Since your injuries started, you're 1-2 against winning opponents.
By the Jacksonville game (which you only won by a missed field goal) you were only missing three starters.
If injuries forced you to play 42, 40 or 45 different starters (like the Patriots did in 2003, 2004 and 2005) do you seriously think you could be competitive?
EDIT: He Ban Me and JoePats should read this as an answer to them. I have to run now.
Booger was a starter before he was injured at seasons start, he counts, no?
Morris was a starter when he went down, does he count?
Freeney was a starter when he went down, does he count?
Harrison was a starter when he went down, does he count?
Because Harrison was out, Morehead became a starter, and he went out, does he count?
I'm pretty sure Diem did not play versus Jax, does he count?
Brock, IIRC, was injured pretty early in the Jax game, can we count him??
That's a solid 5-6 guys, with 1 seeing few snaps. I guess we are not looking at this the same way?? Would you place a "value" on starters? Is losing Freeney a bigger blow than say losing a guy like Ed Johnson (UDFA starting DT)? Does surviving the Donks game (where a lot of these injuries started) count? What about the following week versus the Bucs, when guys like Addai, Harrison, Sanders, Morris, and others were out (IIRC, 7-8 starters out). True, we lost to SD, and perhaps the ST's gaffes DID have something to do with a thin line up. But let's face it, Vinny missed a chip shot FG in the closing minute to put us ahead. Certainly you are entitled to your opinion, I guess I would have to respectfully disagree.
EDIT: Did you also know that there currently are only 14 teams above .500. AND, before this past week, removing the Colts from the equation, there were only 11?? Did you know that both the Eagles and Ravens are both SUB-.500 teams, and pretty much OUT of the playoff hunt, yet the Awesomes had more than a little trouble with them. And your team was apparently at what you would consider
"full strength". Wins and losses in the NFL are a pretty fine line, and to discount what the Colts have done for the year, especially given the circumstances, is as perplexing a concept as I have come across in a long time.