The Indianapolis Colts might have advanced to their first AFC Championship Game of the Andrew Luck era last season, but they aren't claiming to be Super Bowl favorites now.
But there was a quiet confidence this spring — the type of swagger a team can carry when it knows it has one of the league's best young quarterbacks — yet also a sense of reality. The last two seasons ended with blowout playoff losses to the New England Patriots.
So while the Colts have spent the past few years beating up on the AFC South, their 0-4 record against the Patriots under Luck and coach Chuck Pagano is a reminder of what Indianapolis needs to fix to truly become a contender.