Colts
Colts
Jord, I know you feel the same way I do about the Colts the last couple years, and thought you'd appreciate this...
"Over the last two seasons, Indianapolis has gone 22-10 and outscored its opponents by just 25 points. That?s a worse differential than the Pittsburgh Steelers (+31) and San Diego Chargers (+48), both of whom have gone exactly .500 over the same span. Winning close games may itself be a skill, but it?s pretty clear that the Colts are a relatively mediocre team as far as good teams go, and this makes them the perfect candidate to reign as champions of the terrible AFC South.
In 2013, the teams in the AFC South tallied 24 wins and a .375 winning percentage overall, which is even worse when you remember that each of these teams plays the others twice, so the division is guaranteed 12 wins.1 Here?s a list of divisions that were worse than the 2013 AFC South by winning percentage, since the NFL introduced divisions in 19662:
1.The 2008 NFC West (22 wins, .344 winning percentage)
2.The 2008 AFC West (23 wins, .359 winning percentage)
That?s it. That?s the list. The Colts are the favorite to win the trash heap again in 2014, largely because everyone else is worse than them and Andrew Luck will probably improve."
full article, if you're interested.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/2014-nfl-preview-the-afc-south-cant-be-any-worse-than-it-was-last-year/
