Colts recap Week 2

I was going to do this last week but dropped the ball.

The Colts beat the Dolphins last night on Monday Night Football, 27-23. Needless to say it was a pretty exciting, nail-biting game. With that said. . .here's my good, bad and ugly takes of the game.

The Good:

Peyton Manning. His numbers aren't as sexy as some other quarterbacks this year (Drew Brees) but I'm beating the drum for Manning's MVP case already. He just gets it done. The offense was not without its faults (to many three-outs) but when they had to score they did. It's mind blowing to think that we only had the ball for less than 15 minutes (14:53 to be exact) and not only were in the the game but won the game. It defies logic.

Dallas Clark: Simply one of the best tight ends in the game. That opening play was a thing of beauty.

The Bad:

Three and Outs: The Colts simply cannot live with three and outs. I'm not saying they should score every time they have the ball but they have to at the very least get a first down or too. The bend but don't break defense still seems to be what the Colts are so the offense has to give the defense a break. Additionally. . .it happened last year and I was hoping that it would end this year but the Colts offense sputters at times and that's just not something that the Colts can afford to do if they plan on making a deep playoff run.

The Ugly:

I don't want to rip the defense because the effort was there and they stepped up when they had too (although Miami looked pretty inept at running the two minute drill) but the defense has to do something on third down. Miami was 15 of 21 on third downs. That is simply unacceptable. I know the Colts won the game but that's playing with fire to continue that trend. And it's not just the Colts run defense. I don't know how many times Pennington hit Ted Ginn on third down conversions. The soft coverage is just nauseating to watch. I don't want to get to down on them to much because the defensive unit played so well last week but. . .man. . .somebody needs to make a play on third down.

It's cliche to say but a win is a win. So I'll take it.