Colts

Paul – I’m an idealist, I think the Colts might do it. Unlikely, but this team has talent. Wouldn’t it be a great story if Manning makes it happen on his shoulders? If not the Colts, San Diego looks good though I haven’t seen the Ravens play. One of these three teams.

Paul – anytime you have the defense give up so much yardage and lose 4 out of 6 games, it’s going to create polarization and strife. Plus this has probably been boiling all season – as the early victories were very close. And finally, Manning has the pressure of the media on him to win the “big” games. Other than a couple of bad games they lost, he’s put up super stats…even today. Keep in mind, they’ve lost two games to last minute field goals (today’s).

Most likely – the road to the Super Bowl involved either San Diego or Baltimore.

Tomlinson vs. the Colts defense may not be pretty.

Will they have to face the Chargers at any point?

I think the short game helped the Colts slow down their offensive drives which had the effect of keeping the Bengals offense off the field and limiting the damage they could do to Indy’s struggling defense. Still, the defense stepped it up a bit as well.