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Good morning! Start your day undefeated.

A note in Paul Dehner’s Bengals mailbag from Friday stuck with me today: Since playoff expansion in 2020, 19 of 22 teams (or 86 percent) that started 3-0 have made the playoffs. Hit rate: high. On this Monday morning, we have our 3-0 teams. They are … not all what we expected: The surprise undefeated team? That’s the Indianapolis Colts’ music, and they are the league’s best so far by margin of...

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