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It’s been over twenty-four hours since the Colts made the shocking announcement that they were benching starting QB Matt Ryan and promoting second year backup Sam Ehlinger. In that time, many in the world of the horseshoe have acted anywhere from wary to cautiously optimistic. Colts to start Sam Ehlinger at QB in Week 8. […]

On Monday afternoon the Indianapolis Colts announced the benching of quarterback Matt Ryan for backup Sam Ehlinger. There will be time in the days to come for analysis of what Ehlinger brings to this 3-3-1 group, but in the present this move must be treated for what it is; a public admission by the Colts […]

It feels crazy to already be talking about the battle for a division championship when we aren’t even half way through the season. With the way the NFL schedule AFC South contests for the Colts however, the winner of the division make look back on Sunday’s game against Tennessee as a turning point. .@Colts head […]

Through the first six weeks of the NFL season, there’s been one thing that’s made fans scratch their heads. What makes it so unique is that it has nothing to do with any of the players on the field. We’re talking of course about calls made by the officials. Specifically, the way the officials have […]

Through one half of football it looked like the same old story for the Indianapolis Colts this season: slow start, down early, season in doubt. Heading into Sunday, three of those slow starts resulted in either losses or a tie. After Week 6’s win over the Jaguars, the Colts have now had three instances where […]

We’re a week removed from Colts-Broncos which means that ugly victory is finally behind us…to a point. While we don’t have to harp on how bad the game was anymore, there is still at least one negative element to fix from that game that has hampered the Colts all season long. Whether it’s been a […]

After an offseason where, among many other things, the loss to Jacksonville in the regular season was regularly cited as an embarrassing loss and the reason the Colts missed the playoffs, it seemed impossible that Indy could lose in Jacksonville AGAIN this year. Yet in Week 2 we saw one of the most disappointing performances […]

Over the course of the Colts putrid victory, but victory nonetheless, over the Broncos last week the struggles on offense were on full display on national television. That performance, however, was without star running back Jonathan Taylor who missed the contest due to an ankle injury. So the biggest question on the mind of Colts […]

Despite a putrid performance against the Denver Broncos last week, the Indianapolis Colts sit at 2-2-1 on the year. That’s good enough for 2nd place in the AFC South and has Indy within striking distance of 1st place Tennessee. With Jaguars and Titans the Colts opponents in two of the next three weeks, an opportunity […]

Last night, the Colts left Denver with a 12-9 victory in hand to go along with countless questions about this football team. Can this offensive line ever find a way to protect Matt Ryan? Is Ryan washed? Will this team ever score more than 20 points? The truth is, after five games it’s hard to […]