If you’re one of the many Indianapolis Colts fans who sat at a computer Wednesday afternoon desperately hitting refresh and scanning social media for news that never came, you could react in one of two ways.
You might choose to rant, rave and demand to know why your favorite team inexplicably refused to engage in bidding wars for players whose former teams no longer wanted them.
Or, you could take a more sensible approach, and realize that maybe, just maybe, this was the plan all along.
One year ago, the Colts took a win-or-bust approach, going all-in during free agency.