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Originally Posted by OILFAN #81
I feel like 5% better. As crappy as 6-6 is, Indy still controls their own destiny. If Indy goes 4-0 (2 games vs the Titans who look worse then Indy does right now, 1 @ Raiders, 1 vs Jags), they finish 10-6 and would have the tiebreaker vs the Jags.
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Oakland will be a difficult test. Raiders have played very well against finesse teams like the Chargers and Colts. IMO they should be able to overpower the Colts much like they overpowerd the Chargers. They now lead the league in sacks I believe and most of that is from the front four not all out blitzes. You can never count out Manning but he's going to see more pressure that he has faced all year and without a running game it will be difficult.
Hopefully the Raiders can do them a favor and beat the Jags this weekend but that will depend on if the coaches bring their vanilla playbooks (see Steelers, Dolphins losses) or the creative playbooks. We are talking about a team after all that is coached by a guy that is a step above a high school football coach so it's an iffy proposition week to week.