Don Banks reacts

His take on the game

• Well, I think that about settles it. The Colts have made the Super Bowl for the fourth time in franchise history and that means they didn’t suffer from their decision to rest some starters late in the regular season. Indy lost its perfect season to the Jets in Week 16, but in every game it tried to win, it did, going 16-0 in that situation.

Even if Indy doesn’t wind up winning its second Super Bowl ring in four seasons in Miami, the second-guessing of the Colts’ strategy is now pretty much a dead issue. In what would have been a cruel twist of fate, Indy didn’t lose in the playoffs to the Jets, the team it could have eliminated in Week 16 if it had played all its starters and won.

So let’s move along folks. Nothing to see here.

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