The Colts are 3-0 for the first time since 2009, but there's plenty of work ahead for this team to turn its strong start into the franchise's first playoff appearance since 2020.

"Definitely excited to be 3-0," right tackle Braden Smith said, "but it's something I tell myself — if we lose the rest of the games, then it doesn't really matter."

It's only Sept. 22, which is way too early to talk about what the Colts' playoff odds are for the 2025 season, but we can put the Colts' 3-0 start – and a few of the things they've done to get there – into some historical context here.

Since the NFL expanded to six playoff teams in each conference in 1990, 170 teams began a season with a 3-0 record . Of those, 128 made the playoffs (75 percent); 118 won 10 or more games (69 percent) and only 12 f

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