Pats Rally Late To Remain Unbeaten

Though the Patriots were outplayed and out gained for much of the game vs. the Colts on Sunday, they managed to pull off a come-from-behind win to remain perfect at 9-0.

The Patriots won 24-20 thanks to two touchdowns in the final 8 minutes of the game, after trailing 20-10, to get the comeback victory.

Tom Brady threw for 255 yards and 3 TD's, but did double his season interception total from 2 to 4. On the other side, Manning had a solid day with 225 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT. But Manning's final mistake, a fumble coming with two minutes left, was recovered by Rosevelt Colvin of the Pats and ended the game.

The Patriots will now get a chance to rest with their bye next week and then will play at Buffalo on Nov. 18 to try to stay unbeaten.

Dwight Freeney Signs Six-Year, $72 million Deal

For the first time in a long time the Indianapolis Colts spend money on the defensive side of the ball. Dwight Freeney, who was a 2002 1st round pick of the Colts, will become the highest paid defensive player of all-time. In addition to his $72 million dollar deal, Freeney will also recieve a $30 million dollar signing bonus. Had Freeney and his agent not signed the long term deal, the Colts would have been forced to settle for the one-year tender at $9.4 million. If that were the case, Freeney would have had to decide whether or not he was going to hold out.

Until last season Freeney had registered double-digit sacks in every season he played. His highest total came in 2004 when he sacked the quarterback 16 times. Last year's 5.5 sack total was the lowest of his 5 year career but many such as myself expect that total to grow to double digits again with him entering his prime. Experts are also saying that Freeney has been working on more inside moves as opposing O-lineman found out last year that pushing him to the outside of the pocket frustrated him and made him lose focus. If he improves his technique and his inside moves, we could be talking about him putting up Reggie White type numbers. And at 27, the man has plenty of time to learn.