The Indianapolis Colts have created a lot of chatter over the past week after letting go of Frank Reich and deciding to shock the world by naming Jeff Saturday the interim head coach.
The organization finds itself at a crossroads because regardless of Saturday somehow keeping the job, there will be a lot more crucial decisions over the next six months that will impact the long-term course of this franchise.
But, we are here to focus on their matchup with the Las Vegas Raiders. This game was supposed to be significant for the Colts’ similar matchup with the Washington Commanders. That contest was supposed to feature Matt Ryan versus Carson Wentz but we didn’t get that.
For this Sunday, we were going to get the coaching showdown between Frank Reich against Josh McDaniels. For those that may have forgotten, McDaniels was originally supposed to be the head coach for Indianapolis but backed out at the last second and Reich ended up taking the job.
Eyes will still be on this coaching matchup because it is Saturday’s debut and there are questions surrounding McDaniels due to the poor first half of the season by the Raiders.
The Colts have nothing to lose on Sunday so it will be interesting to see how they perform. Here are five things to watch for: