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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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The Colts have gone 3-3 since this thread was started, including losing 3-out-of their last 4 ...... so they are in a somewhat similar position that they were in when they headed into the Chargers game in southern California ...... they were 5-1 at that time, but they still had not convinced all of the critics that they were indeed more than the middling team that they have been for most of the seasons since the retirement of Andrew Luck.


Losing 3-out-of-4 games will cause many fans to panic and/or declare the season dead, but that is not necessarily the reality of the situation ...... the Colts are still 8-4 overall, and 3 of those losses went right down to the wire.

The Colts may or may not fold down the stretch, but I don't think that it's a foregone conclusion ...... especially since this team has only had one really bad game so far this season, against the Steelers. They have had 2 or 3 slightly sub-par games (including the win over the Cardinals), but only one really bad one.


Today's game against the Texans was big ........ and the Colts lost ...... subsequently, next week's game against the Jaguars is even bigger. In June of 1978, Washington Bullets head coach Dick Motta said before Game Three of the NBA Finals against the Seattle Super-Sonics that it was a big game, as the series tied at 1 game apiece. The Bullets lost that game, to go down 2 games to 1. Before Game Four, Mott said l "Game Three WAS big ...... and now, Game Four is even bigger." l The Bullets won Game Four, evened the series at 2 games apiece, and got themselves right back into the hunt for the title.

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This team will fold. They had to win the game today and they didn’t.

I REALLY hope I’m wrong but I’m afraid I’m not.