New England with Tom Brady and Bill Belichick is 12-1 in the post-season. But those kinds of runs have to somewhere come to end, and the Colts have a legitimate shot to do that. Peyton Manning has thrown five picks in his two playoff games, but I don’t expect he’ll have three so-so games in a row. On the other hand, I just sense something physically wrong with Tom Brady.

A lot of people don’t realize the full impact of having Bob Sanders in the lineup. He is perhaps the best in the business, and since his return the Colts have improved steadily in the run defense department to where they have been as good as they have to be in the post-season. They have the ability to slow down the Maroney-Dillon tandem and with the injuries in the Pats’ secondary, Manning has a chance to have a very strong day.

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