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The most interesting x-factor that no one is talking about is Indianapolis' capability of making second half adjustments.

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No one is talking about it because no one cares about half time adjustments because they don't really exist.

Manning and the offense will spend 100+ hours gameplanning this week. Like they're going to make huge, sweeping changes in 15 minutes during halftime? Like you can't make those adjustments on the fly when your defense is on the field?

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The Patriots started blowing the Colts out in the AFC Championship game last year but the Colts made good adjustments and came back...

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Nice sample size.

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THat's not my sample size it's just a highly relevant example (given that the teams are the same) that was on national TV and is therefore memorable to the highest % of people. If I really thought it was necessary to justify my statement, I could find more examples, but if you know much about the Colts you know that they do well in the second half.

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I know this is going to sound like sour grapes, but a large part of the Colts comeback had more to do with the fact that the Pats defense had absolutely no energy left, partly due to the brutal game they had played in SD the week before. No excuse for the offense which crumbled, but many defenders were getting dehydrated and cramping up terribly.