We Could Be Cleveland

Discussing the Colts being beat once again by the Patriots kind of makes me feel like a Cubs fan but in all reality it isn't quite that bad.  We got killed yesterday.  Just killed.  At no point was that game close.  The loss itself is frustrating but when you look at the fact that we were one of four remaining teams this season and we were really more like a top 10 team things suddenly don't look too bad.  We have a young superstar quarterback in Luck who more or less carried this team along with TY Hilton and a few key defensive players but otherwise we have an over-matched defensive line and no run game.  We're decent and were beat by a better team.  The stinger is that we were beat by the Patriots.  While both teams have changed a lot of players over the years and we've changed coaches, the two remaining constants are Belichick and Brady, still there to beat us.  Our only hope is that Luck will outlast Brady.  The whole ball-deflating scandal is amusing because it in no way impacted that game.  Why would they even think they would need to do that to beat us?  And yet I wouldn't be surprised at all if it turns out to be true.  I don't put anything past the Spygate Patriots.  If it is true they should face a fine of epic proportions as they are perpetual cheaters.  I agree with Wilbon who said if it proves to be true they should have to forfeit their Super Bowl bid but the NFL doesn't have to balls to do such a thing.  The bottom line is we've had 10-15 years of pretty good football here in Indy (save for the season Peyton was injured and Willie Wonka played) and we had a decent team this year and made it to the AFC Championship and were beat by a better team.  The Seattle vs New England game will make for a better Super Bowl though it is hard to figure out who to root for (Of course the answer is Seattle but I'm not excited about that.)  Hey, it could be worse.  We could be Cleveland.