Playing Down to Their Competiton ...... Not the 2025 Colts

[Colts And Orioles]

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(vs. TITANS, 10/26)


The Colts continue to roll against sub-par teams.

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[Hoopsdoc]

In terms of record, the Falcons and Texans are the weakest teams we have left on our schedule.

Gird your loins because the teams we play are going to get a lot better really fast.

[Butter]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

In terms of record, the Falcons and Texans are the weakest teams we have left on our schedule.

Gird your loins because the teams we play are going to get a lot better really fast.

Yep, and neither are pushovers. The Texans are finding their stride, unfortunately. Wish we could have had one of our games vs them early. The nice thing is that we have won all the easy games and beaten two quality opponents as well.

[Pez]

Originally Posted by Butter

Yep, and neither are pushovers. The Texans are finding their stride, unfortunately. Wish we could have had one of our games vs them early. The nice thing is that we have won all the easy games and beaten two quality opponents as well.

I'm Really Looking forward to our Steelers and Chefs matchups.

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by Pez

I'm Really Looking forward to our Steelers and Chefs matchups.

I’m not looking forward to Rodgers and Mahomes carving up this weak ass secondary.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Pez

I'm really looking forward to our Steelers and Chiefs match-ups.

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The Colts already have head-on wins over the Broncos and the Chargers. A head-on win over the Steelers would likely all-but wrap up the #2 seed in the AFC, even though it still would only be 9 games into the season ...... if they beat the Steelers AND the Chiefs, then I think that the Colts would have all but salted away the #1 seed in the AFC, even though that would only be 11 games into the season.

I can't believe that I am making such outrageously optimistic and confident statements with a straight face for a franchise that had repeatedly stepped all over their dicks in every season since Andrew Luck's retirement, with the exception of the 2020 Philip Rivers season.

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[Lov2fish]

This Colt team is nothing like Colt teams of the recent past. They don't play down to the lower comp. They are immediately dragging them into the deep end of the pool and drowning them, and I am here for it.

[albany ed]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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The Colts already have head-on wins over the Broncos and the Chargers. A head-on win over the Steelers would likely all-but wrap up the #2 seed in the AFC, even though it still would only be 9 games into the season ...... if they beat the Steelers AND the Chiefs, then I think that the Colts would have all but salted away the #1 seed in the AFC, even though that would only be 11 games into the season.

I can't believe that I am making such outrageously optimistic and confident statements with a straight face for a franchise that had repeatedly stepped all over their dicks in every season since Andrew Luck's retirement, with the exception of the 2020 Philip Rivers season.

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My best friend is a Jets fan. I remember the year his team started out 8 and 1 and in the end, they did NOT make the playoffs.

It ain't over til it's over.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by albany ed

My best friend is a Jets fan. I remember the year his team started out 8 and 1 and in the end, they did NOT make the playoffs.

It ain't over til it's over.

o


You are 100% correct.

However, the last time that I felt this way about the Colts was in the Peyton Manning era ...... even in the Andrew Luck era, I was not this confident about the team going forward.

In yesterday's game thread, I said that I was not worried about the fact that the Colts were only up by 3 point, 10-7 ...... last year and every year since the retirement of Andrew Luck (with the exception of the 2020 Philip Rivers season), I WOULD HAVE BEEN WORRIED if the Colts were up by 14 points.


All of that said, we could be one Daniel Jones injury away from disaster.

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[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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(vs. CARDINALS, 10/12)



The Colts played down to their competition today ...... but as I said in the game-thread, sometimes you have to win games when you play badly.

Good teams find ways to win games in spite of their own bad play.

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(NOVEMBER 2nd)



The Colts played badly today ...... they didn't play down to their competition, they just played badly.

So far, the Colts have had 2 bad games this season ...... one against the Cardinals (a win), and one against the Steelers (a loss.)

I said that good teams find ways to win games when they play badly ...... but of course, good teams don't ALWAYS win when they play badly. Sometimes you just play badly, and you lose the game because of it.

I actually think that the Colts played a better game in their loss to the Rams than they did in their win over the Cardinals ...... if you minimize the bad games, then the W-L category will take care of itself over the course of the 17-game season.

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