Regarding the Colts running up the score in 2004 as the Patriots are obviously doing so this year, here are some facts you conveniently left out:

Of Manning’s 49 TD passes, just one came in the fourth quarter of a one-sided game.

The Colts beat Houston 49-14. Manning threw five TD passes, none in the fourth quarter.

The Colts beat Chicago 41-10. Manning had four TD passes. Jim Sorgi played the fourth quarter.

The Colts beat Detroit 41-9. Manning threw for six TD passes. Sorgi went into the game with 1:15 left in the third quarter.

The Colts beat Tennessee 51-24. Manning's last TD pass, his fourth of the game, made it 48-24 with 13 minutes left. That's when Sorgi entered the game.

By comparison, Brady has thrown six fourth-quarter touchdown passes in the Patriots' first eight games, five of them with a lead of 17 points or more.

And of course there is this ultimate difference that Brady and the Patriots would NEVER do: Peyton Manning was a touchdown pass from breaking Dan Marino's single-season record against Baltimore (need I remind you the history between these two towns.) Already up by 10, the Colts intercepted a ball that gave them a first down on the Baltimore 4-yard line. Instead of going for the record, though, Manning took a knee, then another. Finally, the clock ran out.

"That's the right way to play," said Manning. Ms. Young…do you have an answer for this?? Of course you don’t.

As for Howard Mudd stealing signals…there is a gargantuan difference between all coaches, as they do, trying to steal signals, and sending Mr. Video on the field with a camera and getting busted for having done so for who knows how long. That’s like trying to justify a base runner using a motorcycle to steal second base as opposed to his legs like everyone else.

Tim - glad to see that a Colts fan has checked in. Is it "the right way to play" when Peyton is throwing his offensive linemen under the bus after a playoff loss? Is it "right" when Bill Polian sat in the Gillette Stadium press box and loudly wished that his players would break Doug Flutie's leg (I was sitting five feet from him when he said that)? The bottom line is that in the NFL, there is no such thing as running up the score. Tom Brady (and Manning) get paid to score points. Randall Godfrey and other players on defense get paid to stop points from being scored. It's not Pop Warner, it's the NFL. And if you think the Patriots are the only team using video, you're naive. Belichick was just cocky enough to have the camera on the field instead of in the stands or somewhere less conspicuous. - smy