IDK if anyone has brought this up, but Mark Schlereth and Sean Salisbury did a breakdown of a couple different factors:
Both picked Brady for QB
Both picked Indy's offense
Schlereth picked NE's D (although with trepidation), Salisbury picked INDY's
Both picked BB
Both picked the Colts' ST
Now hold on just a second... Did Salisbury seriously pick the Colts' defense over the Pats defense? I know the guy's dumb and all, and I know you brought it up too, but the Colts have had 2 good games to make up for a year of sucking whereas the Pats have been good (i.e. 2nd best in the league) all year and are still coming off a good performance against the Chargers. That is seriously one of the dumbest things I have ever read in my life. Might as well say that Rex Grossman is better than both Brady and Manning because he didn't look too bad his last game.
And I agree with you on Special Teams as well, with the extra note that Hunter Smith is really one of the worst punters in the league and I'd fully expect a supposedly washed-up but so far effective Todd Sauerbrun to be better than him.