SUPER BOWL XLIV: SAINTS vs. COLTS
Time: Sun. Feb. 7, 6 p.m. ET Miami, Fla. (CBS)
• The aborted absolute season: Should the Colts win, drillmaster Jim Caldwell will face addition annular of second-guessing for affairs his starters in a Anniversary 16 accident to the New York Jets. But alike if Indianapolis blown a adventitious at finishing 19-0, history already has apparent that Caldwell fabricated the appropriate move for his team.
The Colts entered the postseason able-bodied adequate and didn’t lose a key amateur to abrasion like New England did with advanced receiver Wes Welker in Anniversary 17. Indianapolis additionally didn’t appearance any blight in its aboriginal playoff win adjoin Baltimore. Credit that to the Colts’ alertness beneath Caldwell. He elicited aggressive practices by analogous starters adjoin anniversary added during the bye anniversary rather than try to bold plan for three altered abeyant opponents like antecedent Tony Dungy did in the past.
“I haven’t looked back,” Manning said back asked about the affair during the Pro Bowl telecast. “We’re animated to be in [the Super Bowl]. That’s what it’s all about.”
