With week 4 in the books for the AFC South, our Indianapolis Colts have clawed their way to the top with a 2-2 record (2-0 in the division). The Titans, Jaguars & Texans all sit at one win, with Tennessee in second place for the moment due to their bye week.
Andrew Luck was on the sidelines on Sunday with an injured shoulder, but the 40-year-old veteran Matt Hasselbeck stood in and delivered quite a performance in a lucky 16-13 overtime win at home against the Jaguars.
A quarter of the way into the season I had anticipated the Colts would be 4-0, maybe 3-1 a the worst. The games against the Titans and Jaguars should have been blowouts, not 2 and 3 point nail-biting affairs. The games against the Bills and Jets seemed like they could have gone either way, but with some boneheaded play calling (for example, it’s pouring down rain and we throw the ball close to 75% of the plays) and lackluster performance (5 interceptions and 4 fumbles (3 lost) in those two games), that just wasn’t in the cards.
With a short week, the Colts take on the Texans Thursday night, possibly without Luck in the lineup again. The outcome of this game should give us a decent idea of how the rest of the season will unfold in the division, but there’s still a lot of football to play before making any predictions.
