It wasn't fun watching the Colts' 30-7 loss to the Buffalo Bills on the television at Bourbon Street Sunday. I'm sure it was even less fun for the Colts.
The game had little meaning - since the Colts' blew their shot at a 16-0 regular season the week before when they rested the starters in the third quarter against the Jets. After seeing the conditions they had to play in Buffalo, it may have turned out to be the right decision after all. It wasn't, but having to play full throttle in a Buffalo blizzard with nothing seeding-wise on the line would have been dangerous.
The Colts had one good drive the entire game - when Donald Brown capped off a drive that was almost exclusively short passes to Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark with a one-yard touchdown run.
Peyton Manning stayed in the game long enough to get Wayne and Clark each 100 receptions on the season. Clark becomes the first tight end in NFL history to catch 100 during a season.
Curtis Painter looked just as bad as he did last week. The defense had no answer for Fred Jackson, who had 212 rushing yards by the time the Colts escaped the game they had even less intention of winning than the week before.
While heading into the playoffs on a two-game slide certainly is not ideal, the Colts should be healthy a week and a half from now when they host the Ravens, Bengals or Jets. Regardless of the outcomes this weekend, the Colts will be playing a good team that has momentum coming off a big playoff win.
For now, it's a bye week for the Colts. I'm looking forward to this weekend's match-ups and hoping the Colts get a good draw.
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