INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts need help.
And as the week progresses, it’s getting harder to see where that help will come from after Sunday’s collapse in Pittsburgh cost Indianapolis the chance to control its own playoff fate by winning its way into the postseason.
Indianapolis needs to beat the Jaguars in the season finale to get to 11-5 and get a win from one of four teams — the Bengals, Texans, Bills or Browns — to reach the playoffs, and even though Fivethirtyeight.com puts the Colts’ chances at 83% to make the playoffs, there are external factors affecting those odds early this week.