Nice look at the Colts’ performance in close games. I hate the ‘great games’. I’d rather win 50-3 every week than have games like the Miami one. But if you have to play a nail biter, it’s nice to win it.
The Colts have played 57 games since the beginning of the 2006 season, including playoffs. Thirty-three have been decided by seven points or fewer. That’s 57.9 percent, almost six of 10.
The Colts have gone 24-9 in those 33 games, a .727 winning percentage. That’s 9-3 in 2006, the world championship season, 5-4 in 2007, 8-2 in 2008 and 2-0 this season.
Winning the close games is the difference between 8-8 or 9-7 and 12-4. It has enabled the Colts to win 12 or more games an NFL-record six consecutive seasons. It has separated them from the pack.
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