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Originally Posted by YDFL Commish
Bill Polian absolutely had the Colts in position to win championships almost every year he was in Indy.
The 2005 and 2007 teams were undoubtedly the best Colts teams of that era.
The 2005 team got undone by several factors. resting players, Tony Dungy's tragic loss of his son, the Nick Harper incident etc. etc. Not to mention the Colts refusal to give Edge the ball until the opening drive of the 2nd half, where he shredded the Steelers defense on that drive and again disappeared from the game plan after that. Gotta throw in the total choke job by Vandy as well.
The 2007 team entered the SD playoff game without Mathis or Freeney due to injury. Also, I don't recall if it was the 2007 or 2008 playoff game vs the Chargers, Gonzales and Harrison went out with injuries. Remember that team lead the undefeated Pats 20 -10 with 9 minutes to go in the game during the regular season. We gave the Giants the secret sauce to defeat the Pats.
The 2003 and 2004 defeats to the Pats were well deserved and any of us could point to team building being an issue then and be right.
Gotta believe that BP saw how Brady was doing more with less and trusted that PM could do the same, which he largely did until the playoffs where the defense just could not hold up their end of the bargain.
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Brady always had top ten defenses to keep games close. A clutch kicker he could lean on just to get in field goal position. Steelers took advantage of a weak defense up front. Lost to the jets that one year. I remember many on the board complaining the lines were weak. We needed a real 3tech to run Dungy’s D. But they threw scrubs at the problem till they traded for Booger. It was all flash, no substance. Now we have the opposite. We stay in games close despite having no QB. Most teams are run over with no good QB play. Now all the kids that grew up on that think it’s the only way to build a team.