Another week against another inferior team, another win. Here are some observations

1.) I think this blowout win was not as good as it appeared to be. They came out hot, but then slumped in between. Several dropped passes, three and outs, and a somewhat lazy defense allowed the rams to stay in the game (although it wasn't really anything to panic about). I guess what im saying is, I expected a score like this, but with Sorgi time coming a lot earlier in the game. There wasn't a lot that was bad, but the few times there was sloppy play need to be cleaned up as the Colts enter the meat of their schedule

2.) I think we still havent shaken off the injury bug, though it is far less sevee than previous years *knock on wood". Im not saying that this roster isn;t as healthy as years past, but today we saw injuries to Brown and Wayne. Wayne returned after suffering a "sprained groin" as they called it on the radio, but he came back and looked ok, so im not that concerned *knock on wood". Brown's looked a bit more serious as he had to warp it in ice, but also looks to be a minor one. Still, its frustrating to see these things happen when you get players back only to have new ones possibly showing up on the injury report. (I know ive already done this twice, but we cant afford anymore damnit! *knock on wood")

3.) I think we are going to show more creativity on defense. With the return of Kelvin Hayden and Bob Sanders, I think the reason the Colts played a sort of vanilla defense, is because Coyer is keeping some things close to the chest. Today seemed more of a test drive for Sanders and Hayden to shake off the rust (which they were early on). I dont think Coyer will be too cute with this defense, however, with Hayden being a better cover guy than Jennings and with Powers and Lacey showing similar abilities to Hayden, I wouldn't be surprised to see more blitzes from Bobzilla and other players, leaving our corners, at times, one on one. (mind you I still love the Tampa 2, so dont go thinking im hoping for the colts to turn into blitzburgh or anything

4.) I think special teams is still an issue that can haunt the Colts. Via 18 to 88, I found this tidbit from the game

Field position.  Indy started at the 10, 22, 4, 14, STL 41, 7, 2, 31, 7, and STL 31.  That's 6 drives starting inside the 15 yard line.

Although the Colts offense is capable of scoring from almost anywhere on the field, the likely hood of getting points from consistently starting inside your own 15 is very unlikely. The Colts must find a way to generate some sort of a decent return game or at least a way to force there opponents to punt from an area that will provide breathing room for the offense.

5.) I think the race in both the AFC East and North are going to be interesting down the stretch. The Steelers have ripped off a few nice wins to nearly tie the Bengals for the lead in the North and the Ravens arent too far behind. While it seems like the Patriots are dominating the East, I wouldn't bury the Dolphins or Jets just yet. The Jets are a little iffy, given that they have a rookie QB, but there D can play, and as for the Dolphins, they played a very good Saints team tough and couldn't manage to put the game away. But as history has shown us, the Dolphins always give the Patriots fits and are normally good for at least one win against their division tyrant.