The Most High-Octane First Half in NFL History! (Colts vs. Bengals, 2005) | NFL Vault Highlights

When the 9-0 Indianapolis Colts came to Cincinnati to take on the Bengals during Week 11 of the 2005 NFL season, a first half of big plays and points were on full display!
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[@AkBIGTexS]

Back when Peyton, Tom, and Carson were the best QBs in the AFC

[@riccracc6547]

Big Ben wasn't shabby at that time either.

[@cassiboi1423]

Carson was a top 5 QBs for about 6 months

[@Dawson-Be-Bossin_777]

@@cassiboi1423 Any young QB can be good and then fall off but Palmer played with the best QBs arguably ever and the Goat T.Brady lol. If Carson palmer played today and got hurt like he did he possibly could of made a great comeback with ever thing today.

[@ryanwilliams560]

More like Peyton and Tom and Eli and Ben. -non delusional bengals fan

[@jorgelionel4241]

I guess Im kind of off topic but do anybody know a good place to stream new tv shows online?

[@kman215]

Rip Chris Henry

[@andrew.b4915]

When chad johnson scored in the first quarter and then ran to the cheerleader and got on one knee man good memories in this game

[@highlybaked8417]

That was smooth asf haha

[@elijahechicagobearsboyd5734]

I just want to say thank you NFLVault! I've always wanted to watch NFL classics but not spend over 2-4 hours watching it. These highlights perfectly capture the games,and I as well as many NFL fans appreciate it.

[@NYJYIK]

I dont think people realize how good Carson Palmer was before the knee injury in the playoffs that year.

[@TG8Productions]

NYJYIK It’s such a shame of what happened to him. If he doesn’t get hurt, the Bengals probably beat Pittsburgh. Let’s just assume they would beat the Broncos the following week. Who knows? Maybe there could’ve been a rematch between these 2, and it would’ve been a damn classic

[@averagefella]

What's bullshit is that the nfl didn't implement the rule where you can't hit the QB below the legs until after Tom Brady got the same injury in week 1 of the 2008 season. And people say the nfl doesn't favor the Pats...

[@kman215]

His knee injury caused Pittsburgh to win the Superbowl. I believe Bengals would have won that game

[@averagefella]

@@BillyBob-ti2fz no need to get upset because it's all true

[@elijahechicagobearsboyd5734]

Anthony Apodaca yes very true

[@averagefella]

For years, Cincinnati was a laughing stock. And then they come out of nowhere and start kicking everyone's ass. This bengals team was destined for greatness. And then Carson Palmer got that knee injury and was never the same again.

[@danielmocsny5066]

And that's why Marvin Lewis still has a job as head coach. People see 0-7 in the playoffs and think he should be fired. But he turned the Bengals from trash into a team that could at least reach the playoffs.

[@understandmenowson7676]

Anthony Apodaca Palmers ELBOW INJURY in 2008 is what caused him to never be the same. It’s like people forget the year after the knee injury he was still playing at an all pro level.

[@shipofthesun]

I saw him go down live and immediately knew the Bengals fun was over. It sucked, and I'm not a particularly big Bengals fan, they were just plain fun to watch.

[@shanecaudill4825]

Anthony Apodaca wouldn’t say never the same again.. he started to be that dude again in az and should have won an MVP award in 2015

[@pburna5437]

All in all low blow Steelers...they knew they was beat...the play he was injured on was like a 70 yarder deep to Chris Henry(RIP) ##SeizeDaDeyyy

[@GHOST91141]

Put some respect on Edgerrin James name one of the most underrated running backs..

[@jamalhill2148]

Fred Taylor

[@TS-kk9ei]

Priest Holmes

[@-WitchKingofAngmar]

Edge

[@GHOST91141]

@Matthew Taylor growing up Thurman Thomas was my favorite running back

[@Zmad724]

Deff Agree. I would put guys like Steven Jackson (outside his last 2 years), Roger Craig, Eddie George, Jamal Lewis, and Frank Gore (who never ages).

[@qmaster7565]

People don’t realize the 2005 Cincinnati Bengals could’ve easily gone to the afc championship game without Carson’s knee injury

[@danielmocsny5066]

People in Cincinnati realize it. That's just another reason why the Bengals/Steelers rivalry is so deliciously bitter.

[@jdog34505]

I could’ve gone on and beaten the Broncos

[@JJ-zy3zv]

They could’ve easily won the SB

[@AceManning18]

They weren't winning the super bowl that's a bit much.. but yes they could easily have gone deep into the playoffs and almost certainly would have beaten Pittsburgh that day. Yet another win by the defense that Steelers fans love to give Ben credit for as if he was out there putting up Marino numbers. Very impressive job handing the ball off 30 times and having your defense get 2-3 turnovers Ben.

[@markrobertson2196]

​@jdog34505 broncos were pretty solid that year. 13-3, AFC west champions and undefeated at home until the AFC championship against the Steelers. They were better than most people think.

[@sanjeevvadhavkar2028]

U know the craziest part- the browns shut out the dolphins 22-0 in 7:07 !!😂😂😂😂

[@TheLocalLt]

Sanjeev Vadhavkar coach of the Dolphins was Nick Saban

[@hdchippy7968]

Back then, the dolphins were the browns of today

[@IncognitoSprax]

HD Chippy Now they are again

[@GarrusN7]

The Chad Johnson/Palmer Bengals were a lot of fun that year.

[@nrod6128]

Being a Colts fan around that time, I was rarely worried about an opponent. I remember watching a lot of the Bengals that year and was worried about this game. Carson and co. were dangerous.

[@theseattle2062]

So this is the game Chad Johnson always talks about on Twitter. lmao

[@RealOGMudbone]

I remember watching this game. It was hype af

[@Ivan-zo2vw]

More Peyton/Colts footage please!

[@hurricanestarang]

Haven't even started watching yet, you got me cleaning my tv, clearing the table, grabbing snacks.. I miss this football.

[@ericsigersmith6067]

When bengals were the future.....

[@frankyi8206]

I've been looking for this game footage for years, thanks for putting it up. I remember watching this game and thinking "What a masterful display of quarterbacking by Manning and Palmer."

[@Dntwrybehpy1]

I was there live it was epic

[@iredi2663]

Prime Peyton Manning is a beast

[@andrewhilton440]

IREDI He was Prime his whole career

[@BillyBob-ti2fz]

Andrew Hilton not 2015

[@gmoneyslotmachinevideos]

Yes except for 2015

[@thegoat495]

This channel's going to put every other NFL KZbinr out of commission. Keep up the great work!

[@Jimmy_Hopkins15]

I love this channel so many classic games

[@iamchrisbrewer]

Man this channel is amazing, some fantastic highlight videos from some truly fun and great games. Great memories!

[@travvypoo]

Man Chad Johnson was something special. HoF talent for sure.

[@nikosuavesworldofsportsmusic]

Hall of Very Good that's about it.

[@wyattmccann7693]

It’s easy to forget just how darn great Peyton and the Colts offense was.

[@nikbol43below]

Prime Carson Palmer to Prime Chad Johnson was absolutely lethal.

[@RabbiTosmiser]

Man that Indy Offense was ridiculous

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

Indianapolis Colts was member AFC East Division and Cincinnati Bengals was member AFC Central Division from 1970 through 1993 era

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

RonnyDonny13 they were total 28 Teams of NFL from 1976 through 1993 era previous 26 teams from 1970 through 1975 era

[@thelegend6911]

I salute you NFLVault, thank you!! I been waiting for this one.. And to Chris Henry, who I wasn't only your number one fan but you was a very loyal friend, I Miss you brother.. You flew on the field and now your flying with Angels Sir (catch another a TD for me, for God's team) Love, Respect and Loyalty! See you on the other side. Thanks again Vault

[@danielc3321]

I forgot that the Bengals had some good teams there for a few years that never quite broke through to a championship. Forgot about Rudy Johnson and TJ Houshmandzadeh too.

[@ericsigersmith6067]

Remmeber odell Thurman? And ya loved rudi Johnson since his days at Auburn before ronnie brown and the great cadillac

[@Yono84]

This is the best Colts team in Manning tenure in Indy.

[@ericsigersmith6067]

Ya when bob sanders was healthy

[@robertsims7828]

2005 One of the best cincinnai Bengal seasons ever under lewis until that Carson injury .

[@SPTO]

This was a pretty epic game. Manning vs. Palmer and a whole plethora of great talent in this one including one of my favorite names in NFL history in the form of T.J. Houshmandzadeh. I remember the old NFL 2K5 game where their PBP guy put the wrong emphasis on his last name. Ah, memories :)

[@-WitchKingofAngmar]

In madden they could only fit Houshmandz on his jerseh

[@orionthehunter8333]

Good to see the bengals get some respect every once in a while

[@johnf9935]

I was at the game, in junior high at the time. I was a huge Bengals fan even though I lived close to Indy. I didn't want to go to school the next day because I knew everyone was going to give me hell.

[@chrisuncleahmad]

5:19 Bengals pass defense was shockingly good

[@coltonmickelson173]

I like this channel because they have these interesting games that not many people remember.

[@kyronpack4558]

Dope channel football is life

[@301Cardosi]

This channel gets me through work

[@NFLVault]

Who needs work when you can binge Vault!

[@ericsigersmith6067]

@@NFLVault war eagle rudi Johnson

[@michaelthacker-xh8yu]

Shouldn't you be working! Lol

[@KORIGAN1]

I still believe today if Carson Palmer never got a knee injury he would've been a great quarterback ,

[@johnathandavis9098]

This game solidified Cincinnati as my favorite team.

[@ninersdd21]

I owned Rudi and Chad that year in fantasy. Good times

[@jaronzennaiter]

You'd be in great shape if you had Manning, Clark, James, Johnson and Ocho in your DraftKings lineup that day.

[@keller515]

if Carson palmer was never injured the bengals would have atleast one super bowl

[@nfindc]

I remember watching this game and being absolutely euphoric with the high scoring and rapid pacing. 2005 was a great season for the Colts who many thought were going to plow through the postseason and win the SB. Obviously that didn't happen, but the AFC was stacked that year, and I was certain whoever represented said conference would win it all.

[@Mr1sammyd21]

I had forgotten about Chris Perry.

[@JJ-zy3zv]

I remember this game it was crazy

[@ericpackers1700]

Both were offenses of future

[@INTERLOPER-CS]

These highlights are super cool. Hope to see some games where my dolphins win!

[@jdog34505]

Remember it like it was yesterday Got the full game on DVD :)

[@robduncan2816]

such a fun year. sad to see Chris Henry tho. :(

[@fmbbeachbum8163]

That pass interference at 3:16 was on Wayne, lol.

[@tejvirnijjar1563]

Can anyone tell me why ochocinco put T.O. i got u on the whiteboard? I wasnt watching football during this time

[@danielmocsny5066]

Any search engine can. T.O. was involved in a dispute with the Eagles at the time, who suspended him for conduct detrimental to the team and deactivated him for the rest of the 2005 season. You can read about it in Terrell Owens' Wikipedia article. From an old Bengals.com article about the game: Johnson didn’t stop there. He went from Daphne to the Bengals sideline, grabbed a grease board and scrawled a message to Owens: “T.O. I got you baby,” and the CBS cameras obliged him. “I really don’t like it. I just want him to know I got his back," Johnson said of the former Eagles receiver whose fate is to be decided by an arbitrator this week as he tries to hook on with another team. “That was for him. I talk to him almost every day. ... Everything he can’t do now, I’m going to pick up the slack.”

[@tejvirnijjar1563]

@@danielmocsny5066 thanks, appreciate it

[@ninersdd21]

Cincinnati vs Pittsburgh Week 13 that season would be a good one to show

[@fuhhkuuu3207]

Ahh :( I miss Dallas Clark.. one of the most underrated TE's of all time. Never used gloves, had hands like jerry rice (just look up dallas clark highlights), ran routes like a receiver, and blocked like a small fullback. Whenever Marvin Harrison or Reggie Wayne was being double teamed all game, Clark would step up and easily have 100 yards and a TD.

[@stevespud2707]

Man this 2005 Colts team was a juggernaut. Should have won the SB that year if they didn't choke against the Steelers in the AFC Divisional Game.

[@erocs9747]

Ya they choked

[@penguinrea0088]

God bless you

[@Jayhazy23]

I remeber Justin Smith. He was good.

[@ericsigersmith6067]

People forgot he was a beast still he was on those Harbaugh teams in san Francisco

[@erocs9747]

A mans man

[@shipofthesun]

Gaze in wonder and amazement at the best QB to ever step on a football field(on any level) in his prime.

[@nikosuavesworldofsportsmusic]

Didn't know Joe Montana was playing sir.

[@Swagner17]

Good football

[@Thrashman-ye4cf]

Is it a coincidence nfl vault posted this a week before bengals vs colts week 1?

[@doyoan8236]

Manning was a real qb

[@michaelallen8508]

I could be wrong but I think this was Nantz and Simms first time calling a Bengals game and it was the first time the Bengals had the national double-header game since the 90's

[@JroCofGGroove]

RIP CHRIS HENRY

[@ericsigersmith6067]

Had ability to be as great as he wanted to be

[@isaachutsell2077]

A combination of Peyton Manning, Marvin Harrison (The most underrated receiver of all time), Reggie Wayne, Dallas Clark, and Edgerrin James, and you get the most overpowered offense in football

[@landonmeyer9659]

I don't think Marvin Harrison id underrated. Everyone knew he was really good. He's in the Hall of Fame.

[@nikosuavesworldofsportsmusic]

Sterling Sharpe, Art Monk, Henry Ellard, Isaac Brue, & Torry Holt are waaay more underrated at wide receiver than Marvin Harrison who was only able to amass his statistics because he played his entire prime with Peyton Manning. But he is an underrated gangster/street dude in the city of Philadelphia. Go to KZbin & type in E-60 Marvin Harrison shooting & you'll see what I'm referring to.

[@stone1andonly]

If you had Madden 2000, it was the first edition of the game to have Indy's "triplets" (Manning, Harrison, James), yet it rated the team (and its offense) nearly last in the game. If you knew how to run the offense, however, you could beat the piss out of every other team in the game. Gods, I loved that offense. You could go run-oriented, totally take the gas out of the other defense, then loft a pass to Harrison for a TD - and do it in 90 seconds.

[@pantherteen1997]

From what I’ve heard, Ochocinco was fun to watch.

[@_ThatOneServant]

If Palmer never get hurt he would have probably won MVP one year and a ring or two in Cincinnati no doubt

[@larrychandler3565]

The Colts offense was a Scoring machine i still wonder why they didn't win multiple superbowls.

[@javusbonmon6937]

🏈🏈🏈

[@gavinloge373]

Dallas Clark was such a beast on the colts lpl

[@andrew.b4915]

T.O. I got you baby

[@flyguyry1]

Dallas Clark was a machine

[@chrishoward7242]

Continue to R.i.p Chris Henry ❤

[@ccsdawg3927]

Chris Henry a dog on the field but damn how many rec ocho have?

[@erocs9747]

Rudi johnson from auburn was a truck

[@TezCorleone]

Chad was the like odell with the celebrations

[@unclejune2839]

I was there and I was really fucked up. My friend spit on someone in the first quarter and got kicked out. I enjoyed the game by myself

[@liamprice7444]

It is also essential to know what could be if Sanders was Healthy in all of 2009!

[@Dntwrybehpy1]

I was at this game first and only peyton manning I ever seen live. But gosh what a one to go to

[@stevecox7462]

This was "the no defense " game.

[@kingleoxvii2463]

Back when the Colts had a good OLine.

[@cordeliousjiccipowers6301]

This should of been the playoff's

[@DL212]

Ok I've watched like 2hrs of vids. I'll just hit the subscribe button now. You wouldn't happen to have the 2009 ravens vs pats playoff game where Ray Rice had an 83 yd td on the first play. Or Giants vs Broncos 2005 Eli winning with like 11 sec left

[@MrBigShot110]

DL212 - This is an official league channel. Unfortunately, I think you said the wrong words with this request: "Ray Rice". I almost guarantee they won't be uploading that.

[@DL212]

@@MrBigShot110 i figured that lol

[@ryanwilliams560]

Im from Cincy. I have some friends saying we would have won the super bowl in 2005 had Carson not gone down. So we are supposed to beat a team that crushed us in a game not nearly as important, on the road, in the playoffs. No way we get near that super bowl. -bengals fan

[@DangerKeys]

Do Giants vs Eagles week 2 2006

[@dakotaraptor224]

Or Eagles vs Giants 2006 Wildcard

[@brad8929]

imagine the fantasy points accumulated

[@P0RKINS2]

Peyton back when he had that laser rocket arm pre-surgery.

[@andrewgonzalez7462]

If only there was fantasy football at this time.

[@eddiemiacoria8477]

Whatever team thought can match DA SHERIFF AND COLTS OFFENCE, can't stop them to good.. #18 da god.

[@erocs9747]

Best bengals team this century? And i forgot the talented odell thurman the bengals middle backer and david pollack

[@yeerr8241]

@ 4:17 look at them Bears tho

[@Greasyheels]

When both teams don't have any defense.

[@toeey14]

This game really pissed me off. Manning completed nearly every 3rd and long situation he faced

[@jdog34505]

Toeey1 he was just that good lol

[@understandmenowson7676]

Guys, Palmers ELBOW INJURY in 2008 is what held him back from a great career. You can always tell who the casual NFL fans are because they say his knee injury caused him to never be the same.

[@Dawson-Be-Bossin_777]

Seeing this game for the first time because started watching football about palmer's last year, barely remember that tho lol. I see two Great QBs, 2 great olines and playmakers all over the place. Just fucking insane that my Bengals could of won a superbowl and QBs went Brady, Manning, Palmer then maybe big Ben later. Different league then tho for sure. Us Bengals fans been waitin a long time to get back at Shits burg and only took 10+ years lmao butttt JOE BURROW💯🔥🔥

[@penguinrea0088]

God bless don't forget to keep God first

[@JJJJ-he8bz]

This is the best colts team ev

[@erocs9747]

If bob sanders was healthy

[@JJJJ-he8bz]

@@erocs9747 even without him that team was loaded and had 5 hall of fame players

[@gamerzblogDOTnet]

Same year the Chargers gave them their first loss.

[@mbdeuceduece4451]

Always hated these Bengals jerseys

[@conquistadorito]

Stop stealing from Highlight Heaven and Savage Brick Sports.

[@shemullet]

You do realize this is actual NFL content, right?

[@ericsigersmith6067]

@@shemullet war eagle

[@2-facedsolo119]

Indianapolis Colts: 12 wins or more in 8 straight seasons. Only One Super Bowl to show for it. Manning was great, but couldnt play in cold weather. Struggled in the playoffs.

[@deadkiller008PK]

Yeah. Colts was always in a dome/indoor stadium. Plus his division rivals played in Houston,Tennessee,and Jacksonville. Hot weather cities.

[@solemn-man3170]

Peyton is in the top two or three in almost every statistical category in the playoffs. He has the third most playoff wins of all time. Only two qb's in the history of the game have more po wins. And he's 4-0 in afc titles at home with two superbowls and a winning record against the patriots in the playoffs. Peyton was one the best playoff qbs of all time, the colts franchise was just trash. They havent won twelve games since he left lol

[@solemn-man3170]

And that cold weather fuckery is bullshit cuase he played in denver( where it fucking snows lol) for four years and still won championship games and mvps just fine like he did in indie.

[@solemn-man3170]

Colts were just trash man

[@deadkiller008PK]

@@solemn-man3170 He was a beast in Denver until his arm strength gave up on him.

[@patrickreeves4650]

Chris Perry and Chris Henry are the the guys we will all wonder, "what could have been?"

[@aidenflies2711]

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