Why? You want to kick your bullies ass on the way to winning a Championship. Not be a pussy and hope to just get cupcakes along the way! You must like eating cupcakes.:cool:

Frank’s a Muffin Man.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jh6wnmRbvQ

Aren't we all?

I've always agreed with this. By nature of a tournament, the best team doesn't necessarily always hoist the trophy. It's great for drama and entertainment. But it's extra satisfying when you look back say your team would've beaten anyone in its path.

I feel that way about '06 and I don't even think that was the best Colts team. But...

-suspect run-D held held Larry Johnson to like 30yds after two of the greatest back-to-back rushing seasons ever.

-beat a loaded Ravens who had a defense that I've read journalists argue was as good or better than 2000's.

-took down the Pats, obviously.


Not really any what-ifs with that team like with, say, the '05 Steelers or something. Win the Super Bowl, obviously. But some cherries on top are nice.

Blah blah blah.

Talk is cheap lets go play. Johnny U’s comment before every game.

Any time you get into the playoffs, EVERY team is tough.

While I agree that beating some specific teams along the way is great, I will take a championship any way we can get it. You play who you play, just fucking win it. If we take down the pats or titans along the way then thats just makes it a bit sweeter.

The Chiefs where thrilled both times they came to Indy for a playoff games. If you make the playoffs in the NFL, you have a lot of work before you hoist a trophy.

Anyone who thinks the Pats will be easy second time around needs to think again. The NFC is a weak sister compared to the teams in AFC playoff hunt. The isnt a soft touch for the Colts IF they make the playoffs

Not true at all.... There have been quite a few teams that lucked into making the playoffs only to be easy meat for their opponent . Not a tough team if you are getting shut out in the playoffs.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndica...-time.amp.html

Of course would take a Championship any kind of way:cool:

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It's supposed to inform/remind that Derrick Henry is the best player on the Titans, and that he may be back for the playoffs.

Fear (or don't fear) whatever you like.

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Same here. The 2006 Super Bowl win would have been just as meaningful if the Colts had had to go to San Diego to beat the Chargers instead of beating the Patriots at home ...... although Marlin Jackson's INT of Tom Brady had me crying tears of joy because the Colts were going to the Super Bowl for the first time since I was in Kindergarten ...... and I was actually rooting for the Cowboys, because I was copying my older brother Pete who was also rooting for them. I became a Colts fan the next year (1971), when I was in 1st grade.

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Great. 75+ years of the NFL playoffs and there are 10 exceptions.

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5 out of those 10 teams won their first playoff game. 2 other teams (the 1989 Oilers and the 2013 Packers) lost games that went right down to the wire.

I agree with the author of that article that almost all of those teams were undeserving playoff teams with no shot of advancing to the Super Bowl, but they all were not necessarily easy outs in the playoffs ...... only 3 of them were beaten soundly in their first playoff game.

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Damn those statistics

There are more dumbass.. that was just their top 10. Lol

Quick example... Colts lost to the Jets 41-0...... Boy the Colts were tough for the Jets huh...lol

The point I was making was against his EVERY team is TOUGH once you make the playoffs. Just not always the case. I've watched a lot of playoffs since the 80s and there have been A LOT of playoff teams that got smashed in the first wild card game.

It is interesting that without their "Best Player" they keep winning.. Would Colts have won without Taylor? Well they are 0-7 when he doesn't get 100 yards and 9-0 when he does. Even had Henry not got hurt.. Taylor is more of an MVP than he. Imo

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You may be correct about every team not being a tough out, but the citation that you used was not a good one to make your point. More than half of the teams in that article either won their first playoff game, or lost a nail-biter that went right down to the wire.

The Colts losing to the Jets by a score of 41-0 was a good example that you alluded to, as are the Colts' victories over the Broncos in 2003 (41-10) and 2004 (49-24.)

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They are in first place, but they are not necessarily winning. The Titans are 4-3 since he went down with an injury, and one of those 4 wins was due to Jimmy Garoppolo playing awful than it was to the Titans playing well.

As apballin pointed out, there is a good chance that Henry may not be close to 100% if he does return for the playoffs, but he is almost without a doubt their best player. I think that apballin is probably correct, and that he won't be much of a force that he usually is should he return for the post-season.

Also, I agree that Jonathan Taylor has been more valuable than has Henry. I said that he was the Titans' best player, not necessarily that he was a candidate for MVP.

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I was on a short break and grabbed a quick link. Again the point he made was EVERY....again.. EVERY team in the playoffs are tough to play at that point... Agree or disagree... There is no in between.

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Not every team is not a tough out in the playoffs, as I stated in the examples that I gave my last post.

I wouldn't have grabbed a quick link to make my point, especially if the link shows the opposite of what I was saying.

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The Worst part is if you look at first round losses Colts show up too often as an easy out.:o

That's fine... The first two teams in the article got blown the fuck out in the first round proves enough... Not EVERY God Damn team is tough. If you watched football long enough you know without research there have been a shit load of bad first round wild card games where teams get beat from start to finish soundly. Not a tough out. But whatever.

When is the last time you've seen a a Colts team as tough and as resilient as this one?

That makes no sense

All I’m saying is you can say “it’s the playoffs players don’t need added motivation “ or “it’s the playoffs everyone is tough “

Whatever ofcourse they’re tough every NFL team is tough when they wanna play

But it’s hard to beat a team twice because of manhood alone, let alone 3 times in the same season. Especially the way the Titans beat the Colts at home that last game you know that would make for some great reminder film.

The Titans just piss me off they lullaby everyone to sleep without Henry and Gomer Pyle ass QB while the defense plays the old Belicheck cheat pull hold fake injury to stop drive arguments with the ref for 10 minutes so your defense gets a rest fuckin cheat to win by any means shit

Don’t turn it over—— you beat this Titans team it’s literally that simple

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I'll take the Bills. They can't run the ball, and can't stop the run. Play them in a snowstorm in Buffalo and the Colts could win by 50.

The last time the colts played in a snow storm in Buffalo, it didnt turn out that well.

2006-2009 squads were very resilient. Maybe not as tough, but those were the most resilient teams I've ever seen.

Except this isn't that same Colts team.

Different team, different running game.

And the last time this very Bills team played in snow in Buffalo, it turned out poorly for them.

I'll take the Bills all day over Cincinnati or Tennessee.

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The Ravens just lost their 5th consecutive game ...... I was rooting against the Ravens when this game was being played, and one month later I'm glad that they lost it.

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6 weeks ago, the Ravens had a record of 8-3 while holding the #1-seed in the AFC.

Today, the Ravens are 8-8 ...... the only way in which they can squeeze into the playoffs as the 7th and final seed would be for them to win their game against the Steelers, and for the Colts to lose to the Jaguars.


So if the Colts beat the Jaguars and officially knock the Ravens out of the playoffs (regardless of the outcome of their game against the Steelers), we will have given them a nice, swift kick in the nuts to return the favor of what they did to us on a nationally-televised game back in October.

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(JANUARY 9th)


The Colts are currently in the position of the #6-seed ...... even though the Raiders beat us head-on and currently have the same record as we do (9-7), they are currently on the outside looking in at #8, behind the Chargers.

The only way in which the Colts can move up into the #5 seed is if they win today, the Chargers beat the Raiders, and if either the Dolphins beat the Patriots or the Jets beat the Bills ...... that said, just winning and getting in is the obvious priority, whether it lands us the #5-seed, the #6-seed, or the #7-seed (all of which are possibilities if the Colts beat the Jaguars this afternoon.)

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My biggest fear is that those dirtbags want to see Rapistburger get a last hurrah and the zebras will be reaming teams accordingly.