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Colts Players, Coaches Found out About Jeff Saturday Hire Through Social Media, Texts

Not only was the Indianapolis Colts' hiring of Jeff Saturday a shock to fans around the NFL, even the players were surprised.

According to Zak Keefer of The Athletic, general manager, Chris Ballard, informed the team that Frank Reich had been fired, but didn't tell them who was taking over.

"Within a few hours, they found out like the rest of the world: via Twitter, news alerts on their phones, group texts," Keefer wrote.

Players had assumed either special teams coordinator Bubba Ventrone or defensive coordinator Gus Bradley would be elevated to the interim job, per Keefer.