Colts 1975-77 & Ted Hendricks

[Bryan]

If the Colts hadn't traded Hendricks away in 1974, do you think having Hendricks at LLB instead of Tom Macleod/Derrel Luce would have been enough for the Colts to break through the Steelers/Raiders stranglehold on the AFC? Had they played the Ghost to the Post game against the Raiders in 1977 with Hendricks instead of against Hendricks, would the outcome been different?

[BD Sullivan]

Hendricks' blocked punt midway through the third quarter set up the score that put the Radiers back up, 21-17. Without that blocked punt, maybe the Raiders come up short. Still, I think that was the Broncos' year (in the AFC) anyway, so Denver would have had an easier time facing the Colts a week later.

[7DnBrnc53]

Hendricks' blocked punt midway through the third quarter set up the score that put the Radiers back up, 21-17. Without that blocked punt, maybe the Raiders come up short. Still, I think that was the Broncos' year (in the AFC) anyway, so Denver would have had an easier time facing the Colts a week later.

Also, the Raiders have a tougher time winning SB's in 1980 and 83 without Hendricks.