IndyStar's Stephen Holder discusses the signing coach of Frank Reich as Indianapolis Colts coach. Stephen Holder/IndyStar
Bill Polian saw it some 30 years ago, because Bill Polian has always seen things others don’t. Jim Kelly goes down in Week 17; most figure the Bills’ season is over. Seven days later they’re trailing Houston 35-3 in the playoff opener; everyone knows the Bills’ season is over.
“Except for us,” Polian says now. “We were the last people worried.”
Easy to say now. Easy to say then, Polian contends, because of who Jim Kelly’s backup was.