Nobody seems to be talking about the game

[Coltswarriors]

Um, no.

 

This game is going to be very, very close. Colts & Cardinals strengths/weaknesses are almost similar. Just hope we can squeeze this one out.

[lollygagger8]

As much as everyone talks about Arians knowing Luck's tendencies, the Colts know Arians playbook. So both sides have an "advantage" so to speak. 

 

I still say use the TE's on chip blocks, and send em out for short passes. Throw to T-Rich out of the backfield and let him get YAC. Reverse to DHB and exploit his speed. Handoff to Brown out of 3-4 WR sets, and screen to Brown and Richardson. Maybe a flea flicker in there and send T.Y. flying. 

[Warhawk]

If we manage to beat arizona, and Oakland beats Tennessee, we can clinch the division in indy 2 weeks from now.

We don't need Oakland to beat Tennessee, although I certainly wouldn't be opposed to it. We effectively have a 4-game lead on Tennessee. Point being, regarding tiebreakers, the best the Titans can do is split head to head by beating us in 2 weeks. Then it goes to division record - we are 3-0, they are 0-3, the best they could do is 3-3 if they can beat all 3 division opponents, and that's the worst we could do if we lost to Tennessee, Houston, AND Jacksonville at home, which is already fairly unlikely. So, then the tiebreaker would go to common games. Common games within a division is pretty easy to figure out - it's every game but the head to head matchups (which are a wash anyway if we get to common games), and the 2 games against the teams on your schedule based on the previous year's finish (in our case, Miami and Cincy). Well, the easy way to figure it out is whichever team has the worse record against those 2 teams has the better record in common games - we lost to Miami, and the Titans already beat I believe the Jets and Steelers. So, in any scenario in which the Titans and Colts have the same overall record, the Colts will win the common games tiebreaker.

Ergo, there is no scenario where the Colts would lose a 1-on-1 tiebreak to the Titans. Now, Houston is another matter, but they'd have to win out and we'd have to go 1-5 for that to be an issue (or 5-1 and 0-6, alternatively). But that's pretty unlikely. So, effectively, we're clear of the Titans by 4 games and the Texans by 5 games right now.

[bestQBever]

so basically the we can clinch if we beat the titans regardless... big game right there. If we lose and the titans lose, and the texans lose, then we can still clinch on next sunday. 

[SkyBane]

so basically the we can clinch if we beat the titans regardless... big game right there. If we lose and the titans lose, and the texans lose, then we can still clinch on next sunday.

You got it. Outside of the overall record and potentially dropping to the 3 seed if NE beats Denver, this game has little meaning to the Colts and their playoff standing.

It would be nice to have, but the Cards just matchup really well against the Colts, and its another trip out west. Not much to talk about storyline wise except the Arians reunion and Toler and Powers playing against their former teams. Overall its a tough game thats also really boring to talk about.

[bestQBever]

You got it. Outside of the overall record and potentially dropping to the 3 seed if NE beats Denver, this game has little meaning to the Colts and their playoff standing.

It would be nice to have, but the Cards just matchup really well against the Colts, and its another trip out west. Not much to talk about storyline wise except the Arians reunion and Toler and Powers playing against their former teams. Overall its a tough game thats also really boring to talk about.

which is why no one is talking about it. We have like 1 or 2 threads on the actual game.