[Colts And Orioles]

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The Colts blew a very large lead against the Ravens last night, in similar fashion to the very large lead that they blew against the Steelers late in the 2020 season, a loss which cost them the AFC South title. That's the bad news.

The good news is that outside of a few extremely optimistic homers like myself, most Colts fans would have thought that it was an alternate universe in which they had a 22-3 lead late in the 3rd quarter against the Ravens, with an offense led by Lamar Jackson and a defense that was regarded as among one of the best in the AFC.

Subsequently, I'm still not ready to give up on the 2021 season. Outside of the Dolphins game, the Colts' early-season schedule has been rather challenging, to say the least. If they can beat the Texans next week, that will perhaps take this season off of the life-support that it is currently on, and move it to critical condition ...... that said, it is imperative that they win 4 out of their next 5 games, specifically the 4 games against fellow AFC teams (the rematch against the Titans, the game against the Texans, the game against the Jaguars, and the game against the Jets.) The only "affordable" loss in that 5-game span is an out-of-conference match against the 49ers, although it would suck pretty badly should the Colts lose that one and be sitting at 2-5 overall after 7 games.

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After going right down to the wire against the Colts, the Ravens beat the hell out of a highly-regarded Los Angeles Chargers team whose only previous loss this season was a 20-17 nail-biter against the Cowboys.


https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore/_/gameId/401326411


This 2021 Colts team can play ...... they need to evolve into a team that can finish.

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