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According to 99% of this thread, the Colts never beat the patriots by being the better team. Apparently heat, crowd noise, referees, injuries, alignment of the stars, and the cointoss have been the deciding factors
How little credit you all give the Colts, who have been decimated with injuries several of the most recent years, just according to most of you the Colts have never been injury plagued so this season must be our year.
Last year, the Patriots went for it on 4th down. IMO, it was the wrong call. HOWEVER, they got the needed distance. The officials blew the call.
In 2008, Gaffney dropped a sure TD pass that would have resulted in a Patriots win. Thomas also committed a terrible penalty that took the team out of FG range, which could at least have resulted a tie moving forward.
So... the last 2 losses have clear focal points, and none of them involve the Colts getting the job done.
In 2007, the Patriots won.
In 2006, the Patriots were beating the Colts like red-headed stepchildren, until the defense became a M*A*S*H unit. The Colts were able to exploit this by abusing Alexander, since he couldn't cover the tight end that night.
2005 was a Colts blowout.
That's not excuse making. That's just breaking down what happened.
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