The Colts Are Still The Best Team In The AFC

Yes I do understand they lost but that game shows you how real they are. An away game at the Chiefs is one of the hardest places to play and the Colts lost that game themselves, the Chiefs did not beat them. The Chiefs defense now healthy with Sauce Gardner is one of the best in the NFL that only held the Chiefs to 1 touchdown but Shane Steichen lost this game. He is an amazing coach and play caller but he over thought this game too much. There was a lot of 4th down and short at mid field that he decided to punt instead of going for it. If you keep giving the ball to Patrick Mahomes at one point it will come back to bite you in the ass. 

Now for the refs, they didn't lose the game for the Colt but my god what an abomination. 

What are you supposed to do here? This is the benefit you get for being Patrick Mahomes but my god I don't think there is anything else you can do besides what he did. The Colts got called for double the amount of penalties as well but hey again can't complain about the refs. In the last 3 drives Jonathon Taylor only had 1 carry and just played it way too soft. You are up 20-9 you have to put them away when you have the ball. Even in Overtime I think the Colts had to go for it on 4th down and not punt it to the Chiefs. I get trusting the defense but at some point they had to be aggressive. 

Lastly the AFC is wide open. The Ravens, Chiefs and Bills are all very beatable teams now and nobody is scared of them. I think the Patriots are good and will be better in the future but not scared of them at all. The Colts already beat the Broncos and I think on both sides of the ball they are the best in the AFC. This is the biggest week for them against the Texans because they are creeping their way in the division but I think the Colts handle that pretty easily.