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Teh One Who Knocks
01-06-2014, 08:30 PM
FOX Sports


This is the one dish of revenge this weekend that'll be slightly cold.

The rematch between Luck and Tom Brady dates back to last season, when the young upstart headed to Foxboro to face the seasoned, accomplished veteran. Brady and the Patriots hammered the Colts that day, 59-24. With three interceptions and a fumble, Luck had one of the worst days of his young career.

"It was a lot better than the first day Peyton Manning came up here," then-Colts interim coach Bruce Arians said, referring to Manning's three-interception performance in his first game in Foxboro. "I was here that day."

The Patriots tormented Manning early in his career. Fortunately for him, he has gotten enough shots at Brady to land a few jabs of his own. Luck won't get that many matchups like this against Brady, and this will be seen as a possible coming-of-age game for him after a tremendous performance Saturday in the Colts' 28-point comeback victory over the Chiefs.

The problem for Luck and the Colts is they continue to have issues with starting slowly. They were a minus-32 in point differential in the first quarter during the regular season. The four teams with a worse first-quarter differential all missed the postseason and had a combined 19 wins.

If Luck and the Colts find themselves down four touchdowns to Brady and the Pats, the stories written afterward won't be of comparisons between Luck and Michael Jordan. Rather, they'll be along the lines of those written after Luck's disastrous trip to Gillette Stadium last year.