Rookie defensive end Chandler Jones injured his right ankle midway through the first quarter and had to depart the field to have his ankle re-taped. He did not return . . . Brady (331) threw for at least 300 yards for the 51st time in his career, which matches Dan Fouts for sixth in league history . . . Wes Welker’s 22-yard catch at the end of the first quarter extended his streak to 104 games with a reception . . . When Stephen Gostkowski missed a 36-yard field goal attempt wide right in the second quarter, it snapped his streak of 11 successful field goal attempts. Gostkowski did, however, equal a club game record, converting eight extra points . . . Vick Ballard’s 20-yard run off left tackle for a first down in the first quarter was the third run of 20 yards or more that the Patriots’ defense had allowed this season . . . Aqib Talib’s 59-yard interception return for a touchdown was the Patriots’ first since Sterling Moore’s 21-yarder vs. the Bills on Jan. 1, 2012 . . . The Colts’ first five possessions of the game resulted in scores — three for them, and two for the Patriots. Indianapolis went touchdown-touchdown-punt return for a Patriots touchdown- interception return for a Patriots touchdown-field goal . . . Zoltan Mesko punted just twice, but averaged 57 yards . . . Offensive guard Mitch Petrus, signed last week, made his Patriots debut late in the game, when Ryan Mallett also got to play a series. It meant that all 53 players who were active for the game saw the field . . . Perhaps it doesn’t mean anything, but the locker for receiver Deion Branch — who was released on Saturday — was still intact, with his nameplate at the top . . . An hour after the game, with the stadium empty but the lights still on, Patriots coach Bill Belichick was near midfield, playing lacrosse with Paul Rabill of the Boston Cannons.