Are the Colts in trouble?

by Steve Remington

Here was a bizarre final score from Sunday: Indianapolis 10, Cleveland 6. What was even more bizarre: The Colts offense’ didn’t score the team’s only TD.

Yes, Indy won its fifth straight, you can’t help but wonder if the team is sliding back into its early-season struggles. The defense played well and scored the Colts’ only touchdown, but any team with Peyton Manning at quarterback and his supporting cast shouldn’t need the defense to bail it out.

The Colts will make the playoffs, but if they play like they did Sunday, they will lose on the road that first week, particularly if they end up playing Pittsburgh, Denver or even Baltimore, who sport better offenses than the Browns.