The Indianapolis Colts better pay attention to that ‘objects are closer than they appear’ sign in their rearview mirror – because the Jacksonville Jaguars are coming straight up Interstate 75 and onto the horseshoe heads front door step.

What an impressive victory Monday night by the Jaguars, shutting out the Pittsburgh Steelers 9-0 to improve to 2-0 on the young season.

In my NFL Game of the Week posted on Bullz-Eye.com on Wednesday, I wrote that I believed Jacksonville physically matched up well with the Steelers and could pull a mini upset at home over the defending champs.

I thought the Jaguars would win, but I never saw a shutout – not even as strong as Jacksonville’s defense is.

Here are some of my random thoughts from the Jags stonewalling of Pittsburgh:

– Byron Leftwich may be slow, immobile and display bad mechanics at times, but man does he have a rocket for an arm. He doesn’t even use his legs sometimes when he throws (which plays into the bad mechanics piece) and he still fires lasers to his receivers.

– For as tough as Ben Roethlisberger is in coming back from appendectomy surgery after sitting out a little more than a week (apparently the healing process is supposed to take anywhere from 2-4 weeks), he is not seeing the field well right now. He made a couple of risky throws trying to do too much when he had receivers open for first downs on shallow crossing routes late in the game. Roethlisberger certainly has gained his teammates respect over the past three seasons, now he has to get his game back on track.

– Let the admiration for the Jaguars defense begin with this: 153 total yards of offense from the Steelers Monday night.

– Willie Parker – 11 carries for 20 yards.

– Hines Ward – two receptions for 29 yards.

– Heath Miller – one catch, 11 yards.

– Two sacks, two interceptions and more than a handful of headaches given out by Mike Peterson, John Henderson, Donovin Darius and the rest of the gang teal defense.

– The Jaguars might be the best tackling team in the NFL right now and a lot of that has to do with great coaching by Jack Del Rio.

– Speaking of coaches, is there a classier coach in the league than Bill Cowher? Even in defeat the guy always has encouraging things to say to the opposing coach in the middle of the field – almost to the point that the other coach has to walk away from him while Cowher is still talking.

– This may be fitting since the state of Florida is known as God’s waiting room, but did anyone see one person under the age of 40 when the camera crew would pan to the fans?

– Fred Taylor is one of the hardest backs to tackle when he can stay healthy. It’s a shame that someone always has to mention health when talking about Taylor, but it comes with the territory with Fragile Fred. Nice job tonight gaining 92 tough yards against a nasty front-seven of the Steelers.

– Stat that would amaze someone if they watched the entire game: Jacksonville registered 362 yards of total offense. They just stalled out when it mattered the most (especially on third and short all night long).

– I felt bad watching Troy Polamalu play tonight. You could tell he just didn’t have it playing with a shoulder injury he suffered in week one. Normally you see him in every TV frame around the ball, but tonight he just looked out of it.

– I’ve said it a couple of times the past few weeks, but I’ll say it again – Matt Jones is starting to become a real playmaker. Reggie Williams playing well in two games, however, is the bigger news as far as the Jags receiving corps go.

– Joey Porter’s introduction of the Pittsburgh defense tonight was rough.

– Jacksonville at Indianapolis next week – might be two in a row for the Jags in my NFL Game of the Week preview.