Good game. Pats are a much better team than I thought. I daresay they're a legitimate threat to anyone in the AFC.
Though that call fucked the Pats, the colts secondary dropped two easy pick 6's in the last five minutes. They were really squatting on the short out routes at the end.
Which is neggated by several Patriots missplays and two horrendous calls on the Pats. The Pats left at least 10 points on the field. I'm not the type of guy to blame the refs, because it all evens out (the Pats got some calls too), and that's that. The colts were the better team last night and that's the bottom line....however, the Patriots can run with anyone in the NFL and it ain't over yet. This might be the motivational tool to inspore them for the rest of the season.
While what Belichick can be defended by percentages and strategy, I still don't agree with the call. I was shocked to see guys like Merril Hodge, Marshall Faulk and Deion Sanders defend the call. Harrison and Bruschi did not, and I agree with them, make them go 70 yards. Manning had thrown two ints and anything could happen.
If Belichick had a timeout he could have challenged the play, but he didn't so tough shit. For a 1st down, the ball is downed when it is controlled, and by this video it looks like the ball was controlled well behind the first down line. It is what it is, the Pats lost to a better team and Belichick made a mistake.
To be fair, it should be noted that this same call won them the Atlants game. When it works you're a god, when it fails you get ripped. That's the way it should be.