All these people saying the Colts should rest their starters

once they were ahead in the third quarter forgot one thing.

The Colts would have to, you know, be ahead in the third quarter...

83 yard touchdown run by Turner! San Diego looks like they're about to slay Goliath! (Kinda makes next weeks game in Seattle less "must-see", but that's ok.. great job, Chargers!)

they can rest their starters for the remainder of the week.

SHOW ME YOUR LIGHTNING BOLTS!!!

W00H00!!

is those whiney '72 doLphins are gonna get some face time.

just so they can finally put that old dog to sleep. I'm tired of hearing about those overrated putzes. Yeah, they went undefeated, but I doubt they could've beaten ANY other Super Bowl champion (and they were underdogs going into their own Super Bowl, anyway!)

So the team that went 32-2 over a two year stretch couldn't have beaten any other Super Bowl champ? Why do I even dignify that caliber of thinking with a reply?

The '72 Dolphins were a dominant team with dominant personnel. None of you ignorant rewriters decades later are going to change that. They had perhaps the best guard, center, guard combination in NFL history in Little, Langer and Keuchenberg. That's called overwhelming the line of scrimmage which is fairly basic to winning foootball, the last time I checked. You add to that a Hall of Fame fullback, Hall of Fame quarterback and Hall of Fame middle linebacker and that is the essence of strong up the middle, which is another truism to succeeding in sports, also the last time I checked. Correct me if this gets too complicated.

Then you add a Hall of Fame wideout in Paul Warfield. Safety Dick Anderson and defensive end Bill Stanfill were Hall of Fame caliber defenders who were Pro Bowl regulars but had their careers cut dramatically short by severe injuries. To suggest they were a lesser or fortunate team is so laughably idiotic it is basically a parody of an opinion.

I could give any number of examples. How about this one, over a three game stretch from '71 to '73 Miami outscored the Steelers 72-20 over an 8 quarter period, and even greater when Griese was in the game. The teams played in '71 with Griese sick in the hospital the night before. Miami trailed 21-3 when Griese replaced an ineffective Jim Del Gaizo at halftime. The Dolphins outscored Pittsburgh 21-0 in the second half with Griese in the lineup. A year later in the AFC title game at Pittsburgh, Griese also missed the first half after breaking his ankle 12 weeks earlier against San Diego. It was Griese's first action since that game and Miami again trailed Pittsburgh at half. Griese led Miami to a 21-10 lead then Pittsburgh scored late to cut the final to 21-17. The following year Miami hosted Pittsburgh with Griese helathy all game and the Dolphins took a 30-3 halftime lead before the Steelers had a big second half to make it close.

I use that example to display the idiocy of the posters here, and elsewhere, who insist the Dolphins wouldn't have had a chance against those Steeler teams. It was actually dramatically the opposite, the WFL stealing Csonka, Kiick and Warfield in their prime opened the door for the Steeler dynasty by depleting Miami. No one matched up against the Steelers like the Dolphins did, with heady Griese and the great offensive line hardly intimidated by the Steel Curtain. Admittedly, Pittsburgh improved later but most of their key defenders including Mean Joe Greene, Jack Ham and the secondary were already there during the '71 to '73 games.

You might have guessed that Shula pursued Earl Morrall for the '72 season since Del Gaizo was so ineffective replacing Griese in '71.

Miami was underdog in the '72 Super Bowl since Griese had played only 2 quarters in 3 months while Washington defeated Dallas 26-3 in the NFC title game, allowing only 8 first downs to the defending champs. The game opened pick-em or Miami a 1 point favorite but the astute public bet Washingotn to a 2.5 point favorite. Why am I so sure you would have been among the geniuses picking the Redskins? That game was a 17-0 shutout on the field except for Garo's creative play with 2 minutes remaining.

BTW, best of luck rooting for an unbeaten season next year. You're only 19 steps away. Ha Ha Ha Ha Hee Hee Hee Hee Ho Ho Ho Ho.

Now I've heard everything. Sensitive much?

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And it WON'T be 32 years (and counting) until they get another one.

but they are far from the greatest SB winners. They were around at a crossroads time. I agree that their GCG combo was fantastic. They could run 4 yards at a time ad nausium. Which, in my opinion, makes them one of the most boring SB champions of all time, but that doesn't take the ring away.

I don't think they would've stood a chance against the 84 bears, the 92(?) 49ers or more than several other SB champs since them.

And I, too, am sick and tired of them and their fucking champagne party. Get a life.

It's just sad to see the sight here in Indy, after this loss yesterday. You could just see all the people jumping off the bandwagon over just one loss. I mean I went to the grocery store to pick up a few things, every where people were just pissed off about this loss calling them losers such having little fits of rage. Heck my sister who was christmas shopping called me on my cell phone saying did the colts lose or something because all of a sudden people attitudes went a 180, It's not the end of the world. I'm not a colts fan, I wasn't going to just jump on the bandwagon just because they're winning like it seems the whole city did. It's sicking to see this kind of thing cause people look like idiots doing this every season. I mean the season's not even over, their already starting early, and the colts have their best chance of going to and winning the superbowl since being in Indianapolis. I worked retail during the 99 season and we sold division championship shirts & Hats at the store, before they got knockout of the playoffs they were selling like crazy, after they lost we marked them down to like 3-4 dollars and couldn't give them away, at least twice a day I'd see someone walk by the rack with colts stuff on it, stop and give the middle finger to the display and cuss it out :wtf:

The colts are going to use some of their starters against Seattle Seahawks

"Seattle gets its shot at the No. 1 spot in the rankings this week. And since the Colts will at least begin the game with their starters, the Seahawks will get a legitimate chance."
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