Stampede Blue
The Indianapolis Colts (7-1) are one of the hottest teams in all of football, sitting atop the entire AFC.
However, they’ll face arguably one of their toughest tasks yet when they travel to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers (4-3) this weekend.
The Steelers are by no means a great team these days, but the Indianapolis Colts as a franchise are 1-13 all-time at Pittsburgh during the regular season. The Colts sole and last win at Pittsburgh was on November 9, 2008, when Indianapolis narrowly won 24-20.
Right now, 97% of Colts fans believe that the franchise is headed in the right direction, which is pretty remarkable given that such a percentage sat at 44% to begin this year’s surprising regular season:
A big reason why has been the monstrous rushing campaign of star workhorse Jonathan Taylor, who currently leads the league in carries (143), rushing yards (850), and a whopping 12 rushing touchdowns, as the NFL’s ‘Triple Crown rushing king.’
91% 0f Colts fans believe that Taylor, who’s on pace to be an NFL First-Team All-Pro again for the second time in his Hall of Fame career, will be this year’s NFL Offensive Player of the Year:
It would be a nice story for Taylor, who missed out on NFL Offensive Player of the Year honors back in 2021 because of the prolific receiving season of then Los Angeles Rams wideout Cooper Kupp.
However, Colts fans are less optimistic that Taylor will ultimately win NFL MVP honors (only at 34%), which is typically reserved for elite league quarterbacks in more modern seasons historically:
However, the fact that Taylor is even a legitimate MVP candidate these days speaks to his dominant season.
