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A game won, a QB lost: The win that shaped Colts' future

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The game stuck in Jim Irsay’s mind and stayed there; not because of the kidney that was lacerated or the ACL that was torn or the eye that was poked. That Sunday was a tease, the best day of a bad season. Sixty minutes of what could’ve been.

Weeks passed. Months passed. Decision day arrived. The coach kept his job. Nov. 8 was a reason why. Irsay, the Indianapolis Colts owner, kept going back to that afternoon, the day his 3-5 football team beat the undefeated, eventual world champion Denver Broncos.