INDIANAPOLIS -- When Tony Dungy's teams have taken double-digit lead, opponents usually are left scrambling.\nNot this season.\nSunday against Jacksonville -- and for the second time in four games -- the Indianapolis Colts had a big halftime lead then watched an opponent rally in the second half for a victory.\n"Whenever you're up, whatever it was Sunday, 20-7, you should never lose the football game," linebacker Rob Morris said.\nDungy hasn't lost many like that -- Sunday excluded.\nIn his eighth year as a head coach, Dungy's teams have compiled a 49-7 record when they've built a 10-point lead and are 58-16 when they score 17 or more points.\nThis year's two losses, however, defy the trend.\nIndianapolis (7-2) led Carolina 13-3 at halftime on Oct. 12 and lost 23-20 in overtime. On Sunday, the Colts had a 20-7 lead at the half over the Jaguars and wound up losing 28-23.\nCarolina and Jacksonville used similar strategies -- running the ball and playing keep away -- and the Colts struggled.\n"It was the same thing against Carolina," Dungy said. "We played a decent first half, got up by double digits and then gave up 100-plus yards on the ground in the second half."\nWhat upset Dungy most about Sunday's loss, though, was that despite the Jaguars' ground game and the turnovers, the Colts still needed just one first down in the final two minutes to seal the victory.\nWhen the Colts failed, Jacksonville took advantage with a long punt return to set up their game-winning drive.\n"The biggest thing was that we had the ball and the lead and we didn't get it done," Dungy said. "I think we got what we deserved."
RUNNING PROBLEM \nDungy thought the Colts had corrected some of the cracks in their run defense after the Houston game.\nBut some of the same problems resurfaced Sunday.\nA week after shutting down Ricky Williams and the Miami Dolphins, Fred Taylor rushed for 152 yards and two touchdowns by exploiting blown assignments and missed tackles.\n"It was a lot of the same problems we've been having," Dungy said. "If we start doing those things consistently, we'll be in good shape."
ON THE MEND?: Starting left tackle Tarik Glenn has missed three of the last four games and hopes to return to the lineup Sunday against the New York Jets (3-6).\nGlenn started 101 straight games before missing games against Carolina and Houston with a strained ligament in his left knee. He returned against Miami on Nov. 2 but hyperextended the same knee.\nHe then sat out Sunday, saying he wasn't even close to being able to play.\n"I think maybe Thursday or Friday we'll know something," Glenn said.
KEEPING PERSPECTIVE: Morris, the Colts' starting middle linebacker, knows what to expect this week.\nHe figures fans will be upset with the loss and lower their opinions of the Colts.\nMorris' advice: Don't let it get to you.\n"We started the second half in a bad way, but we're still 7-2," he said. "I think everyone's natural reaction is to panic, but I think we have to avoid that"
