He threw because he had to

57 passes is not a recipe for success

“For me it’s a 60-minute game. It’s a 60-minute loss and I don’t think the offense picked up the defense, the defense didn’t pick up the special teams and special teams didn’t pick up the offense,” he said.

“We didn’t do enough as a group to help each other out when one unit was struggling, and that’s something we’ve done in the past and it’s something that we’re going to need to do starting next week. So we’ll work on it and I think we will improve on it.”

The rematch isn’t until Nov. 1 on Monday Night Football.

“At this point, we won’t think about Houston until we play them in November back in Indy,” Manning said. “I think we’ve got to think about the Colts these next two-and-a-half days and how we can improve and then start our preparation on the Giants on Wednesday.”