Saturday in park

Look, maybe Jeff Saturday just likes history.  That's possible, right? 

Maybe he's a fan of the old single wing, and of leather helmets, and of Ernie Bronko Don Hutson Nagurski. Dust off the record books! Get the 2022 Indianapolis Colts in there! Make history come alive for our loyal fans!

Because for sure, that was an historic collapse on top of another historic collapse for Saturday and the Colts yesterday, no doubt about it. Thirteen days after the Horsies gave up 33 points in 11 minutes in Dallas to turn what had been a game into a smoking crater (Final: Cowboys 54, Colts 19), they blew a 33-0 halftime lead in Minnesota and lost 39-36 to the Vikings in overtime.

With less than five minutes to play in the third quarter, the Colts led 36-7. With a quarter to play, they still led 36-14. And then ...

And then ...

And then, Kirk Cousins to Justin Jefferson. Kirk Cousins to Adam Thielen. Kirk Cousins to Dalvin Cook.

And finally, Greg Joseph with the 40-yard field goal to win it as time expired in overtime.

It was an historic comeback for the Vikings, facilitated by an historic collapse for the Colts. Excuse me, another historic collapse. Two weeks ago in Dallas, the 33 points scored by the Cowboys in the fourth quarter tied the 1925 Chicago Cardinals for second alltime for most points scored in the fourth quarter of an NFL game.

A mind-altering number: In their last two games, the Colts have been outscored 58-0 in the fourth quarter and overtime. 

This immediately prompted a call for Saturday's dismissal from some of the more deranged precincts of the intertoobz, ignoring a couple of pertinent facts. 

One, there are only three games left in the season.

Two, Saturday is merely an interim coach. Apparently some folks still haven't looked up the definition yet.

"Interim" means he goes back to his studio analyst chair in three games anyway, so what would firing him now accomplish? How much loonier would Jim Irsay look than he already does if  he'd fire his interim coach to bring in ANOTHER interim coach for three weeks?

Imagine that news conference:

"We've decided to make a change," Irsay said.

"Why now?" a reporter asked.

"Because I'm embarrassed," Irsay replied.

"Again?"

That sort of thing.

No, might as well stay what's left of the course -- leave Saturday not in the park, but just in park, so to speak. His hiring now looks as batshite as most people thought it was, but the Blob's take on it remains the same: Yeah, it's bizarre, all right, but who cares? The season was already gone anyway, so why not bring in a pal with zero coaching experience to finish it up? 

Now, the Blob is not prepared to say that's what Irsay was thinking, or if he might have been looking ahead to the draft. That is pure speculation, and the Blob does not indulge in speculation, except when it does.

I do know this, though: Irsay probably never thought he'd get a piece of history in the deal.

Win-win!

OK. So, no.