Indianapolis Colts Love the Holidays

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Published: December 23, 2009

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... enjoying time with family, giving and receiving gifts, and relaxing from another year's worth of work, NFL personnel have other things on their minds. Some are fighting for the playoff lives. Less fortunate ones are fighting for their jobs.

The Colts, however, are enjoying the best ever record heading into the holidays. Being 14-0 is great, of course, but several other things have happened to make you feel like this great start may end differently than the 2005 season—a season where the Colts started 13-0 only to lose their opening playoff game to the Steelers.

Winning Attitude

The first contributing element to the Colts' ongoing winning streak is their approach to the final games of the season. In 2005, the Colts gave it the "college try" in game 14. They lost to the Chargers and proceeded to treat the last two games like preseason contests. Most starters, including Peyton Manning, got token appearances in the final two games.

This year,...

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