Another wild and wacky game in the books for the Colts Sunday and despite the fact that we almost got killed on the way to the game and then the Titans tried to onside kick three times in the first quarter, the Colts prevailed 51-24.

First off the near death. Well not really, but we did have a harrowing moment as Neil drove us right out onto Keystone without stopping. We in the back did a nice slide to the front, but everyone was alright. Maybe a little whiskey spillage, but otherwise okay.

The first quarter of the game was insane. It was 24-17 after 15 minutes. It didn’t look good for the home team, but the D stiffened and never let Tennessee near the end zone the rest of the day. In fact, after Bennett’s 48 yarder at the end of the first quarter, the Titans got to the 25 once only to have a FG attempt blocked and returned for a TD by Morris, but they only managed 2 trips into Colt territory in the second half, the deepest, to the 20 was ended with a Volek INT.

The refereeing was a little off. They missed an obvious pass interference on Stoke and there was a fumble by Volek that was ruled a sack since they blew the whistle. Regardless the Colts prevailed.

Manning was his usual brilliant self. He threw for 425 yards and 3 TD’s. Marvin and Stoke were all over 100 yards and Reggie had 96. Edge ran for 105 and is now on pace to crack 1700 for the season.

The corners made backup Billy Volek look like Joe Montana in the first quarter. Joe Jeff was burned twice and Jason David once for long TD’s to Drew Bennett. However, after that, Volek settled down and looked positively human. He was sacked 7 times.


Meanwhile, our offensive line was solid. They allowed one sack. Jeff DeMulling replaced Jeff Saturday at center and the rookies Scott and Lilja played excellent games again.

This team is rocking! The Dome was a wild scene on Sunday. The Peyton meters were out, tracking 18’s progress as he closes on Dan Marino’s TD record from 1984. PM is just 5 away and could break it in Houston this week, although I think most of us would like to see it at home the following week against the Ravens.

With that, here is this week’s Top 10 and then some stuff about playoffs…

1. Pittsburgh-They had a close game in JAX, but just found another way to win. 10 in a row and look like they will clinch their division this week.

2. New England-Killed Cleveland.

3. Philadelphia-Killed Green Bay. In the rematch of last years divisional playoff matchup the Packers brought their C game.

4. Indianapolis-5 straight games scoring over 40 points and a 51 and 49 thrown in to boot. We may be watching the greatest offense to ever play.

5. San Diego-A tough, no nonsense win at home against the Broncos. They have seized first place in the west as Brees just keeps on going.

6. NY Jets-With Pennington back this team will be tough to beat. They play smart and have a nice offensive balance.

7. Minnesota-They look poised to run the table and win the NFC North. Of course, to paraphrase Pork, that is like being the chess champion Hazzard, KY.

8. Atlanta-Poor performance against Tampa Bay Sunday. These guys are pretenders.

9. Jacksonville-Tough loss to Steelers Sunday night. Still have inside track to playoffs if they can get to 9-7.

10. Baltimore-Any number of teams could have grabbed this slot. These guys have a real uphill battle to get to the dance with games at PIT and IND left on their schedule.

All of the teams in the top 10, except Baltimore will probably make the playoffs. In fact right now I will predict that the Pats, Steelers, Colts and Chargers will win divisions in the AFC with the Jets and Jags in as Wild Cards.

In the NFC, it appears as though Philly (already clinched), ATL, Minnesota and St. Louis will win their divisions while GB and Carolina (by virtue of several depths of tiebreakers against the Bucs) will win Wild Cards.

I’ll have more on this as the week progresses!