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With those numbers against the Colts 28th ranked defense, New England has a real chance to run up the score en route to a 5-0 record.
In an era in which sports figures are particularly quick to engage in trash talk, the New England Patriots prefer to take the opposite route. It was Indianapolis who blew the whistle past year that started the preposterous offseason controversy in that of “deflate-gate”.
Bowen’s Analysis: No one inside the Colts locker room has been a part of more Indianapolis/New England matchups (from the Colts side) than Mathis.
The two teams have played every season but one (2013) for the last 13 years. That’s not necessarily a bad thing for the Patriots, who have beaten Luck in all four games he’s played against them.
In the first game, a 28-21 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers started their season off on the right foot. If you look at the level that the Patriots are playing at this year it’s unbelievable. “That’s what it’s going to take”. They can’t seem to win much out of their division, and that shouldn’t change Sunday night. The Patriots are averaging 37.3 points a game this season.
For the Colts Andrew Luck has been off his game and injured, in fact, two of the games the Colts lost were while Andrew Luck was the starter. Under that definition, it’s hard to call Colts vs. Patriots a rivalry.
The Colts accused the Patriots of letting the air out of the footballs during the January 18 game. It is thought that halftime was the moment that quarterback Tom Brady transformed into Captain America, but that is unconfirmed. The Patriots have dominated lately with six straight wins.
New England is 4-0 SU this season when leading at the half.
Will Luck be able to get back into mid-season form tonight?
The Colts have been literally on their deathbeds the last four times they’ve played the Patriots, all of which Luck started. Quarterback, Andrew Luck, is questionable with his shoulder injury, but is expected to play. Even if Luck is healthy, he is going against a machine in the Patriots.
An Indianapolis bakery has whipped up a few special batches of treats ahead of this weekend’s Colts-Patriots game, which is being billed as having an epic revenge factor.
Tom Brady is on fire, completing 72 percent of his passes with 11 touchdowns to boot. Had Brady been forced to serve the suspension, Sunday’s game against the Colts would have been his first of the season.
