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Indianapolis Colts at New York Jets: Next Day Analysis

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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The Indianapolis Colts absolutely thrashed the New York Jets on Monday Night Football, putting them into a three-way tie for first place in the AFC South with the Texans coming to town next Sunday.

That felt good right? To see the Colts absolutely manhandle an opponent like that, even if it is the hapless Jets? Talk about exorcising some demons. The Jets have beaten up on the Colts in recent history and Darrelle Revis in particular has been the bane of both Andrew Luck and T.Y. Hilton‘s existence.

The duo had no problem with Revis on Monday night, or the rest of the Jets lackluster secondary. Ever seen a player as wide open as Dwayne Allen was for a touchdown even once, let alone twice?

In fairness, the Jets are not a good team. Their offense has been terrible and their defense is a mishmash of fantastic run defense (with an exceptional front seven) and the probably the worst secondary in the league. To the Colts credit they recognized these facts and mercilessly exploited the Jets poor coverage.

It was a rarity for the Chuck Pagano coached team. The Colts actually seemed to gameplan this week and it paid off in a big way. Too often the Colts head into games and seemingly have no plan whatsoever, but not on Monday night. They knew what they wanted to do and executed it perfectly.

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Now, the Colts are winners of three of their last four games and three straight when Luck is on the field. Either the Colts are peaking at the right time or their last three opponents have not been very good (both can be true).

The Colts don’t normally do blowout wins. They either win or lose a game that is much tighter than it needed to be or get decimated. This was the second biggest win for a Pagano team since 2013 when they beat the Jaguars 37-3. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come for the final stretch of the season.

Here’s what stood out from Monday night:

Security Guards = Colts
Streakers = Jets pic.twitter.com/pLCQwr1KJC

— Rob Lopez (@R0BaTO) December 6, 2016

It’s even better when mashed up with the play-by-play from the Jets radio broadcast.

The Colts will host the Texans on Sunday, who have only won in Indianapolis one time in their franchise history. This game will determine who sits atop the AFC South as we enter the final four weeks of the season. The frustrating thing is that this game should be a nail in the Texans coffin, not a toss up game.

The Colts had the Texans dead to rights in Houston back in Week 6 before losing in overtime thanks to Pagano’s trust in his defense. They also should have beaten the Jaguars in London and the Lions in Week 1. More blind trust in the defense those weeks too.

For now, the Colts fate rests in their own hands. If they can manage to keep winning (no easy task with two road games against potential playoff teams), they’ll find themselves in the playoffs. At least they don’t need any crazy string of dominos to fall to have a shot like last season, yet.

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