Well said, by Bob Kravitz in the Indianapolis Star:
“ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — It was dumb and it was disgraceful, maybe as bad, if not worse, than the previous week’s surrender against the New York Jets.
One week earlier, the Indianapolis Colts couldn’t be bothered to pursue one of the most hallowed marks in sports history, a perfect season, something accomplished exactly once, by the 1972 Miami Dolphins. But Sunday, here in suburban Siberia, the Colts played their stars for three full series in a hypocritical effort to get Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark to 100 receptions.
Explain this to me again:
A perfect season, which has been accomplished just once in NFL history, wasn’t important, but 100 catches, accomplished numerous times by numerous receivers, that goal mattered?
Chase statistics, yes. Chase immortality, no. Color me confused.
Not to mention dubious, especially as the Colts insisted after the game that the numbers weren’t on their radar.”
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