All posts tagged indianapolis colts

The Saints are Sinners: Isn’t it Ironic?

Saints Favre

Remember that Alanis Morissette song “Ironic”? You know, the one where the only real irony is that pretty much every example she lists is more of a unfortunate coincidence than ironic?  For some reason, it popped into my head the other day as I’ve been reading about the ongoing scandals involving the New Orleans Saints.  Because what could be more ironic than guys known as Saints turning out to be a bunch of sinners?

By now you know about the Saints’ bounty program run by former Defensive Coordinator Gregg Williams. Not only did he offer players cash rewards for seriously injuring other players, he was indisputably recorded by a documentarian while doing it. I’m guessing that he let his MENSA membership lapse a while back.

Read more…

A Tale of Two QBs: Peyton Manning vs. Tim Couch

tim-couch

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” – Football Fans in Cleveland and Indianapolis. (And Charles Dickens)

With the Denver Broncos’ recent signing of Peyton Manning, it’s made this Browns fan wonder about what might have been if Cleveland had been granted our replacement / expansion team one year earlier. In 1998, the Indianapolis Colts used the #1 overall pick in the NFL Draft on Manning, the QB from Tennessee. In 1999, the expansion Browns used the #1 pick on Tim Couch, the QB from Kentucky. Those two horizontal neighbors provided very different types of QBs to Ohio and Indiana, two vertically neighboring states.

Let’s compare and contrast the last decade-plus for these two gunslingers to see who has done better overall since getting drafted:

Read more…

It’s a Sad Day in Indy

Screen Shot 2012-03-07 at 8.56.40 PM

Peyton Manning became a free agent after being released by the Colts today. It really wasn’t a surprise, as the Colts had all but officially released the information, but it’s the “official” part that has Colts fans reeling. After a dismal 2-14 season without Manning talk has the Colts drafting Andrew Luck and going in a completely different direction for the upcoming NFL season.

Read more…

Dear Baltimore, We’d Like One More Thing

pagano

Indianapolis Colts front office has announced the crowning of CHUCK PAGANO – the Ravens defensive coordinator, as their new head coach. Read more…

Football Firings

It has not been a good week to be a football coach. Read more…

Blog Widget by LinkWithin