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John Fox makes his case for Peyton Manning for MVP

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

The NFL Most Valuable Player award seems to be a two-man race heading into Week 17, with Vikings running back Adrian Peterson and Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning the contenders. Vikings coach Leslie Frazier has already gone on the record as saying th…

indystar.com

Terms like soldier and warrior are well within the tough-guy lexicon of football, but when Chuck Pagano used them Monday afternoon, haltingly, tenderly, between gasps heavy with emotion, he was speaking of "my soul mate, my wife."

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The final act of an unlikely regular season comes Sunday when Houston visits Lucas Oil Stadium. And here's the unexpected twist: The Colts have nothing to play for regarding playoff positioning, while the Texans still haven't secured the AFC's No. 1 see…

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What I think they’re thinking at the headquarters of the Indianapolis Colts this evening… He’s back. How cool was it to see Chuck Pagano back at the front of the room today? It’s going to register as one of our career highlights to have given him …

Bob Kravitz, indystar.com

Now, finally, the lights can be turned off in Chuck Pagano's office. Now, finally, after nearly three months of fighting leukemia back into submission and remission, Pagano can return to his coach's office -- where interim coach Bruce Arians and the Ind…

Doug Farrar, yahoo.com

It's not the norm for the media to give a coach a standing ovation at the start of a press conference, but what happened Monday in Indianapolis was far from ordinary. When Colts head coach Chuck Pagano stepped onto a stage at the team's headquarters, he…

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"Bleak" was interim coach Bruce Arians' choice of words to describe his Indianapolis Colts' precarious position as a chilly Sunday afternoon passed into evening at Arrowhead Stadium.

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Reading the coverage… Houston Texans “For a veteran team to come out flat without a sense of urgency when it has a chance to earn home-field advantage is inexcusable,” writes John McClain of the Houston Chronicle. To which I say: They can make this …

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Kansas City Chiefs have not had a good season and major change figures to come almost immediately after they close out the season next Sunday. All of that struggle doesn’t mean they can’t set a record, although the record they set in Sunday’s 20…

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Soaring through cyberspace in search of interesting stuff on the playoff-bound Indianapolis Colts.

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The AFC South had just one happy team and one happy fan base Sunday. The Colts won in Kansas City and celebrated a playoff berth. The Texans and Jaguars lost at home, the Titans lost in Green Bay. Still, you went to games and at least had some fun. And …