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Indianapolis lived up to its pre-season promise that the defense would be better this year, and let's face it, the D won the game. The Colts D held the Jax to 228 yards, split evenly 114 passing and 114 rushing.
Meanwhile, Peyton Manning was 28/38, 301 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT. He managed many drives deep into Jax territory, but couldn't finish. One drive ended with a second-and-goal INT.
Indy's Reggie Wayne finished with 10 catches for 162 yards and a TD and Colts coach Jim Caldwell won his NFL head coaching debut.
Jaguars' QB David Garrard was 14/28 with 122 yards. It was RB Maurice Jones-Drew who nearly tied the game in the 4th quarter. He took a pitch and went through a hole for a 7-yard TD run to make it 14-12. The two point conversion failed, however, giving Indy the win.
The win is somewhat pyrrhic for Indy, however. WR Anthony Gonzalez (shown) left Sunday's 14-12 victory late in the first quarter with what the team described as a knee injury. It was a non-contact inury that apparently occurred as his leg was caught in the turf.
Anthony Gonzalez did not return after the injury. An MRI is scheduled for tonight.