So, who’s ready for T.J. Yates vs. Charlie Whitehurst?
Anyone out there?
Anyone?
(Crickets.)
If that’s what it comes down to, then that’s what this historically weak division deserves: A second and third-string quarterback squaring off in late December with an AFC South title all but hanging in the balance – and more importantly, the rights to a home playoff game.
“We control our own destiny,” is the popular refrain in the Colts’ locker room these days. They’ve spouted off this phrase off, once, twice, a hundred times the last few weeks, falling back on the life preserver that is the league’s most incompetent division, including the horrid NFC East.