Doyel: How did Dan Orlovsky go from NFL backup to ESPN star? ‘I had to stop being Peter Pan’
Dan Orlovsky’s career path: From high school and college standout to NFL nerd to viral Instagram hit to Periscope nobody to ESPN superstar.
Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star
Doyel: Colts have to sit Carson Wentz to keep 2022 first-round draft pick
Colts need to sit Carson Wentz before a conditional pick going to Philly in 2022 becomes a 1st-rounder. But their QB room is so jacked up, who’d play?
Doyel: Colts’ season ended Sunday; biggest culprits were Frank Reich, Carson Wentz
They’re together forever, coach Frank Reich and quarterback Carson Wentz, with that 2018 Super Bowl in Philadelphia and this 2021 dud in Indianapolis.
Doyel to Tom Allen: Donaven McCulley is your QB today, tomorrow and for the next 3½ years.
IU can’t beat Maryland on Saturday, but it found its future in true freshman quarterback Donaven McCulley, assuming Tom Allen doesn’t screw it up.
Doyel: Tackling Derrick Henry means risking a viral moment, and now it’s the Colts’ turn
The Colts’ defense gets its second crack at Tennessee destroyer Derrick Henry, whom DeForest Buckner says wants ‘to beat your face in with his hand.’
Doyel: Myles Turner has tried to tell us what he is and what he’s not. Time to listen.
For years Myles Turner has tried to tell us what he is. After he followed a 40-point outburst with games of five and four points, it’s time to listen.
Doyel: Colts turn Bomb Cyclone and madness into a huge victory over 49ers
The Colts’ 30-18 win over the 49ers on Sunday Night Football was madness, before it started and after it ended and everything that happened in between
Doyel: Pacers’ first win of the Rick Carlisle 2.0 Era was so ugly, it was beautiful
After seeing just how pretty the Pacers can play in first two games (losses), we saw what happens when the game gets ugly: A lovely win against Miami.
Doyel: Was Iowa stunner another Purdue one-hit wonder? We still don’t know about these Boilers.
We’ve seen the three-quarterback system work for Purdue, but with three picks and a running game to nowhere, Purdue was smothered 30-13 by Wisconsin.
Doyel: Colts DT DeForest Buckner’s brilliance is in the plays you don’t see
Colts defensive tackle DeForest Buckner’s brilliance is obscured by the plays you don’t see.