‘I Described It As An Orchestra”: New Colts HC Jeff Saturday More Than Pleased With Performance Against Raiders With AFC Resurgence Underway

This Sunday, former NFL center Jeff Saturday got his first professional win as the interim coach of the Indianapolis Colts against the Las Vegas Raiders. Notably, Saturday recently joined ESPN as a sports analyst and a few days later, he became the head coach of the Colts and get his first win as well.

After winning against the Raiders, Saturday appeared on the recent episode of the Pat McAfee show to talk about his latest win. In this interview, he talked about changing little things, which eventually changed their losing fate from the last three games.

Jeff Saturday opens up about winning his first game with the Colts

While talking to McAfee, Saturday said, “I made some small changes and tweaked the practice schedules in general. I tried to keep as much, kind of in line for what roles the guys were playing and what expectations were gonna be for them on Sunday and how the communication was gonna occur… It’s just a matter of process and I feel strongly about process and putting it in place.“

Then, Saturday praised all his players for executing all the plans on the field, which worked for them massively. “Those guys, man, they executed it to perfection. I described it as an orchestra like when I watched it happen and listening to it on the headset and the communication, you know, we had a couple of bumps in the row, but man, all in it was really well done,” Saturday further said. 

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Notably, the Colts owner, Jim Irsay, had to go against his board members to appoint Saturday as the coach of the Colts. A few days back, he fired the HC Frank Reich after losing against the Patriots; then he immediately hired Saturday. The board members were hesitating at first because Saturday had no prior experience at the top level, but Irsay was pretty adamant about appointing him as the new HC. Although it’s just one game, the result is in front of everyone to see.

Can the Colts qualify for the playoffs?

After their latest win against the Raiders, the Colts have now won 4 games in the season. Moreover, they have a record of 4-5-1 and are currently sitting in the second position in the AFC South division, behind the Titans.

Certainly, they still mathematically have a chance to qualify for the playoffs and a few back-to-back wins will help them massively. Next Sunday, they will play against the Eagles. who recently lost their first game of the season. Safe to say, the Colts have a great chance of catching them off guard; or it could go the other way.

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Can the Colts beat the Eagles?