Pats Shore Up Defense Ahead of Colts Game
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NFL MVP Peyton Manning is coming to town, and the New England Patriots are calling in all the help they can find.
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The New England Patriots have an extra week to study their next opponent &#151; whoever that might be.
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Stopping Peyton Manning is a huge challenge for a defense that's at full strength. Imagine how he'd attack a wounded team. The answer will come Sunday.
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The Indianapolis Colts opened the defense of their Super Bowl title with a ruthless 41-10 win over the New Orleans Saints in the NFL season opener on Thursday.
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Denver Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan addresses the media regarding this week&#39;s matchup against the Indianapolis Colts. âI think we have made some strides defensively.
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Former Colt and current Saints cornerback Justin David, above, and the rest of his new defensive teammates will be tasked with slowing down Peyton Manning and the defending Super Bowl champion Colts in the NFL season-opener Thursday.
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The Colts will give most of their starters the day off, adhering to Coach Tony Dungyâs practice of keeping his best players out of harmâs way in the final preseason game.
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The New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts maintained their perfect records with convincing victories on Sunday, setting up a colossal showdown next week.
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The New England Patriots show the stingiest team in the NFL that they also can dominate on defense. The Pats shut down Baltimore 24-to-3 Sunday to improve to 10-and-1, scoring on a fumble
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With the Colts' offense clicking and with the Patriots' defense ailing, Peyton Manning has never been in a better position to overcome New England.
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The Patriots appeared to have positive news on the injury front yesterday, with starting right tackle Nick Kaczur (foot), starting right guard Stephen Neal (shoulder), and tight end Kyle Brady (foot) all taking part in at least part of the team's full-pads practice inside Gillette Stadium.
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With the Patriots having clinched home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, one of the top questions entering the final two weeks of the regular season was whether the team would rest any starters.
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Like passes from Peyton Manning's record-setting arm, the questions about how the Patriots intend to slow down the Indianapolis Colts were flying at Bill Belichick yesterday.
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Gentlemen, start your offenses. That revving sound you hear is Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and his Indianapolis Colts counterpart Peyton Manning tuning up their respective high-octane units for the showdown in the RCA Dome Sunday. Only this time, Brady (2,431 yards, 30 touchdown passes and two interceptions, 74.2 percent completion percentage) might have more horsepower than Manning, whose ...
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When the Colts kick off the NFL season Thursday night at New England, he expects the bar to be higher, the pressure more intense, the spotlight brighter.
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The 7-0 Colts and 8-0 Patriots will play Sunday in the most highly anticipated regular-season game in at least a decade.
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Peyton Manning will lead the high-powered  offense of the Indianapolis Colts against the Chicago Bears'  swarming defense when the two teams square off in Super Bowl  XLI on Sunday.