Pop quiz, hotshot.
It's fourth and one. You're at roughly midfield with around ten minutes left in the second quarter. You're down 10-7.
What do you do?
GO FOR IT!
I don't necessarily think the Colts would have won this game if they had gone for it at that point - Manning's 161 yards and 2 touchdowns in support of the Packers certainly did not help - but it would have been the gutsy thing to do, and Manning, at least, wanted to try. He was clearly displeased as he came off the field - I don't recall having seen many shots of Manning yelling and screaming on the sideline, but I saw it today as the punting unit went on for the fourth down play.
If the season ended today, the Colts would be out of the playoffs. They're currently in a four-way tie for the sixth wild card spot (NYJ, Baltimore, Jacksonville), but the first rule for breaking a tie between three or more teams for a wild card spot is to apply the division tie-break rule - which eliminates Indianapolis because of the loss to Jacksonville.
2 comments:
more important question, and be honest: if the playoffs started today...do the colts really deserve to be in them?
eyeball test says no.
John, honey...your blood pressure. Calm down, that vein in your forehead is protruding.
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