Jennings “holding” not with standing). My problem with you, Ron, was the fact that you didn’t call it both ways. Freeney and Mathis held all night, the Colts receivers jammed beyond 5 yards, a couple illegal hands to the face not called, and a blatant tripping on one of Darren Sproles runs. None of that happened in your world, Ron, and thats the problem. I don’t mind the ticky-tack holding on Foster. I don’t mind the face mask. They occurred and they are part of the rule book – and you should follow the rules. My problem is the complete disproportionate handling of the rules Ron Winters’ crew showed in the Green Bay AND Chargers games.

Second, you’ll hear a lot about how Peyton can’t handle 3-4 defenses, again. Take comfort in the fact that these people are, once again, morons. Reggie, how about catching one of those 2 balls on the first drive. Gonzo, nice catches, run your 3rd down routes deeper. O-Line, wanna block someone?

Freeney and Mathis played lights out. If you had told me the D-Line would play this well and we’d make Rivers look his skill level, I would have thought it was a rout.

I don’t share the sentiment that this team is resilent. You have to be able to pull these games out in the playoffs. I’ve been saying it all along. I know they won that super bowl, but how many should they have won with this roster?

More important, this team won’t look the same this year. Saturday is probably gone. Hayden is probably gone. I’m not sure, but everytime I remember Hayden saying he wants to test the market I’m always greeted to a missed tacke in the open field. Harrison is gone. I hope Diem is gone. There is a ton of work that needs to be done to this team and Peyton Manning continues to do us all a disservice by covering it up with stellar regular season play. If he would just suck for one season and allow the Colts to have something to work with in the draft, instead of willing the Colts to the playoffs and then going out in the first round and getting them a #25 pick. I understand, the Colts couldn’t afford a top 10 pick, but #15 wouldn’t be too bad, and it would be nice in rounds 2-4.

If Manning has 5 years left, its time to retool the team and not hang on to pieces. Polian has shown with Edge that he can let people go, so I’m hoping he can do it again.

As is my want, I’ll yap yap yap yap yap during the season, and now, after the one and done, I’ll go into Sports Fan Hiding (right after my buckeyes get demolished by texas, it’ll be a 2 for 2 weekend in the nideak house hold). See you all around week 1 of next year.

Remember, if you start to turn purple from drinking, you should probably only have one more drink before purging.

Did not meet my fantasy expectations for the NFL playoff challenge…. i think the Colts should cut him loose.

Utah should be # 1 at seasons end.

i think he realizes he does not have the dominate team… even when he did, they somehow ended up giving it away. be thankful for what you had.

I am glad shanahan got fired now!

What other hall of fame QB has been done in by kickers and punters, more than Peyton Manning??

go to bed and then to church tomorrow.

A disappointment but at the same time it was expected by anyone who has watched this team all season so nobody should really be angry or shocked or anything of that sort.

We knew their run D was mediocre

We knew the Lbs continually were out of position

We knew their run game sucked and was historically bad

We knew Indy likes to make bad playcalls on 3rd and short

We knew that on 3rd and long Indy gives up an insane amount of conversions

We knew Indy cant tackle small RBs

We knew Indy cant return or cover punts

We knew that Dungy and the rest of the coaching staff will never change things that do not work and fix the issues on the team since they havent the entire season

The only thing that gave us hope was that Manning would somehow be able to give us all a bit more magic and save the team and the magic simply ran out. He played great but it is damn near impossible to be able to carry a team on your shoulders in the playoffs and win especially when the other team has game planned strictly to stop you.

The only bright spot in all this is that it was easy to see that had Indy won they were going to lose next week or maybe even the week after and there was no chance this team was going to win a SB. I’d rather they lose now than maybe get lucky into the SB and get killed.

Another thing is that

All I ask for in the off season is that dungy retires, they get a real coach that will prepare this team for the playoffs and they work on the defense and run game.

I will be pissed off if Manning ends up retiring with the greatest career ever for a QB but onyl has 1 SB ring to show for it because this organization has their heads up their asses and thinks he is enough to carry them. That a qb like Big Ben may win his 2nd SB this year, the inferior Eli may get his 2nd straight or KERRY COLLINS may get to his 2nd SB while manning may never play in another one really cheeses me off.

It is time Polian steps up and commits to building a true championship quality team. Their passing game is there as are freeney and mathis and MAYBE their safety unit butt the rest of this team needs a huge overhaul. They have below average LB skill, weak DT skill and their CB quality is average at best. On offense well the run game is clearly the glaring hole and special teams need a huge overhaul.

Manning greatness was shown tonight not simply in his very good performance but in the fact that you were watching the game knowing that there is a guy so good that he was able to take an average team throughout the season and get them int that game and he has done that for most of his career. If you put even an above average qb onto that Colts team since 98 with everyone else being the same they would be perennial 8-8 or worse finishers.

We shall see if polian actually cares about hos job or simply continues with the status qou

I’m not a Chargers fan, and the refs screwed you over pretty good in OT, but after arguing with Colts fans on the Jags blog about Manning, I have to say this: Once again Manning chokes in the playoffs. Taking that sack in the Colts 2nd to last possession of the 4th was just terrible. He held the ball too long, he had time to pump fake, that’s inexcusable for any QB, much less the great Peyton Manning. And if he’s so great, why are you handing the ball off when you have 30 seconds to score, with a terrible running game, amazing receivers, and (supposedly) the greatest QB of all-time? Matt Ryan beat the Bears earlier this year with 16 seconds left (or maybe 11, I don’t remember, either way it wasn’t 30). I know you Colts fans are just gonna fire back with the typical “well, how ’bout them Jaguars”, so you can save it, I know. Just cherish the only super bowl Peyton ever has, and will, win. I’ll admit, I wish the Jags were as lucky to have that.

Oh wait, while I’m on this site… Peyton Manning, MVP? What the fuck, you got to be kidding me?! I’d put Michael Turner, Drew Brees, Kurt Warner, Adrian Peterson, Albert Haynseworth, Philip Rivers, Chad Pennington, and even Matt Ryan ahead of Peyton. Peyton’s just an overrated media darling and post-season choker. And what’s with the hair?! I guess it didn’t work out for him! I laughed my ass off when they showed that shot of him carefully fixing his hair. I know your used to being in a commercial when you see cameras around, but you’re playing football dude, it’s okay if your hair isn’t perfectly parted! I mean, when Chris Collingsworth is making fun of you… that’s just bad!

I’m a Colts fan. My thoughts

First, the Colts didn’t deserve to win that game. The offense really didn’t do what it needed to do. Seven of our points came on a mix up with the SD defense. Give credit to San Diego’s defense. They’re definitely tough.

Our defense played well. The pressure was there and both the turnovers were at big points. Again, the offense should be able to get more than 10 honest points when the defense plays like that. Addai had a disappointing performance. If he keeps this up, he won’t be getting resigned when his contract expires (2 years i think).

FInally, I hate to see a game decided by so many penalties (or lack of). I’m not sure if it’s just because of the side I root for, but I thought Rivers should have been penalized for intentional grounding on that one FUCKING pass in OT. GIVE ME A BREAK!!! That was not a legitimate pass attempt, that was him throwing the ball in the grass underhanded while he was being bear hugged before being throw to the ground by a Colt defender. If that was the correct call by the books, that rule needs to be changed. I don’t think I’ld feel differently if they called that against Peyton. Defensive holding on the defensive line?!? I know that’s a rule, but when does that get called? That other call where it looked like they threw the flag on pass interference (the flag wasn’t thrown earlier, it was thrown when there was contact between the receiver and the Colt DB while the ball was in the air) was crap. And the 15 yard facemask, that was legit but if you have the game DVRed or remember, the SD offensive lineman had his hand all under our LB (I believe Sessions) facemask. He was palming his face like a basketball. But they call our guy for facemasking, which is in the same line of sight. It’s sad to have a game like that decided by penalties. I honestly thought they might put the refs up on the horse trailer after the game. When deciding playoff crews, the NFL should automatically toss out the least penalizing and most penalizing crews (the crew in this game was the most penalizing) during the regular season. Those calls reminded me of the GB game and the defensive delay of game. Anyways, I could go on and on. I’m done whining. Just so disappointing. At least my weekends are free.

Credit to Sproles, and the Chargers D. They won that game.

im tried of the small defence, i tried of having 18 sit on the sideline , while the d makes pointless mistakes.. please tony leave indy, COLTS NEED A DEFENCE THAT CAN STOP THE RUN. I SICK AND TRIED OF YOU TONY. LEAVE NOW!