I’m in Shock

I just cannot get over the Colt’s loss to the Chargers today.  Everything was going the Colt’s way.  Peyton was dominating on offense, starting 11/11 as he hit Marvin Harrison over the middle.  The Colts were already up 7 and going in again.  And then something inexplicable happened. Marvin Harrison pulled some awkward spin move trying to be a hero, and fumbled. In the past 5 years, I can’t remember Marvin Harrison ever doing anything other than laying down after catching a ball, trying to preserve his body.  So how is it that in his first game back from a knee injury that kept him out for 10 weeks he wants to do a spin move and risk being lit up by 3 Charger defenders?  I have no idea, perhaps he felt like he needed to make a play in his first game back.  From that fumble on, everything fell apart.

The Colts picked Rivers on the Charger’s opening possession.  The defender read the route and jumped on it.  After Marvin’s fumble, Rivers had all the room in the world.  The cover-2 was playing extremely soft and Rivers was fitting everything 10-15 yards down the field.  The Colt’s secondary was not aggressive.  To make matters worse, the Colt’s pass rush was awful all game.  I can’t remember them recording a sack or even very many pressures.  The defensive performance is the reason why the Colts lost this game. Both of Peyton’s interceptions were tipped (though I admit the first was overthrown).  I feel Peyton played a good ball game.  Twice he led the Colts to touchdown drives to go on top of the Chargers, and each and every time the NFL’s #1 scoring defense gave it right back.  Inexplicable.  The last time not only was Tomlinson out of the game, but Rivers as well.  How can you give up a score to Billy Volek and Darren Sproles like that?  I will never know.

San Diego heads to Foxboro next week in what will be a rematch of a heated playoff battle last season.  I didn’t think there was any chance of San Diego advancing.  I will make the same statement this week. I can only dream of Tom Brady hitting Randy Moss in stride for an 80 yard Touchdown on the first play from scrimmage..and Tom Brady sprinting out to mid-field to do the lights-out dance in front of 70 thousand screaming New England fans.