Here we are again. It is game week, and it wouldn’t be a Tuesday before real NFL action without Power Rankings! Sure, we can point to the fact that they are frequently more reactive than predictive. You might also say they just don’t matter at all. In some ways, you’re right.
But if you listened closely enough during last season and into this off season, you heard a number come up frequently: 32. That’s where USA Today ranked the Colts to start the 2018 season. Underestimated, underappreciated, and overlooked. Frank Reich stoked that feeling, fed his team on the idea of being the underdog no one expected to do anything.