Colts focused on more important goal

When the Colts lost to the Jets on Sunday I really didn’t expect to see the kind of backlash from fans that’s going on right now. The Colts are being extremely defensive in this situation too, it’s causing quite the stir.

I understand the Colts fans frustrations, especially since the team that they were chasing for the 16-0 season is the Patriots. But looking at it from the Colts perspective it’s hard to argue their logic.

Everyone saw how badly the Colts struggled without Manning in the game. Having him healthy, since they’ve secured the number one seed in the AFC, is clearly the main priority. If he had gotten injured during the Jets game fans would be pissed that he was playing in the first place in a meaningless game. The Colts couldn’t win on this one so they played it safe.

The reality of the situation was that, even when Manning was in the game, the Colts were out of sync. Pulling Manning may have been a good move. What if Manning played the game and they’d lost when he was playing? That could be a more damaging loss than the one they sustained Sunday.

A perfect regular season is great, but ask the Patriots when they would have rather had that one loss. New England fans don’t give a shit their team went 16-0, they probably don’t even want to remember that season. The Colts want their season to end with them hoisting up the Lombardi trophy. If they do all this talk about a perfect season will be forgotten.

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