INDIANAPOLIS – GENERAL QUARTERS! DEFCON 1! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

Yep, the smoke alarm is going off now in Colts World. No cause to push the panic button -- an 8-4 record is hardly that dire. But where’s the very concerned button?

When it ended Sunday in Lucas Oil Stadium with the Houston Texans a 20-16 winner, a 7-1 record had retreated into 8-4. The lead in the AFC South was gone. Jacksonville has pulled even, Houston is a game behind. Both have home games left with Indianapolis. There is still a trip to Seattle for the Colts, a home game with San Francisco. Danger abounds.

“Obviously division games count double,” linebacker Zaire Franklin said. “This one hurts.”

But the schedule is only one of the areas where the warning bells are ringing. How about shifting karma? The Colts had posit

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