from one of the Pat's boards

http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-...-do-colts.html

kinda makes sense. the old-school gritty smashmouth Patriots have gotten soft and got out-gritted and out-smashed.

"He further said that it was in fact very similar to his own approach, when he was on the Patriots staff, to defending the Colts receivers. This would include the playoff game where Bill Polian famously blew a gasket over the lack of calls for being too physical with Colts receivers.
We need to have in our arsenal a tactic to deal with this.
We could be Colts about it and whine for "better" officiating, or we could attempt to get our receivers better prepared to either avoid such contact or (my preference) to dish it out just as much."