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Obviously, the Booth didn’t see it but if some of the players on the Colts side would have been pointing at it, it may have been reviewed. There certainly is no guarantee if we get that first down, we’re gonna score a touchdown. Uncle Rico was just horrible in passing accuracy, I know he admitted he should’ve admitted better, but he really should have put that on himself completely, and let Goodson off because Goodson was moving to his left towards the sidelines. All momentum was going that direction and uncle Rico just threw it behind him. that’s a very difficult past to catch I played high school football as a safety and I’ll tell you those catches are very hard to make because you have 200 pounds of momentum going to the left in the ball is thrown to the right I’m sorry that’s the veteran not the rookie
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I like what he has done this season on a in the big picture and he was in a very difficult position to be the starter for like 13 games. What I don’t understand is how he was just so off target in the biggest game of the year. I know this has been discussed, but I just don’t see the Colts resigning him. Thoughts??
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I strongly disagree. Bradley is very conservative and even though we don’t have all of our players on defense I just don’t like his style and what else is Coach going to say. I get a feeling that when he looks at his own options, he may pick somebody else over the choice he was forced to take.
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27 minutes ago, Patrick Miller said:
I think it would have helped. Pitt is the only legit receiver we had this year. Downs started out strong but disappeared and the only thing Pierce can do is block and catch the occasional long ball.
Let’s get this straight Gooden was heading to his right toward the sideline, and uncle Rico threw it behind him, which made that a very very difficult catch because he is falling away from the ball. I’m sorry that would’ve been darn your impossible for any of our receivers it was a bad throw like it was all night. He missed Goodson on the 5 yard line flowing 10 feet over his head out of bounds on that first drive. He had no touch on the Mo Allie Cox sideline play. QB had a very bad day when we needs him to only needed to be average. He’s probably 65 or 70% of the reason why we lost that game.
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Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB Is the player I see the most on mock drafts
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OK I’m finally feeling less angry. I guess losing does have its privileges however, I still feel like Ballard might down. Unless Marvin Harrison Junior Falls to the 15th pic.
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1 hour ago, Solid84 said:
I'm not going to be posting any grades save maybe just a few on stand-out players.
I'll try to rank grades as follows:
- Elite 90+
- Great 80-89
- Good 70-79
- Above Average 65-69
- Average 56-64
- Below Average 50-55
- Bad <50
For reference the baseline grade is 60.0 - the average. To make it easier for me I've made some PFF-grade intervals for each of the above categories (see above). Fewer grades under average because once you get into that area under "Below average" there's not much point in grading it - it's just not good enough.
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Stand-out performances week 18
These are premium grades and I'll only post our top 5 performers. I'll post links to where they can be found. If you find these PFF grades as interesting as me I highly recommend you subscribe.
First off, honorable mentions: Taven Bryan, Kenny Moore, Josh Downs, EJ Speed, DeForest Buckner, Zack Moss
Braden Smith - Overall 92.1 - 45 total snaps (22 Pblk, 23 Rblk) - 1 penalty. (Blocking)
-- Run blocking - 95.7
-- Pass blocking - 63.5 - Gave up 3 Hurries.
Quenton Nelson - Overall 84.8 - 66 total snaps (29 Pblk, 37 Rblk) - No penalties. (Blocking)
-- Run blocking - 79.5
-- Pass blocking - 81.6 - Gave up 1 Hurry.
Jonathan Taylor - Overall 83.0 - 51 total snaps (18 Rec, 2 Pblk, 31 Run) - No penalties. (Blocking/Running/Receiving)
-- Running - 81.6 - 30 Carries for 188 yards, 1 TD, 6.3 YPC, 8 Missed tackles forced.
-- Fumble - 80.0
-- Receiving - 60.7 - 2/2 targets caught for 8 yards, ADOT -4.5, YAC/REC 8.5, No Drops, No Contested targets, 3 Missed tackles forced.
-- Pass blocking - 78.0 - Clean performance.
Samson Ebukam - Overall 76.7 - 34 total snaps (14 Rdef, 20 Prsh) - No penalties. (Defense)
-- Run defense - 74.4
-- Tackling - 74.2 - 1 Tackle, 2 Assists, No missed tackles, 1 Stop
-- Passrush - 1 Hurry.
Grover Stewart - Overall 76.6 - 40 total snaps (20 Rdef, 19 Prsh, 1 Cov) - No penalties. (Defense)
-- Run defense - 80.5
-- Tackling - 70.5 - 2 Tackle, 2 Assists, No missed tackles, 1 Stop
-- Passrush - 1 Hurry.
Smith with off the charts run blocking! Too bad he can't stay healthy. Nelson had a great game as did JT of course. Stewart and Ebukam also had good games.
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Comments on grades for Offense, Defense and ST, week 18
Seeing as the cat's out of the bag on week 1-3 grades (my bad), I'll keep them here and make comments on the latest game.
Offense - (week3/week2/week 1)
(55.2/74.7/53.1) - Overall Offense
Above Average - A decent offensive performance of course driven by a great run game behind JT.
(49.3/80.6/49.2) - Passing
Average - Minshew's limitation showed up again and unfortunately decided the game.
(65.3/70.9/68.3) - Pass blocking
Good - Pass blocking was good overall.
(62.3/63.2/57.1) - Receiver routes
Average - The Texans shut down Pittman and that really hurt our offense.
(61.4/67.4/38.8) - Run game
Great - JT had a DAY.
(45.4/82.9/62.3) - Run blocking
Average - One of our poorer days run blocking actually - 5th worst this season.
Besides the run game there wasn't much to celebrate.
Defense - (week3/week2/week 1)
(57.7/62.3/78.9) - Overall Defense
Average - Run defense was solid, but tackling and coverage was bad.
(43.1/74.4/83.4) - Run defense
Good - Solid run defense. Singletary didn't get much done.
(39.0/51.8/66.4) - Tackling
Bad - The achilles heel of the defense this season. Terrible tackling.
(67.4/72.5/73.3) - Passrush
Average - We needed more pressure on Stroud.
(62.1/50.0/66.2) - Coverage
Bad - Some costly mistakes by our safeties cost us 2 TDs.
Another performance leaving a lot to be desired.
Special Teams - (week3/week2/week 1)
(54.7/69.8/78.3) - Special Teams
Average - If only Gay had made that field goal, we could've kicked another at the end instead of going for a TD.
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Comments on grades for Players, week 18
Offense
QB - Comments on overall performance and Passing and Running
- Minshew - Average - Average Passing - 13/24 (54.2% - ADJ% 63.6%) for 141 yards, No TDs, No INTs, 1 Batted Pass, Yards per attempt 5.9, 1 Big Time Throw, No Turnover Worthy Plays, ADOT 10.2, Targets were credited with 1 drops. Dropbacks under pressure 10 of 26 (38.5%), Time to throw 2.98. Above Average Rushing, Good Hands - 1 carry for 9 yards, No TDs, No Fumbles. 1 penalty. 66 total snaps.
Oline - Comments on overall performance and Run blocking, Pass blocking and penalties.
- Raimann - Average - Below Average Run blocking. Average Pass blocking - Gave up 2 Hurries. No penalties. 66 total snaps (29 Pblk, 37 Rblk).
- Nelson - See stand-out performances for grades.
- Kelly - Average - Below Average Run blocking. Great Pass blocking - Clean performance. No penalties. 66 total snaps (29 Pblk, 37 Rblk).
- Fries - Bad - Bad Run blocking. Average Pass blocking - Gave up 1 Hurry. No penalties. 66 total snaps (29 Pblk, 37 Rblk).
- Smith - See stand-out performances for grades.
- Sills - Limited snaps (4)
- Freeland - Bad - Bad Run blocking. Average Pass blocking - Gave up 1 Hit. No penalties. 21 total snaps (7 Pblk, 14 Rblk).
WR - Comments on overall performance and Receiver routes, Hands and penalties. Hands comments are based on grades for catchable throws caught and ball security.
- Downs - HONORABLE MENTION - Good - Good Receiving, Good Hands - 3/3 targets caught for 48 yards, No Drops, ADOT 8.3, YAC/REC 7.7, No contested targets, 2 missed tackles forced. Average Run Blocking. No penalties. 45 total snaps (19 Rec, 26 Rblk).
- D.J. Montgomery - Limited snaps (6)
- Pittman - Average - Average Receiving, Below Average Hands - 5/6 targets caught for 44 yards, No Drops, ADOT 9.2, YAC/REC 3.0, No contested targets, No missed tackles forced. Below Average Run Blocking. 1 penalty. 66 total snaps (29 Rec, 37 Rblk).
- Pierce - Below Average - Below Average Receiving, Below Average Hands - 0/3 targets caught, No Drops, ADOT 17.0, 0/1 No contested targets caught, No missed tackles forced. Average Run Blocking. No penalties. 64 total snaps (29 Rec, 35 Rblk).
TE - Comments on overall performance and Receiver routes, Hands, Blocking and penalties. Hands comments are based on grades for catchable throws caught and ball security.
- Cox - Above Average - Above Average Receving, Bad Hands - Caught 2/4 targets for 18 yards, No Drops, ADOT 15.0, YAC/REC 4.0, 0/1 contested targets caught, No missed tackles forced. Average Run blocking. Above Average Pass blocking - Clean performance. No penalties. 35 total snaps (14 Rec, 1 Pblk, 20 Rblk).
- Granson - Average - Average Receving, Average Hands - Caught 1/1 targets for 23 yards, No Drops, ADOT 21.0, YAC/REC 2.0, No contested targets, No missed tackles forced. Average Run blocking. Bad Pass blocking - Gave up 1 Hurry. No penalties. 41 total snaps (18 Rec, 1 Pblk, 22 Rblk).
- Mallory - Limited snaps (2)
RB - Comments on overall performance and Run grades, Receiving and Hands. Hands comments are based on grades for catchable throws caught and ball security.
- Taylor - See stand-out performances for grades.
- Moss - HONORABLE MENTION - Good - Good Rushing, Good Hands - 6 Carries for 30 yards, No TDs, 6.0 YPC, 3 missed tackles forced. Below Average Receiving, Good Hands - No targets. No Run blocking. No Pass blocking. No penalties. 11 total snaps (5 Rec, 6 Run)
- Goodson - Bad - No Rushing. Bad Receiving, Bad Hands - 0/2 targets caught, 1 Drop, ADOT 6.0. No Run blocking. No Pass blocking Hurry. No penalties. 18 total snaps (10 Rec, 6 Run, 2 Pblk)
Final game of Minshew hopefully. Nelson had a great game and Smith was elite in run blocking, but besides those two we got no run blocking done. Downs had a few good actions, but Pittman and Pierce were non-factors. Mo had a couple catches - a 2-pt. conversion among them. Granson had a long catch, but didn't do much besides that. Mallory got injured. JT had the best game of all I feel. Basically was our offense. Moss had some good runs too. Goodson... yeah..
Defense
DI - Comments on overall performance and Run defense, Tackling, Passrush, Coverage and penalties.
- Buckner - HONORABLE MENTION - Good - Average Run defense. Bad Tackling - 4 Tackles, 1 Assist, 1 missed tackle, 4 Stops. Good Passrush - 1 Sack, 1 Hits, 1 Hurries. No Batted Passes. No penalties. 43 total snaps (18 Rdef, 25 Prsh).
- Stewart - See stand-out performances for grades.
- Bryan - HONORABLE MENTION - Good - Above Average Run defense. No Tackling. Average Passrush - 1 Hurry. No penalties. 11 total snaps (5 Rdef, 6 Prsh).
- Johnson - Limited snaps (7)
ED - Comments on overall performance and Run defense, Tackling, Passrush, Coverage and penalties.
- Martin - Limited snaps (10)
- Paye - Average - Good Run defense. Good Tackling - 2 Tackles, No missed tackles, 2 Stops. Average Passrush - No Sacks, Hits or Hurries. No penalties. 33 total snaps (14 Rdef, 19 Prsh).
- Ebukam - See stand-out performances for grades.
- Lewis - Above Average - Average Run defense. Above Average Tackling - 1 Assist, No missed tackle, 1 Stop. Good Passrush - 1 Hit and 3 Hurries. No penalties. 25 total snaps (10 Rdef, 15 Prsh).
- Odeyingbo - Below Average - Average Run defense. No Tackling. Below Average Passrush - No Sacks, Hits or Hurries. No penalties. 24 total snaps (12 Rdef, 12 Prsh).
- Land - Limited snaps (7)
LB - Comments on overall performance and Run defense, Tackling, Passrush, Coverage and penalties.
- Franklin - Average - Average Run defense. Bad Tackling - 4 Tackles, 7 Assists, 2 Missed tackles, No Stops. Average Passrush - No Sacks, Hits or Hurries. Average Coverage - Gave up 4/5 targets for 50 yards (Y/REC 12.5), No Pass breakups. No penalties. 56 total snaps (25 Rdef, 1 Prsh, 30 Cov).
- Harrison - Below Average - Good Run defense. Great Tackling - 3 Tackles, 1 Assist, No missed tackles, 2 Stops. Good Passrush - 1 Sack. Bad Coverage - Gave up 1/2 targets for 6 yards, No Pass breakups. No penalties. 55 total snaps (25 Rdef, 1 Prsh, 29 Cov).
- Speed - HONORABLE MENTION - Good - Good Run defense. Above Average Tackling - 11 Tackles, 1 Assist, 1 Missed tackles, 7 Stops. Average Passrush - No Sacks, Hits or Hurries. Above Average Coverage - Gave up 2/2 targets for 7 yards (Y/REC 3.5), No Pass breakups. No penalties. 56 total snaps (26 Rdef, 1 Prsh, 29 Cov).
- Olubi - Above Average - Average Run defense. Average Tackling - 6 Tackles, 1 Assist, 1 Missed tackle, 3 Stops. No Passrush snaps. Above Average Coverage - Gave up 2/2 targets for 13 yards (Y/REC 6.5), No Pass breakups. No penalties. 22 total snaps (14 Rdef, 8 Cov).
- Stuard - Limited snaps (1)
CB - Comments on overall performance and Run defense, Tackling, Passrush, Coverage and penalties.
- Jones - Average - Bad Run defense. Bad Tackling - 2 Tackles, 1 missed tackle, No Stops. No Passrush snaps. Average Coverage - Gave up 1/2 targets for 14 yards (Y/REC 14.0), no Pass breakups. No penalties. 44 total snaps (19 Rdef, 25 Cov).
- Brents - Bad - Below Average Run defense. Good Tackling - 2 Tackles, No missed tackles, No Stops. No Passrush snaps. Bad Coverage - Gave up 5/5 targets for 121 yards (Y/REC 24.2), Gave up 1 TD, No Pass breakups. No penalties. 30 total snaps (15 Rdef, 15 Cov).
- Moore - HONORABLE MENTION - Good - Above Average Run defense. Bad Tackling - 2 Tackles, 1 missed tackle, 2 Stops. Average Passrush - No Sacks, Hits or Hurries. Good Coverage - Gave up 2/3 targets for 12 yards (Y/REC 6.0), No Pass breakups. No penalties. 56 total snaps (25 Rdef, 1 Prsh, 30 Cov).
- Baker - Below Average - Average Run defense. Bad Tackling - No Tackles, 1 Missed tackle, No Stops. No Passrush snaps. Below Average Coverage - Gave up 2/3 targets for 40 yards (Y/REC 20.0), 1 Pass breakup. No penalties. 17 total snaps (4 Rdef, 13 Cov).
S - Comments on overall performance and Run defense, Tackling, Passrush, Coverage and penalties.
- Thomas - Limited snaps (1)
- Cross - Bad - Above Average Run defense. Bad Tackling - 2 Tackle, 1 Assists, 1 missed tackle, 1 Stop. Average Passrush - No Sacks, Hits or Hurries. Bad Coverage - Gave up 1/1 targets for 1 yards (Y/REC 1.0), Gave up 1 TD, No Pass breakups. No penalties. 56 total snaps (25 Rdef, 1 Prsh, 30 Cov).
- Denbow - Limited snaps (1)
DIs and DEs did well overall, but the secondary crumbled.
Most of our team is mediocre or bad. Minchew’s numbers are never that good.
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16 minutes ago, ColtStrong2013 said:
if we are using hindsight, then had he made it, we could have tied at the end instead of going for it on 4th and 1. He had just made a 50 plus yarder at the end of first half. It had the distance, just a few inches too far right.Steichen trusts his players. What else is he supposed to do?
Punt and put them inside the 10
4 minutes ago, chad72 said:It was a difference of 14 yards, correct? If it is a fair catch, you get it at the 25, and with this missed FG, they got it at the 39, correct? Yeah, we could pin them at the 10 to 15 yard range and gain another 10 yards but Bradley was blitzing yesterday and mixing it up, I felt. Just that we did not make enough plays.
That’s true on a kickoff not a punt otherwise no one ever gets pins inside the 5 yard line
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It was fantastic the first half of the season but we’ve all witnessed him being a little errant. I disagreed with Steichen going for a 56 yard field goal because it basically gifted Houston three points but if you hit the goal you have to get the field goal just my opinion.
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9 minutes ago, ArmchairQB said:
He’s clearly playing hurt. Doesn’t even look like the same guy as earlier in the year. I still think he’s a good player. But he hasn’t looked like it today.
Playing hurt does not cause you to throw 10 feet over your receivers. It does not caused you to throw a perfect pass for a 70 yard touchdown. Mercy.
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16 minutes ago, NewColtsFan said:
When Lawrence hasn’t played up to expectations it’s been due to two things.
1. Bad HC in Y1.
2. Injuries in Y3.
Otherwise, he’s been pretty darn good.
I hope you watched the game today. His throws were all over the place. He overthrew at least five people in the fourth quarter. His shoulder can’t be that badly hurt if he can throw a 70 yard bass. He is just inaccurate.
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1 hour ago, coltsva said:
Jags run appears to be a short one. The next couple of years will be very interesting.
Jags with Lawrence 3-14, 9-8, 9-8.
Colts fans it could’ve been worse. We’re all hoping that Richardson is the real deal and I can stay healthy. It’s funny to think with the season would’ve been. If he was quarterback, I would imagine would be in the playoffs right now.
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I’m sorry I’m not ready to be glass half full. I witnessed a game last night that if I told you we ran for 220 yards, and we lost a lot of people would not believe it. I’m afraid this is the league where you’re looked at but another season of promise and failure
3 minutes ago, Indeee said:No it didn't. The Bills would have to lose for Pitt to get in. Bills play tonight
And they did
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They could have beaten Atlanta and Cincinnati but failed to show up. Looking back on this season it’s obvious that Minshew is not a starting QB
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And all that nonsense allowed Pittsburgh to get in the playoffs.
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I had an expectation that if a team we’ve already beat that hasn’t played a primetime game all season would come to Indianapolis and we beat them. No matter how you whitewash the season. It’s not about moral victories it’s not about playing with house money. The Colts simply failed yesterday. A lot of people feel that way in for a while.
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Way to go Jacksonville, you let nasty Pittsburgh get in the playoffs.
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5 minutes ago, OLD FAN MAN said:
biggest need a gm who uses all avenues to fill the roster, not just the draft and low tier free agents
Ballard has drafted some gems but we have so many needs so FA and the draft needs to be solid
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We need…
Another productive WR Pierce can’t be counted on. Downs will be a great shot player FA ix s better option it’s more costly but we need proven experience
Man to Man CB we let Gilmore go and we never replaced him with proven talent. We drafted Brents and Jones but they have flaws. We let every team through under on us and we need to make that better
LB we need to upgrade Leonard’s former position. Can Ballard find another gem in the draft
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50 minutes ago, indykmj said:
I doubt that Steichen gives a damn about the COTY award.
Doesn’t matter. Dysfunctional playcalling I’m still just shaking my head that with a run being so solid we saw very little play action. I’m pretty sure Shane was making those calls. Minshew looked horrible too many terrible throws. It was his fault on the 4th down he threw behind Goodson on a simple pitch and catch. Goodson was wide open on the first drive and that was a terrible throw. 1 touchdown is unacceptable at home and in a must win game. He is not a starting QB because he has deficiencies
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Stroud said Indy is a lazy town. Talk about locker room material and our defense weren’t very pumped up. We sit in the 60 yard line so a great view of our bench. Houston was jumping around before the game snd we looked stoic. It just seemed a bit strange.
So thoughts about the game seeing it live and on tv..
The offense was out of sync and we run the ball like that and we do not use play action?? It worked perfectly on the 2 point conversion but seldom used again. Houston would fill the box stopping the run and we still ran. They were daring us to throw the ball and with our run being so effective during the game it drives me crazy why we didn’t use play action to bring their safeties up. This is where I think coach really was weak I like him otherwise, but he’ll learn from this, hopefully, but Menchew was awful on the first drive, he missed a wide-open Goodson on the 5 yard line. He overthrew Cox on that sideline pattern. He only completed 13 passes last night so Houston dared us to let our quarterback beat them and Ryans was smarter.
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I’m sorry but offensively that was a disaster. If it wasn’t for Taylor and Moss we get blown out. Trying to run when they load the box against us instead of trying action is a dereliction of his job
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This is why Minshew is NOT a starting QB he choked big-time. We get the ball with 640 left and it was the most *ic plays that put us in a situation to be forced down. I really think if #MIN could’ve completed half of the passes he threw today we win the game, but my goodness was he so accurate no one’s gonna offer a lot of money to have them on their team after seeing that mess
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I don’t want to hear about playing with house money victories. I think that was Minshew’s worst game of the season the season. so inaccurate showing little touch in the passing game. And I got a problem with coaching tonight when Houston kept the box up and we kept running into the teeth of the defense. Why in heavens name do we never do any action. It worked on the two point conversion and they never tried it again coach but he was definitely out class tonight by a rookie coach Ryans. We all saw the same thing such a vanilla And even though the defense played well at times, they rolled over and let Houston down the field to take Then you have six minutes and 40 seconds left we were gifted a missed extra point and yet we can’t put it in the end zone. I hope BRADLEY gets his walking papers tomorrow. This soft zone and lack of blitzing is pedantic. Yes, I’m ticked off as many of us. We should not have lost that game being at home, but I saw some players really taking plays off. And I hope that those players aren’t here next year. I hope Coach has a come to Jesus meeting with the entire team. I’m done I’m sitting in the parking lot trying to go home and I’m ticked.
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Question for long time Colts fans…..
in Colts Football
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And oh yes, they won a Super Bowl with Polian as general manager
Absolutely adding McFarland and a healthy Bob Sanders brought Indianapolis its first championship