Week 17: Wednesday Colts Injury Report

Going 14-2 could end a little bit of the what-ifs talk more than if we went 15-1 by winning against the Bills. So, losing the Bills’ game would be in fact good for dampening the public hoopla surrounding Bill Polian and the coaching staff just a tad bit, IMO.

As far as the players, not sure. I was talking to a co-worker of mine that is a big Pats fan, he told me that he felt that the Patriots of 2007 almost squeaked through the playoffs barely based on the momentum of their undefeated season. Though they were playing playoffs Ds, except for maybe 1 divisional round game against the Jaguars, their offense was not as dominant or sharp as it was in the regular season. It almost seemed like there was enough of their intensity drained offensively in the pursuit of a perfect regular season. They just were not sharp in the Chargers AFCCG or in the Super Bowl offensively, in fact it was their experienced but older D that kept them in those games. Credit does need to go to the Ds that they were facing but based on how the entire year went, a little more was expected of the Patriots than scoring 21 and 14 points in the AFCCG and Super Bowl against the Chargers and the Giants, IMO. Both these teams, they had played much better offensively against them in the regular season.

If there was any element of truth to that, the end of perfection could serve as a test of character of our players’ veteran leadership and could help them re-charge their batteries. People think that winning the SB (or winning back-to-back SBs) would be the only way they can make up for giving up on the perfect season so timidly but they are wrong. They were never related to each other in the first place, so one would not make up for the lack of the other whatsoever. I expect this team to play loose knowing they have only 1 thing to play for now. The key however is the younger players, they are not used to stopping their momentum on a dime and resume it later in the playoffs. All the healthy younger players should get playing time – especially Brown. It does not make up for the disappointment caused by the decision from the GM and coaching staff but I sure would welcome a Thursday night opener in Indianapolis for the defending SB champion, maybe a Manning Bowl II.:)

Just trying to stay positive amid all the negativity floating around right now to get through this week :-).

You forgot the following players on the injury list:

Deep Depression: Peyton Manning, Jeff Saturday, Joseph Addai, Reggie Wayne, Dallas Clark.

Stewing Emotions: Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne, Dallas Clark.