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Originally Posted by Kray007
Rarely has a season given equal fodder to two entirely different, diametrically opposed points of view.
The cold, hard fact is that the Colts suffered a historic collapse over the last half of 2025, losing 7 straight games after an almost fairy tale beginning to the season.
A reasonable man can argue that this was simply the continuation of a pattern often repeated over the past few years. That there is something seriously amiss about the organization, the front office and coaching staff.
On the other side, there’s the argument that the losing streak was the result of injuries, that when you lose plan A and plan B at Quarterback, the results are predictable. Especially when you factor in the loss of Braden Smith, DeForest Buckner, and two of the best Corners in the game.
Everyone knows which side of the argument I hew to.
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I don't think Colts' 8-2 start to last season was a mirage ...... I think that that it essentially who they were until they were relegated to a 4th-string, 44 year-old quarterback.
I think that the Colts will win somewhere between 12 and 15 games this season, and that they will have a real shot at winning the AFC Championship and earning a trip to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2009.
I think that Daniel Jones' play on the field last year before he broke his leg in the Chiefs game illustrated that the problem with the Giants when he played for them was with the Giants, and not with Jones himself.
I think that the Colts are essentially the team that took the eventual Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks down to the wire on their homefield in northwestern Washington last year with a 44 year-old quarterback, while 70,000 screaming Seahawks fans rooted against them.
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And in spite of all of that, I won't be completely convinced of a change to their proverbial "Groundhog Day" mediocre ending to a season until I literally see the number "10" in the
l W l column.
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