After getting beat fairly handily by the Buffalo Bills in their pre-season opener 44-20, Indianapolis Colts owner tweeted the following message:
"Many starters played briefly or were nursing little injuries,but it was a crap performance,my apologies/My commanders got n earful from me!"
While I firmly believe the Colts were the most overrated team and Andrew Luck was the most overrated quarterback last season, I have to defend the team in this instance. Yeah, Mr. Irsay? Sir? It was a pre-season game. A Tecmo Bowl tournament is more important than the outcome of an NFL pre-season game. The most important thing about the pre-season is limiting the number of injuries to starters. The fact Indy got pummeled by the Buffalo Bills of all teams doesn't make me think any more or less of the team's chances going into the regular season.
Colts quarterback Andrew Luck only attempted six passes all game. Who led the way in that department? Chandler Harnish, who completed just 14 of 33 pass attempts. Who is Chandler Harnish? Exactly. Quarterback Jeff Tuel led the way for the Bills, in completing 19 of 23 pass attempts. Who is Jeff Tuel? A guy likely fighting for a spot on the team's roster. That's the other reason for pre-season games - to find out who will take up the final few spots on the roster.
Last year, Indianapolis had one of the easiest schedules that I've ever come across in the NFL, and sadly, they had to come from behind in most of these games. It wouldn't at all surprise me to see them suffer a letdown this year record wise. However, their schedule appears to be fairly kind yet again this season, as their only extremely tough games appear to be: A road game against San Francisco, a home game against both Denver and Seattle, as well as two games against Houston.
Sure, the Colts will need to improve by leaps and bounds from their loss to Buffalo if they want to reach the playoffs again this season. Then again, they're not going to be starting 3rd stringer Chandler Harnish at quarterback during the course of the regular season or other 3rd string players (barring injuries). So, I recommend that Mr. Irsay eats some special herb-infested brownies, listen to Pink Floyd, and relax. It's a long season. If he gets like this over one pre-season loss, the man may suffer a heart-attack if the team loses two straight regular season games. ::hands Mr. Irsay some special brownies:: You're welcome.
http://nfl.si.com/2013/08/12/jim-irsay-apologizes-indianapolis-colts-buffalo-bills/
"Many starters played briefly or were nursing little injuries,but it was a crap performance,my apologies/My commanders got n earful from me!"
While I firmly believe the Colts were the most overrated team and Andrew Luck was the most overrated quarterback last season, I have to defend the team in this instance. Yeah, Mr. Irsay? Sir? It was a pre-season game. A Tecmo Bowl tournament is more important than the outcome of an NFL pre-season game. The most important thing about the pre-season is limiting the number of injuries to starters. The fact Indy got pummeled by the Buffalo Bills of all teams doesn't make me think any more or less of the team's chances going into the regular season.
Colts quarterback Andrew Luck only attempted six passes all game. Who led the way in that department? Chandler Harnish, who completed just 14 of 33 pass attempts. Who is Chandler Harnish? Exactly. Quarterback Jeff Tuel led the way for the Bills, in completing 19 of 23 pass attempts. Who is Jeff Tuel? A guy likely fighting for a spot on the team's roster. That's the other reason for pre-season games - to find out who will take up the final few spots on the roster.
Last year, Indianapolis had one of the easiest schedules that I've ever come across in the NFL, and sadly, they had to come from behind in most of these games. It wouldn't at all surprise me to see them suffer a letdown this year record wise. However, their schedule appears to be fairly kind yet again this season, as their only extremely tough games appear to be: A road game against San Francisco, a home game against both Denver and Seattle, as well as two games against Houston.
Sure, the Colts will need to improve by leaps and bounds from their loss to Buffalo if they want to reach the playoffs again this season. Then again, they're not going to be starting 3rd stringer Chandler Harnish at quarterback during the course of the regular season or other 3rd string players (barring injuries). So, I recommend that Mr. Irsay eats some special herb-infested brownies, listen to Pink Floyd, and relax. It's a long season. If he gets like this over one pre-season loss, the man may suffer a heart-attack if the team loses two straight regular season games. ::hands Mr. Irsay some special brownies:: You're welcome.
http://nfl.si.com/2013/08/12/jim-irsay-apologizes-indianapolis-colts-buffalo-bills/
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