IndyStar Sports
INDIANAPOLIS – The NFL preseason has, mercifully, come to its end.
Soon, the games will count and the stakes will be much higher.
But before the Indianapolis Colts turn their attention to the Los Angeles Rams, they must first decide which players have earned the right to be called Colts. Thursday’s preseason finale against the Cincinnati Bengals was the last opportunity for players on the bubble to make their closing arguments.
The 7-6 Colts victory was of no consequence in and of itself. But for the players on the field – most of them non-starters fighting for jobs – this opportunity was everything.