INDIANAPOLIS – See them romp. See them stomp. See them roll.

Yeah, your Indianapolis Colts. Last season, 8-9. Now, the Lucas Oil locomotive.

Life is good when you’re a first-place team. Back home again in Indiana, their bad taste from the Los Angeles Rams trip was washed away with a 40-6 throttling of the Las Vegas Raiders. No, that 3-0 start in September was not a mirage. This is what genuine contenders do; they take inferior opponents and mash them into pudding. Especially after a loss.

“Last week was last week and that’s the National Football League,” Shane Steichen was saying. “It’s next-day mentality.”

Just look what happened the next day. Or at least the next Sunday.

The Colts blocked a punt.

They intercepted two passes, nearly taking one back.

They didn’t give up a touchdown

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