Indianapolis Colts QB Peyton Manning (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
Quoting the Indianapolis Colts | What they were saying after a 35-27 victory over the Houston Texans Sunday (part three) . . .
Indianapolis Colts QB Peyton Manning . . .
*On yet another fourth-quarter comeback: “Every game takes on its own identity. You certainly don't like to spot a team 17 points on the road, a division team. Houston came out and made a lot of plays. They were hot on offense. Our offense, we had some missed assignments and some mental errors. We obviously didn't have many possessions there in the first half.”
*On the go-ahead touchdown drive in the fourth quarter: “Obviously it wasn't great field position. They had a good punt and backed us up a little bit. I thought [RB Joseph] Addai did a heck of a job holding onto the ball. Guy made a big hit. I felt like they were excited, maybe celebrating a little bit that play so we quick-snapped them and went deep on them right away. That's the thing. You've got to play every play. We know that.”
*On the Colts’ running game: “It just gave us good balance. The plan was to run the ball today. Certainly the score can factor in. It was nice we could cut it to 20-14 and our defense started to hold them so we could mix in the runs where we weren't down two or three scores and you had to throw. . . . They've got good pass rushers. Certainly not the type of team you want to be strictly one-dimensional because of the score. It was nice to be able to pound some runs at certain times to make them defend both phases of our offense.”
*On his glute injury: “I feel better. Obviously I wasn't feeling great last week, but I did feel better today.”
*On the specifics of the flute injury: “Soreness. It was a bruise, essentially. I guess it happened in the Baltimore game, not sure which play.”
Indianapolis Colts DB Melvin Bullitt . . .
*On RB Chad Simpson's touchdown run: “That was huge. It’s just about whoever is in the game at that time making plays. Do what you’re supposed to do, go out there and execute, and just do your job.”
*On recent slow starts: “One thing we have to do is start faster. We haven’t really done that yet, but I feel like we are starting to get to where we are playing all four quarters. We had three solid quarters this week. Once we get to where we have four quarters of full team action, we’re going to be a very tough team to beat.”
*On multiple comebacks this season: “It happens. You just have to stay focused and keep going towards what we do. We can’t panic in any situation. Nobody panicked, nobody got hostile, we just did what we had to do and went out there and played our football, and got the win.”
QUOTING THE COLTS . . .
* Quoting the Colts Part One: Head Coach Jim Caldwell and President Bill Polian. Here.
* Quoting the Colts Part Two: RB Joseph Addai, S Antoine Bethea and MLB Gary Brackett. Here.
* Quoting the Colts Part Three: QB Peyton Manning and S Melvin Bullitt. Here.
* Quoting the Colts Part Four: DE Robert Mathis, LB Clint Session and WR Reggie Wayne. Here.
(Thanks to the Houston Texans public relations for providing quotes)
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