Monday Morning Hangover: Chuck Pagano Leads List of NFL Coaches in Jeopardy

October 26, 2015   ·   Mike Tanier   ·   Jump to comments

The Saints marched right down the field on their first drive of the third quarter: six plays, 82 yards, with gashes between the tackles for 35 and 17 yards, all wrapped up with a one-yard Mark Ingram touchdown. The Saints extended their lead to 27-0, and the folks at Fox Sports had seen enough. In many television markets, they switched from Saints-Colts to Buccaneers-Redskins. 
If the Colts aren't going to try, why bother televising them?
The final score read 27-21, so the Colts didn't completely throw in the towel while the rest of us watched the Redskins come back against the Buccaneers and the Patriots survive a scare from the Jets.
But the score creates the false impression that the Colts engineered an impressive comeback. In fact, T.Y. Hilton beat the mistake-prone Saints secondary for a pair of long touchdowns, then the Colts dithered for several drives (the Saints did their part by dithering right back) until putting up a final touchdown with three minutes le...

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