INDIANAPOLIS — The news that the Colts had benched starting quarterback Matt Ryan in favor of Sam Ehlinger first hit the team’s leadership council in a meeting with Indianapolis head coach Frank Reich, then the rest of the roster.
From the sounds of it, the reaction inside the locker room has been almost universal, a variation of the same word, over and over.
Shock.
“I feel like everybody’s got their opinions,” wide receiver Parris Campbell said. “I would say, probably, just shocked, but that’s the name of this business. You can’t second-guess it. You’ve got to trust the coaches, trust what’s going on around us, trust everything at the end of the day.