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this offseason and General Manager Chris Ballard has talked about the possibility of extending the contracts of other pending free agents before the start of the 2019 season.One player who could come up for discussion on that front is left tackle Anthony Castonzo. Castonzo is in the final year of the four-year extension he signed ahead of the 2015 season and the eight-year starter would like to remain in Indianapolis a while longer.“That would be great. Obviously anytime you can be under contract and feeling good about it J'Marcus Webb Jersey , that’s always good,” Castonzo said, via Kevin Bowen of 1070 The Fan. “I have confidence. Basically, I just have to get stuff done on the field and everything else kind of takes care of itself. That’s the mentality I’m in. Like you said, I’m 30. I’m not going into my second contract where I’m super freaking out about, ‘I have to make sure I play or else this, or else that.’ I’m just going to go out there and play the game like I always do and everything else will take care of itself. That’s the way I see it.”Castonzo missed the first five games of last season with a hamstring injury, but returned to play well as the Colts went 9-2 over their final 11 games. He said this offseason that he feels he’s changed his training routine to avoid further issues and that he’s “possibly playing my best football” right now.If Ballard and the Colts agree, Castonzo probably isn’t going to be going anywhere. Nearly four decades removed from a stint in the short-lived USFL, Pro Football Hall of Famer Bill Polian will preside over the opening weekend of the newest spring league, the Alliance of American Football."It's one more challenge at the end of a long career," said Polian, 76 Jordan Wilkins Color Rush Jersey , who co-founded the AAF with Charlie Ebersol, a TV and film producer whose father, Dick, defined NBC Sports' programming for more than two decades and created "Sunday Night Football."Polian simply wasn't ready for retirement after an NFL career in which he helped build Buffalo, Carolina and聽Indianapolis聽into Super Bowl teams, with the聽Colts聽winning the NFL championship after the 2006 season.All Hands On Deck. 鈿擄笍馃張 Saturday, 5 pm PT on CBS! 馃檶 pic.twitter.com/Sql9h3aVX5— San Diego Fleet ( e in and learn and develop skills," Polian said. "When Charlie approached me about this, we discussed it at great length and finally I said, ‘I'm going to put my effort where my mouth is and see where we can make this work."Polian will catch half of the opening-weekend games in the eight-team league. He'll be in San Antonio on Saturday night to watch the Commanders play the San Diego Fleet 鈥?broadcast by CBS in prime time 鈥?and in Tempe on Sunday night to see the Arizona Hotshots host the Salt Lake Stallions. The other opening-weekend games are the Atlanta Legends at the Orlando Apollos on Saturday night and the Memphis Express at the Birmingham Iron on Sunday night.Polian said the USFL took about 22 months to get up and running, and the expansion聽Carolina Panthers聽took about 19 months."We've done this in nine months because of so many great former NFL people who are excited to do it, excited to be in it," Polian said. "We started with nothing and we're going to open it up on Saturday with eight teams playing what I think will be pretty good football."That's a credit to the people involved. We could not have done it if we had not had quality former NFL people."GAMEDAY is tomorrow! 鈿擄笍馃張馃檶#FridayFeeling #AllHandsOnDeck pic.twitter.com/tdUuhGUrfK— San Diego Fleet ( petitive https://www.coltsfanshop.com/Henry-Anderson-Jersey , we're complementary," Ebersol said. "We look at the NFL as, we're going to support your existence, let them play in your league, put content on your network. They're a partner. The goal is to improve and support the ecosystem of football."Games will be carried on CBS, NFL Network and Turner.Ebersol is backed by some heavyweight investors from Silicon Valley and also MGM, and has told them he has a five-to-seven-year business model.The Alliance has built a proprietary tech platform that will allow for a real-time, rewards-based system of integrated gaming and in-game wagering for fans in states where sports gambling is legalized.In a nice touch, Kurt Warner is the pregame and halftime analyst for Saturday night's games on CBS. After being cut by Green Bay, Warner was working in an Iowa grocery store before playing in the Arena Football League and ultimately landing with the Rams, leading them to a Super Bowl victory and being voted NFL MVP in 1999."Think about how many Kurt Warners are hiding among those kids who don't get to the NFL," Ebersol said. "Those are the guys we're finding."