Race for the Wildcard

[sherck]

AFC East Leader = NE (7-3)
AFC North Leader = PIT (7-2-1)
AFC West Leader = KC (9-2)
AFC South Leader = HOU (7-3)

Non-Leader Teams:
LAC (7-3)
IND (5-5)
TEN (5-5)
BAL (5-5)
CIN (5-5)
MIA (5-5)
DEN (4-6)
CLE (3-6-1)
BUF (3-7)
NYJ (3-7)
JAX (3-7)
OAK (2-8)

The Chargers obviously have a 2 game lead for the 5th seed #1 Wild Card position currently. While they could catch KC for the AFC West title theoretically, I find it hard to believe that either team would lose enough games to be knocked out of the playoffs altogether. Someone from the AFC West is getting one of the Wildcard slots.

After that with 5 teams tied at 5-5, it is anyone’s guess as to who will security the 6th seed #2 Wild Card slot. We can help knock MIA out of the running this week and get ahead of them but then will just have to take care of business in order to gain it (or the AFC South crown if we beat HOU and they stumble at least one or two more times in the home stretch).

Colts remaining schedule:
vs MIA (5-5)
@ JAX (3-7)
@ HOU (7-3)
vs DAL (5-5)
vs NYG (3-7)
@ TEN (5-5)

While Houston and Dallas represent the quality of our remaining schedule, none of those games are unwinnable if the Colts play near how they played against TEN this past Sunday. I am not saying we will run the table but we should enter all those games confident that we can hang with these guys.

If……should……could have……would have…..

PHI 20, IND 16
HOU 37, IND 34

Those two games. A couple of plays different and we are sitting at 7-3 and Houston is sitting at 6-4 fighting for a #2 AFC seed.

I know we started 1 – 5 Colts Freaks, but the future looks pretty bright right now.

Walk Worthy,