A cool look at the Colts fantasy-wise.
Basically, the safest wager in football is to bet on the Colts winning a bunch of games and piling up yards. They do it every year, without exception. And the second safest wager in football is to bet on Indianapolis having an awful preseason.
In a sport that’s defined by its unpredictability, Indianapolis has somehow become robotically consistent. The Colts will win, Manning will pass for 300 yards, and they will sit starters when home-field advantage is clinched. There’s very little we need to preview here, really, because we’ve all seen this show before.
In fact, Indianapolis is so well-understood by the fantasy community that this team has apparently started to bore us. During a radio segment last week, I fielded a question from a caller who owned both Manning and Joe Flacco(notes). He wasn’t sure who he’d be starting each week because, as he said, “I really love Flacco’s upside.”
No mention of Manning’s upside, which is just insane.
Honestly, I like Flacco’s potential as much as the next expert, but I’m not sure his statistical ceiling is as good as Manning’s floor.
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