INDIANAPOLIS – All things being equal, a thumping three-touchdown victory on the road in a prime time NFL assignment would feel every bit as satisfying as Thanksgiving’s typical caloric blitzkrieg.
But all things weren’t equal in the first Thanksgiving game ever hosted by the Indianapolis Colts, because the Colts were busy disintegrating before your bleary eyes at the end of the league’s Turkey Day triple-header.
Those two big interceptions the Steelers came down with in Thursday night’s second half, for example, would have been a lot more impressive had they victimized a quarterback Mike Mitchell or William Gay had actually heard of before Tuesday.