this was an incredible year, i have been a colts fan since 1968, they were very good back then, but i was very young, and didnt apprciate it, like i do now. there were so many years, so many close calls, but all the wait till next years ended. those of you have been reading along, have seen then pieces put in place, year after year, adding another piece, this year, all those pieces came together.                                                                                      we had 3 new starters on offense, as an era came to an end  the edge wasnt resigned, we drafted a rb in the 1st round, joseph addai, and he teamed up with long time backup, dominic rhodes, dylan gandy at guard, and a new te-ben utecht. on defense robert mathis took over at de for raheem brock, who moved inside to dt, and anthony mcfarland was aquired in an in-season trade, who replaced corey simon, and a new safety-antoine bethea (6th round). we also signed a new kicker, in the off season, letting mike vanderjagt go, and getting adam vinatieri, and a former colt was re-signed to handle the returns-terrance wilkins. addai was the leading rusher (1081), marv in rec (95-1366),and td's (12), and robert mathis in sacks (9 1/2). peyton, marv, and reggie, glenn, and saturday made the pro bowl.                      the season started off with the manning bowl, as peytons brother , eli and the giants  came to town, and for the first time in league history 2 brothers were the starting qb's. in week #2, peyton passed johnny u. for all time club leader in pass completions. in week #8, the colts reversed a trend, defeating the patsies for the 2nd consectutive year, and marv became the all time colts leader in td's, the colts started out 9-0, before losing 21-14, in their 10th game. they finished the year 12-4, becoming the 2nd team in nfl history to post 4 consecutive years of at least 12 victories. some thing happened as the post season went on, the colts defense hadnt played particlary well vs the run during the season,  in the first playoff game a wildcard victory over the cheifs, the defense shut down one of the best running attacks in the league. their next opponent, was the ravens in baltimore, with the defense once again shutting down the running attack, we won , as adam kicked 5 field goals. in what has to be the best game i have ever witnessed in my life, the colts faced the patsies, in the afc championship game, in indy. the game started out as worst case scenario, and we fell behind by 18, with a 32 point second half, including an addai td run with a minute to go, we defeated the patsies 38-34. the feeling i felt when jackson intercepted brady , is indescribable, after 35 years, we were going to the super bowl, i still feel like that was the super bowl, the afc is far more talented than the nfc, and with the history between those 2 teams, it was an awesome feeling! never the less, it wasnt the big game, the colts went to miami, and faced the chicago bears, once again falling behind 14-6, the colts outscored the bears 23-3 , the rest of the way, when kelvin hayden interecepted a pass, and took it in for a td, we knew we were going to be the world champions, peyton won the m.v.p award, and we will never forget the post game festivities during those 2 games, as our guys got that championship. tony and peyton holding up the lombardi trophy, after years of hearing how they couldnt win the big game , all the players, and families, and fans, celebrating, all the hard work, all the class, and respect these guys play with, what a very special year, for the team, the fans, and the city.