Damon Hack says the Colts do their own thing
“I talked to [Patriots owner] Bob Kraft a couple of years ago when we won the championship game,” Irsay said. “He agreed, there’s nothing like the first one, but this is deeply fulfilling and we know we have another game to go. But it’s such a remarkable accomplishment to do it the way we did it.”
It was precisely how the Colts did it — by resting starters during Week 16 and 17 and forgoing a chance at a 16-0 record — that raised the ire of Colts fans and football fans around the country. Many viewed the Colts as kicking aside a chance to join the 1972 Miami Dolphins in winning the Super Bowl following a perfect season.
Instead, the Colts shut out the world and healed up their aching roster. Total vindication could be four quarters away. Irsay said it was rewarding to get to the Super Bowl the way the Colts did, “to win 14 and then to use that advantage to get ready to try to do everything we can to win a world championship.”
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