Back in July, the boss brimmed with his trademark optimism.
“It’s the best team we’ve fielded in a while,” Jim Irsay boasted. Weeks later, during a preseason game, the Indianapolis Colts’ 65-year-old owner spelled out his hopes for the coming season. “I think we have the kind of football team that can really make a difference and go beyond just making the playoffs, but winning playoff games.”
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For a man who has never shied away from speaking his mind — be it on social media, in postgame scrums outside the locker room or in late-night calls to local reporters — Irsay has largely been invisible of late. No X posts of
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