Oh yeah, that 3rd quarter seemed dead even, with a 150+ to 50 yards from scrimmage differential.
The clock ran out on the 3rd quarter only one play before a Patriots TD pass, and Maroney's fumble helped you out too. The entire 3rd quarter was dominated by the Patriots and their one sucessful TD drive was capped off a few seconds late to be counted in the 3rd quarter tally.
The Patriots for the game dominated in running offense, passing offense, running defense, passing defense, time of posession, punt return team, kickoff return team...need I go on?
You got lucky to win at home. You don't want a rematch in January because YOU know, the Colts know, and the Patriots know that they can hang 50+ on that sorry Colts defense if they don't screw up and make unforced errors.
Wayne didn't push off illegally (this thread is stupid). I'm even OK on the PI call. I can even live with the awful spot because of all of our other mistakes.
No excuses, you won. Just don't act like it was some sort of evenly-fought battle throughout. We let off the gas, lost some key defenders during the game, and what could have been a 51-28 rout became a 35-34 loss.
I can deal with that reality. I'm just hoping for the payback in January, a re-match that I'm sure to a man the Colts want NOTHING to do with.