Jim Irsay

"All of us there, (owner) Jim Irsay, (general manager) Bill Polian, myself, we all felt that that was going to be the case," Dungy said.

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"You can't have a glaring weakness and be a championship team," said the owner, Jim Irsay, on the sideline of the afternoon practice. "We didn't run the ball well enough, and it came back to haunt us."

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"What about the Colts?" had to come up. Dungy answered that question on Dan Patrick's Radio Show (via Indy Star): "I think Indianapolis would be a great spot in a lot of ways -- with (coach) Jim Caldwell being there, (owner) Jim Irsay, the type of city it is, the type of locker room it is," he said. "From a lot of standpoints it would be great, but they don't need a quarterback. The whole situation has to fit, and I just don't know where that's going to be."

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"Jim Irsay is now a billionaire with an increase in his net worth of $300 million and I congratulate him," said Sen. Brent Waltz (R-Greenwood).

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Colts President Bill Polian said in a written statement released by the team that the move was made for "salary cap considerations," and added: "Marvin let us know his preference was to be released. Both [Colts owner] Jim Irsay and I felt very strongly that after Marvin's long and dedicated service to the Colts, we would, in this painful circumstance, be guided by Marvin's wishes."

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"Then you heard the new man and the new voice step up," Irsay says.

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"He's very talented and bright-eyed and skilled," Irsay said. "Josh had one of the toughest roads of all in recovering and finding a way to live his life to the fullest. I know he's going to touch many lives for us."

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"I, myself, couldn't even consider voting for him," Irsay said, according to the Associated Press. "When there are comments that have been made that are inappropriate, incendiary and insensitive ... our words do damage, and it's something that we don't need."

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"There have been comments that have been made that have been inappropriate, incendiary, and insensitive," Irsay said.

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"I am not going to draw a conclusion from a person off of one comment, but when it is time after time after time and there's a consistent pattern of disrespect and just a complete misunderstanding of an entire culture that I am a part of, I can't respect him as a man." Irsay said Tuesday, "I would not be in favor of voting for him," and he labeled some of Limbaugh's comments "incendiary. . . . We've got to watch our words in this world and our thoughts because they can do damage."

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