The Colts allowed Jim Caldwell to conduct his normal press conference on Monday, but things took a turn for the crazy on Monday afternoon when the Colts announced a 5 p.m. ET press conference and reports emerged that owner Jim Irsay decided to "clean house" and fire Bill Polian and Chris Polian. There hasn't been confirmation of whether or not the team will also fire coach Jim Caldwell.
That news comes from the NFL Network and it means the Colts are admitting what became obvious this year: the entire Indianapolis roster just isn't very good. Bob Kravitz of the Indianapolis Star confirms that the Polians have been fired, but there's still no word on Caldwell.
Peyton Manning shored up many problems for the Colts, but once he was injured, the team was exposed and limped its way to a two-win season and the No. 1 overall draft pick. Polian was hired in 1997 by the Colts and won NFL Executive of the Year a whopping six times. From 1997 to 2004, he hit a number of home runs in the draft, picking up Manning, Edgerrin James, Reggie Wayne, Dwight Freeney and Dallas Clark in the first round.
From then til now? Not so good: Marlin Jackson, Joseph Addai, Anthony Gonzalez, Donald Brown, Jerry Hughes andAnthony Castonzo over eight different drafts is a horrible misuse of first-round picks, even if they were near the bottom of the first round.
Disposing of the Polians would also make it easier to sever ties with Manning -- Bill drafted Manning in 1998 -- if Irsay wants to move along to a new era (one that would presumably feature Andrew Luck as the Colts starting quarterback).
Per our Colts Rapid Reporter Tom James, Irsay told Indy center Jeff Saturday on Monday that "there will be changes in the offseason." Saturday didn't know what kind of changes those would be.
They are, quite clearly, large changes. An entire overhaul of the Colts organization, in fact.
That news comes from the NFL Network and it means the Colts are admitting what became obvious this year: the entire Indianapolis roster just isn't very good. Bob Kravitz of the Indianapolis Star confirms that the Polians have been fired, but there's still no word on Caldwell.
Peyton Manning shored up many problems for the Colts, but once he was injured, the team was exposed and limped its way to a two-win season and the No. 1 overall draft pick. Polian was hired in 1997 by the Colts and won NFL Executive of the Year a whopping six times. From 1997 to 2004, he hit a number of home runs in the draft, picking up Manning, Edgerrin James, Reggie Wayne, Dwight Freeney and Dallas Clark in the first round.
From then til now? Not so good: Marlin Jackson, Joseph Addai, Anthony Gonzalez, Donald Brown, Jerry Hughes andAnthony Castonzo over eight different drafts is a horrible misuse of first-round picks, even if they were near the bottom of the first round.
Disposing of the Polians would also make it easier to sever ties with Manning -- Bill drafted Manning in 1998 -- if Irsay wants to move along to a new era (one that would presumably feature Andrew Luck as the Colts starting quarterback).
Per our Colts Rapid Reporter Tom James, Irsay told Indy center Jeff Saturday on Monday that "there will be changes in the offseason." Saturday didn't know what kind of changes those would be.
They are, quite clearly, large changes. An entire overhaul of the Colts organization, in fact.
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