I am excited about this. I wish him the best! Wish they would trade him to the Saints, though. We need a QB
Westlake Football Brotherhood. I doubt that In the history of the NFL that any team has ever had both quarterbacks from the same high school
Sam really has a great opportunity to prove he can play in the NFL. He is definitely not coming in just to play out the season since Indy is still in the playoff hunt. Also two of his greatest games in college were against two number one overall draft picks. So, yeah I am excited to see what he can do.
Had to wonder if this is another irsay edict. Apparently so... Cmon Sam, we're behind you Kravitz: Colts owner Jim Irsay pulls plug on Matt Ryan; are Chris Ballard, Frank Reich next?
Pre 1961: Johnny U & the Baltimore Colts were my favorites. I was later torn when they faced the Cowboys in the SB. Old becomes new: I now LOVE me sum Indi Colts & their QB. (Note: Johnny U was 1 of the toughest S'sOB's to ever play the game. Sam's pretty damned tough himself.)
I read a biography of Johnny Unitas when I was a child in the 60's. I read the chapter about the 1958 championship game and the original "The Drive" over and over as Unitas methodically (calling all the plays himself) led the team down the field, throwing to Raymond Berry and then Alan Ameche smashing over the goal line to win the game in overtime.
1st pass was complete to set up a 3rd and 2, where he dodged a couple of defenders to buy time, threw for what would have been the 1st down right before being tackled, and hit his man right in-between the numbers. And he dropped it. :/
E has apparently turned it on in the second half and the Colts are ahead 16-7 with 11 mins left in the fourth.
It was a brutal loss for Colts and Sam. Colts fumbled 2X in the red zone, Sam and the RB. But with just over 2 min left, Sam ran for what appeared to be a 1st down. He started the forward slide inches before the 1st down. Reich challenged the call but was upheld as short and 4th down. They punt to Wash and Heinicke takes them 89 yards in 2:17 to score with :22 secs left. He floated a ball to McLaurin at the goal line and the DB (terrible secondary) mis-timed the jump and the WR ripped the ball out of the DB's hands at the 1. Next play QB sneak TD. PAT good - :22 left - BUT it's not over. - From the 25, Sam throws a perfect pass to the 50, WR on the run and he DROPS IT! He would've run to the Wash 40 with about 15 secs left to get into FG range. That was the ball game. So close. I wanted Sam to get his first NFL win. And overall, he played well enough. Had a 100 QBR. Lost 17-16.
Summary of Colts fans' thoughts on Sam from reddit: And not just picking out the good ones, this is pretty much what all the comments look like.
Other than the fumble, Sam did enough to win that game. Looked good for first start. Defense just needed to stop them one more time. Even hold them to a field goal..
First Longhorn QB to get a 100+ passer rating in his first career NFL start. I thought he looked good in the condensed game clips. Didn't make dumb plays with the ball. Kind of reminded me of the impact that Cooper Rush had on the Cowboys while Dak was hurt, sans Eagles game.
