Patriots Plow Through Indianapolis

HB LeGarette Blount and the New England Patriots were able to literally run over CB Vontae Davis and his defense for a New England win, 43-22.

The game started quickly in New England's favor with CB Alfonzo Dennard picking-off QB Andrew Luck to return it to the Colt's two yard line followed by Blount runing in a TD (1 TD). Luck's offense then gets shutout for another drive, but the Patriots were still playing strong with another Blount rushing TD (2 TDs). Luck then began to show his calm attitude that he had against the Kansas City Chiefs last week and threw for an amazing 38 yard TD to WR LaVon Brazill. Blount then ran in another TD (3 TDs) to give the Patriots a 21-7 lead. K Adam Vinateri followed up with a field goal then the Patriots cam up short and had to punt, but LS Danny Aiken over-threw P Ryan Allen forcing the ball out of the back of the end zone for a safety to make the score 12-21 going into halftime.

In the 3rd quarter, Vinateri kicked another field goal; that was followed by a 3-yard TD run by HB Stevan Ridley to give the Patriots a breakaway oppurtunity of 29-15 after a 2-point conversion by Ridley. Brazill was not done yet though, and he caught another TD pass for 35 yards to bring the Colts to 22-28, but the Patriots had a play that destroied any hope that the Colts had. Blount got two good blocks and one broken tackle, and he was gone. Blount took off a 78 yard run for a TD for his 4th TD on the day. Ridley then took another TD to the house to finalize the score, 43-22, Patriots.

Andrew Luck's immaturity showed largely in this game. Though he did throw for 331 yards and 2 TDs, he threw 4 interceptions which was a huge factor considering the fact that the Colts had no takeaways. WR TY Hilton did still play well with 4 catches for 103 yards though he did suffer continous injuries throughout the game. LaVon Brazill did have 2 receptions for 72 yards and 2 TDs to rise himself up the Colt's rankings in the Indianapolis corperation.

QB Tom Brady was really not there in the game. The Patriots didn't really need him there. Brady went 13-25 for only 198 yards leading to one of his weaker playoff games, but his rushers were strong and never stopped. Blount had 24 attempts for 166 yards and 4 TDs to give him probably one of the most amazing rushing perfomances in playoff history. Ridley also played well with 14 carries for 52 yards and 2 TDs.

The star of this game was defenitley Blount. He was a big playmaker in this game, and he deserves a game ball of the week.