The Colts boarded a flight to Los Angeles three weeks ago with a 3-0 record – but with a narrative that their Week 4 game against the Rams was a test.

Was the Colts' strong start to the season for real? Could this team hang with a Rams side widely viewed as a Super Bowl contender?

The answer to both those questions wound up being yes – even though the Colts lost, 27-20, in a mistake-filled contest.

"I know the Rams were a great team, obviously a lot of respect for Stafford and Puka (Nacua) and company," linebacker Zaire Franklin said. "But I just really didn't like how we went out there – I feel like we looked at them as our test.

"We looked at them as – obviously, they have a great, they've had playoff success, Super Bowl champion, yada, yada, yada. But at the same time I feel like we

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