Indianapolis has the NFL's best offense, ranking in the top 10 in almost every category.

Other AFC South leaders have collapsed in the second half.

The Colts defense needs work in the passing game.

INDIANAPOLIS — Shane Steichen keeps getting the same questions.

Understandably. A Colts team that virtually no one picked to be an AFC contender this season is close to the halfway point with the league’s best offense, a 2.5-game lead in a division it hasn’t won in a decade and the NFL’s best record.

Asking Steichen to look back and explain how Indianapolis has shocked everybody is the easy temptation.

But Steichen’s eyes almost always seem to be focused forward.

“You always want to start fast in this league,” Steichen said. “All 32 teams are trying to start fast and go win as many as

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