ANDERSON, IND --- Year 1? Playoffs. Year 2? Playoff win. Year 3? AFC Championship Game. Year 4? It’s obvious as training camp begins, the focus is as sharp as ever to reach the next step in that progression (more specifically, skipping a step to bring home some hardware). So, Super Bowl expectations? Been doin' it for years...
“Love to be in that conversation, right? We put those expectations on ourselves Day One, when we got together back in 2012,” said Head Coach Chuck Pagano after his team’s first walk-through of training camp Sunday morning. “Any pressure that I put on myself, or on this team, or the players put on themselves, shame on us.