Silver Lining - Pats O vs. Colts D
 

It's pretty obvious that the road to the SB goes through Indy. That being said, the Pats showed everybody and themselves last night that a January game in Indy is winnable. The 2 biggest reasons:

1)Volmer proved he could at least contain Freeney, and that pretty much is the difference between what the Pats O did last night and what they did in the Superbowl 2 years ago. But because the OLine held their own, it showed that....

2)The Colts have no answer for Randy Moss, who caught 180 Yards of passing and now leads the NFL in receiving yards. Their inexperienced secondary was absolutely gutted last night, and I mean GUTTED.

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In the end, I believe this all going to be anti-climactic because Indy will obviously cruise now and get a bye. That said, I wouldn't be surprised to see someone like Pittsburgh go into Indy and knock them out of the playoffs.

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Kind of

Randy had some big catches but it wasn't like Brady found success wherever he looked.

There were a few crucial 3 and outs and missed scoring opportunities. If we're going to play like a team with not much faith in our defense then we can't be leaving points on the field with the offense

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Colts d stepped up pretty good in the last Pats 2 offensive possessions.

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And that was frustrating

Our offense performed very well for the most part but against such an inexperienced secondary I thought they could have done more

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You gotta remember our best seconday player Kelvin Hayden did not play and will be back by playoff time. So Randy, who is a awesome player, will have a much tougher time against Hayden. Welker I think will be the problem for us in the playoffs.

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Randy didn't gut our young corners. None of his big catches came against our corners. 1 came again Brackett and 2 against our safeties. Powers and Lacey did a good job when they were on Moss.

I think last night's game proved 1 thing.

Both teams are good and match up very well against each other.

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If our O has been that great, where did it disappear in the second half ? And it is not as if this is the first time this is happening, right?

I was livid when Maroney fumbled because I just couldn't let the memories of the previous AFCC game when Manning took our tired D apart in the second half. :mad:

Unfortunately it was deja-vu, again. ;).

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I thought Butler was the steal of the draft but I now believe Vollmer

is the steal. He did a heck of a job on Freeney and should be a

fixture for many years.

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Agreed

I have complete faith in the offense but after all the FG drives and 3 and outs my faith has been shaken somewhat.