by Kent Sterling When you want to know something about the National Football League and the Indianapolis Colts, the best source is former head coach and one of the best defensive minds in the history of the game – Coach Rick Venturi. In the extensive interview below, Coach Venturi talks about the Colts and where […]
by Kent Sterling Tonight, Colts fans hoped they would be able to salute their hero, and watch the Colts pull the upset in a game that lived up to the hype. Check and check. Ill-timed Broncos turnovers and penalties doomed the previously undefeated Broncos to their first defeat. The 39-33 score doesn’t tell the story […]
by Kent Sterling On Sunday night, the Denver Broncos and Indianapolis Colts will actually play some football. The hyperbole and weirdness of this strange week will be over, and football skills will finally trump verbal clumsiness Bill Polian/Jim Irsay) or brilliance (Peyton Manning/Andrew Luck). There will be those who say that the toughest part of […]
by Kent Sterling The Colts did a lot of good things in the second half of today’s 34-28 come from behind win against the previously undefeated Seattle Seahawks, but that game was lost by the complications Seahawks coach Pete Carroll introduced to the game. It wasn’t the timeouts used because of staffing issues that caused […]
by Kent Sterling It was virtually a foregone conclusion that the Colts team that beat a good 49ers team easily in Candlestick would wallop the Jaguars in Jacksonville, but the Colts don’t win a lot of road games by 34 or more points. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter The last time the Colts […]
by Kent Sterling All the Colts who contributed mightily to the Colts opening day win over the woeful Oakland Raiders, please stand up. If your name isn’t Andrew Luck, Reggie Wayne, or LaRon Landry, sit your asses back down. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter The problems with the performance of the Colts were […]
by Kent Sterling The AFC South has been around for 11 seasons, and the Indianapolis Colts have won the division seven times. The Tennessee Titans took two (2002, 2008), and the Houstan Texans have cashed in on the last two. Jacksonville has never won a title. Click Here to follow Kent on Twitter It’s the […]
by Kent Sterling The NFL Preseason is a lot like Easter for kids. They look forward to the holiday, and when it arrives wonder why they bothered. Fans look forward to anything that looks a little like the game they love, but the starters are pulled after a couple of series, and everyone whines about […]
by Kent Sterling There was a different vibe a Colts Camp today. Nothing like a 24-point hammering by an expansion team-esque Buffalo Bills to get a full roster serious about football. The fun of last week was replaced by serious work. Second year tight end Coby Fleener watched from the sidelines with his sleeves rolled […]
Indianapolis Colts – Fans Should Dial Back Expectations from 11-5
by Kent Sterling In the history of the NFL, only one team has one 11 or more games while being outscored by its opponents. That was the 2012 Indianapolis Colts. There is an undeniable statistical likelihood that point differential determines success or failure, but because of the limited sample size represented by the 16-game season, […]