CaliforniaCheez
10-19-2008, 10:01 PM
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081019/SPORTS03/81019018/1100
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Game conditions at kickoff Sunday at Lambeau Field included a 20-mph breeze, gusting to 34. It was good day for a blowout, and the Green Bay Packers delivered one.
They exploited the Indianapolis Colts' many mistakes to score 31 consecutive points and batter their hapless, helpless guests 34-14.
The Colts next play on "Monday Night Football" next week at Tennessee (6-0), the NFL's lone unbeaten team. It figured to be a showdown. It will instead be a fight for survival.
They have only once won successive games this season. They need to finish 7-3 for a 10-6 record and a likely shot at a wild card.
The Colts won't get there playing the way they did Sunday. They had 12 penalties for 110 yards. The offense killed drives with mistakes. The defense extended Green Bay's.
The Packers failed to score on only one of their first five possessions. Mason Crosby missed a 36-yard field goal.
Green Bay's sore-armed quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, had a tidy day: 21-of-28 for 186 yards and one touchdown. He completed 13 straight at one point, and the string broke only because he spiked the football to stop the clock.
The Colts offense scored 14 points and gave up 14. It has had four turnovers, three interceptions and a fumble, returned for touchdowns this season.
The Colts have played in fits and spurts. They have made a season's worth of mistakes, offense, defense and special teams. They need to find answers.
"It's got to happen within the building," Colts tight end Dallas Clark said. "There's nothing, no one around us, who's going to give us anything. We've got to out there and do it ourselves."
It's on them, and time's wasting.
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Game conditions at kickoff Sunday at Lambeau Field included a 20-mph breeze, gusting to 34. It was good day for a blowout, and the Green Bay Packers delivered one.
They exploited the Indianapolis Colts' many mistakes to score 31 consecutive points and batter their hapless, helpless guests 34-14.
The Colts next play on "Monday Night Football" next week at Tennessee (6-0), the NFL's lone unbeaten team. It figured to be a showdown. It will instead be a fight for survival.
They have only once won successive games this season. They need to finish 7-3 for a 10-6 record and a likely shot at a wild card.
The Colts won't get there playing the way they did Sunday. They had 12 penalties for 110 yards. The offense killed drives with mistakes. The defense extended Green Bay's.
The Packers failed to score on only one of their first five possessions. Mason Crosby missed a 36-yard field goal.
Green Bay's sore-armed quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, had a tidy day: 21-of-28 for 186 yards and one touchdown. He completed 13 straight at one point, and the string broke only because he spiked the football to stop the clock.
The Colts offense scored 14 points and gave up 14. It has had four turnovers, three interceptions and a fumble, returned for touchdowns this season.
The Colts have played in fits and spurts. They have made a season's worth of mistakes, offense, defense and special teams. They need to find answers.
"It's got to happen within the building," Colts tight end Dallas Clark said. "There's nothing, no one around us, who's going to give us anything. We've got to out there and do it ourselves."
It's on them, and time's wasting.