THE COLTS STILL ON TOP

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Peyton Manning didn't have to be perfect for the Colts to remain the only team with a perfect record.

He had plenty of help from a defense that had been far from perfect all season. With four interceptions -- the last ending the Patriots' final chance with 1:18 left -- Indianapolis beat New England 27-20 Sunday night to improve to 8-0.

With the loss by Chicago and coach Lovie Smith to Miami earlier Sunday, the Colts are the NFL's only unbeaten team.

"Lovie let me down," Indianapolis coach Tony Dungy said. "I was hoping they'd win so they would get all the focus."

Sunday's win capped an impressive two-game road stretch against two of the best teams in the AFC. On Sunday, he threw for 328 yards and tossed two touchdown passes to Marvin Harrison one week after throwing for 345 yards and three scores in a 34-31 win at Denver.


"Those are two very tough places to play," Dungy said. "We're finding a lot of different ways to win. We still aren't playing our best."

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady certainly didn't on Sunday.

Two of his interceptions came on tipped balls against a defense that had just five picks in its first seven games. The Patriots' running game did gain 148 yards against the NFL's worst rush defense.

"We ran successfully and made some passes," Brady said, "but it all gets negated when you turn the ball over."

His 201 yards passing were just 56 more than Harrison had on his eight catches.

The Patriots (6-2) ended a four-game winning streak and dropped a second straight to Indianapolis after winning six in a row.

They also were victimized for the first time by Adam Vinatieri, who signed as a free agent after kicking two Super Bowl winning field goals for New England in the final seconds. But he also missed twice in the second half as his once adoring fans booed.

Peyton & Marvin went-the-fuck-off & Coach Dungy was giving Belichick hELL 4 sho~!!!

"They are trying to get loud and make it hard on the opposing team and that totally makes sense," he said. "I wish I had played a little bit better."
The Colts defense also recovered a fumble and allowed no touchdown passes, only two scoring runs by Corey Dillon and two field goals by rookie Stephen Gostkowski.

The Colts became the only team to start consecutive seasons at 8-0 since the Green Bay Packers did it three straight years from 1929-31. And for the first time in his brilliant career, Manning has thrown for 300 yards in three consecutive games.

"All anybody wants to talk about with this team is, 'what are you guys going to do in the playoffs,' " said Manning, who took the team to the AFC title game just once while reaching the postseason the last four years. "I will enjoy this one for a little while."

Manning won his second straight game against the Patriots and is 4-10 against them.

The Patriots had one last chance after Vinatieri missed from 37 yards with 1:55 left. But on the Patriots' second play, Brady was intercepted by Cato June.

"That was a tough night all the way around," Brady said. "The defense really kept us in there with as many turnovers as there were."

The Colts never trailed as Manning threw the first of his two touchdown passes to Harrison, a 5-yarder, on their opening possession.

Patriots safety Rodney Harrison didn't return after hurting his arm in the first quarter.

"We had to adjust," cornerback Ellis Hobbs said. "The ship gets rocked a little bit and you make it steady."

The Patriots defense did that better than the offense.

The Colts began the day tied for 21st in points allowed. But the first sign the defense would be a positive factor came when Antoine Bethea ended the Patriots' first drive with an interception in the end zone. Manning then drove the Colts 68 yards to his first scoring pass to Marvin Harrison.

The Patriots tied the game on Dillon's 1-yard run on the second play of the second quarter. Indianapolis countered with an 82-yard drive capped by Joseph Addai's 2-yard touchdown run, before New England tied it again on Dillon's 4-yard run.

Then Terrence Wilkins returned the kickoff 70 yards to the Patriots 29 and Vinatieri put the Colts ahead for good 17-14 with a 33-yard field goal with 1:46 left in the half. New England's final possession before intermission ended on Bob Sanders' interception at the Indianapolis 3.

"We're not going to win many games that way, giving up big plays on special teams, defense," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said.

Vinatieri's miss on a 37-yarder early in the third quarter was his first failure in 16 attempts this season and ended a string of 12 possessions in which the Colts scored 10 times. The only two times they failed in that stretch were at the end of their last two first halves, when Manning knelt down with the ball.

Harrison's 4-yard scoring catch made it 24-14 midway through the third quarter. Gostkowski then kicked a 49-yard field goal, Vinatieri connected from 31 and Gostkowski was good again from 26. Harrison's TD was a twisting, diving one-handed catch in the right edge of the end zone on which he barely dragged both feet in bounds.

"Peyton and Marvin have that connection," Hobbs said. "Peyton put it right there."Game notes
Troy Brown broke Stanley Morgan's team record for career receptions with the Patriots with 538 after making five catches. Morgan caught 534. ... Harrison broke a tie with Lenny Moore for most touchdowns by a Colt. He has 115, two more than Moore, who played when the team was in Baltimore. ... For the first time this season, the Colts scored fewer than 30 points and the Patriots allowed more than 17.

Denver Broncos linebacker Al Wilson looks at the scoreboard as he walks off the field in the final seconds of the Broncos' 34-31 loss to the Indianapolis Colts during an NFL football game in Denver, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006.
Its so funny 2 see Coac Dungy whippin all the other NFL Coaches Asses week after week

!!~Dolphins Dethrown Bears~!!

The Chicago Bears playing @ home with an Undefeated record, let the struggling Miami Dolphins whip their sorry Asses....ha ha ha ha ha.....Thats Funny~!!!


CHICAGO - Ronnie Brown rushed for a career-high 157 yards and just like 1985, the Miami Dolphins ended the hopes of an unbeaten season for the Chicago Bears.

Taking advantage of six turnovers and the ineffective play of Rex Grossman, the Dolphins posted the biggest surprise of the NFL season, a 31-13 victory over the Bears.

Entering with just one win in their first seven games and facing a Bears team that had won its four games at Soldier Field by a combined 152-30, the Dolphins were given little chance to even be competitive.

But not only did the Dolphins (2-6) stay competitive, they took advantage of numerous mistakes by the Bears on their way to a shocking upset.

In their Super Bowl-winning season in 1985, the Bears (7-1) won their first 12 games before being ambushed in a 38-24 loss at Miami on a Monday night. Those Dolphins had Hall of Famers in coach Don Shula and Dan Marino.

On Sunday, the 2006 Dolphins were led by defensive end Jason Taylor, who returned an interception 20 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. He also forced a fumble and recorded a sack to go over 100 in his career.

Miami turned the six Chicago turnovers into 28 points.

The Dolphins completely flustered Grossman, who completed 18-of-42 passes for 210 yards and a touchdown with three interceptions. He had 11 TDs without an interception in his first four home games.

It marked the second time in three games the Bears committed six turnovers in a game. They had two defensive touchdowns and a special teams TD in rallying for a dramatic 24-23 victory at Arizona on October 16
This time, the Bears' defense was unable to bail them out. In fact, they were run over by Ronnie Brown, who rushed for a season-high 157 yards on 29 carries.

Joey Harrington threw for three touchdowns to overcome a pair of interceptions for the Dolphins.

LARRY JOHNSON__"THE BEAST"

Larry Johnson could just be the NFLs strongest,fastest & most powerful running back!
Thanks to three first-half turnovers by the Rams and a season-high 172 rushing yards out of RB Larry Johnson, the Chiefs escaped St. Louis with a 31-17 win in the Governor’s Cup series. The Chiefs jumped out to a 17-0 first-half lead, then let Johnson protect it en route to the win.

St. Louis entered the game with the NFL’s third-best turnover ratio at +10, but that did very little to help its cause on Sunday. The Rams fumbled three times in the first quarter and the Chiefs capitalized on all three, jumping out to a 17-0 lead before the I-70 rivals knew what hit them.

On Kansas City’s first possession, RB Larry Johnson helped get the club out of bad field position at their own two-yard line when he broke off a 44-yard run. The drive stalled just across midfield, but Dustin Colquitt’s punt was muffed by WR Dane Looker at the Rams 14-yard line. Chiefs RB Dee Brown pounced on the loose ball setting up a Johnson one-yard touchdown run for a 7-0 lead moments later. The Chiefs excitement was tempered a bit on the drive when Pro Bowl G Brian Waters was carted off the field with a right knee injury.

Another Rams turnover led to the Chiefs next score as Chiefs DE Jared Allen sacked and stripped St. Louis QB Marc Bulger at the Rams 46-yard line. Rookie DT Stephen Williams recovered the fumble and watched his offense go for a knockout blow on the very next play. QB Damon Huard tossed a perfect 43-yard pass to WR Samie Parker down to the three-yard line. Huard then found TE Tony Gonzalez wide open in the end zone for a touchdown and a 14-0 lead. Gonzalez’s 58th career touchdown catch moved him past WR Otis Taylor (57) for the most touchdown receptions in franchise history.




LB Keyaron Fox forced the third St. Louis fumble on the next series when he poked the ball free from RB Steven Jackson. Allen recovered the ball for Kansas City at the St. Louis 33-yard line, giving the Chiefs another short field. KC settled for a 42-yard Lawrence Tynes field goal to open the game with 17 unanswered points. Staring down a 17-0 deficit and searching for answers, the Rams switched to a no-huddle offense to shake things up. The change in gameplan seemed to ignite them as Bulger fired back-to-back big gains to WR Isaac Bruce to move inside the Red Zone. From there Jackson bulled across the goal line from two yards out to cut the Chiefs lead to 17-7 midway through the second quarter.

Unfazed, the Chiefs would answer with a crisp, eight-play, 80-yard scoring march just before halftime. Huard completed three passes on the drive including his second touchdown pass to Gonzalez, this time from 25 yards out. On the play, Huard side-stepped a blitzing CB Travis Fisher and found his Pro Bowl tight end down the seam to take a 24-7 lead with 0:48 left in the half. The Rams would sneak in a 41-yard field goal from Jeff Wilkins as time expired on the half to make the score 24-10 at the break.

After the two clubs exchanged punts to open the second half, St. Louis would edge closer with a methodical 12-play, 80-yard third-quarter drive. The Rams converted a fourth-and-one play and scored on a Bulger-to-WR Kevin Curtis pass on third-and-goal from the two-yard line. Bulger completed five of six passes on the drive with a 27-yard hook-up to WR Torry Holt and a 22-yard run from Jackson moving the chains. Bulger’s touchdown pass brought the Rams within one score at 24-17 with 3:50 left in the third quarter.




It looked as though all the momentum was headed in the Rams direction as they tried to comeback from a 17-point deficit. Kansas City’s offense struggled to find their footing in the second half as it mustered just one first down in the third quarter. Then early in the fourth quarter the Chiefs were backed up at their own six-yard line and needed to burn some of the clock and slow down the St. Louis attack. Kansas City did that and more. Johnson ripped off runs of 15 and 16 yards, then Huard hooked up with Gonzalez on a big third-down conversion to keep the drive rolling. On the very next play from the 11-yard line, Huard (who finished with 148 yards and three TDs) capped the seven-play march with an 11-yard touchdown pass to TE Kris Wilson to take a commanding 31-17 lead with 6:20 left in the game.

St. Louis tried to get back in the game with a quick drive inside the Chiefs Red Zone. However, the Rams comeback bid came up short when Bulger’s third and fourth-down passes from inside the five-yard line were batted down. First, S Sammy Knight knocked down the third down attempt, then S Bernard Pollard iced the Chiefs 31-17 victory on fourth down.

The Chiefs (5-3) now travel to Miami (2-6) next Sunday, November 12th to take on the Dolphins. Kickoff is scheduled for Noon (central).