Quote:Yeah, I don't understand all the Caldwell hate. Leading up to this, most Titans' fans were hoping and praying we wouldn't end up with Caldwell. Most of it has to do with the one season in Indy without Manning. I realize the team fell apart at the seams, but who else is winning ball games with Curtis painter? Caldwell put a ring on Flacco's finger. Flacco! I think he deserves another shot.

 

 

Well stated.

 

As badly as the 2011 season went for the Colts,  they could easily have folded their tents when they were 0-13.  Instead,  the Colts won the next two games with Dan Orlovsky as the starting QB.  Games that were important to both Tennessee and Houston,  the teams Indianapolis ended up beating.   Caldwell kept the team as even keeled as was realistically possible under the situation of that season.  Coupling this with Caldwell leading the Colts to the AFC South Title in 2010 when they won their last 4 regular season games after being 6-6 in an injury plagued season,    the contrast of what occurred with the Lions in the second half of the 2012 and 2013 seasons is clear as day.

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