As expected, Stanford’s Andrew Luck was the #1 pick in the NFL Draft at the Radio City Music Hall on Thursday and will be heading to the Indianapolis Colts. Luck is expected to take over the Colts offense from where Peyton Manning left off and hopefully take the Colts to greater heights.
When the season kicks off, Andrew Luck will be wearing the No. 12 jersey he wore at Stanford, and he’s hoping to wear the Colts jersey for many years to come.
The 14 years relationship between the Indianapolis Colts and their Future Hall of Fame Quarterback Peyton is finally coming to an end after much speculation. Both Manning and the Colts Owner Jim Irsay are expected to conduct a conference announcing this decision on Wednesday.
There were speculations earlier that both parties may be able to work out a deal that would prevent the Colts from paying Manning a roster bonus of $28 million which was due this Thursday. Since signing a five-year contract worth $90 million last season, Manning has been battling health issue related to the neck surgery he had, and he sat out the entire season. The Colts who had a horrible season finishing 2-14 have the advantage of being in the position to draft Stanford Quarterback Andrew Luck, who is one of the most highly rated college quarterback.
With his separation from the Colts and going into free agency next week, Manning is expected to be approached by other NFL teams in search of a QB such as the Redskins, New York Jets, Miami Dolphins, Chiefs, and Arizona.
After last weeks win the Indianapolis Colts had gotten the albatross of not winning a game out of the way. However Orlovsky, led the Colts to a second straight win against the playoff bound Texans, creating all new kinds of problems for the organization.
Indianapolis played from behind the entire game, up until the final moments when Orlovsky put together a last minute drive and connected with Reggie Wayne on a game winning touchdown.
Winning is good for every sport entity, however for this team on this particular year, it could potentially be a bad thing. The Colts had been in line for the first pick in the draft with the opportunity of drafting Andrew Luck or trading the pick for a king’s ransom has its many perks. So the situation that the Colts organization faces is that they could potentially lose that pick with a win and a Rams loss. One would think that the front office would want that pick and could even be hoping for a loss next week.
Next week against the Jaguars will be one of those few times where the front office and fans of a team will be rooting for their team to lose.
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The Indianapolis Colt are chasing history, a part of history that no football team wants to be a part of. That is to be the second NFL team to finish a season 0-16. However, the way in which the Colts loss this game to the Patriots was unlike any other.
After allowing the Patriots to score four straight touchdowns over two quarters, Indianapolis was facing a 31-3 deficit with only the fourth quarter left. Donald Brown scored the first touchdown on a five yard run. Then after forcing the Patriots to punt twice more, Orlovsky was able to hit Pierre Garcon on a 33 yard touchdown pass.
Indianapolis’ defense was able to force the Patriots on another three and out, which allowed Orlovsky to find Garcon again for another touchdown. Although the Colts were able to cut the deficit to seven, they had only 12 seconds left in the game. The Colts were not able to recover the onside kick, and ended up falling to the Patriots 31-24, but not without a fight.
With four games remaining on the schedule the Colts’ most winnable game is their last of the season against the Jaguars. It might be imperative for Jim Caldwell to get a win or two down the stretch, because without one his job may be on the line.
One positive thing you could say about the Indianapolis Colts this season is that they are very consistent. However that consistency has led them to an (0-11) record, and quite possibly the worst season by any team in the history of the NFL. Last week a 27-19 loss to the Carolina Panthers was as close of a game the Colts had played in almost half a season.
After falling behind 10-0 Indianapolis was able to tie at 10 before halftime. The Colts could not hold off the Panthers for long though, with Cam Newton playing as well as he did. Newton finished the game 20-27 for 208 yards and a rushing touchdown. Indianapolis attempted to make it interesting late. Down eight with five minutes to play the Colts were putting a drive together before Curtis Painter threw his second interception of the game, ending all hopes of the Colts’ first win.
Next week Indianapolis will be wishing they never played football this year, when they get the chance to play the Patriots in New England. Do not be surprised if the Colts get demolished, because as it has been shown before, Brady and Belichick are not afraid to run up the score against teams.
The Indianapolis Colts have to be the absolute worst team ever. Although their have been other really bad teams, such as the 0-16 Lions of a few years back and the bad Raiders teams after their Superbowl run. None of those teams in my opinion look as hideous as the Colts do week in and week out.
For the first time maybe ever, the Colts fans booed their team on Sunday, for their dismal performance. At this point in the season the Colts fans have earned the right to boo the team. Yes they have been spoiled by all the success over the last decade, however none of the fans really booed before this past week, and any (0-10) team should be booed.
Indianapolis’ matchup with the Jaguars, was basically a contest to see who’s offense is more inept, and the Colts won in that regard, maybe the only thing they will win all season. Both teams combined for less than 300 yards of total offense and both looked totally inept asides from Maurice Jones-Drew who has made a career of playing good against the Colts. Jones-Drew finished the day with 114 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries.
The Colts have a bye next week, which is great for them because now they will not be able to lose in on week this season.
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April 27, 2012 4:19 am | 
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