Walker in Nashville, Tennessee, contributed to this report.The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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_ĪP Sports Writer Mark Anderson in Henderson, Nevada, and AP Pro Football Writer Teresa M. Reich is the second coach to be fired this season, joining Matt Rhule of Carolina. The longtime Buffalo Bills backup quarterback finished his first head coaching job with a 40-33-1 record.
Reich was previously an assistant with the Arizona Cardinals and the then-San Diego Chargers after starting his coaching career working for the Colts and with Peyton Manning. Indy traded Wentz to Washington in March then acquired Ryan in a subsequent trade with Atlanta. But two inexplicable losses to close the season behind quarterback Carson Wentz, whom Reich lobbed to acquire in a trade, kept Indy out of the postseason. Reich took the Colts to the playoffs in two of his first four seasons and had them on the cusp of making it last season. I have a deep respect for him and what he does. “He’s a great person and has done a lot of great things in our profession. “Frank’s a really good coach,” the Raiders coach said Monday. Strangely, the Colts will face McDaniels in Las Vegas on Sunday. Reich was hired in 2018 after serving as offensive coordinator for the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles - and after Josh McDaniels backed out of an agreement to coach Indy. Still, the players continued to express trust in Reich and Ballard making the right calls. We wish him the best of luck as he makes his NFL head coaching debut.”Īs the season went on and the woes mounted, the growing pressure was evident on Reich’s face and in his shorter and quieter answers.Įven in the locker room, where Reich was respected and well liked, players seemed uneasy with so many changes. “When he came to us about this incredible opportunity he had with the Colts, we were thrilled for him and his family. “Jeff has been a beloved, integral member of our NFL family for nearly a decade,” ESPN said in a statement Monday. On Sunday, the Colts pulled right guard Matt Pryor and left tackle Dennis Kelly and replaced them with Will Fries and rookie Bernhard Raimann in yet another attempt to improve the pass protection. It had been one of the league’s top units from 2018 through last season but has been in flux most of this season. The hope is Saturday can find a solution to Indy’s most glaring problem, an offensive line that has allowed a league-high 35 sacks in nine games. So for this eight-game stretch and where we’re at, we thought it would be a really good fit for us.” “It doesn’t take long to figure out he’s got leadership, real special leadership in him. “We’ve tried to hire Jeff as a coach a couple of times, the timing didn’t work out,” Ballard said.
After three straight losses, Irsay pulled the plug. The Colts have scored a league-low 14.7 points per game. Indy has zero points on its opening possession this season and is the league’s only team to enter the fourth quarter trailing in every game. They allowed nine sacks, the highest single-game total since October 2017, and the second most in a game since 1981.
The Colts also went 0 for 14 on third downs, just the second time their conversion rate was 0%. Irsay uncharacteristically declined to take questions following a dismal performance Sunday in which the Colts produced 121 total yards and 43 net passing yards, the lowest single-game totals by Indy since 1997 against Seattle.
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