INDIANAPOLIS -- Getting to the playoffs was never going to be easy for the Indianapolis Colts. Their style of play isn’t conducive to blowing out teams, and every game this season has been decided by seven points or fewer.
But they had a four-week stretch on the schedule, starting in Week 8, that presented a favorable opportunity for their playoff hopes. It's four games against teams with losing records: Denver, Pittsburgh, Miami and Jacksonville.
The perfect scenario would have put them at 8-2 or 7-3 heading into a Thursday night rematch with Houston on Nov.