by Kent Sterling Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano sure does like to lavish praise upon opponents. It doesn’t do a coach any good to underestimate competition, but the way Pagano has been effusive in describing the thoroughly mediocre Buffalo Bills has been a great source of entertainment during his media availabilities all week. Click here to […]
by Kent Sterling Yes, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell knew all about the New England Patriots cheating in Spygate, and directed the effort to destroy evidence for the good of the NFL. Talking heads in sports media are saying that as a result, he will be replaced by NFL owners at their first opportunity. Crazy talk. […]
by Kent Sterling Doesn’t do much good to focus on getting in shape for a season you won’t play. Some members of the Colts seemed to feel their roster spots were guaranteed, and making plays in the preseason was beneath them. Others hustled, hit, and earned a job at the expense of those who were dumped. […]
by Kent Sterling Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano is going to tell 22 football players today or tomorrow that their lifetime of work to become a professional football player was wasted. Some will cry, some will yell, some will quietly accept reality. All will feel a measure of failure and misery. Click here to follow […]
Indianapolis Colts fans should take a deep breath and relax – it’s all going to be okay; And Reggie Wayne is done
by Kent Sterling It’s okay, Colts fans. Breathe in, breathe out. As we’ve learned over the past decade, August losses just don’t matter. For a team that lashed itself to the hull of the USS Super Bowl L or Bust, the Colts have been fundamentally flawed at best in all phases through losses against the […]
by Kent Sterling Colts fans have become used to disappointing results in the preseason. Last year’s 0-4 preseason record brought shrugs because fans were smart enough to know they would celebrate an AFC South Championship. We know that nobody remembers the preseason once the regular season rolls around. Despite the impulse to believe what we […]
by Kent Sterling New York Jets starting quarterback Geno Smith was punched in the face yesterday by a teammate, and his jaw was broken. Smith will be out for the next six to 10 weeks and the guy who threw the punch is unemployed as the Jets try to gear up for a better season […]
by Kent Sterling In 1997, Frank Gifford was ending his Monday Night Football career. His inclusion in the booth that year was a tip of the cap to the iconic broadcasts of the 1970s and 1980s when Monday Night Football was much more than a game. On October 20th, Monday Night Football came to Indianapolis […]
by Kent Sterling Bill Simmons carps. It’s on his business card – “Bill Simmons – Carper-at-large”. Or it should be. So it was no surprise when he petulantly railed against Colts general manager Ryan Grigson yesterday for “squealing” on the Patriots for Deflategate.. Simmons attacked Grigson in a series of tweets that alternately expressed disgust […]
by Kent Sterling The Indianapolis Colts report tomorrow to training camp in Anderson hoping the season for which they prepare ends at Super Bowl L in Santa Clara, California, on February 7th. There is a lot of work to be done between now and then for the Colts to claim a spot ahead of the […]
