1) The window. The Colts hadn’t won fewer than 12 games since 2002, and because that happened this season, the off-season certainly will be filled with stories about the window of opportunity closing. The IFR Editor can recall vividly talking to former Colts Head Coach Tony Dungy about that window more than once about that topic – and doing so more than once before 2005. That means the Colts have made at least five post-season and two Super Bowl appearances since then. Dungy never believed in the theory of the closing window, and the reality is in the NFL, the window stays open so long as your quarterback can play. Is Manning closer to the end of his career than the beginning? Sure, but as long as he is playing at the level at which he played this season – and as long as the Colts can stay healthy – they’ll enter each season with a chance to get in the playoffs and make a run, and in the NFL, that’s all you can ask.
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