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Gary Brackett has made it clear that he wants the Colts to try for the perfect season.

Joseph Addai has been quietly effective this season, rushing for 583 yards and seven touchdowns so far.

Here comes my annual rant. If you aren't paying attention to the league closely, I'll be sending a federal agent to your house to block you from NFL.com so as to prevent you from casting a Pro Bowl ballot.

After a challenging three game-stretch at home, the Colts remain undefeated. They hardly played their best ball in an 18-14 win over San Francisco, a 20-17 win over Houston or a 35-34 win over New England.

RYAN PALENCER/FLYER PHOTOS Colts One makes it first trip down the Indianapolis Airport runway.

There wasn't even a full house to witness the first time. Around five thousand seats or benches were empty in the old RCA Dome on November 15, 1998, when the one-win Colts trailed the New York Jets 23-17 with 3:04 left to play.

They sat there for hours, two football savants, sitting at a table near the pool at the Ihilani Hotel outside Honolulu before the 2007 Pro Bowl.

On the Indianapolis Colts sideline, sixth-year left guard Ryan Lilja leaned toward offensive linemate Mike Pollak.

When the call came in from the sideline, a play that asked for Joseph Addai to run left, then pull back and throw a pass to Reggie Wayne in the end zone, Indianapolis Colts left guard Ryan Lilja had this thought: "Uh-oh." Or something along those lines.

The Indianapolis Colts are back to their October ways. They're 5-0, hold a three-game lead in the AFC South and have two fewer losses than San Diego, Pittsburgh or New England - the three teams that traditionally eliminate Indy from the playoffs.

Some people call them trap games, these apparently one-sided NFL matchups that can reach up and bite the favored team.

The lime was lame. The Day-Glo was heck-no. If the Seattle Seahawks had come out in uniforms that looked like a Jackson Pollock canvas, they would have been more eye-pleasing than those Frankfurt Galaxy-on-acid uniforms they rolled out last Sunday.

Twenty months is a long layoff between football games. The last time before Sunday that Indianapolis Colts left guard Ryan Lilja had started an NFL game that counted was at the RCA Dome.

Jim Caldwell spent an entire offseason trying to fix the Colts' ground game. The coach used a first-round draft pick on running back Donald Brown.

Here's what I scribbled on the notepad when watching Sunday's game again: * Jacksonville comes out in a 3-4 alignment, but the Colts are ready for it.

It's more about the dream than the money for backup center Kyle DeVan, but hey, the paydays aren't bad.

The Indianapolis Colts hope to find their running game Sunday when the Jacksonville Jaguars visit Lucas Oil Stadium.

Coach Jim Caldwell rapped his knuckles on the wooden podium as he considered the health of the Indianapolis Colts heading into Sunday's season opener against Jacksonville.

Bob Sanders may be on the Indianapolis Colts' regular-season roster heading into the National Football League's opening weekend.

Saw a very interesting note in a recent article from Matt Dollinger at Colts .com: The Colts plan to insert some new players on special teams to bolster their return game, Caldwell said.