Chuck Pagano really has faith in his team.
The Colts coach discussed his team's 26-23 overtime loss to the Texans on Tuesday, but instead of ripping into them, he said the opposite.
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"I’m encouraged," Pagano said, via IndyStar.com. “You guys probably think I’m crazy, but I’m encouraged.”
The overtime loss to Houston came after Indianapolis blew a 14-point lead in the final seven minutes of the fourth quarter. The Colts are now off to a 2-4 start, the team's worst since Pagano took over in 2012.
"I think we’re a three-quarter team,” Pagano said. "We got to figure out a way to become a four-quarter team.
“We got a group of guys and coaches who care. They’ll fight. There’s no pity parties in this building. There’s no pity parties in football."
Maybe not, but rumblings are already starting as to whether Pagano's job is on the line. Pagano said he wouldn't change any of his controversial calls during the game, like going for it on fourth and inches in Texans territory, then failing.
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"We weren’t doing anything different,” he said. "What happens is you get in these ball games and momentum shifts and you can’t get away from what got you to that point. And that just comes down to we got to execute. And we got to get the job done.
"I don’t think we were passive or soft or anything like that. I think (Houston) executed better than we did."