Colts Win Ugly over Forty-Niners

The Colts won an ugly one yesterday over the Forty-Niners, 18 – 14. The one touchdown for the Colts was a gimmick pass from Addai to Wayne. The Niners defense bit hard on the run, and Addai lobbed one up that Wayne hauled in. Other than that, it was Stover kicking four field goals. He looked like he was trying to nail the right upright all afternoon, but it kept hooking back to score.

The Forty-Niners broke one huge run for 64 yards and had one good scoring drive at the end of the first half. Other than that, the Colts defense was pretty tough. Aside from the monster run, the Colts held running back Frank Gore to 12 rushes for 27 yards. Manning had an “off” day with 347 yards passing.

Of note was the rash of Forty-Niners cramping injuries in the 50 degree weather. Oddly, they seemed to happen only on third down when the Colts were driving with their no-huddle offense. The Forty-Niners offense was not similarly affected somehow. The Forty-Niner “injuries” were almost McGinest like in their timing, allowing San Francisco to stop the clock and get substitutions at key moments without using time outs. Coincidental, surely.

Anyway, the Colts uglied out a win and now go into a fairly tough stretch, facing second place divisional rival Houston two of the next four games with New England and Baltimore sandwiched in between and Denver coming after.