Fire frank reich

[albany ed]

The Colts began this game determined to beat the Bucs with a strong running game. The Bucs began the game determined to take Taylor out of the equation and they succeeded . It was the passing game that put the Colts up 24 to 14. In the third quarter I believe that Bucs were determined to continue to stop the run, thinking the Colts would come out running to begin the 2nd half. So passing was called for. I do believe there should have been some runs mixed in but if an RPO is called and the pass proves to be the best option then that's what they did. The decision is not done before hand but as the play unfolds. It was unfortunate turnovers that cost the Colts this game, not the play calling. To me, the dumbest play call was when they went for it on 4th and 2 instead of kicking the chip shot field goal. It worked and they got a TD, but I'll go to my grave believing it was the wrong call. There's an old saying, success has a thousand fathers and failure is an orphan.

You can point to a lot of things that cost the Colts that game, but when your opponent is of the quality of the Bucs and the QB is Brady, you cannot turn the ball over like the Colts did. Coaches call the plays, players execute the plays. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't, but the coaches never turn the ball over. That's on the players.