Interesting facts to chew on during halftime:
These are Manning's stats in all of his post-season losses. With one exception (41-0 loss to the Jets), his defense has not allowed very high point totals, conversely, the offense has been putrid:
Year Opp Result | CMP ATT PYD PTD INT
---------------------+--------------------------+-----------------
1999 ten L,16-19 | 19 43 227 0 0
Colts averaged 26.4 points and 20.8 points against during the regular season
Offense 10 points worse, Defense ~2 points better
2000 mia L,17-23 | 17 32 194 1 0
Colts averaged 26.8 points and 20.4 points against during the regular season
Offense ~10 points worse, Defense ~3 points worse
2002 nyj L,0-41 | 14 31 137 0 2
Colts averaged 21.8 points and 19.6 points against during the regular season
Offense ~22 points worse, Defense ~21 points worse
2003 nwe L,14-24 | 23 47 237 1 4
Colts averaged 27.9 points and 21.0 points against during the regular season
Offense ~14 points worse, Defense 3 points worse
2004 nwe L,3-20 | 27 42 238 0 1
Colts averaged 32.6 points and 21.9 points against during the regular season
Offense ~30 points worse, Defense ~ 2 points better
2005 pit L,18-21 | 22 38 290 1 0
Colts averaged 27.4 points and 15.4 points against during the regular season
Offense ~9 points worse, defense about 6 points worse
On average, in Colts playoff losses with Manning at QB:
Colts offense scores 15.8 points less than they did during the season
This is substantially below normal output. A huge difference in what normal offensive output should have been expected from the Colts.
Colts defense gives up 4.5 points more than they did during the regular season.
Below normal output, but not by a large amount. Worse than should have been expected, but not by much.
Once again, it looks like the Colt offense will underachieve in a playoff game.