Back to the Indianapolis Colts Newsfeed

Howard Mudd’s comments explain why hiring Joe Philbin could be huge for Colts

During the Peyton Manning era, the Indianapolis Colts had several very good coaches. Tony Dungy is going into the Hall of Fame this August. Tom Moore is one of the most respected offensive minds the NFL has ever seen. Two former assistants have been NFL head coaches (Jim Caldwell and Leslie Frazier). And Howard Mudd was as good of an offensive line coach as there was during his tenure in Indy.

Mudd coached the Colts’ offensive line from 1998-2009, directing a unit that allowed the fewest sacks in the league during that twelve-year span (218, an average of 18 per year).