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It's been fun seeing some of you playing the picking game against my column ... especially this week since no one beat me
Good luck to all this week!!!
The Colts are forgotten and still unbeaten
Doing a little light NFL reading this week, I came across an article titled, “Forgotten Colts” and it got me thinking. The Colts are one of only two remaining unbeaten teams in the NFL, (Chicago being the other) yet, it seems, no one is talking about them.
Quite the contrast to last season when the Colts cruised to a 13-0 start and a 14-2 season, and the media was buzzing around them. Team members say they are glad to be “flying under the radar,” but are they really?
The Colts have had successful seasons beyond the 14-2 mark of last year, earning 12-4 records in 2004 and 2003. Unfortunately for the Colts and their fans, their success always seems to lead to disappointment. Last season’s 14-2 run got them a bye and then a playoff loss to Pittsburgh – certainly not what anyone would have predicted from a team that at Week 13 was undefeated. A second round playoff loss to New England in 2004 and a Conference Championship loss to those same Patriots on 2003, round out Indy’s futile attempts to make it to the Super Bowl.
Perhaps, the reason no one is talking about the 5-0 start of Indy is that we’ve become all to accustom not only to the way it starts, but also to the way it ends.
Indy hosts Washington this week and there’s no reason to think the Colts’ regular-season story will change. … COLTS.
Carolina at Cincinnati: The Bengals’ Chad Johnson led the AFC in receiving yards last season with 1,432, this season he has just one TD catch (Sept. 17 against Cleveland) and has yet to record a 100-yard game. After two losses without him, Carolina is 4-0 with the return of receiver Steve Smith. Look for Smith to improve to 5-0 on the season. … PANTHERS.
Detroit at the N.Y. Jets: I wanted to pick the Lions. The Jets have been inconsistent all season and with RB Curtis Martin out, the offense falls on the shoulders of QB Chad Pennington. Still, Detroit has only one win this season and pulling another one out on the road to the Meadowlands had me thinking … JETS.
N.Y. Giants at Dallas: The NFL EAST rivals are both 3-2. The Cowboys 3 wins came against Washington, Tennessee and Houston. Need I say more? … GIANTS.
The rest of the games with the picks in bold:
Green Bay at Miami
Pittsburgh at Atlanta
Jacksonville at Houston
New England at Buffalo
San Diego at Kansas City
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay
Denver at Cleveland
Minnesota at Seattle
Arizona at Oakland
Last week: 12-1; overall: 56-31.
This is the opinion of Nancy Allen, who can be reached at 232-5845 or nallen@CITIZEN-TIMES.com.