On the Ground: Breaking down the Colts with Samer Kalaf
I had a difficult time finding a Colts blogger who was available for an interview for this piece , but I found a great pinch-hitter in Samer Kalaf , a colleague of mine from The Rookies and the editor of the excellent NFL blog Second-String Fullback . . Samer really knows his football and gave some great insight into the Colts' matchup this weekend. My questions and his responses are below. Andrew Bucholtz: The Colts were criticized heavily by many for playing some backups in the last few weeks of the season, including against the Jets, instead of going for a perfect season. What did you think of the decision at the time, and has your opinion changed at all since then? Samer Kalaf: I feel like that the decision by Colts head coach Jim Caldwell to rest the starters against the Jets was an incredibly terrible decision. I wrote long-winded posts about it, and how I feel it disgraces the history of the NFL, but I'll try to condense it. The Colts had a chance to be the se...