Seriously? Now we are parsing how quality a “Quality Win” is? Strength of schedule is retarded.
SOMETHING TO PROVE
Indianapolis – The Colts were the only team in football with just one game against a Quality Opponent, so their impressive 7-0 start had at least some air of suspicion around it. Indy now has a 2-0 mark against Quality Teams after beating upstart Houston at home Sunday, but the other Quality win came against Arizona. These two victims are a combined 10-7 – it’s not exactly on the caliber of the slate the Broncos have faced. But we’ll know more about the Colts Sunday night, after they boast the Patriots in what seems like an annual grudge match against the AFC powers.
New England – Oh, look, how convenient: the Patriots, like the Colts, actually still have something to prove. Oh, and look, the two teams play Sunday night. New England , like Indy, easily controls its division at the halfway mark. And both have won impressively: the Patriots have outscored their opponents by 110 points this year; the Colts by 109. Only New Orleans (+129 is better). But the Patriots are a meager 1-1 against Quality Teams through Week 9. The only Quality Opponent the Patriots have bested this year are the 5-3 Falcons, who New England handled fairly easily (26-10). In retrospect, New England’s best game of the year might have been its 59-0 thrashing of the Titans in the snow, but its 20-17 overtime loss at 6-1 Denver .
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