lightningbolt

If we beat the Colts in Indy then we should be given some respect as a legitimate playoff threat. Our major problem in recent years has been that we tend to shoot ourselves in the foot with mistakes and poor discipline once we get into the playoffs so hopefully that doesn't happen this year.

Deus Irae

Well, good news for Chargers fans:

Colts scratch Collie, Sanders for Sunday night against Chargers | ProFootballTalk

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lightningbolt

Well, Bob Sanders seems to be injured half the season every year anyways. So, having him not be there isn't going to slow down the Colts. What really does swing in our favor though is the fact that we're getting Vincent Jackson back for the first time this whole season. Rivers has been doing a great job lighting up defenses with no name receivers but now he'll finally have a real weapon to work with which will make him even more dangerous than he is now. The Colts defense will be ripped to shreds.

robertweathers

You guys own the Colts. No question.

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Deus Irae

I would like nothing better out of that game than for the the Bolts to shred the Colts. Unfortunately, S.D. is a team of chuckleheads, so that team could implode at any time.

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lightningbolt

Yup. That's the one team you can always count on the Chargers to beat. They're terrified of seeing us in the playoffs. I remember last season when we were 13-3 heading into the playoffs they kept discussing all these scenerios in which they wouldn't have to match up against us in the playoffs on the Colts forum. They breathed a huge sigh of relief when the Jets beat us because they knew that their path to the super bowl became much easier.

Certain teams just match up well against other teams. The Chargers own the Colts, the Steelers own the chargers, the Patriots own the Steelers, etc. After a while it becomes a psychological thing where the team that always loses expects to lose so it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.

lightningbolt

Steve Young made an interesting comment about the Chargers on Monday Night which I agree with. Regarding the Chargers traditional slow start to a season followed by a win streak that helps them win the division he said that he believes the Chargers are the type of team that needs to feel like they're in desperation mode to start playing well. They can't handle success, which is why they fail so much in the playoffs; they become arrogant and make the type of mistakes that they wouldn't have made when they were considered underdogs.

I wish this weren't true. I wish we were the type of team that could continue to win no matter how highly regarded and favored we were to win a game, but we seem to lack the discipline to do that. We play off of emotion, which can cause you to be inconsistent as we've been. One thing I have noticed though, is that no matter what type of year we're having we seem to always beat the Colts, so if we make the playoffs and play them I expect us to beat them and then lose to whichever opponent we have to face after them, which hopefully won't be the Jets because I couldn't stand losing to them again.

Ron Sellers

Looking ahead to Sunday there's some very interesting games, all with playoff implications:

Packers at Falcons
Chargers at Colts
Bucs at Ravens
Eagles at Bears
Jaguars at Giants
Titans at Texans
Dolphins at Raiders