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Originally Posted by AZCamaroFan
unless the Colts fix their defense they'll have to win the AFC title game next year 46-45
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While I agree, the Colts still need to do a little work on the defensive side of the ball, they lost this year's AFC Championship game on the offensive side of the ball.
Their offense outside of one drive never showed up. They left their defense out on the field too many times without sustaining any significant drives. I mean, Andrew Luck, he of the almost 4800 yards passing, had less than 40 yards passing at half time.
Reggie Wayne was beat up, slow, and a shell of himself even from the beginning of the year. Hilton was completely removed from the passing game. No running game, etc...
Adding Gore, adding Johnson, fixing the o-line all HELP the Colts defense. Also, the Colts had practically no quality pass rush this past season. They added Cole, Mathis will be back healthy, and the rest of the roster comes back healthy and bigger.
I won't annoint them the frontrunners in the AFC, but with the way they're setup right now...they are a team that should be vying for a 1 or 2 seed at season's end...