That game last night can be summed up in one sentence.
"Peyton Manning is in Bill Belichick's head"
Very Reminiscent of when Pete Carroll went for it on 4th and 1 in the National Championship game against Texas. He knew that if they didn't get the first down, there was no way USC was going to stop Vince Young.
This is the same exact thing that happened. Regardless of where Indianapolis was going to get the ball, whether it was on the Pats 30 or the Colts 20, Belichick knew that his defense was not going to stop Peyton Manning.
And I know there are a lot of people here who hate Peyton Manning (Why that is the case, I have no idea, but I digress), but there cannot be any doubt that he is far and away the most valuable player on his team.
Indy wins, what, 3 game swithout him? 4, at the max?