Turdsday Night Football.

[apballin]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

What the heck are you talking about? The AFC South now has 3 teams with a winning record. I’m not sure what you consider mediocre but I don’t consider that mediocre.

There was literally NO benefit to us in the Texans winning last night and it would have been WAY better for us if they had lost.

That’s not even debatable.

Colts remaining the 1 seed was the benefit, we still play Houston twice so we control that aspect of it.

I was thinking Colts getting the 1 seed myself.

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by apballin

Colts remaining the 1 seed was the benefit, we still play Houston twice so we control that aspect of it.

I was thinking Colts getting the 1 seed myself.

Ahh, right, Buffalo was only one game back of us. I was thinking they already had 4 losses before last night.

That makes a little more sense.

I still think the division opponent is always the one to root against but I can see the other argument as well.

But still, in terms of making the playoffs period, the Bills winning last night would have been better for us, because it would have increased our chances of winning the division.

[DragonTails]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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The Texans winning would benefit the Colts more.

If the Texans beat the Bills, it will be Buffalo's 4th loss of the season.

If the Texans beat the Bills and the Colts fail to hold off the Texans for the AFC South division title, then the Colts will have nobody to blame but themselves ...... the Colts are 8-2, and they control their own division title destiny with a rather significant cushion. Teams that are 8-2 shouldn't need outside help to hold off a team within their division that started the season at 3-5, as the Texans did before barley getting by the Jaguars and the Titans.

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They are they only team that has control of the #1 seed. Win out and its a lock.

Th game last night was pretty meaningless as far as playoffs.

This site lays it all out.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

In terms of the Colts chances of making the playoffs, rooting for Buffalo was the only option.

Even if the Colts lose twice to the Texans, they’d still have a better shot at making the playoffs if the Texans had lost last night.

Buffalo is no threat to us until the playoffs, at the earliest.

What you’re saying makes no sense.

o


The Colts having more of a cushion to finish with one of the top-2 seeds in the playoffs was the benefit of the Bills losing last night. Buffalo now has 4 losses, and the Colts only have 2.

The Colts are 2 and-a-half games ahead of the Texans ...... and if the Colts can't hold off the Texans with a 2 and-a-half game lead more than halfway into the season, they aren't going to be good enough to win the conference championship and make it to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2009 anyway.


So if you're rooting for the Colts to hang another AFC South division title banner in the building, you were rooting for the Bills last night. If you are rooting for the Colts to hang an AFC Championship banner and possibly another Super Bowl banner in the building, you were rooting for the Texans. I was rooting for the latter.

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[albany ed]

With the exception of Colts and Orioles, I don't think anyone on this board expected a strong season out of the Colts. If they continue to play as well as they've been playing, they should go very deep or even all the way in the playoffs. If they revert to what we all forecasted from them, the Texans can catch them. Sunday will be very telling. They're playing a team that has been the most successful team in the past 10 years. They have arguably the best QB in the NFL and IMO, the best head coach in the game. I don't expect the Colts to win Sunday, but I hope I'm eating crow come Sunday night.

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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The Colts having more of a cushion to finish with one of the top-2 seeds in the playoffs was the benefit of the Bills losing last night. Buffalo now has 4 losses, and the Colts only have 2.

The Colts are 2 and-a-half games ahead of the Texans ...... and if the Colts can't hold off the Texans with a 2 and-a-half game lead more than halfway into the season, they aren't going to be good enough to win the conference championship and make it to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2009 anyway.


So if you're rooting for the Colts to hang another AFC South division title banner in the building, you were rooting for the Bills last night. If you are rooting for the Colts to hang an AFC Championship banner and possibly another Super Bowl banner in the building, you were rooting for the Texans. I was rooting for the latter.

o

As the 2006 Colts showed us, anything can happen once you reach the playoffs. But you have to get there first. That’s the main consideration. And the Texans winning last night was worse for the Colts playoff chances than the alternative.

We also haven’t won the AFC South since 2014 and last night made that more complicated, because now both the Jags and Texans are only 2 games behind us in the win column. We have to play them both twice.

I’m not concerned about the 1 seed because I think New England has that locked up with their easy remaining schedule. The Bills and Ravens are the toughest games New England has left, along with the likes of the Bengals, Jets, and Dolphins. I’ll be surprised if they lose more than one game the rest of the way.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

As the 2006 Colts showed us, anything can happen once you reach the playoffs. But you have to get there first. That’s the main consideration. And the Texans winning last night was worse for the Colts playoff chances than the alternative.

We also haven’t won the AFC South since 2014 and last night made that more complicated, because now both the Jags and Texans are only 2 games behind us in the win column. We have to play them both twice.

I’m not concerned about the 1 seed because I think New England has that locked up with their easy remaining schedule. The Bills and Ravens are the toughest games New England has left, along with the likes of the Bengals, Jets, and Dolphins. I’ll be surprised if they lose more than one game the rest of the way.

o


Your historical citation of the last time that the Colts won the division title doesn't have a lot to do with this season ...... hypothetically, if the Colts had not won the division title since 1997, it still would have little to do with the fact that they are 8-2, are playing like one of the best teams in the NFL, finally have a very good quarterback for the first time since Philip Rivers, and are 2 and-a-half games ahead of the Texans more than halfway into the season.

The 2006 Colts started the season at 9-0, and finished the season at 12-4. They were a proven perennial contender with arguably the greatest quarterback ever leading the team, and there was nothing surprising about them making it to the Super Bowl and winning it. The previous season they went 14-2, and choked against the Steelers in the playoffs. The following season (2007) they went 13-3, and choked in the playoffs against the Chargers. So your inference that "Wow, anything can happen in the playoffs !!!" wasn't in regard to a team that snuck into the playoffs with a record of 9-7 and made it to the Super Bowl, like the 2008 Arizona Cardinals did. THAT would be an example of anything can happen in the playoffs. The Colts choking against the Steelers in 2005 and the Chargers in 2007 were examples of anything can happen in the playoffs, only they were examples in the negative context rather than the positive.



There's 2 possibilities for the Colts at this point, and it has little to do with the Texans ...... the Colts are either going to continue to play strong and finish the season at 12-5, 13-4, or 14-3 to easily take the division title, or the Colts are going to take a nosedive, blow the division, and sneak into the playoffs with a record of 10-7.

Subsequently, the outcome of last night's game has little to do with the Colts' chances to be a bona-fide contender for the conference championship ...... if the Colts are for real, there is no way that the Texans or the Jaguars will catch them. If the Colts take a nosedive to finish at 10-7, they aren't going anywhere in the playoffs anyway.

o

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by albany ed

With the exception of Colts and Orioles, I don't think anyone on this board expected a strong season out of the Colts. l If they continue to play as well as they've been playing, they should go very deep or even all the way in the playoffs. If they revert to what we all forecasted from them, the Texans can catch them. Sunday will be very telling. They're playing a team that has been the most successful team in the past 10 years. They have arguably the best QB in the NFL and IMO, the best head coach in the game. I don't expect the Colts to win Sunday, but I hope I'm eating crow come Sunday night.

o


To be fair, I should not really get credit for predicting the Colts' super start to the season ...... if you look back at the threads for season predictions over the last 6 or 7 years, I have ALWAYS predicted the Colts to have a record of either 13-3-1, or 12-4-1 ...... unless the Colts are expected to have a horrible season (as was the case in 2011 when Peyton Manning was injured), I always predict the rosiest of possible outcomes.

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[albany ed]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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To be fair, I should not really get credit for predicting the Colts' super start to the season ...... if you look back at the threads for season predictions over the last 6 or 7 years, I have ALWAYS predicted the Colts to have a record of either 13-3-1, or 12-4-1 ...... unless the Colts are expected to have a horrible season (as was the case in 2011 when Peyton Manning was injured), I always predict the rosiest of possible outcomes.

o

So, Mr. Blind Squirrel, you found your nut?

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by albany ed

With the exception of Colts and Orioles, I don't think anyone on this board expected a strong season out of the Colts. If they continue to play as well as they've been playing, they should go very deep or even all the way in the playoffs. If they revert to what we all forecasted from them, the Texans can catch them. Sunday will be very telling. They're playing a team that has been the most successful team in the past 10 years. They have arguably the best QB in the NFL and IMO, the best head coach in the game. I don't expect the Colts to win Sunday, but I hope I'm eating crow come Sunday night.

https://www.coltfreaks.com/forum/sho...hlight=predict
Three others predicted 10 or more wins. apballin, CletusPyle and Yours truly.