NFL Playoffs 2016: 5 reasons Indianapolis Colts will win AFC South
By John Buhler
The Indianapolis Colts enter Week 14’s home game against the rival Houston Texans at 6-6. Here are five reasons the Colts will win the AFC South.
The 2016 NFL season is entering its last quarter. With only four weeks remaining, the playoff picture in both the AFC and NFC is getting increasingly tighter. One divisional race to keep an eye on is the AFC South.
Entering Week 14, the Houston Texans, the Indianapolis Colts, and the Tennessee Titans are .500 at 6-6. Indianapolis hosts Houston on Sunday afternoon. The Titans and Texans will meet in Nashville on New Year’s Day in Week 17.
As tight as it may look this week, there is one team that will end up winning the AFC South. Here five reasons that team will end up being the Colts.
5. Jacksonville is completely toothless and Minnesota’s lack of offense is completely offensive
The Colts need to beat either the Texans on Sunday in Week 14 or on the road in Week 16 against the Oakland Raiders to win the AFC South. If they split those two games, the Colts pretty much got this.
Week 15 might a road game, but it’s a dome game against the Minnesota Vikings. Minnesota’s offensive attack is basically quarterback Sam Bradford throwing bubble screens and quick out routes. Even the pitiful Colts defense can survive the death by a thousand paper cuts from Bradford. Playing inside US Bank Stadium gives the Colts another dome game to light it up offensively.
If Indianapolis has to win in Week 17 to win the AFC South at either 9-7 or 8-8, boy, do the Colts have the matchup to succeed. The Colts close out the 2017 regular season against a completely toothless Jacksonville Jaguars team.
Indianapolis might have lost to Jacksonville in London, but this is a Jaguars team that looks to finish are 2-14 and 3-13. There isn’t a more lifeless team in the AFC than the 2016 Jaguars. Week 17 will end up being Gus Bradley’s last game as a head coach in the NFL. Happy New Year!…You’re fired…
Unless the Vikings still feel like they can win the NFC North, the Colts have two games remaining against teams that could be out of playoff contention by the time they play them. On the road against Oakland feels like a loss, but going 3-1 or 2-2 in the last quarter of 2016 should be enough to give the Colts the division crown.