Kerry Byrne says Indy is now the bully and the Pats the weenie
Not anymore: These days, the Colts are the old Patriots and the Patriots are the old Colts. The Colts are the team that guts out gritty wins in big games. The Patriots are the team that puts up big offensive stats in the regular season and then comes up empty when the games matter most. The Colts are the team playing for the conference title. The Patriots are the team that scored more points and dominated more second-rate regular-season opponents — but that went one-and-done in the playoffs.
The Colts are tough. The Patriots are soft. And Patriots fans, if last week was any indication, seem to have embraced the, ahem, “change.”
Indy’s 20-3 win over the Ravens Saturday night was symbolic of that change. Remember, 20-3 was the same score by which the Patriots beat the Colts in the 2004 divisional playoffs — a single performance that perhaps marked the height of the New England dynasty.
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