Quick Recap: Colts 27, Titans 17

But I went with Addai.

Addai gets my gameball. This is the first time I’ve voted for him in years. If he keeps playing like this and the o-line plays doesn’t play bad (mediocre will do) then I foresee good things in the future.

Were the Colts going for a record or something today? I couldn’t tell, the best announcing crews were elsewhere, all of the talk is about the patriots, steelers, and saints… By nice if the Colts could get one win over the past 21 games, or something.

Played great today. He looked very reliable. He might’ve missed one or two, but I thought they were very difficult catches and mostly something Peyton could have done better on.

Gameball. He was very reliable today. Picked up the needed yardage to get this team into a good position to win. I won’t go so far as to say we don’t win without Addai, but it would’ve probably been a closer game.

I love this Addai renaissance we’ve got going on here. Isn’t dominating on the ground, but is doing the stuff needed to win.

But I do think I’ll buy a Garçon jersey tomorrow. What a game for him.

But it was more for the defense in general.

Chris Johnson’s line vs. the Colts this year:
36 carries, 147 yards, 4.08 yds/carry. Long of 11.

His previous longest run in a game, not counting the Colts, was 18. Next lowest? 30. That means in 9/12 games this season, he’s had a run of 30+ yards. The Colts never let him get more than 11.

Also, if you take out the Pittsburgh game, the lowest YPC he’s had, minus the Colts, was 4.4 against the Jets. It is, in fact, a myth that the Colts cannot stop the run.

Indy Lori and I kept commenting how we couldn’t believe what he was doing out there. Lots of 5-yarders and several RELIABLE 1st downs (though there was a 4th and inches that scared me a bit). Oh and it was fun to learn that neither Indy Lori nor I am a serial killer… that was nice.

probably one of the most consistent games he has had yet. Makes us not miss Gonzo much at all at this point.

think it was in teh first half. Peyton appeared to be upset with something Collie had done, but the TV brodcast did not show it.

I believe it happened on the play over the middle, a third down, Collie running a slant or an in. Finnegan was molesting him, but since it was Ron Winters’ crew they don’t know their asses from their elbows and thus didn’t call anything. I was surprised Collie didn’t extend more, but I sometimes question whether he’s really up to doing that over the middle. Collie was pleading for a flag, and I thought Peyton was telling him in effect STFU, just make the catch.

Collie had already screwed the pooch on the Colts’ first play of the day, and only Garcon’s alert catch turned that into something positive.

Look, since teams started jamming Collie and playing him physical—and Finnegan and Griffin are both very physical players—he’s been very ordinary, not nearly the second coming of Brandon Stokely. I think taking him in the fourth round was a steal, because I believe Collie can adapt. But adapt he must, and I believe that was the gist of Peyton’s ass chewing.

Because Manning is merely the smartest QB in the league, he went back to Collie three times in the second half, once for a TD, the other two times for first downs. I imagine he does not want Collie to get down on himself, so he picked him up. On the touchdown play Collie was the second or third option, but he kept going, and Peyton found him.

At first I thought it wouldn’t matter if Gonzalez came back, Collie was playing that well. However, he has hit the wall a bit, and he’s got to adjust. The Colts know he’s going to be an asset, so they’ll make sure he does. It’s fortunate that as Collie’s slipped a bit, Garcon has picked his game up big-time.

That kid from Florida got a game off from his coach for the eye poke on the Georgia player. Think Fisher will sit Tony Brown accordingly?

Okay folks, How on God’s green earth is what VY did after his pick in the 1st quarter (the play on which he hurt his leg) not TWO penalties?

The sequence: He threw a pick and continued out of bounds. The interceptor ran back and was himself puched out of bounds. Whistle. VY comes charging in from the sideline and rams him with his shoulder pads.

(A) VY was no longer a viable player, right? and (B) the ball carrier was OB—play is over and dead. Maybe it’s only a penalty when you hit him FURTHER OB, and not back onto the field? Of course that’s because once you are on your team’s bench, you cannot come back onto the playing field to tackle people…. can you? When I saw him writhing I was almost glad, and that’s not how I usually operate.

Addai looked like a monster—I was really pulling for him to outrun CJ. I LOVED LOVED LOVED that 3rd and 10 handoff to Addai for 11. man, was that sweet or what!