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Going into last night's Patriots-Colts game, Indianapolis' weak link was clearly its defense.

But when Bill Belichick decided to pull his punt team off the field on fourth down and put the offense back on to get the two yards that would enable it to kill the clock and seal the win, Colts' defenders took it personally.

"Total disrespect," linebacker Clint Session said. "They disrespected us and got what they deserved. They fought hard throughout the game but they disrespected us at the end and they got what they deserved."

Defensive lineman Robert Mathis: "Wow. All you can say is wow. They were going to do it like that so we had to step up and fortunately we did. That's a lot of disrespect. I know they're trying to win the game just like we are but we were fortunate to get a stop on that play."

(To some, there is a question of whether or not Indy actually made the stop -- there's photographic evidence that Kevin Faulk clearly was well over the 30-yard line, where he needed to be for the first down, but the officials determined that he bobbled the ball and therefore would not award forward progress.)

Dwight Freeney, who was held in check by rookie left tackle Sebastian Vollmer, said any defense should feel disrespected in a situation like that.

 Tags  Clint Session Robert Mathis

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