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I'm hoping AR stays healthy, and we don't have to deal with a backup to finish the season again.

Don't let," if only we did this", get to you. We had a pretty decent year considering. Besides we were not going anywhere even if we made the playoffs this year.

Mine, to this day is not so much one play as it is over confidence. Going into Super Bowl 3, we had a great year, lots of talent on the team steam rolled the Browns, in the NFL championship 34 to 0 and was a 17-point favorite to beat the American Football league, Jets. I don't think I ever recovered the embarrassment of facing my friends at school the next day, after bragging the week before. Back then the pro bowl was played after the Super Bowl, and when they introduced the pro bowlers before the game, the crowd would boo the Colts that made the pro bowl. for losing to the Jets.

He needs to be smarter on how to protect himself. With his size most defenses are not going to cut him any slack on how they hit him to bring him down.

Maybe if he changed his name back to Daruis Leonard that would help. That version was who everyone remembered.

Rodger's mind might be saying "yes" I can do this, but his body might be saying otherwise.

It' not something I would personally like for them to wear often. But it was different in a college sort of way. Like Duke maybe. what is everyone's thoughts on that.

I thought that with his size that he would be more durable but, you never know, it could be because of his lack of time playing in college, he was used to being a bull sort of speak and has not learned how to protect himself, how to fall or slide. I think that is and art in itself to survive in the NFL to stay heathy. I mean look at Brees, Brady, Peyton, and a lot of others that had long careers. I don't know if that is something that is instinct or can be taught.

I'm happier for Richardson, the man deserves more possible weapons on offense to get his lack of on field experience up to speed and also open up a better passing game with the running game threat now.

The Manning Brothers did slow down the Patriots of getting to and winning a lot more Super bowls they could have had.

Yea me too, I knew Chicago had a good defense then, but their QB situation was really bad in that Super Bowl. the best thing they had going then was Devin Hester.

It was amazing coming back from 21 points after the first half against the Patriots. That usually didn't happen to New England back then, especially in a game with so much on the line.

I learned a valuable lesson that night, never drink too much when your losing bad, and storm off to bed to go to sleep and your wife gets to tell you the next morning about the miracle comeback that you missed seeing.

Just get Taylor Swift to come to the next game and all of this will be forgotten.

My dad was a big John Unitas fan. And I started watching him play in the very late 50's with my dad. Also, there was something about that horseshoe on that helmet that sealed the deal that I fell in love with. There was an interesting article I read years later about how Johnny U was originally drafted by the steelers, then cut by them. When a reporter at the time asked the head coach of the steelers why he was cut, his reply was that he didn't think that Johnny Unitas was smart enough to play Quarterback in the NFL. That led later, him ending up with the Colts. The rest is history. John's historic 58 and 59 championship victories, jump started national interest we have come to enjoy many decades later.

Their system seemed to always work when Brady/ Belichick, were the constant. They could lose coaches and players yet they seemed to not really miss a beat, mistic, magic, call it what you want to. But no matter how good you are, time catches up with everyone sooner or later.

My Dad died in a plane crash, when I was 13 years old, it just shows how family's lives can change in an instant, if you are well known are not. something to keep in mind how quick life can change. so, cherish the day.

This year is about confidence building. and the players starting to believe in their selves as a team. I think they have showed that in the last two games. There is always going to be weak links in positions that need to be addressed. They will learn with more playing time, what it takes to be consistent. As a fan we just need to be more patient and see how this unfolds.

The music theme that comes to mind for this game is Pink Floyd's "Division Bell" song "High Hopes."

This first game at home could definitely set the tone, for what kind of season we have instore. It really is a big game to start the season.

Sounds like a good plan to be at this point

Seems like a trend. It would not be the Colts if we didn't have controversy. before the damn season even begins

It's hard to understand how we got to this point without knowing what really transpired. It was said Taylor first asked to renegotiate. his rookie contract, was told it wasn't going to happen. Then he wants to be traded, Irsay stands firm. I can see both sides point. But it doesn't help when you have a owner who preaches team commitment. Unity, etc. and being too hands on as an owner, and pulls that this is a business card, and at the same time flaunts. all of his muti million-dollar purchases of music items, it doesn't send a good message to the team. It's really a mess going into this year, this saga sounds familiar. Doesn't seem like Taylor wants to stay. hope we get something out of it.

As much as we could use a younger QB in this year's draft, I don't see any that I would give up much of anything to move up from where we are at pick number 4, Regardless of if we do draft a QB in the first round Don't expect to much better than the year we just had, if we go in that direction and with a new coach