Colts Starters Expected to Play a Little Over a Half Against Eagles

Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano said that he’s planning on his starters playing a little over a half in the team’s 3rd “played” preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday evening:

“We’d like to get a good half of football in,” said Pagano on Monday. “Try to come out, go through a halftime procedure. Make the appropriate adjustments on both sides of the ball on special teams and then open the 3rd quarter. That’s what you put down on paper for this preseason game, and then you see how that first half goes.”

“If we reach a number, snap count-wise that we feel good about, that may or may not happen depending on what happens in the first half. You’d really like them to…