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LUCKY!

Very well done.....love the past...love the present....and love the future of our beloved .

I would have loved a couple more years of Tarik Glenn too my friend to protect the great 18.......

Great blog Ken !!! I too believe the horseshoe is Lucky

Great blog Colts7!

Great blog!...Colts have had some awesome players over the years..I grew up watching the Colts at Memorial Stadium, and its bringing back some memories...

I think that you are significantly underselling the Baltimore Colts on defense. Bubba Smith wasn't limited by injuries ala Sanders. He played essentially full seasons for 8 years, and was one of the best at his position for the duration. The only reason he left the Colts was because Joe Thomas dismantled the team. And that team he dismantled had been a defensive force - that's why they came close to going unbeaten in the SB 3 season despite Unitas being injured. We're about the same age - I'm sure you know this.

The Colts - ignoring a couple of bad years - had plenty of impact players on defense from the 50's championships through the Bert Jones era. Scanning for HOFers hardly tells the story. Remember the sack pack? DBs? I'd take Rick Volk, Jerry Logan, Bobby Boyd (amongst others) on my team any time.

Bubba Smith made the Pro bowl in '70 and '71, in '72 he tore up his knee and was never that type of player again and never again making the Pro bowl, maybe I didn't word it right, that injury kept him from becoming the great player he had the makings of being.

There is a reason players make the Hall of fame, they are the elite, that's what the blog was about, the elite, if I wanted to mention the very good players that played for the Colts, at some point, the list would be endless

OK, gotcha. Don't remember the knee injury.

It's your blog, so it's whatever you want it to be. I guess I was confused about the intent by the other "very good" players mentioned.

the only player I mentioned that either isn't in the Hall of fame, or should be considered , was Dallas Clark, in my opinion a player needs 4-5 pro bowls to be considered, or if he plays at a stats position, it would include career stats

Marchetti-HOF

Donovan-HOF

Hendricks-HO

Curtis- 4 pro bowls

Parker-HOF

Vogel-5

Saturday-5

Donaldson-6

Mackey-HOF

Berry-HOF

Harrison-will be

Wayne-should be

Dickerson-HOF

Faulk-HOF

James-will be

Moore-HOF

Unitas-HOF

Manning-will be

I am new here, but I am amazed a new nice blog is jumped on after a great analysis by Colt7. I am hoping for more great blogs here.

I liked the positive nature....the past and future are fun to watch.

RG - am I missing something about the nature of blogs? I rarely read them.

I politely suggested that he was ignoring a lot of great players that I grew up admiring. It's called having a conversation, not "jumping on". Is there a rule that the only comments allowed are cheerleading and supportive pats on the back regardless of content? Must be nice. I'll have to remember that if I ever write my own blog.

Just thought it was well written and very positive. I'm sure everyone has favorite players. Maybe you could add onto the thread with yours MAC! Hope everyone enjoys the game.