The Colts just didn’t play well enough to beat the Lions yesterday afternoon in Detroit.  Peyton Manning was outstanding as usual completing 12 of 15 passes for 123 yards with 1 TD pass.  Rookie Curtis Painter finished up this game by completing 9 of 14 passes for 145 yards with 1 interception.  Joseph Addai led the Colts in rushing in this game with 22 yards on 7 carries (3.1 ypc).  Donald Brown pitched in with 16 yards on 5 carries (3.2 ypc) with 1 TD run.  WR Pierre Garcon led the Colts in receiving in this game with 82 yards on 2 catches (41.0 avg).  TE Dallas Clark was also very good in this game as he caught 6 passes for 63 yards (10.5 avg) with 1 TD grab.  The Colts finished up this game with 299 yards of total offense (50 rushing, 249 passing).

The Colts’ D was led by CB Jamie Silva who had 10 tackles.  The Lions finished up with 412 yards of total offense (151 rushing, 261 passing) in this game. 

The Colts have released linebacker Adam Seward.  Seward played in 3 pre-season games for the Colts this season and he made 10 tackles.  This is a good sign for the depth of the linebacking corps heading into this season as Seward hasn’t really shown much in his NFL career to this point.

The Colts will be without CB Kelvin Hayden for the next 3-4 weeks with a hamstring problem.  Hayden played in 10 games for the Colts last season and he made 42 tackles, defensed 12 passes, forced 1 fumble and he intercepted 3 passes (one he returned for a TD).  The Colts will miss Hayden big time so they hope he will be ready soon.

The Colts have lost 24-year old OT Corey Hilliard on waivers to the Cleveland Browns.  Hilliard played in only 2 games (0 starts) for the Colts last season.   He played two years with the Colts appearing in only 5 games (0 starts).  The Colts shouldn’t miss Hilliard one bit moving forward.

The Colts looked a lot better in this game than the opener against the Vikings.  Peyton Manning was outstanding in this game completing 10 of 14 passes for 167 yards with 2 TD passes.  Curtis Painter was also effective in this game completing 11 of 19 passes for 116 yards with 1 interception.  Lance Ball led the Colts in rushing in this game with 48 yards on 19 carries (2.5 ypc).  Reggie Wayne led the Colts in receiving in this game with 90 yards on 2 catches (45.0 avg) with a TD grab.  TE Jacob Tamme also had a good game with 60 yards on five grabs (12.0 avg).  The Colts only rushed for 62 yards on 29 carries in this game (2.1 ypc) but they also threw for 274 yards which was pretty darn solid.

DE Curtis Johnson (7 tackles, sack) and CB Dante Hughes (7 tackles) led the way for the Colts’ defense in this game.  The Colts were effective against the Eagles’ running game holding them to 23 yards on 17 carries (1.4 ypc).  But, the Eagles threw the ball at will against the Colts rolling up 320 yards in the air.