SOUND OFF COLTS FANS | Is Jeff Saturday the answer to the Colts problems? The interim head coach is 1-0 at the helm.
LAS VEGAS — Jeff Saturday joked that the Indianapolis Colts will start calling zone-read plays for 37-year-old quarterback Matt Ryan.
It capped an unusual week when the Colts fired coach Frank Reich and replaced him with Saturday, whose only prior coaching experience was at a Georgia high school. Saturday then handed play-calling to Parks Frazier, who had never been in that position. Finally, Saturday sat Sam Ehlinger, who started the past two games, and put Ryan back in the starting lineup.
Then Ryan, who completed 21 of 28 passes for 222 yards, justified that decision in leading the Colts to the victory. “We were at a point in the game where we needed to make plays,” Ryan said."We didn't need to press or anything like that, but when you get your chance, you've got to make it.”The Raiders then drove to Indianapolis' 16, but two defensive plays turned away Las Vegas. On third down, linebacker Bobby Okereke broke up a pass in the end zone that was in the hands of tight end Foster Moreau.
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