The Indianapolis Colts don’t play until Monday Night, but which games should you be watching closely on Sunday?
With three weeks left in the season, the Colts need help when it comes to making the playoffs.
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Using The Athletic’s playoff simulator, the Colts’ playoff chances now sit at just 8%. Their odds of winning the division are at 1%.
Having lost four games in a row and five of six, the Colts enter this week at 8-6 on the season. They are two games back of the Jaguars‘ (10-4) division lead and are on the outside looking in at the AFC playoff picture, trailing the 9-5 Houston Texans for the final wildcard spot.
The LA Chargers (10-4) and the Buffalo Bills (10-4) are the other two wildcard teams.
As JJ Stankevitz of Colts.com laid out, Indianapolis is still in a position to control their own playoff destiny if they win out and one of these Week 16 scenarios plays out:
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The Jaguars lose to Denver or the Chargers lose to Dallas or the Texans lose to the Raiders.
Colts’ Week 16 playoff rooting guideAFC playoff standings in Week 16AFC South standings
This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: Week 16 NFL schedule: 4 teams who can help Colts’ playoff chances