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Waiting For Next Year:
PLAYERS:
Peyton Manning,
Romeo Crennel,
Ted Washington,
Willie McGinest,
Jim Sorgi,
Reggie Wayne
TEAMS: Indianapolis Colts, Houston Texans, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants, St. Louis Rams, Cleveland Browns
TEAMS: Indianapolis Colts, Houston Texans, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants, St. Louis Rams, Cleveland Browns
Last night the Indianapolis Colts took Andrew Luck’s name out of everyone’s mouth for just a minute. They came back in the fourth quarter (in an admittedly horribly officiated game) to beat the Houston Texans 19-16. That ties the Colts in the win column with the St. Louis Rams and Minnesota Vikings at two.
For most of this season everyone has associated Andrew Luck with Peyton Manning and the Colts because most thought the Colts had a good chance to go full Detroit and not win a game this year. I know I’m going to take some heat for this opinion and “talking down” to some fans out there, but this is just perfect justice for smug fans who want to sit back and tell competitive professional athletes in this nation’s most popular game that they should throw games for draft status. I don’t mean to be condescending, but it just goes to show how hard it is for me to ever understand how an organization can ever expect to be good if they enterta...
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