Saturday, January 4, 2014

Colts rally hard to tie for second largest comeback in playoff history

The Indianapolis Colts pulled of a miracle. Going into halftime of the game at home, they were losing to the Kansas City Chiefs, 10-31. Alex Smith was looking good, but a man by the name of HB Jamaal Charles suffered a concussion in the first 4 minuties of the game. Charles certainly effected the outcome of the game. 

The rally began: HB Knile Davis catches TD making it 10-38, then a 10 yard run by HB Donald Brown making it 17-38, Brown continues with a receptions to make it 24-38, K Ryan Succop kicks a 42 yard field goal to go to 24-41, TE Coby "beef" Fleener gets a 12 yard reception to go to 31-41, QB Andrew Luck then runs one in for the TD to make it 38-41, Succop gets another field and you get 38-44, finally Andrew Luck throws a deep one down field to WR TY Hilton for a 66 yard TD with 4 minuties on the clock. Alex Smith screw up and gets an intentional grounding call leading to 4th down which lead to a turnover on downs to win the game.

Andrew Luck finished the day with 443 yards passing 4 TD and 3 interceptions. A great day, but Alex Smith might have got robbed from his win. He received 378 yards passing for 4 TD and not a single interception. Alex Smith played with the caliber of his rival, QB Peyton Manning. The Colts staff combined for a total of only 19 rushes for 100 yards. Through 3 quarters, they only had 9 rushes. HC Chuck Pagano came into this game looking to throw it in the air against this powerful Chiefs defense.

The player of the game was TY Hilton with 13 receptions for 224 yards and 2 TDs. He lead this team to sucess. Hilton deserves the game ball and a dinner from his team. The Colts will go on to play either the Patriots (if the Chargers win Sunday) or the Broncos (if the Bengals win Sunday). 

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