INDIANAPOLIS -- Bill Polian told Frank Reich after his rookie year with the Bills in 1985 that one day he'd become an NFL head coach. More than 30 years later, it's his time in Buffalo that has Reich ready to lead the Colts.

"I felt like, as a player, I just prepared very hard. As a player, as a backup quarterback, I felt like I had to, since I wasn't as talented as Jim Kelly, I had to learn to lean on the rest of the team and understand how to do that and understand the strengths of the team and understand building that rapport and chemistry with every guy on the team, I think is part of leadership," said Reich, who's in his first few weeks as Indianapolis Colts head coach.

That mindset was molded with the help of the guy leading Reich and the Bills.

"Marv Levy, of course, probably a huge impact on me. Just, a team's morale is directly proportional to the degree that they're prepared. So if we want to bring the juice into our stadium and if we want to bring juice to this city and we want high morale, we want to be excited about going out there, it's really going to be all about our preparation."

Jamestown native Nick Sirianni, at 36 years old, was hired right away to be Indy's offensive coordinator. The two first worked together for three years on the Chargers staff. It was more than enough time.

"Didn't take me long during that tenure there that I thought if I ever had this opportunity he would be the guy I'd want to be my coordinator. He's extremely intelligent. He's very energetic, very passionate about ball. He's a great teacher, very systematic in his thinking, and just the way we see the passing game and the way we think about offensive football very similar, and very excited that we could get Nick out and be here with us."