Baltimore wets the bed against Indy

The defense looked good early. Ed Reed flattened his former roommate, Reggie Wayne, preventing a perfect TD pass from Peyton. Ray Lewis sacked Peyton Manning. All of this after Joe Flacco's first drive, which resulted in a turnover on the third play. Flacco smartly threw the ball away on 2nd-and-7, and then thew a pick on third down. Flacco redeemed himself on the team's next possession, throwing it away on third down instead of turning it over.

Not much went well after that.

Terrible day from Chris McAlister. He got worked left and right. Reggie Wayne and Peyton Manning hooked up for their 50th touchdown together. Wayne beat Corey Ivy, but only after a bad pass from Peyton one play earlier prevented C-Mac from getting torched for the score. C-Mac got burned about 47 times on the day.

The Ravens gave up a first-quarter touchdown, the team's first since the final game of last season, a drubbing at the hands of, yep, that's right: Peyton Manning and the Colts. Last year it was three first-quarter TDs. This year's final score was worse, 31-3. Losing by four touchdowns. Unwatchable by halftime.

Bob Sanders didn't play, but Melvin Bullit did his thing. The second-year guy outta Texas A&M absolutely crushed Yamon Figurs on the kick return, not once but twice. He also intercepted Flacco, the first of three picks from The Joe Flacco Show. The Colts dominated field position. Baltimore's rookie didn't and couldn't do anything. Indianapolis dominated the game. Simply terrible.