Colts Patriots highlights can be summed up as the Bill Belichick mistake at the 2 minute mark. Colts Patriots highlights with 2 minutes left in the 4th looked like a 34-21 win for New England Sunday.
That was until Bill Belichick’s decision - go for it on 4th down on your 26 yard line. Bill Belichick took a gamble and lost it - final score 34-35.
Patriots Colts numbers Sunday lined up as follows. Total yards 477 vs 407, total passing yards 364 vs 316, and total rushing yards 113 vs, 91.
Manning was 28 for 44 with 327 yards and 2 TDs. Brady was 29 for 42 with 375 yards, 3 TDs and 1 interception. Manning went to Wayne who had 126 yards, 10 receptions, and 2 TDs. Moss gave Brady 179 yards, 9 receptions, and 2 TDs.
Colts rushing was led by Addai with 41 yards, 10 carries, and 1 TD. New England’s Maroney had 1 TD, and Faulk had 79 yards on 12 carries.
But the numbers don’t you what happened at that 2 minute mark. Belichick went for it on 4th down on his own 26 yard line. Addai would score for theColts, Stover’s kick good. Suddenly the game went from 34-21 to 34-28 and still 2 minutes on the clock.
That’s all Manning needed. He would connect to Wayne, and a subsequent Stover kick, giving the Colts a 34-38 win with 13 seconds left.
Brady said “I don’t ever second guess Coach Belichick.” USA Today’s Peter King says he didn’t go to bed after he saw the horror. “I’m still rolling Bill Belichick’s call around in my head. I wonder how many people inNew England aren’t asleep yet … and how many won’t be able to sleep all night … ‘My God’ I thought. ‘he’s going for it!’”
ESPN’s Trent Dilfer said of the paly “it breaks every rule in the book. NBC’s Rodney Harrison (a former Patriots safety) said it was “the worse decision ever” by Bill Belichick.