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Coaching Errors Overshadow Marked Improvement from Indianapolis Colts

October 19, 2015   ·     ·   Jump to comments

If you would have told anybody that the Indianapolis Colts were only going to lose by one score to the New England Patriots on Sunday, most people would have laughed. 
The Colts were predicted to get run over by most experts, and deservedly so.
This was the team that lost the last four games by a combined score of 189-73, losing by at least three scores in each contest. This was the team that had lost definitively to the Bills and Jets to start the season before three games against AFC South opponents kicked their butts into gear. 
Eric Wilbur of Boston.com did a roundup of predictions prior to the game, and it is not pretty. 
Every single analyst, including ones from ESPN, CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated, Fox Sports, the Miami Herald, FiveThirtyEight, NFL.com, SB Nation, USA Today, Pro Football Talk, Mass Live, PhillyVoice, CBS Boston, the Washington Post and the Boston Globe, all picked the Patriots to win. 
Those who had the...

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