The Colts

Today we found a new reason that the Colts were right to play their starters. They got absolutely manhandled today by the Chargers. Their offensive line looked horrible, after playing absolutely fantastic the rest of the year. The Chargers exposed problems that the Colts probably didn't know they had. Now they can try to fix these problems in the next week. If they had not played the starters, they very well could have played the Chargers after the bye, and gotten exposed then.

If I am Tony Dungy, I absolutely have to fix these problems before the playoffs. I play my starters at least for the first half next week, and until the end if the game is in doubt. If all goes well next week, and the Colts win comfortably, then I take the last game against Arizona and play the starters for one or two series, and then bench them. If next week goes like this week, you have got to play the starters for at least the first half, and longer if need be against Arizona. You have to go into the playoffs on a good note. I could not even imagine benching the starters after getting beat up like that.

By the way, the undefeated Dolphins team is absolutely classless. I will root for any team, no matter how much I dislike them, if they are undefeated late in the season. Don Shula has class, but no one else in the organization does. Having very public parties everytime the last undefeated team fails is ridiculous. A few years ago when Bob Greise was asked about the 13-0 Broncos, which his SON PLAYED ON, and he said that he hoped they lost. Rooting against your children to preserve some ridiculous record which doesn't have half the weight that going 15-1 or 14-2 in this age of free agency and salary caps is ludicrous. I hope someone goes undefeated next year.