[quote name='javeryh']Excellent point about the bye. Makes me feel a lot better about the Colts. They are at home, heavily favored and coming off a bye. The only thing that worries me is that Washington got embarassed at home last week and should come out playing as hard as they can - this game means their season and people were predicting playoffs for them...[/quote]
That does actually scare me somewhat too. This is probably just another game to the Colts, as it's too early to be talking about another bid for an undefeated season. Washington did beat the Jaguars a few weeks ago, so we know they're capable of winning big games. However there's three big factors that make me very confident about this pick:
#1. The game is in Indy. The Colts just don't lose much at home. Washington just doesn't win much on the road. The Skins got popped in New York and in Dallas.
#2. Indy is coming off a bye week. Last year they followed up their bye week with the first win in New England in 42 years... or something close to that.
#3. Anthony McFarland. Adding a solid piece to the Colts defense makes them that much more unstoppable.
Finally, if not the Colts, who else are you gonna pick? The Jaguars are a great option, but I believe I'm going to be using them next week.
The only reason we're not seeing more Colts picks is because a lot of people have already used them up.