Reggie Wayne waiting to light victory cigar from Michael Irvin

The sampler box is a gift from Michael Irvin and sits front and center on a shelf in Reggie Wayne's cubicle in the Indianapolis Colts locker room.

Inside are Montecristo cigars. The style? Operation Hope.

"I am a cigar guy and that's the first time I've seen that," Wayne said of the Operation Hope label. "I don't know if Michael Irvin sent that to me for a reason.

"I have to check into that."

It might have been encouragement from one former University of Miami wide receiver to another. The Colts are one of the NFL's four winless teams heading into today's meeting with the Kansas City Chiefs at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Operation Hope?

"I thought that was awesome," said Wayne, who received the Montecristos for appearing on Irvin's radio show last week.
Wayne fashions himself a cigar connoisseur.

"I like to sit on my patio in Miami, even here, and light one up," he said. "Probably one or two a month. I get in those moods."
Wayne is itching to tear into Irvin's gift box but won't until he has a reason to celebrate.

"It's going to stay closed until we win," he said. "I'm going to bring it with me every game.

"I might light 'em all up at once."

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(indystar.com)