The Colts' 2023 Bye Week ...... Games of Interest

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Any AFC team that is not hopelessly out of the playoff picture is playing in a game of interest to the Colts ...... the one exception might be the Chiefs' game against the Eagles because the Chiefs have a 7-2 record, they are very likely to win their division, and will very likely not wind up in a tie with the Colts at 12-5 or 11-6 overall.


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1) ) Cincinnati Bengals l @ l Baltimore Ravens

2) ) Pittsburgh Steelers l @ l Cleveland Browns

3) ) Los Angeles Chargers l @ l Green Bay Packers

4) ) Las Vegas Raiders l @ l Miami Dolphins

5) ) Tennessee Titans l @ l Jacksonville Jaguars

6) ) Phoenix Cardinals l @ l Houston Texans

7) ) New York Jets l @ l Buffalo Bills

8) ) Minnesota Vikings l @ l Denver Broncos

9) ) Philadelphia Eagles l @ l Kansas City Chiefs

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[Puck]

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Any AFC team that is not hopelessly out of the playoff picture is playing in a game of interest to the Colts ...... the one exception might be the Chiefs' game against the Eagles because the Chiefs have a 7-2 record, they are very likely to win their division, and will very likely not wind up in a tie with the Colts at 12-5 or 11-6 overall.


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11) ) Cincinnati Bengals l @ l Baltimore Ravens

12) ) Pittsburgh Steelers l @ l Cleveland Browns

13) ) Pittsburgh Steelers l @ l Cleveland Browns

14) ) Los Angeles Chargers l @ l Green Bay Packers

15) ) Las Vegas Raiders l @ l Miami Dolphins

16) ) Tennessee Titans l @ l Jacksonville Jaguars

17) ) Phoenix Cardinals l @ l Houston Texans

18) ) New York Jets l @ l Buffalo Bills

19) ) Minnesota Vikings l @ l Denver Broncos

10) ) Philadelphia Eagles l @ l Kansas City Chiefs

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That double header in Cleveland will be interesting

[ChaosTheory]

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Any AFC team that is not hopelessly out of the playoff picture is playing in a game of interest to the Colts ...... the one exception might be the Chiefs' game against the Eagles because the Chiefs have a 7-2 record, they are very likely to win their division, and will very likely not wind up in a tie with the Colts at 12-5 or 11-6 overall.


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1) ) Cincinnati Bengals l @ l Baltimore Ravens

2) ) Pittsburgh Steelers l @ l Cleveland Browns

3) ) Los Angeles Chargers l @ l Green Bay Packers

4) ) Las Vegas Raiders l @ l Miami Dolphins

5) ) Tennessee Titans l @ l Jacksonville Jaguars

6) ) Phoenix Cardinals l @ l Houston Texans

7) ) New York Jets l @ l Buffalo Bills

8) ) Minnesota Vikings l @ l Denver Broncos

9) ) Philadelphia Eagles l @ l Kansas City Chiefs

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Shouldn't the Phoenix Cardinals be playing the Houston Oilers?.... in 1992?

[Racehorse]

Looking at tiebreakers (yeah, I know) it seems we have an inside track, since Cincinnati is 1-4 in the conference, while we are 4-3. Add in that the NFC North teams have a lot of games left against each other, we have good odds, if we can win enough games. As they beat each other up, their conference record gets worse. Add in the we need to beat the Texans week 18, and we likely get in, barring stupid losses between now and then.

having said all that, we could lose enough to miss it by a game or two.

[Colts And Orioles]

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(RAVENS vs. BENGALS) ) (Thursday Night Football)



We beat the Ravens.

We were robbed against the Browns.

We need to beat the Bengals and the Steelers when we play those teams next month, although doing so (especially beating the Bengals) is admittedly a very tall task.

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[Colts And Orioles]

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Even though the Bengals are 5-4 and the Steelers are 6-3, the Bengals appear to be the hotter team right now after a dreadful start to the season ...... they won 4 straight games from early October through early November, and just barely lost to the resurgent Texans on a last-second field goal to snap that winning streak.

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[Colts And Orioles]

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Even though the Bengals are 5-4 and the Steelers are 6-3, the Bengals appear to be the hotter team right now after a dreadful start to the season ...... they won 4 straight games from early October through early November, and just barely lost to the resurgent Texans on a last-second field goal to snap that winning streak.

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UPDATE ...... Joe Burrow is out for the season.



Joe Burrow Expected to Miss Test of 2023 Season with Torn Ligament

(By Kelsey Conway)

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2023/11/17/bengals-zac-taylor-holds-press-conference-after-joe-burrow-injury/71619720007/

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[Thorgrim]

The remainder of our schedule are all winnable games. These last two victories while ugly have put us right back in the playoff race. Call me crazy but I think we are gonna make a serious run if only Minshew pulls his head out.

[Colts And Orioles]

The remainder of our schedule are all winnable games. These last two victories, while ugly, have put us right back in the playoff race. Call me crazy, but I think that we are gonna make a serious run if only Minshew pulls his head out.





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The Colts' Remaining Schedule Coming Out of Bye Week

(By Kevin Hickey)

https://coltswire.usatoday.com/lists/indianapolis-colts-remaining-schedule-2023-bye-week/

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[Colts And Orioles]

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My apologies for this being off-topic because the game does not involve AFC teams, but if the Lions beat the Bears today it will be the first time since 1991 that they would have 8 wins before Thanksgiving ...... those 1991 Lions made it to the NFC Championship game, and it (1991) was also the season in which a partially-paralyzed Mike Utley gave the thumbs-up signal to the Lions fans in the stadium as he was being carted off of the field.




https://www.vintagedetroit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/mike-utley-detroit-lions-thumbs-up.jpg

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[Spike]

Damn, Stroud is killing it again. That guy is sure going to be a pain in the Colts ass.

[Spike]

It does my heart good to see Vrabel and the Tits getting shut out. Just wish it was a different team beating them than the Jackoffs.

[Colts And Orioles]

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C.J. Stroud just threw his 2nd INT of the day.

His team was deep in the Cardinals' territory, going for a possible TD, or at least a FG ...... instead, the Cardinals now have the ball at midfield after the defender made a long runback after the INT, and the score is 21-16 in favor of the Texans.

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[Colts And Orioles]

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C.J. Stroud just threw his 2nd INT of the day.

His team was deep in the Cardinals' territory, going for a possible TD, or at least a FG ...... instead, the Cardinals now have the ball at midfield after the defender made a long runback after the INT, and the score is 21-16 in favor of the Texans.

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C.J. Stroud just threw his 3nd INT of the day ...... and again, it was deep in Cardinals territory.

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[Spike]

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C.J. Stroud just threw his 3nd INT of the day ...... and again, it was deep in Cardinals territory.

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Well, I'll take credit for cursing his ass. LOL

[Colts And Orioles]

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9) ) Philadelphia Eagles l @ l Kansas City Chiefs

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The only way in which tonight's highly-touted match-up between last year's two Super Bowl contestants would be of interest to the Colts would be if the Chiefs lose tonight, lose 2 more games for the rest of the season, and if the Colts run the table to finish the season as AFC South champions with a 12-5 overall record ...... that's obviously a HUGE stretch, but hey, it's the only NFL game being played tonight.

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[Colts And Orioles]

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C.J. Stroud just threw his 2nd INT of the day.

His team was deep in the Cardinals' territory, going for a possible TD, or at least a FG ...... instead, the Cardinals now have the ball at midfield after the defender made a long runback after the INT, and the score is 21-16 in favor of the Texans.

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C.J. Stroud just threw his 3nd INT of the day ...... and again, it was deep in Cardinals territory.

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The Texans found a way to win in spite of this.

They now have a 6-4 record overall, but they lost their first match-up against the Colts earlier this season.

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[Colts And Orioles]

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9) ) Philadelphia Eagles l @ l Kansas City Chiefs

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The only way in which tonight's highly-touted match-up between last year's two Super Bowl contestants would be of interest to the Colts would be if the Chiefs lose tonight, lose 2 more games for the rest of the season, and if the Colts run the table to finish the season as AFC South champions with a 12-5 overall record......that's obviously a HUGE stretch, but hey, it's the only NFL game being played tonight.

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(5 WEEKS LATER)


Not only did the Chiefs lose 2 more games (in addition to losing to the Eagles), they lost l 3 l more games l AND l they still have 2 more left to play (which they also might lose.)

The likelihood of that Eagles-Chiefs game back on November 20th being relevant to the Colts was almost nil ...... if the Colts had taken care of business against either the Bengals or the Falcons, it would have been.

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