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Colts have good ‘Luck’ to win over Vikings
Monday, 17 September 2012 - 1:24pm
Indy’s new quarterback threw two touchdown passes, moved the Colts 45 yards in 23 seconds on their final drive and even got the Vikings to jump offside with 13 seconds left in the game to set up a 53-yard field goal from Adam Vinatieri for a 23-20 victory—Luck’s first career win.
“To get a win, was something I really wanted for this team,” he said after making his home debut. “For me personally, I didn’t want it looming over us for the next game.”
Yesterday’s victory shows how much has changed in the past year, since the Colts (1-1) were dealing with an 0-13 start and months of questions about going winless.
This year’s completely revamped team won’t have to contend with any part of that.
The biggest change, of course, is at quarterback where Luck has replaced the longtime face of the franchise, Peyton Manning. Around the stadium there was a mixture of the new No. 12 jerseys and the old No. 18 jerseys, though at the end of the day, everyone was applauding Luck’s composure.
In his home debut, Luck looked solid, not spectacular, going 20 of 31 for 224 yards.
He did not throw an interception, was sacked twice despite having three starting offensive linemen out the entire second half and he did something Manning couldn’t during his rookie season: win in September.
Manning opened his career 0-4, including two losses at home before finally beating Ryan Leaf and the San Diego Chargers for his first career win on Oct. 4, 1998.
But this game had as much to do with the Vikings errors as it did with Luck’s success.
“We did some things today that really hurt us. We hurt ourselves,” Minnesota coach Leslie Frazier said. ‘We’ve got to figure it out. We’ve got to learn from it and not let it happen going forward. We really shot ourselves in the foot a few different times.“
Elsewhere in the NFL yesterday, it was: Cardinals 20, Saints 18; Giants 41, Buccaneers 34; 49Ers 27, Lions 19; Dolphins 35, Raiders 13; Texans 27, Jaguars 7; Bills 35, Chiefs 17; Bengals 34, Browns 27; Steelers 27, Jets 10; Rams 31, Redskins 28; Seahawks 27, Cowboys 7; and Chargers 38, Titans 10.
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INDIANAPOLIS—Minnesota gave Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts too many chances yesterday.
Eventually, the No. 1 draft pick made the Vikings pay.
“To get a win, was something I really wanted for this team,” he said after making his home debut. “For me personally, I didn’t want it looming over us for the next game.”
Yesterday’s victory shows how much has changed in the past year, since the Colts (1-1) were dealing with an 0-13 start and months of questions about going winless.
This year’s completely revamped team won’t have to contend with any part of that.
The biggest change, of course, is at quarterback where Luck has replaced the longtime face of the franchise, Peyton Manning. Around the stadium there was a mixture of the new No. 12 jerseys and the old No. 18 jerseys, though at the end of the day, everyone was applauding Luck’s composure.
In his home debut, Luck looked solid, not spectacular, going 20 of 31 for 224 yards.
He did not throw an interception, was sacked twice despite having three starting offensive linemen out the entire second half and he did something Manning couldn’t during his rookie season: win in September.
Manning opened his career 0-4, including two losses at home before finally beating Ryan Leaf and the San Diego Chargers for his first career win on Oct. 4, 1998.
But this game had as much to do with the Vikings errors as it did with Luck’s success.
“We did some things today that really hurt us. We hurt ourselves,” Minnesota coach Leslie Frazier said. ‘We’ve got to figure it out. We’ve got to learn from it and not let it happen going forward. We really shot ourselves in the foot a few different times.“
Elsewhere in the NFL yesterday, it was: Cardinals 20, Saints 18; Giants 41, Buccaneers 34; 49Ers 27, Lions 19; Dolphins 35, Raiders 13; Texans 27, Jaguars 7; Bills 35, Chiefs 17; Bengals 34, Browns 27; Steelers 27, Jets 10; Rams 31, Redskins 28; Seahawks 27, Cowboys 7; and Chargers 38, Titans 10.
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