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  • 3 days ago | stampedeblue.com | Jon Spradley

    Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images The NBA and NFL are two totally different leagues. Let’s get that out of the way. With that said, both the Indiana Pacers and Indianapolis Colts operate out of the same market. Both organizations are hamstrung by some means to build rosters although most of the struggles for that belong to the NBA. When you look at the two teams and the direction they are heading, you sure wouldn’t know that to be the case, however.

  • 1 week ago | stampedeblue.com | Jon Spradley

    Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Being an NFL coach comes with a lot of responsibility. Your every moved is critiqued, and you are judged on the results you deliver. That isn’t a completely negative thing, but the level at which you are scrutinized is not felt or shared by many others. Being an NFL head coach comes with responsibility, but it is ultimately a privilege. There are only 32 in the entire league, and the line forming behind the head honcho is long.

  • 1 week ago | stampedeblue.com | Jon Spradley

    Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images When the Indianapolis Colts drafted Laiatu Latu in the first round out of UCLA in the 2024 NFL draft, there were some who bemoaned the pick as a mistake. A player who was encouraged to medically retire just a few years prior from a neck injury made fans and analysts alike nervous. Latu put up solid numbers since the injury, but the feeling that the injury could impact him down the line lingered.

  • 1 week ago | stampedeblue.com | Jon Spradley

    Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Some rookies come in and pay their dues. They are buried on the depth chart behind a number of veterans and have to put in their time or wait for an injury to ascend to the starting lineup. That doesn’t seem to be the trajectory for newly drafted tight end, Tyler Warren, though. Deemed a perfect fit for the Indianapolis Colts, Warren is slated to come in and start right away, and if he doesn’t, it will be a crime.

  • 2 weeks ago | stampedeblue.com | Jon Spradley

    Photo by Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images With Jim Irsay’s passing comes the passing of the baton from one Irsay to the other. It happened before from Bob to Jim, and now the franchise belongs to the Irsay daughters all of which are involved in some form or fashion. Carlie Irsay-Gordon, however, is the one tabbed to be in charge of football operations.