What I didn’t like: The offensive effort was enough. But Peyton Manning was hardly at his most crisp and his receivers got hands on some balls they could not corral. A less-than-himself Manning was still better than Matt Cassel, who suffered from some bad drops as well.
Injury of note: With No. 2 running back Donald Brown already out, Joseph Addai left the game and didn’t return because of a shoulder injury. The Colts relied on him a great deal before he left. Third-stringer Mike Hart is a worker and his 11-yard touchdown run with 4:02 remaining was huge. But he’s not as versatile as Addai, who can run, catch and block on demand.
Wayne said he didn’t think defenders liked an Indianapolis Star story this week. In the print version is was headlined: “What’s wrong with these guys?”
“They should have taken offense to it,” Wayne said. “It was tough. But they did a great job today. We laid it on them a little bit and the touchdown at the end was something that we really needed.”
Mad because of an article? They should be mad that they played like garbage last week.
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