There's an old NFL Films clip (Schottenheimer, perhaps?) where a coach asks a player, "Son, are they holding you?" When the player answers in the affirmative, the coach screams, "DON'T LET THEM HOLD YOU! DON'T LET THEM HOLD YOU!"
Losers make excuses... so do the Colts. Fight and play.
I'm sure the Bills always got the best of Danny Boy Marino only because they were mugging his receivers.