"When the call came in from the sideline, a play that asked for Joseph Addai to run left, then pull back and throw a pass to Reggie Wayne in the end zone, Indianapolis Colts left guard Ryan Lilja had this thought: "Uh-oh."

Or something along those lines.

"I hope this thing works, because in practice we're about 50-50 with it," he said after the Colts' 18-14 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. "I got excited because I didn't remember ever running that play in a game, although we practice it at least once a week. But still . . . ''

Wait a minute: You have Peyton Manning and you're asking Addai to throw the football? That's like telling Tony Stewart, "No, I think I'd rather have my teenager behind the wheel of this expensive sports car."

Addai got the call and thought, "Really?"

"I don't want to say it's a wasted rep during practice, but it seemed like (the halfback option was) something we did just for fun," he said. "I thought, if we're ever going to run it, it's going to be at the end of a blowout. But here we were, the game's on the line, and they're calling my number.""