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The Colts also had the better OC in 1995. Hackett was the one that choked in the booth in '95 and again in '97 when his attention was elsewhere (remember the USC interviews?)
Marty gagged in '95 by allowing Bono to play with his sprained thumb in -10 degree conditions. Maybe he had Deberg flashbacks of '90 but at least Steve's finger was on his NON-throwing hand!
Couple that with Hackett's inability to see Marcus Allen just KILLING the Colts and we deserved to lose that game.
'97 was a slanted game with the officiating but Stoyo's re-kick was very makeable. (From 42 instead on 32). It's not like he hit a 42 yarder and then had to boot again from 52.
Popson had a brain fart on that final drive by not stepping out of bounds. But then if Stoyo's original FG was good, then Marty would have sat on the ball and threw Pete in there for a 40+ yarder to win it.
Given the Chiefs rich history of clutch FGs in the play-offs, Stoyo would have shredded our hearts by shanking the stupid thing.
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