GREEN BAY — Tony Dungy didn't quite recognize his team the first few weeks of the NFL season.

As Indianapolis stumbled out of the gate to a 2-2 start — losing at home to Chicago in the grand opening of Lucas Oil Field (29-13), squeaking past the Minnesota Vikings (18-15) on the road, losing at Jacksonville (23-21) and stealing a win over the melting-down Houston Texans (31-27) — the coach was concerned about where the Colts were headed.

But in Sunday's thoroughly dominant 31-3 victory over the Baltimore Ravens, Dungy saw the team he'd envisioned all along. And he's hoping that's the team that shows up at Lambeau Field against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.

"Last week, for the first time, I saw us play our type of game, where we did play with a lot of energy, we were clicking on all cylinders," Dungy said. "It's been a long time. It really has."

How long? For Dungy, whose team went 13-3 last season before losing its first playoff game (28-24 at home to San Diego in the AFC divisional round), too long.

"Maybe since late in the 2007 season," Dungy said. "Hopefully, it's a sign of things to come."

The good news for Dungy is that quarterback Peyton Manning, who threw five interceptions in the first four games (after averaging less than 11 per year the past five seasons), appears fully recovered from two offseason knee surgeries that kept him out of training camp.

Against the Ravens, Manning completed 19 of 28 passes for 271 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions for a 134.7 passer rating. Since the fourth quarter of their victory over the Texans, the Colts have eight takeaways and no turnovers, including three interceptions and two fumble recoveries against Baltimore.

"It's still what-have-you-done-for-me-lately, and we still need to do it every single week," Manning said. "On Sunday against Baltimore, we protected the ball better, didn't have any turnovers, and were able to execute some third downs and hit some plays down the field."

Two of Manning's TD passes went to Marvin Harrison, who caught three passes for 83 yards (including a 67-yard TD), while the other went to Reggie Wayne (eight receptions, 118 yards).

The bad news? Starting halfback Joseph Addai suffered a hamstring injury that will reportedly keep him out for two to four weeks, while backup Mike Hart suffered a season-ending knee injury in the game. That leaves Dominic Rhodes as the starter.

"That was a difficult one for us," Dungy said. "It's difficult. Dominic Rhodes will carry the load for now. ... I think we'll be OK in the short run. We just have to get Joseph back and healthy."

As he watched film to prepare for Sunday's game, Packers coach Mike McCarthy noticed the Colts — not unlike the Packers — started doing "the little things" better than they had been.

"It's always the little things," McCarthy said. "Some of their problems were probably similar to the things that we encountered in some of our earlier games. ... It seems like they are back on the same path."