Colts quarterback Matt Ryan has faith in interim coach Jeff Saturday. Ryan said after the Colts beat the Raiders that Saturday he showed up last week and immediately faced the embarrassment of his own presence, not being a part of the team and now leading the team. On Saturday he got down to business and made the team work hard to prepare for the Raiders. “He was the one who brought it up, and I think that really helped,” Ryan said. “I thought he did a great job at the beginning of the week dealing with the situation, understanding that it’s completely unprecedented, completely unique and he was very clear about how he was going to try to achieve it and very clear about what he expected from the guys.” Ryan recalled growing up a Peyton Manning fan watching Saturday snap the ball to him and said he always liked Saturday, going back to their first Pro Bowl together, when Ryan represented the Atlanta Falcons, the team Saturday grew up with. cheering for . “I know Jeff, I think I played with him in the Pro Bowl in maybe 2010, which is funny,” Ryan said. “I always remember him being from Georgia, family from Georgia, saying, ‘Can I have your helmet?’ And I was like, what? Jeff Saturday? Because I was a Peyton fan.” It’s been a long time since that Pro Bowl meeting, and no one could have expected Ryan and Saturday to be back together under those circumstances. But for the first week, at least, it worked.
