Carolina Making Selves Irritating

Even though they now trail 10-7, Carolina's been a pain in the posterior for the entire first half to the Colts.

The Panthers were up 7-3 on the Colts late in thefirst half and winning the field position battle decisively as they drew closer to ruining the GREATEST REGULAR SEASON GAME IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM!!

Indy had had about a half-dozen drops in the first half before Reggie Wayne hauled in a perfect pass from Peyton Manning to set up a 2-yard Joseph Addai touchdown.

Indy sat down left tackle Tony Ugoh, wide receiver Marvin Harrison and linebacker Freddie Keiaho today. Ugoh has a neck injury said to be a stinger. Harrison played last week against the Jagaurs but is down today.

Makes one wonder if the Colts opted to look ahead to their showdown with New England and rest these guys.

On the surface, it makes sense. The winner of next week's game could well be hosting the AFC Championship in late January.

Chances are excellent that Indy comes out of the break and batters Carolina but - for 30 minutes of play - the Panthers have helped give the Patriots a few things to look at heading into next week's showdown.