JJ Stankevitz: I talked a bit about Thomas' first question here on the podcast – the Colts, like most NFL teams in the Eastern or Central time zones, are doing as much prep as possible at their team facility before leaving for Europe.
"We'll try to create a normal week as we can, as much as possible," head coach Shane Steichen said. "Obviously, we're going to be traveling earlier this week than we would normal away games, but we've got to attack it the same way, one day at a time, and get back to work. Our Wednesday prep will be the same, our Thursday prep will be the same and we'll get out there on Friday and attack it like we do any normal week."
I did want to respond to the second part of Thomas' question here, though. I don't think I can overstate how excited I am to see Colts Nation descend upon Berlin – I've heard from several members of the Colts' European fan club, Blue Crew Europe, who will be coming to our fan zone at Das Center and then the game at Olympic Stadium. I've also heard from several stateside Colts fans who are making the trip – and I cannot wait to see all of you in Berlin. Come say hi – I'll be hosting at Das Center Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and we'll have special appearances on stage by Edgerrin James, Dallas Clark, Bill Brooks, Joe Reitz, Blue, Colts Cheerleaders and some current players.
As for gameday, this game being at Olympic Stadium is sure to be special. Germany showed out for our last game there – and that was in a stadium about half the size of Olympic Stadium in Frankfurt. I can't wait to get to Olympic Stadium on Sunday to experience this one.