Indianapolis Colts

Chuck Pagano radio show seeks questions, gets blasted with jokes about failed fake punt

Published Oct. 19, 2015 11:17 a.m. ET

Brett Smiley

On Sunday night, the Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots combined to defeat the Colts 34-27.

At the time of the Colts' fake punt failure on fourth-and-3 from their own 37, the team trailed just 27-21 late in the third quarter. But the play, perhaps designed to draw the Patriots offsides or actually sneak the yardage, spectacularly backfired as you probably know by now.

The Colts tried a unique formation on 4th down. It didn't work. #NEvsIND http://t.co/Eh0HXpFV00
— NFL (@NFL) October 19, 2015

"The whole idea there was on fourth-and-3 or less, shift our alignment to where you either catch them misaligned, they try to sub some people in, catch them with 12 men on the field and if you get a certain look, you can make a play," Colts coach Chuck Pagano told the media after the game. "Alignment-wise we weren't lined up correctly, and then a communication problem on the snap. I take responsibility for that."

Pagano will have ample more opportunities to explain the boneheaded play gone wrong. On Monday morning the Twitter account for his radio show on 1070 The Fan called for questions for the coach. Some of the resulting questions were pretty distasteful but others quite humorous, and almost all of them focused on the fake punt oddity.

We doubt any of these will make it to air on 6 p.m., nor are there any good answers to them, but are our favorites nevertheless:

Tweet your questions for Coach Pagano here and have them answered tonight on @Colts Monday Night starting at 6 on @1070thefan
— Chuck Pagano Show (@PaganoShow) October 19, 2015

@PaganoShow @Colts @1070thefan would you consider that fake punt a bad football play or good performance art?
— Steve Silver (@SteveTSRA) October 19, 2015

@PaganoShow @Colts @1070thefan Coach Pagano, at any point did you consider handing the ball off to Marshawn Lynch?
— Torrance McClellan (@TorranceMcClell) October 19, 2015

@PaganoShow @Colts @1070thefan can you explain this? pic.twitter.com/r0fOLUW81n
— BostonChic'2015 (@Bostonchick2014) October 19, 2015

@PaganoShow @Colts @1070thefan If you were a driving instructor, would you: A) sit in the passenger seat B) mix it up and sit on the roof
— Freggie Krueger (@_RScottWhitley_) October 19, 2015

@PaganoShow @PFTCommenter @Colts @1070thefan do you think colt anderson showed enough to earn a spot at qb
— former r&b legend (@40pctoff) October 19, 2015

@PaganoShow @Colts @1070thefan If you were a Walmart greeter, would you stand right by the front door, or would stand in the pharmacy?
— Freggie Krueger (@_RScottWhitley_) October 19, 2015

@johnnystir @PaganoShow @Colts @1070thefan what defensive coordinator job are you most interested in next season?
— Clarence Whorley (@ClarenceWhorley) October 19, 2015

@PaganoShow @Colts @1070thefan Coach, can you tell us what child won the "you get to call a play" contest on that fake punt?
— Jon Easter (@johnnystir) October 19, 2015

@PaganoShow @Colts @1070thefan Don't listen to these haters. You've got a 4th place banner and nobody can make fun of that.
— Scott Vibbert (@ScottMV) October 19, 2015