INDIANAPOLIS – Let’s start with the coach.
For seven seasons together, Tony Dungy and Bill Polian formed a head coach/general manager pair that NFL Owners dream about.
Jim Irsay lived that dream with seven double-digit win seasons (six of those coming in at least 12-win campaigns) and five division titles.
In 32 seasons in the National Football League, Polian helped take three franchises from the bottom half of the league to the depths of the postseason.
After stints in Buffalo (three straight Super Bowl appearances) and Carolina (an NFC Championship appearance in the franchise’s second season), Polian was the architect of the Colts incredible run during the 2000s.