Peyton Manning said during training camp he hoped the Colts would have a lower profile to take off the pressure that heightened with each win in a 2005 season that started 13-0.

No such luck.

Two weeks after Peyton faced his brother in a much-hyped Sunday night opener, into Indy comes Jacksonville, fresh off stuffing Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh. And this is a lot more important in the standings than the Manning Bowl _ off their 9-0 win over the Steelers on Monday night, the Jaguars are a legitimate challenger to Indy in the AFC South.

``When you look at it on paper and look at what we've done the last two games, we're right there,'' says Mike Peterson, the former Colt who is one of Jacksonville's defensive leaders.

Indy has injury problems. End Dwight Freeney, its best defender, is questionable with a leg injury and kicker Adam Vinatieri might also miss the game with a groin problem.

This is part of a gruelling early stretch for the Jaguars, but their first road game. They rattled Drew Bledsoe and beat the Cowboys in the opener, then shut down the Steelers, holding them to just 26 yards rushing. They also got two interceptions from Rashean Mathis, who beat Pittsburgh at Heinz Field last season with an overtime interception for a touchdown.

They've also played the Colts well the past two seasons.

In 2004, they won 27-24 in Indianapolis, and last year they lost 10-3, leading 3-0 into the fourth quarter in one of those games that got fantasy fans upset with Manning.

The fantasy folks were happy with Peyton last week, when he threw for 400 yards against Houston.

Jacksonville is hardly Houston and the Colts don't have Edgerrin James to run anymore.

Bench Manning? Fantasy folks might.

Not Tony Dungy.