New England Patriots vs Indianapolis Colts: Quick Hits

All three of these players had noteworthy games. From one viewpoint, it’s the night when Tom Brady gets revenge.

“Right when you think you know exactly what he (Bill Belichick) is going to do, he defends you a different way”, coach Chuck Pagano said. So in a close game, on primetime TV, against the undefeated Patriots, that’s what Pagano dials up?

New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman (11) scores a touchdown as he’s hit by Indianapolis Colts strong safety Mike Adams (29) and inside linebacker D’Qwell Jackson (52) in the first half of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, October 18, 2015.

“I don’t think they’ve missed a beat (with Hasselbeck)”, Patricia said.

The Colts (3-3) never recovered in losing to the Patriots for the seventh consecutive time. Once the Colts slid most of their formation toward the right sideline, it wasn’t really a punt any more.

The next drive ended with Anderson being engulfed on a fourth-and-1 when Whalen snapped the ball with three defenders hovering. But Griff Whalen (Whalen???) snapped it. I can’t.I just can’t.

He was downbeat, however, refusing to be drawn on whether there was special meaning in winning a game that would have been his first of the season if a court hadn’t overturned his four-game “Deflategate” ban.

This wasn’t a 40-carry, grind-it-out offensive gameplan, but Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount continued his extreme success against the Colts during New England’s Sunday night victory. But for the Colts, any measure of embarrassment was self-inflicted via a gimmick play gone terribly wrong.

Because every little bit mattered in Sunday night’s Defategate reunion.

Dion Lewis leads the Patriots in rushing with 180 yards and two touchdowns off of 36 rushing attempts.

Luck will wish, however, he had scrambled for the first down that might have put Indianapolis in place to take back the lead.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Cameron Wake got his first four sacks this season and also forced two fumbles – all in the first half – and Miami won in Dan Campbell’s debut as interim coach. No stupid penalties. No insane deep passes to no one.

Newton led the Panthers (5-0) to touchdowns on their final two possessions after trailing 23-14, the second straight week the Seahawks collapsed in the fourth quarter.

The Colts defense showed a few signs of life again on the next drive, though, with safety Dwight Lowry sacking Brady on 3 and 7. If you believe New England treated this as just another game, we’ve got a great fake-punt play to run by you. It was Brady’s first interception of the season. Gross. It was nearly exciting there for a minute. The Colts dropped to 1-3 this season with Luck at quarterback and 3-3 overall. Somewhere along the way, they lost their edge, and Luck’s accuracy slowly disappeared. It was an ongoing joke that if you were in the woods, it would be like, ‘Bring the bear spray!’ But yeah, they see bears all the time, there’s bear attacks all the time out there.

Next week, Drew Brees and the Saints. This isn’t a surprise, and we need to be sure to realize that this might be the league’s best offense that the Colts were going up against. Where are you, Jaguars and Texans?