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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles
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In this guy's rat's ass of an opinion, the Colts are at #1 in regard to having the best off-season ......
The Colts’ Off-season Will soon Be Regarded as the Best in the NFL
(By Brandon Daniels)
https://horseshoeheroes.com/2020/05/...rded-best-nfl/
A video in this article also chimes in on the Colts' best free-agent signings over the last 26 seasons (1994-2019.)
1) ) Adam Vinatieri, (2006)
2) ) Darius Butler (2012)
3) ) Jeff Saturday (1999)
4) ) Mike Adams (2014)
5) ) Jim Harbaugh (1994)
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Originally Posted by Dam8610
Jeff Saturday was a multiple time Pro Bowler and All Pro at a non special teams position, and IMO should be a Hall of Famer. That's a better signing than anyone listed there. Vinatieri was a great signing and earned every penny of every contract the Colts ever gave him in the Divisional game in Baltimore, but in that very same playoff run, Jeff Saturday had his Hall of Fame moment, "The Block" against New England, where he just pancaked Vince Wilfork and opened a semi truck size hole for Addai to walk in to the end zone for the game winning score. I can understand some debate between Saturday and Vinatieri, but ultimately I think Saturday has to be number one, and how the hell do you even consider putting Darius Butler ahead of Saturday?
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I think so, too.
In fact, I think that you could even make an argument that Jim "Captain Comeback" Harbaugh should be higher than Darius Butler, also ........ prior to the Peyton Manning era, the 2 big shots-in-the-arm that the Indy portion of the franchise (post 1983) got which lifted it to respectability were the Eric Dickerson trade which resulted in records of 9-6, 9-7, and 8-8 in 1987, 1988, and 1989 respectively, and the back-to-back playoff appearances in 1995 and 1996 which were led by Jim Harbaugh.
Prior to the Eric Dickerson trade, the Colts had 3 consecutive laughingstock seasons in 1984, 1985, and 1986. In that 3-year span, the team amassed an overall record of 12-36 ........ the back-to-back playoff appearances in 1995 and 1996 that were led by Harbaugh included a trip to the AFC championship game in which the Colts came within a single play of heading to the Super Bowl against the Cowboys.
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