Last night the Colts came to play, and their defense looked good. As expected the offense got out to a slow start, but they scored enough to get the job done. The defense completely shut down the Raven offense for most of the game. I had my reservations, but the Colts seemed to have successfully rested up and came ready to play. For the time being, it looks like the coaching staff made the correct decision to rest the starters at the end of the regular season.
In other good news, the Jets just beat the Chargers for the chance to take on the Colts in the AFC championship game. Indy always seems to have trouble with San Diego, so I guess it is a good thing that they have been eliminated. However, the Colts will be favored and have higher expectations with the Jets coming into town, and they have been red hot lately. It seems like the Colts might be once again set up for failure, but hopefully they can rise to the occasion for the second straight week. This entire season the Colts looked so impressive, but for some reason I never thought they would actually make it to the Superbowl. For the first time this year I think they will not only get there, but they have a pretty good chance of winning it all. Now that I have said that, I have surely jinxed them.
-deric
