Patriots vs. Colts 2015 final score: Three things we learned from New England’s 34-27 victory

Tom Brady and the New England Patriots didn't worry about all of the hype surrounding Sunday night's game with the Indianapolis Colts.

Brady threw for 312 yards and LeGarrette Blount scored twice as the Patriots moved to 5-0 with a 34-27 victory in a game believed to have been played with NFL-approved equipment. Andrew Luck, returning from a shoulder injury, had 312 yards and three touchdowns.

The Colts are now 3-3, but still lead the NFL South by a game over the Houston Texans.

Luck struck first, hitting Donte Moncrief to cap off an 89-yard drive, but Brady answered with a touchdown pass to Julian Edelman to make it 7-7 at the end of the first quarter. However, Edelman got his pinky finger caught between two Colts defenders on the play, badly dislocating it.

That became important in the second quarter, as Edelman struggled to catch routine passes. One of them bounced off his hands and right to Mike Adams, who returned it 14 yards for a touchdown. It was Brady's first interception of the season, and gave the Colts a 14-10 lead.

LeGarrette Blount put the Patriots back in front with a 38-yard touchdown run, but Luck zipped a 3-yard pass to T.Y. Hilton to make it 21-17. Scott Chandler appeared to give New England yet another lead in the last seconds of the first half, but he was called for offensive pass interference, and Steven Gostkowski made it 21-20 on the last play of the half.

The Colts held Rob Gronkowski without a catch in the first half, but with Adams sidelined by a hamstring injury, he caught two passes on the first drive of the third quarter. The second one came witth Indianapolis in an odd defensive scheme where no one covered him. Left alone, he caught a pass over the middle and strolled into the end zone for a 25-yard score and a 27-21 lead.

Lined up for a punt, the Colts shifted into a formation that had a wide receiver at center, a safety at quarterback and no one else within 20 yards of them. The play was clearly designed to try to draw the Patriots offside, but Griff Whalen snapped the ball to an unsuspecting Colt Anderson, who was immediately swarmed for a 1-yard loss.

One week after losing LT Nate Solder to a season-ending biceps injury, his replacement, Marcus Cannon, left Sunday night's game with an injured toe. That left Sebastian Vollmer as the only experienced player at the most important position on the offensive line, and he hadn't played there since 2009.

It isn't clear how long Cannon will be sidelined, but Bill Belichick will probably digging into his Rolodex Monday morning to bring some tackles into the Patriots training facility for tryouts. The Patriots have already had their bye, and play the Jets on Sunday.