Colts win!

I'm so excited about the Colts Monday night win that I can't sleep! The Colts offense had the ball for only 14 minutes and they still managed to "Squish the Fish" before the final whistle blew!

I'm sure tomorrow morning, everybody who knows anything is going to say that their defense was awful, but I want to get ahead of this and adamantly disagree. The object of any defense is to keep the offense from scoring, which they did quite well. Of all of the rushing yards they gave up, they only allowed 2 touchdowns and the Colts offense started the game 7 points ahead after the 12 second Peyton Manning, patent-pending, one play drive to. After the first 12 seconds, it was the Colts' game to lose and they held their ground.

A few Colts fans that I've talked to this evening were complaining about how much they hate this "bend, but don't break" defense. Really? Ask Bill Belichick up in New England how that style of defense worked for him. The reality is that if you enjoy seeing Peyton Manning, with fantastic protection, throw Leonardo caliber passes to future hall of famers, then you need to appreciate the defense for what it is because these guys don't play for free. It is a general theory in football that "defense wins championships." With hall of famers like Peyton Manning or Tom Brady, it is more like "defense can keep you from winning championships."

We've got what we've got and I think it's pretty good. The defense that can't stop the run now has wins against Maurice Jones-Drew AND the two headed, wildcat machine. Not too bad of a start for the 2009-2010 Indianapolis Colts. I know I'm going to tune in next week!

"A win, is a win, is a win!"