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The 2009 Indianapolis Colts Will Be Just Fine

 
Several Internet journalists, and so called "arm-chair experts", have spent the better part of the off-season writing off the Indianapolis Colts.   Most of the reporting that is done cites the coaching turnover, the loss of Marvin Harrison, or the fact that the Colts play in one of the toughest division in football as reasons that the Colts will drop off the short list of elite teams in the NFL. As a passionate Colts fan I pride myself on keeping up to date with the news that involves my favorite NFL franchise. I stood by as Tony Dungy announced his retirement. I watched as Marvin Harisson refused to accept a salary that fit his new role and was subsquently released from the only team he had ever played for. I even cursed at the television screen on draft day when Rey Maualuga was still on the board and the Colts turn to pick arrived and we selected a running back out of UCONN that I had never heard off. Yet despite all my concerns as these very important and sometimes ... (link)

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