A rare welcome penalty

<em>Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky</em> <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4" width="65"><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><font size="2"><img alt="" border="0" height="90" hspace="4" src="http://assets.espn.go.com/i/headshots/nfl/players/65/1428.jpg" vspace="4" width="65" /></font></td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><font size="1">Manning</font></td></tr></table> <p>INDIANAPOLIS -- That's a penalty the Colts will live with.</p> <p>Thanks to a 5-yard delay of game penalty on the game opening drive, <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=1428" shape="rect" target="_new">Peyton Manning</a> was able to throw for 95 yards on the game-opening touchdown drive.</p> <p>He needed 93 to get to 4,000 on the season and become the first quarterback in league history to get to 4,000 in nine different seasons.</p> <p>The Colts started at their 10-yard line after a block in the back penalty undid a big return by <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=11439" shape="rect" target="_new">Pierre Garcon</a>. Then the delay of game boosted the available yardage from 90 to 95 and Manning threw for all 95 of it. A 4-yard run by <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=9616" shape="rect" target="_new">Joseph Addai</a> was also undone by a 4-yard sack.</p> <p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=5718" shape="rect" target="_new">Jim Sorgi</a> may well take over the next time the Colts have the ball.</p>

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