New England Patriots 49 - Indianapolis Colts 14
The Patriots played their second straight road game against an AFC South opponent, and once again they came away with a convincing win. The Patriots set the tone early when Cobie Ross took the opening play of the game 80 yards to the house. The Colts responded with their own drive which got to the goal line after a ridiculous catch by Reggie Wayne (one of several on the day) before Jonny Kohlhausen blew up Brody Eldridge on the ensuing play and caused a fumble, which Shaun Ellis recovered. Brady threw a pick on the ensuing possession and the Colts did manage to cash in on a beautiful fade route to Wayne in the back of the endzone. From then on, it was all Patriots, as they both ran and passed the ball at will.
Tom Brady was excellent aside from the pick, going 11-13 for 259 yards and 4 TDs (believe it or not, a career high for him in this league), with the one INT.
Peyton Manning was 5-16 for 148 yards, 1 TD and 2 INT.
Cobie Ross was his usual excellent self, carrying 23 times for 227 yards and 3 TDs.
Delone Carter had a strong game as well, carrying 16 times for 81 yards and a TD.
Gronk continued to thrive in the absence of Hernandez, catching 5 balls for 152 yards and 2 TDs. Demaryius Thomas had his first TD as a Patriot, and Roddy White had one as well. Welker had 59 yards on a perfectly executed screen.
Reggie Wayne did pretty much all the damage for the Colts, with 4 catches for 133 yards (each more insane than the last) and a TD.
Rahim Moore had his 2nd pick in 2 games for the Pats, and McCourty added one as well. Kohlhausen was the leading tackler and forced a fumble.
Justin Tryon had the INT for Indy.
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gg widow! As I said before, those catches by Wayne were insane. Though I do wonder if you ignored some chances underneath by chucking it up so much. Plus, that strategy does tend to lead to interceptions as well as catches.
I'm pretty happy with how my offense is playing right now, other than the one pick Brady was basically perfect for the second straight game, and was mixing in all the receivers well. I was surprised when I saw he'd never thrown 4 TDs for me before (probably not a sign of things to come).