The NFL C-suite just got a lot less interesting. Jim Irsay, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts, died Wednesday. A statement from the team said he “passed away peacefully in his sleep,” but that doesn’t feel quite right.

"My guess is this planning has been done long before now so that (the franchise) is not all passing at his death."

The NFL experienced an unfortunate loss on Wednesday with the death of Colts owner Jim Irsay. We'll be starting things off today by taking a look at Irsay's time in Indianapolis. As always, here's your daily reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter.

There’s just a realness that he was a very human person just like all of us,” said former 18-year NFL quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, who played for the Colts from 2013-15.

Gordon is expected to assume control of the Colts' football operations in the wake of the death of her father, Jim Irsay, Wednesday at the age of 65, stepping fully into a role she’s spent a long time preparing to handle.

The NFL experienced an unfortunate loss on Wednesday with the death of Colts owner Jim Irsay. We'll be starting things off today by taking a look at Irsay's time in Indianapolis. As always, here's your daily reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter.

This is the kind of sports weekend only Jim Irsay may have envisioned when he first came to Indianapolis in March 1984. The Colts owner died Wednesday at 65.