It has been eight years since that last time these two teams met in the AFC Championship game, a game in which the Indianapolis Colts came roaring back from a huge deficit to advance to the Super Bowl. Now, in 2015, they meet again. While the teams are very different than they were in that 2006 season, there are a few similarities. Bill Belichick is still the head coach of the New England Patriots, and both teams have elite quarterbacks. The Pats are still sending number 12 out there every Sunday; however, the Colts now have their own number 12, with 18 in Denver and watching from home with a chicken parm sandwich tonight. Andrew Luck and Tom Brady. Two of the better quarterbacks in the league will face off tonight for a chance to play in Super Bowl XLIX. The last time these two teams met, a man that nobody except Notre Dame fans had heard of rushed for 201 yards and four touchdowns. Jonas Gray made the Indianapolis defense look like a pop warner team. The game before that, a divisional round game in the 2014 playoffs, LeGarrette Blount rushed for 166 yards and, you guessed it, four touchdowns. The moral of the story is you can run on this team. Or can you? Since the shellacking that took place in week 11 of this season, the Colts have allowed only 110.4 rushing yards per game (99 yards per game in the playoffs). While still only a number that would leave them in the middle of the pack in the NFL, it is much improved from what we have seen against them. Read More at CLNSRadio.com Follow @SamPericolo for the latest sports talk and news
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SAMUEL PERICOLOSam is a graduate of Assumption College where he studied History, Marketing, and Political Science and was a Co-Producer on a weekly sports talk television show. Archives
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