The One Thing the Colts did Best Last Season

The Colts didn’t do a lot well last season, as they finished in the bottom three in the league. But they did one thing very well that will help them into next season if they keep it up.

It was a rough season for the Colts. They finished in the bottom three of the league, had a rash of injuries, and lost their head coach. They didn’t do a lot of things right. But they did one thing very well, that if continued will help them increase their win total. And that thing is playing with effort.

The Colts played extremely hard last season. They did not give up in most of their games and gave maximum effort on every play. That is a very good trait to have, especially as a young team. But they know that if they keep that up, it can only help them. So the team should keep it up.

Coach Reich will make sure that they do. He understands the virtues of playing with toughness and playing hard every down. It’s easy to play hard when you’re winning all the time, but it takes real grit to play hard when you keep losing. But that grit kept them in close games.

Indianapolis played in a ton of close games last year. And while they need to close games out better, they never gave up through those games. That will serve them well going into next season. With adding more roster talent, that effort will pay dividends.

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Effort will only get you so far though. As the Colts learned last year, you still need talent. They Colts have young talent, but it will take them a little bit to develop. But once they do, the effort they play with will manifest itself into wins.