Jeff Saturday was the kind of rent you usually see in films. Positive, he was a six-time Professional Bowler and former middle for the Indianapolis Colts, however proprietor Jim Irsay introduced Saturday in to exchange Frank Reich even supposing he had zero teaching expertise on the NFL stage. The truth is, his solely head-coaching expertise was for a highschool.
Saturday appeared destined to fail, one thing that may be stated for a lot of interim coaches. Outdoors of beating the Las Vegas Raiders in his first recreation in cost, that expectation of failure for the extremely unqualified NFL head coach got here true.Â
He went 1-7 as Indianapolis’ head coach and led his group to a seven-game shedding streak to finish the season.
It was a joke of a rent, and the outcome was humorous as nicely — in the event you’re not a Colts fan. Nonetheless, for some purpose, the Colts truly re-interviewed Saturday this offseason, they usually’re apparently contemplating him for the full-time gig.