What a wild season for the Colts! After last seasons disappointing loss to San Diego many issues arose during the off season. Indianapolis had to replace its legendary coach, Tony Dungy. Colts management also had to cut ties with long time receiver Marvin Harrison. It looked as if the Colts long run of dominance was about to come to an end but rookie coach Jim Caldwell never let that happened.
After a surprise and rather shocking 14-0 start, the possibility of becoming the first team to go undefeated since the 1972 Miami Dolphins became a real possibility. But then it happened. As a longtime Colts fan this is something I have been accustomed to recently; resting our starters in meaningless games. Each time this has happened the outcome in the playoffs did not fare well for us. Along with others, throwing away a perfect season just like that angered me in many ways. What looked to be a promising season looked like it had just turned catastrophic.
Well, after watching our teams performance the last two weeks it looks like Caldwell's strategy paid off. The Colts looked as strong as ever and received huge contributions from many unlikely people. Two long weeks from now we will know if Caldwell's decision to rest the starters in the last two games really pays off. In the meantime we just have to wait.
Monday, January 25, 2010
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