I waited a full day to simmer down before writing this hoping I would come to some other conclusion, but nothing's changed my mindset since the game.  I think it's too easy and immature to simply say "I am pissed the Colts lost", but that's not really what's got my goat.  Several things bothered me about the game but one glaring game changing issue really has my questioning the Colts coaching staff. 

But first, let's cover some of the most obvious, smaller issues:

•1)      Did the ref's get shiny new whistles and they were just dieing to use them?  Did Ron Winters just finish reading the Walt Coleman Guide of  Officiating.  21 penalties for 180 yards?  Are you friggin kidding me?  If the NFL decided to use that game as an example to set the tone of the league, perhaps they ought to slip a note to the teams.  I was waiting for "Personal Foul, Colts, uhmmmm, just because, automatic first down."

•2)      Tim Jennings.  Does he play any decent defense other then spotting the WR 10 yards cushion then jumping on quick slants?  He constantly get's burned downfield and/or in man coverage and when he does, he cost the team 10-15 yards in penalties to cover up his mistakes.  I, for one, am tired of the Tim Jennings experiment.  That boy needs to ride the pine and learn to appreciate his job and what's required to play for this team.  He's quickly becoming a thug with his personal fouls.  Something the team can't be happy with right now.

•3)      Peyton had plenty of time in the pocket to throw downfield Sunday, but why didn't he?  The WR's, all of sudden, couldn't get off their defenders and create any separation at all.  Wasn't GB the team with the banged up secondary?  They manned up and shut down our WR's all game.  Come on guys, stop hand fighting, and bust off the line into your routes.

•4)      Finally, my main complaint .... We were severely out coached on both sides of the ball.  It's easy to say "well, we played sloppy and not our normal style..." and "you got to hand it to GB, they clearly outplayed us...".  Uh-uh, not acceptable.  Really, we just needed a few breaks to go our way and that game is turned around.  The coaches refused to change their game plan to put us in a position to get those breaks.

•a)      Offense - their secondary was playing lights out.  Our opportunities to throw downfield were very selective.  So, why did we continue to line-up in 3 & 4(Clark) WR sets?  Adding more receivers to the mix isn't going to solve the problem.  If the passing game isn't working, how about we try to use the running game to open it up.  Why didn't we switch to a big 2-TE set, use the WR streaking downfield as decoys, and run the ball?  In a 2-TE set, that usually puts a LB on Clark where we can create a mismatch to pass too.  But wait, we did run the ball .... Really? Running in a 2-TE set is much different then 3-WR set.  We kept trying to use the pass to set up the run, when we should have switched and did the opposite.

•b)      Defense - my biggest beef.  Did anybody happen to notice that Rodger's shoulder was ailing?  He's not going to throw anything deep with any kind of precision.  So, why in the hell were our LB's playing 10 yards deep on every play?  I've heard people comment about the lack of our pass rush, but how are we suppose to get to Rodgers when he's dumping the ball off underneath our coverage in 2 seconds time?  It was the Dink & Dunk show of all times and we simply would not change our coverage.  We let a RB or TE slip out uncovered for short little passes and then gain 6-7 yards while our LB's came running up from centerfield.  It just pisses me off that we didn't deploy at least one spy to cover any person slipping out.  Many times, that person is Bob Sanders and it's very apparent that we can't stop any decent offense without him.  I hear that we deploy a bend don't break defense.  Why do you think that is?  It's because we give so much cushion that we allow teams to march right down the field and only when the playing field get's smaller do we become defensively efficient.

So there you have it folks.  Don't blame Peyton... he didn't have much to work with and Tom Moore is the one sending out the formation sets.  Don't blame Bob for being hurt too often... it happens.  I blame you, Tony Dungy.  As our head coach, you have to recognize these things and make necessary adjustments during the game.  We can't continue to sit back chanting "Do what we do" when it isn't happening.  Make the adjustments.  If we don't change "what we do" then GB just showed the rest of the league how to dink & dunk on the Colts and their way to a victory.  I fear we've just been exposed!