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by James Harrison and throws it low, missing a wide open Marvin.
Addai picks up 11 on second down to move the chains and Rhodes comes in and gets seven more before the two-minute warning. The Colts shoot themselves in the foot off the break by taking a false start penalty. Harrison gets pressure again, forcing a bad pass. Polamalu is all over Clark on the 3rd down attempt, forcing a punt that pins the Steelers inside the 10.
Let's set the situation: the Colts have three timeouts left. We have the ball 92 yards from the end zone. There's 1:43 left. They have a very good chance of getting the ball back before halftime. So what should we do? Run the ball three times to make them use their timeouts, then punt.
Moore runs for one, Indy timeout. So far so good. Ben goes play-action and hits Spaeth with a fairly safe pass to set up 3rd-and-2. Timeout Indy. A little risky, but okay, we got to 3rd and short. Arians calls the same play they ran earlier on 3rd-and-2, the post to Holmes.
Let's set the situation: the Colts have three timeouts left. We have the ball 92 yards from the end zone. There's 1:43 left. They have a very good chance of getting the ball back before halftime. So what should we do? Run the ball three times to make them use their timeouts, then punt.
Moore runs for one, Indy timeout. So far so good. Ben goes play-action and hits Spaeth with a fairly safe pass to set up 3rd-and-2. Timeout Indy. A little risky, but okay, we got to 3rd and short. Arians calls the same play they ran earlier on 3rd-and-2, the post to Holmes.
Ben underthrows it and Ratliff picks it off. And now, Indy has the ball, on the 30, with a minute and a half AND a timeout.
Manning looks deep for Harrison, but Gay and Carter are there. But Marvin comes back with a catch to move the ball inside the 20. Gonzo makes his first catch of the game for the Ponies to get it inside the 15.
Manning looks deep for Harrison, but Gay and Carter are there. But Marvin comes back with a catch to move the ball inside the 20. Gonzo makes his first catch of the game for the Ponies to get it inside the 15.
Manning throws and incompletion, but Deshea gets flagged for holding. giving them the ball inside the 10. After an incomplete pass, Rhodes dips and dives down to the two, prompting the Ponies to use their last timeout to stop the clock with nine seconds left. When the offense comes out, you KNOW they're going to throw. Everyone KNOWS they're going to throw. So what do we do? We play zone. Manning to Clark for an easy score.
17-14
Ben kneels to end the half. Giving up a score to the Ponies and having them get the ball to start the second half inspired a Tom Clancy book.
Third Quarter
Coming out of the half, you knew we needed more points. A three-point lead wasn't going to hold. Manning hooked up with Clark and Gonzo to get the drive going. Gonzo pulls in another to get the ball near midfield. Manning keeps gunslinging and spreads the ball around to Wayne, Harrison and Garcon to get the ball inside the 30.
Addai and Rhodes grind out a few more yards before Manning went back to the air and hit Gonzo to get the ball inside the 20. Peyton took a shot for Harrison down the sidelines on third down, but Marvin wimped out when Tyrone Carter came over the top to lay a lick on him. Harrison stayed down to smell the grass, but walked off the field and came back on the next drive.
Vinatieri knocked home a field goal to tie it up.
17-17
Gary Russell busts off a great return to get the ball out to the 40 and set us up with excellent field position. Ben comes out and hits McHugh for a few, the Moore comes back with a decent run to get to 3rd-and-4. Ben finds Moore out of the backfield to pick up the first down and get the ball across midfield.
Ben looks for Moore again, but it wasn't happening. Hines pulled one in for five yards, but couldn't come up with a catch on third down, forcing a punt.
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