I think it was safe to say the Chargers were the best team in the AFC before the Colts embarassing performance today. Bleh, whatever. I still hate them, because they've always played one-dimensional football and people have been praising them for years for doing it. The NFL has taken severe measures to get Peyton Manning a Super Bowl ring, and now that window of opportunity is closed. (I'm still suspicious of that call in the playoffs against the Steelers. ) Enough of that noise. The Colts are done, and the world is right again. You have to be able to run the ball and stop the run to be competitive in football. No more 49 touchdown seasons. I feared for a watered down version of arena football after 2004, but thankfully that didn't happen. What's with all the hatred for Peyton Manning? The guy will go down as one of the best quarterbacks ever to play the game when he retires. He's the best QB in the game right now (I might give you Tom Brady but that's it). I can understand not liking a team - although in your case, as a Bears fan, this Colts hatred befuddles me - but it's not like Manning has done anything to make somebody hate him like you appear to. He's never been arrested. He's never had any off or on the field issues. He's not a bad teammate and seems to be a genuinely good guy. Like I said, I just don't understand your dislike of the man. Plus he stars in some of the best and funniest commercials to be made in years.