When Indianapolis’ head coach Jim Caldwell benched his starters with about 5:30 left in the third quarter in week 16, it was an injury like Welker’s Caldwell wanted to avoid to a key player. The Colts are already without safety Bob Sanders and had several others nursing injuries. It’s better to rest the starters and not put them in harm’s way.
Jim Caldwell
4 January 2010
ending Welker’s season just before the playoffs.
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16 February 2009
That probably won't be the case as Jim Schwartz (Lions) and Jim Caldwell (Colts) take over. The days of 5'11" LBs and linemen tipping scales at 270 pounds probably are over.
Schwartz, former coordinator of the Tennessee Titans, will bring in six-foot-plus LBs and possibly some DTs well above 300 pounds that can play aggressive. Caldwell is an offensive mind, but probably doesn't like watching his D get pushed around or be unable to stay healthy for a full season.
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