INDIANAPOLIS -- When Adam Vinatieri -- he of the the two, Super Bowl winning kicks when he was playing for the Patriots -- missed a 50-yard attempt on the Colts' first possession, it was only the second time in 16 tries this season that he'd failed to put the ball through the uprights.

Of course, it also was the first one he'd tried from beyond 40 yards.

More surprisingly, it was the first attempt Vinatieri had missed in the RCA Dome since coming to Indianapolis last season.

Still, the Colts drive consumed about six-and-a-half minutes, while the Patriots were 3-and-out on their first possession -- the first time all season they've failed to put points on the board the first time they had the ball.