Joseph Addai: 'We Just Didn't Finish The Game'

MIAMI — If any one thing about the first half of Super Bowl 44 came as a surprise, it had to be the running of Joseph Addai. The Colts, in the regular season, were the NFL's worst running team. After all, who needs to run the ball when four-time league MVP Peyton Manning can manufacture short and long gains through the air? But there they were at halftime with the Colts leading a low-scoring affair, and Addai had managed 60 yards rushing on just seven carries. Addai even carried that first-half momentum into the Colts' first drive of the second half, getting four touches and finishing the drive with a 4-yard TD run to put the Colts ahead, 17-13. And then Addai essentially vanished. His remaining rushes: three carries, minus-2 yards. Why was perhaps the most successful cog of the first two-plus quarters cast aside? "I feel like we had the right game plan going in; we just didn't finish the game," Addai said. "Coach (Jim) Caldwell ca...