Blame Vinatieri

Let me say this, THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS ARE FINE. I'm tired of hearing everyone in the media questioning if the Colts are going into a decline. I know that they didn't play their best game, but they should have won the game. We're talking about ADAM VINATIERI. How does the super (bowl), almighty kicker miss a chip shot 29 yard field goal? How is that even remotely thinkable? If you told me the Colts were going to have Vinatieri kicking a 29 yard field goal with about 1 minute left, I would definitely take the Colts chances. To me, the Colts loss is incomprehensible. Yes, Peyton Manning struggled and threw the most interceptions in one game he had ever thrown in his career, but the defense proved again that they are what carries this team. It doesn't mean anything if you pick of a quarterback 6 times and aren't able to capitalize on all of them. The defense did their job. The real reason the Colts lost this game is ADAM VINATIERI. I can't repeat that frequently enough. If you are getting paid the kind of money Vinatieri is just to kick the dang ball, then kick the dang ball through the uprights when the team asks you to. It's not like the Colts asked for a miracle 50 yard field goal to win the game either, we asked him to kick the dang ball 30 yards. 30 YARDS!! In the NFL, that is a chip shot, no excuse, end of story. There is no further place to look to place blame then the kicker who now gets referred to as no. 4 until he hits an important kick that helps our team because he flat out blew this one.

A for speculation that the Colts are now "done" this is completely ludicrous. Anytime you line up with your no. 2 receiver being someone named Craphonso, it doesn't look good for you. Look, the Colts not only played without Manning's best weapon, Marvin Harrison, but they played without his secret weapon Dallas Clark and his new favorite toy Anthony Gonzalez. And he had squat protecting him. Jake Scott had to move to RT, a position he supposedly knows how to play and Michael Toudouze, a LT signed from the practice squad earlier in the week, was covering Peyton's blind side. To Toudouze's credit, he did a pretty good job, but he definitely wasn't agile Rookie Tony Ugoh over there. People should stop worrying about the offense. We're talking about the Indianapolis Colts, the offense will be there, trust me. The point that everyone is skipping over is the defense. Hello? We scored a defensive TD and scored the final points of the game. They held the Chargers when Peyton was busy forcing throws that turned into interceptions. Yes, that's the reason he had all of those. He was weapon-less and he was trying to make something out of someone named Craphonso Thorpe better known as nothing. Back to the defense and turning something out of nothing, they played with Clint Session at LB whom no one had ever heard of and what did he do, he only had 2 crucial interceptions. He was huge. And while Bob Sanders (who is the second coming of Chuck Norris according to Tony Kornheiser) is getting all of the credit, Gary Brackett is simply sitting back and having one of his best seasons. No one even knew who he was when he made that great interception on Tom Brady in Week 9. Hello NFL, his name is Gary Brackett and he happens to be one of the most athletic and most fierce Middle Linebacker's in the league. By the way, ever wondered who forced the fumble of Jerome Bettis in the '05 playoffs that gave the Colts a chance, that would be Gary Brackett.

So people should just shut up about the Colts crumbling and falling into abyss. All you have to do is look at no. 4 at accusingly point your finger.