Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning signals his offense Monday during the Colts' 29-7 win in Jacksonville.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Indianapolis and Jacksonville are in all-too-familiar positions.

The Colts are unbeaten after six games for the third consecutive year and alone atop the AFC South. The Jaguars, meanwhile, are once again chasing the defending Super Bowl champs.

And the gap may be wider than ever.

Yep, all that talk about Indianapolis being better this season just might be true.

The Colts dominated every aspect of their showdown against Jacksonville on Monday night, easily winning 29-7 and once again taking charge in a division they've controlled the last four years.

"This was a pivotal game for us," quarterback Peyton Manning said. "We put a lot of emphasis on this game."

It showed, too.

Joseph Addai and Kenton Keith combined for 141 yards rushing, Manning and Reggie Wayne picked apart Jacksonville's secondary, and the Colts (6-0) avenged their most embarrassing loss of last season.

Indianapolis also improved to 3-0 in the division and left Jacksonville (4-2), Tennessee and Houston trying to make up ground again.

"We're in the front seat, we're driving and everybody has to play catch-up to us," defensive end Ed Johnson said.

The Colts joined Green Bay (1929-31) and St. Louis (1999-2001) as the only teams to start 6-0 for three straight years. They made this one look easy, backing up assertions by Indianapolis coach Tony Dungy and Jacksonville coach Jack Del Rio that the Colts are simply better than they were last year.

But not all the Jaguars were ready to give Indy that much credit.

"They executed the best and made the least amount of mistakes, but I don't think they're better than they were last year," running back Fred Taylor said. "We kind of stubbed our own toe a little bit."

The Colts knocked quarterback David Garrard out of the game — and out of the lineup for at least a couple of weeks — bottled up Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew and extended their winning streak to 11 games.