Colts Mini-Mock

[dalemurphy]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

We've beat them once in 7 years, or in 1 out of 14 attempts, while we've got to regularly split the 2 annual games with them in the future to have a reasonable chance of getting into the playoffs. So a lot of improvement needed here.
But as long as Peyton Manning is playing and playing as well as he is, I'd not discount the Colts one bit. In other words we're the 3rd best team (at best) in the division until we prove different.

Those are your words. Mine are quite different. I don't think that our record against Indy in 2004 has anything to do with assessing which is the better team now. I just don't care about the accumulated head to head record when I'm assessing the current state of a franchise. Now, in regards to my emotional state as a fan, those losses in '04, '05, and certainly in '08 have a significant effect.

Peyton still scares me to and certainly a great QB makes a team dangerous, even if the talent around him is slipping some. That being said, the combination of an inability to stop the run, an inability to run the ball, and a growing lack of speed on offense has weakened them. I think they are an above average NFL team right now- and a team that is aging and undergoing a lot of changes.