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After Further Review: What a Ride It Was!
January 7th, 2013 at 1:03 PM
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay said it best following yesterday's season-ending loss to the Baltimore Ravens in the wild card round of the NFL Playoffs: "What a ride!" Indeed, Mr. Irsay. Colts fans have enjoyed one of the more memorable seasons in franchise history. And while this season didn't end...
Quick Observations from Wild-Card Loss to Baltimore
January 6th, 2013 at 4:54 PM
The Indianapolis Colts were able this season to show there is going to be a lot of excitement in the city for many more years to come.
An improbable nine-win improvement into a playoff berth has provided plenty of fuel about the what the current coaching staff can do with any...
After Further Review: Ready for the Second Season
December 31st, 2012 at 1:09 PM
The Indianapolis Colts and the rest of their NFL brethren wrapped up the regular season yesterday. Now 12 of those teams remain alive to compete for the game's ultimate prize, the Lombardi Trophy.
The Colts will travel to Baltimore to take on the Ravens Sunday at 1 p.m. This is an...
After Further Review: Andrew Luck is Better than You Know Who
December 24th, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Back in March, I was roundly dismissed for suggesting that Andrew Luck could someday be better than He Who Must Not Be Named (aka Peyton Manning), the former legend who redefined the quarterback position while playing for the Indianapolis Colts. After yesterday's record-setting, playoff-clinching performance, it can now be said...
After Further Review: Indianapolis Colts’ Glass More than Half Full
December 17th, 2012 at 1:42 PM
We've got just two more games left in the NFL season and the Indianapolis Colts need to win just one of them to clinch a playoff spot and continue their improbable turnaround from being 2-14 a year ago. Yet after yesterday's loss to the Houston Texans, more than a few...
After Further Review: Indianapolis Colts Playoff Scenarios and Other Week 14 Thoughts
December 10th, 2012 at 1:37 PM
The Indianapolis Colts come-from-behind victory over the Tennessee Titans yesterday, coupled with losses by Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, all but clinched a playoff berth for the Colts. Here are the scenarios that could play out over the next three weeks:
Best Case Scenario: Colts win the AFC South
Hey, it could still happen!...
Young Indianapolis Colts a Reflection of Their Elders
December 9th, 2012 at 8:37 PM
The Indianapolis Colts pulled a rabbit out of the hat once again today, defeating the Tennessee Titans 27-23. For the Colts, it marked their ninth victory of the season, eight of them by a margin of a touchdown or less. Additionally, the Colts overcame yet another halftime deficit to post...
After Further Review: Indianapolis not the Only Tough Cookies in the NFL
December 3rd, 2012 at 4:29 PM
Has the afterglow worn off yet from yesterday's Miracle in the Motor City? Mine either. But as I looked over the slate of NFL games from yesterday, I realized that Indianapolis isn't alone in celebrating a team that refused to quit and came up with a big victory this week....
Young Indianapolis Colts Don’t Know Any Better
December 2nd, 2012 at 9:39 PM
Veteran Indianapolis Colts' wide receiver Reggie Wayne said it best after the latest improbable Colts win, a 35-33 come-from-behind victory over the Detroit Lions. Wayne simply said his teammates are "too young" and don't know that they're not supposed to be doing things like scoring two touchdowns in a little...
After Further Review: How the NFL is Like Marriage
November 26th, 2012 at 4:02 PM
Guys, how many times can you honestly say to your wife, "Honey, I was thinking about football and couldn't help but see the similarities between success in the NFL and our marriage"? Well, today's your lucky day.
I spent the past weekend helping a good friend marry off his youngest daughter....
After Further Review: Indianapolis Colts Still Control Their Own Destiny
November 19th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
Despite yesterday's beatdown at the hands of the New England Patriots, the Indianapolis Colts at 6-4 still control their own destiny. If the playoffs began today, the Colts would still be in as a wild card team, same as they were last week. And yes, that's still an amazingly improbable...
After Further Review: the Indianapolis Colts are for Real
November 5th, 2012 at 1:02 PM
One of the things we try to do here at Colts 101 is be fair. We're not critical just to appear "objective" and while we try to be enthusiastic about the home team (we're fans as well as journalists) we try not to let "homerism" affect our judgment. So when...
After Further Review: Play for 60 Minutes…Or More
October 29th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
The Indianapolis Colts showed yesterday the importance of playing until the final gun, coming back from a 10-3 deficit to defeat the Tennessee Titans in overtime 19-13. But let's face facts, Colts fans. This game was Tennessee's for the taking.
The Titans had the ball on the Colts 42 with under...
After Further Review: Week 7 in the NFL
October 22nd, 2012 at 10:30 AM
The Indianapolis Colts are 3-3, smack dab in the middle of the mediocrity that is the AFC. They're 3-1 at home and would be 4-0 if not for an 80 yard slant route by Jacksonville against an injury-depleted Colts' secondary employing players who were still having their names engraved on...
After Further Review: Lessons Learned from Week 6 in the NFL
October 15th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Indianapolis Colts fans, after over a decade of watching the most consistent franchise in the NFL, may be new to the normal state of life in the NFL. The one thing you can count on in the modern NFL is that you can't count on anything in the modern NFL....
Indianapolis Colts Secondary Keys Comeback, Just not How We Thought
October 8th, 2012 at 2:58 PM
Yesterday, Colts 101, in its usual prescient manner, highlighted the matchup between the Indianapolis Colts' secondary and the Green Bay receivers as the key to the game. We specifically mentioned the play of Cassius Vaughn who was starting in the place of Vontae Davis. We said if Vaughn could hold his...
After Further Review: Thoughts on Week 5 in the NFL
October 8th, 2012 at 7:20 AM
Andrew Luck is at the quarter pole of his rookie season in the NFL. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that to this point he's been a success.
He's passed for over 1200 yards in four games, meaning he's averaging over 300 yards per game. His...
Thoughts from Opening Win of 2012 Season
September 16th, 2012 at 10:58 PM
Sunday, Sept. 16 is going to be the day Indianapolis Colts fans hope they will remember similarly to Oct. 4, 1998. On that day in 1998, Peyton Manning won his first career game in his fourth start against the San Diego Chargers and the rest has been history. Andrew Luck...
Chuck Pagano Sees Positives in Indianapolis Colts’ Youth
September 11th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
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Indianapolis Colts' head coach Chuck Pagano is never pleased with a loss, but following Sunday's defeat at the hands of the Chicago Bears, he saw a lot of positives from his younger players.
Pagano had five players on offense and defense taking their first NFL snaps and a total of 11 players...
