1 reason Indianapolis Colts can upset next 4 tough opponents
How Colts can win against the Arizona Cardinals: Pass-Catching ‘Backs
The Cardinals may not have looked the part on Sunday, but they have been the NFL’s best team this season. It wasn’t until Week 8 that Arizona sustained its first loss, and it took both of the franchise’s best players being inactive for them to drop a second game.
When healthy, the Cardinals have a top-five offense and defense and provide any opponent with nightmares. In Week 16, it’s the Colts who will hope to be the Christmas horror.
These teams face off in Indianapolis on Christmas night, and the Colts will have to take a page out of the Carolina Panthers’ book in order to win. Although the Cardinals were down Kyler Murray and DeAndre Hopkins, they were relatively healthy on defense and still gave up 34 points.
A big reason for that was Christian McCaffrey, who nearly out-gained Arizona alone. While the Colts won’t have McCaffrey for the Week 16 game, they will have their own dynamic backs.
Arizona has very athletic linebackers, but they were no match for McCaffrey out of the backfield. With Taylor and Nyheim Hines proving themselves as capable pass-catching backs, Indianapolis should work to exploit this matchup.
If the Colts are able to find success like Carolina was, they will be able to get a lot of points on the board and give themselves a chance at knocking off the best team in the NFL.
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A lot of these strategies are easier written than executed, but the Colts will have to put them into action to win against these teams. It will be hard to sweep all four, but they have to beat a couple of they want to make the playoffs.