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Danny Jaillet

Owner Jim Irsay responds to Bill Belichick’s brutal Colts roast

Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick roasted the Indianapolis Colts on national television Monday night, and Colts owner Jim Irsay has responded.

Belichick was alongside Peyton Manning and Eli Manning on “ManningCast” for the Monday Night Football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and New Orleans Saints.

The legendary coach accused the Colts of pumping in crowd noise at the RCA dome. Belichick indicated he knew what was happening by the crowd noise skipping.

It was another zinger from Belichick, who has delivered a ton of those as an NFL analyst and television personality. Irsay took to X on Tuesday morning and reassured everyone that the Colts organization was not pumping in crowd noise.

“Reminder…”piped-in crowd noise” myth —1000% fictional. And the “skip” was TV broadcast,” Irsay posted. “We get it, though…visiting teams couldn’t believe that 60,000 in an intimate domed stadium could make that much deafening noise! A credit to Colts fans.”

If anything, this is just a reminder of the rivalry the Colts and Patriots had over the years. It has grown friendlier with many of the players from those days retiring.

Nevertheless, it’s good to see that Belichick hasn’t lost his sense of humor.

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