Prediction Thread
 

How many wins this year for the Colts?

Looks like 7-9 team to me ??? :cool:

1-15, go big or go home

Losses to Philly, NE Oakland, Jax 2 times and at Houston

Heh, those are the exact games where I also said "we probably lose" and then added one more because, well, I don't now thing we will be a double digit win team.

9 - 7

Walk Worthy,

8-8

Well I was going to wait until after Thursdays game to make my final judgement on this team

Having luck back should be worth 3 wins.

I picked 7. I expect the team to be pretty bad early, but improve as the season goes on. If key players stay healthy.

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11-4-1



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I've been thinking 6 or 7 and nobody has picked 6 yet so I picked 6. I hope I'm wrong, but there are a lot of kids on the team and a lack of proven talent.

7-9

Ballard built a terrible team

8-8. Don't know what to expect this year, but Luck should be worth a few more wins than last year.

Don't most of us agree that a healthy Luck is worth 4 games over last seasons record?

Don't most of us agree that a competent coaching staff is worth 2 games over last seasons record?

Th O-Line is better. The TE position is better. The speed at LB is night and day. A healthy Geathers and Hooker makes the safety position better. I really don't think that we are worse than last season at any position group except possibly WR.

That's why I picked 10-6.

Yeah, 7-9 seems about right.

Can’t stop the run, or pass rush

Can’t run the ball

I would state it as Luck is worth 6-7 more wins, especially when you consider how many games this team lost last year due to poor second half QB play. That is why I think 10-11 wins is not an unreasonable prediction.

I don't think it's that linear. New coaches are good, but new schemes mean mistakes. Luck being back is good, but he will be rusty for a while. And his WRs look bad.

And we have a tougher looking schedule this year.

I don't think 10 wins is impossible but it would be a pleasant surprise.

5-6 win team.

I echo omahacolt's thoughts.

Lot of optimistic predictions, I thought I was reaching to predict 7 … :cool:

I think Reich's quick tempo offense coupled with the return of Andrew Luck should certainly make the offense better. I like the tight end room carrying some offense production. The concern as always is the running game. Hoping that a few more anchors on the offensive line improves this over time. Also hope that Marlon Mack can stay healthy to show us what he can do. I am pretty high on Mack and think he wins the job outright.

Defensively I think the best we can hope for is bend don't break. Love our safety duo, but keeping them both healthy has to be a concern given the history. I still think pass rush, linebackers, and corners will be an issue. Defense easily will be the more frustrating unit to watch this season. We should hope to see some of these rookies flash a little middle to end of the season.

All in all I think that the return of Luck and my optimism for Reich puts this team a few wins better at 7-9.

Of course you would, since you think coaches don't matter.

Healthy Luck = Playoffs its that simple

I went 8-8 mainly on the strength of Lucks arm and better coaching. I actually think the potential is there to hit 10 wins but I have a feeling we are gonna get raped by bad officiating a couple times that will determine the outcome of at least two games.

lucky to win 4
like we helped OL. WR is a ? after Hilton. TE is strong but will need them to help the RT and LT with Castonzo a ?
but D will suck balls

We’ll be talking about the draft sooner than we’d like.

I think I will adjust my prediction to 8-8, instead of 10-6.

It appears my 6 wins prediction might be too optimistic...

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Actually, I wouldn't bet the house against the Colts managing to win at least 6 games, in spite of their awful 1-5 start.

5-5 the rest of the way with the schedule that they have remaining isn't that much of a long shot.


My "11-4-1" on the other hand, appears to be the stuff of fairy tales ........ although if Reich had punted the ball and taken the tie against the Texans, they would now be 1-4-1 and could still reach that record by running the table in the final 10 games (like I said, the stuff of fairy tales.)



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Well, I'm pleasantly surprised. I'll go out on a limb and say they won't lose the remainder of their games, so my prediction was too low. What a nice change from a year ago!

My original projection of 10-6 is still in play. I would love to see it, but it would be a hard feat to pull off.

Not really.... 11-5 is still in play and the schedule is in our favor

My original was 8-8. I will upgrade to 9-7.

10-6 still a possibility. I just hope 10-6 is not on the outside loooin when the playoffs start.

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I confess ........ when the Colts started the season at 1-5, I made a deal with Mr. Rourke on Fantasy Island.

For $25,000, I requested that the Colts win 9 out of their final 10 games and make the postseason.


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I was one of the 5!!

Apballin Indycolts2 Racehorse Commish and myself Congrats

I see Colts and Oreos actually did post in the right thread after all. I missed it because it was a sticky.

Apologies to the old man.

The difference between 8-8 and 10-6 this year was the teams surprising ability to overcome horrific officiating. Bad officiating plagued many teams this season but I believe we suffered more than our fair share. The ability to overcome it is a testimony to the coaches and the overall mental fortitude of the team. Color me impressed.

I said 6-10. I'm very happy I was wrong

Considering 85% of a homer board targeted less wins, I would say the Colts kicked some serious ass.