According to Nate Davis of USA Today, the Indianapolis Colts will play in Super Bowl 50, only to lose to the Green Bay Packers in the league’s championship game:
"Colts (13-3): It seems they’ll again benefit from playing in the league’s weakest division. And if their incremental pattern of success under Chuck Pagano and QB Andrew Luck holds, they’ll reach Super Bowl 50."
Reaching the Super Bowl would be the next logical progression for the Colts, as they have advanced all the way from the Wildcard round in 2012 to the AFC Championship game just last season under the new regime, with a Divisional round appearance in between.
The USA Today has the Colts beating the Baltimore Ravens in the Divisional Round and then finally defeating their arch-nemesis, the New England Patriots in a rematch of last year’s AFC Championship game.
With the team having gone “all-in” this offseason by signing a number of highly regarded veterans, anything short of a Super Bowl appearance would be a disappointment for this season’s Colts team, who have achieved everything else. They’re clearly looking to make one last push to hoist the Lombardi Trophy come February.
Beating the Patriots would be great, but defeating them to play in the Super Bowl would be all the sweeter. Still, here’s hoping that the Colts could find a way to beat Aaron Rodgers‘ Green Bay Packers and prove at least the last game of the USA Today’s prediction wrong in order to become world champions.
Oct. 07, 2012; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) is sacked by the Indianapolis Colts defense during second half action. The Colts defeated the packers, 30-27. Mandatory Credit: Thomas J. Russo-US PRESSWIRE
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