[Kneel B4 Zod]

in a lot of ways, the story hasn't changed that much since 2003 and 2004.

The Colts offense is still historically great, the defense shaky at best. The Patriots are very very good on both sides of the ball.

Points Per Drive (PPD)

Offensive:

Indy #1 (2.8)
NE #5 (2.1)

(in 2004 league rankings were also #1/#5)
(in 2003 Indy #1, NE #16)

Defense:

NE # 3 (1.2)
Indy #28 (2.09)

(in 2004 NE was #5, Indy # 23)
(in 2003 NE was #1, Indy # 23)

Yes, the Indy defense is playing better lately, but I'm not sure why that is or to what extent it's repeatable.

Anyways, I had the same fear in 2004 I have now: Peyton will tear apart an injury plagued NE secondary. but as BB says, it's not about that, it's about offense, defense, and special teams, and how the 55 guys matchup with one another.

should be a great one. I actually like Peyton a lot, would like to see him win a SB one day. just hope it's not this year [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]