Vinatieri’s 54-yard field goal in the opening quarter gave the Colts an early 3-0 lead. During Hasselbeck’s post-game press conference, Chuck Pagano peeked in the room. “Coby was a little offended and I was like, ‘Alright, I will throw you a couple extra passes late in the fourth quarter.’ We said it jokingly”.
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“Love you. So glad you’re a Colt”. The Colts are not a very good team besides for Andrew Luck, and he wasn’t playing on Sunday.
Matt Hasselbeck knows time is running short. Already, 39 quarterbacks have started and a few of the biggest names in the game – Tony Romo, Ben Roethlisberger, Drew Brees, Jay Cutler – have missed starts.
Luck failed to recover from a shoulder injury and the ball was handed to 40-year-old Matt Hasselbeck who started his first game since November 2012. “Try not to have it in my head about the other one”.
They must – with or without Luck, who was inactive for the first time in his pro career due to a shoulder injury.
The rest of the roster didn’t entirely pass the test either.
Last year, in 16 starts for the 49ers, Gore only had 2 fumbles lost the entire season.
Richard Rodgers caught a 9-yard touchdown pass on the game’s opening drive before Rodgers got his team going in the second half after a slow beginning to snap a four-game losing streak to San Francisco, which included a pair of playoff defeats.
Philip Rivers was 23 of 38 for 358 yards and three touchdowns for San Diego (2-2). He was lucky to come out with a victory as the Jaguars shanked two game-winning FGs.
Of the remaining five undefeated teams, three play at home next week – Cincinnati (Seattle), Atlanta (Washington) and Green Bay (St. Louis) – and Denver (Oakland) and New England (Dallas) hit the road. The Colts improved to 2-2 on the season – and are now leading their division. Still, they lead the AFC South, which is exactly where they were expected to be. And how they let Gore break free for a 22-yard run (his previous 16 carries totaled 31 yards) to set up the Adam Vinatieri’s 27-yard field goal with 4:36 left in overtime. “If anything, this makes us more important”. He also moved past John Carney for fourth-most field goals made in National Football League history.
Last week, Houston released kicker Randy Bullock. “As ugly as it may have seemed, at the end of the day we had opportunities to win that game”.
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Sure, the Colts managed to eke out a win, but they needed Jacksonville to miss two potential game-winning kicks in regulation. Wayne had seven catches for 119 yards, the 43rd and final 100-yard game of his Indy career. That’s a success rate of 75.7 percent. Although he is 42 years old, he is still making field goals at an efficient rate. “It just goes back to execution”. But Hasselbeck will always have Sunday and never mind the style points.
