NFL: Why the Indianapolis Colts are set up for success

Conclusion

After starting the season 1-5 the Colts have now won five straight and are tied with Baltimore for the sixth seed in the AFC. They are also just two games behind the division-leading Texans, whose own eight-game winning streak they could end this Sunday.

They could also easily lead this division by now had a fumble not cost them the season-opener and if they decided to go for the tie in their first meeting with Houston. While there are a couple of 5-6 teams still in the hunt and Baltimore has a rather light schedule ahead, who even cares if Indy makes the playoffs this year?

I don’t trust their defense quite enough yet to go to New England or Kansas City anyway. This is not about 2018, but rather the future. The Colts have a quarterback who is on his way back to elite status, a wall of an offensive line, true impact players on defense, an excellent coaching staff (which also includes one of my all-time favorite maniacs in Bubba Ventrone as their special teams coordinator) and enough money plus draft picks to invest in skill players on offense and cover-guys on defense.

Look out for this Indianapolis team. They are already dangerous this year and they will scare the crap out of people when they start spending some of that money.