Source: www.avclub.com --- Friday, October 23, 2015
It was to be a fourth down like any other. Late in the third quarter, the Indianapolis Colts’ drive had stalled at their own 37-yard line, but they trailed their heavily favored rivals, the New England Patriots, by only six points. Indianapolis would punt the ball to the Patriots and rely on their defense to keep the scurrilous New Englanders at bay (as the Colts defenders had done on the previous two possessions). When you get stuck in your own territory, you fall back to the field-position game. It’s how NFL football is played. But Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano did not come to Lucas Oil Stadium that day to play football. He was there to create art. With the 37-yard line as his canvas, Pagano scattered his players, splashes of gleaming white on the TV screen, in a startling unbalanced composition. The Patriots, accustomed to the staid symmetrical ... ...
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