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Ok, so we're gonna need the Infinity Stones, or a flux-capacitor, or Bill and Teds' phone booth, but we're going back to 2012.  Specifically Black Monday, January 2, 2012.

 

This is a pivotal moment, a keystone, in Colts history.  The Colts just went 2-14 and acquired the 1st overall pick in the 2012 draft.  Irsay fires Polian and staff.  We still have a number of HoF players slightly past their prime:  Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne, Robert Mathis, Dwight Freeney, Jeff Saturday, Adam Vinatieri, etc.  We also had a successful scheme using Peytons' quick-hitting offense and a fast 4-3 defense (like what we have now) before Irsay decided he wanted a ground-n-pound offense and big physical 3-4.

 

What if we kept the same schemes and (for the purpose of this thread) hired Ballard and Reich back in 2012, then traded the 1st overall pick for a kings' ransom to keep building around Peyton and the defensive pieces we had in place?

 

We'd be sacrificing some great memories with Andrew Luck luck1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all

 

But Peyton would have stayed a Colt, and we might have a few more Lombardis.  Instead we've had to suffer through the loss of Manning, and now Luck...  :Cry:

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