A look back at the '95 Colts

[YDFL Commish]

I've been watching the videos of the '95 Colts playoff run. Watching the full games or as close to full games as I could. I have come to a few conclusions on this team and the playoff games.

• The O-Line was really good at run blocking and average at pass blocking.
  The defense was not great, but had good depth. When you've got Ellis Johnson, Eugene Daniel and Trev Alberts as reserves, who played useful minutes, that's pretty damn good.
  My memory must be bad, but could kickers not at least kick into the end zone in this era?
  The Colts were dominant vs the Chargers. By dominant...I mean, in the trenches.
  The Colts were lucky vs the Chiefs. The 3 missed FG's cost the Chiefs the game.
  For all of the belly aching by Colts fans about the dropped Coryatt int, then Carnell Lake also dropped an int for the Steelers.
  For all of the belly aching about the Kordell Stewart out of the end zone TD, we also had some very questionable calls go our way.
  Ashley Ambrose looked gassed on the late 4th qt pass to Ernie Mills. Why no safety help?
  The non-calls that really bother me vs the Steelers, was how many times Harbaugh and the Colts in general were tackled out of bounds? That would not happen in the NFL today.
  No only were the Colts without Faulk at HB, but they were also without Roosevelt Potts at FB and they were without there #1 WR to start the season, in Flipper Anderson. Also although Zack Crockett had a career game vs the Chargers. It was all O-Line and play calling that created that.
  The Colts and Chiefs would have beat the Cowboys in the SB.
  And finally, the biggest weakness on the Colts defense was David Tate. He couldn't cover anybody. From Ben Coates, in the final regular season game to RB's in the playoffs, he was a huge liability.