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Joe Haeg Jersey , a survey of fans across the NFL powered by SurveyMonkey. As the season kicks off in just a few weeks, each week, we’ll send 32 polls to 100+ plugged in fans from each team. Colts fans, sign up HERE to join FanPulse.The Indianapolis Colts are all set and ready for their Week 4 match-up against the Oakland Raiders in their second home game of the season. Last week the Colts dispatched of the Atlanta Falcons by putting their most efficient and impressive offensive performance of the season thus far.This week, the Colts are a little banged up, but the team’s confidence, as well as the fan base’s, is continuing to rise with Frank Reich at the helm and a roster that continues to impress. This week the national question centers around winless teams and their potential to get to the playoffs. We’ll begin there this week before we get to the confidence being placed into the Colts from their fans.Let’s not beat around the bush and attempt to talk up the Miami Dolphins. They’re awful, and they have exactly zero chance at making the post season. The New York Jets aren’t far in front of them as the AFC East is clearly run by the New England Patriots, and the Buffalo Bills have begun their season 3-0 as well leaving very little hope for either of their chances at a playoff berth.While the Arizona Cardinals have been better than terrible with Kyler Murray under center, they still aren’t in a beneficial situation with the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers clearly being better teams right now and actually playing like it.But, from here on out, it gets a little confusing for me.The Cincinnati Bengals aren’t very good right now, but with the Baltimore Ravens the only franchise showing real potential for their season, it felt like a bit of a coin-flip between them and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers don’t look so hot either, which is why they are on this list as well, but nationally folks clearly have more faith in what they have to work with in spite of being without Ben Roethlisberger.I struggle to see why the Denver Broncos have gotten some love on this list either with Joe Flacco as their quarterback, but that may actually be a reason that they still came in second place to the Steelers despite having a very good defense on paper. This question was bound to be a shot in the dark with a bunch of winless teams. And though it’s possible for one of these teams to make that leap from winless to the postseason, none of these teams appear to be great candidates in the first place.Now on to the Colts.The Colts did take a noticeable dip after Andrew Luck retired, naturally. But, they took a slight shot even after winning their Week 2 matchup against the Tennessee Titans. That was odd, but the results after winning at home against the Falcons are not at all surprising. The Colts’ have officially bounced back in the eyes of their fan base, and with Jacoby Brissett looking like a franchise passer, it’s easy to see why.The fan base increased their confidence level quite a bit from 84 percent all the way up to 96 percent this week, and with another big victory at home, it’s reasonable to assume the confidence level could continue to rise in Indianapolis.In fact, the Colts right now John Simon Color Rush Jersey , are sitting third among the other NFL franchises only behind the Kansas City Chiefs (obviously), and the 49ers, while sitting right above the Dallas Cowboys (95%).But what about the Colts’ Week 4 opponents?Well, as you can imagine, it’s not looking too hot for Raiders’ fans. Heading into this Sunday’s match-up the Raiders’ fan base took a massive dive down 33 percent from 58 percent to 25 percent. Needless to say, Gruden isn’t inspiring much love from the fans a year before they make their move to Las Vegas.Similarly, and just for fun let’s take a look at what their loss to the Colts in Week 3 did to the confidence level of Falcons’ fans.Yuck!!Unlike some of the other teams near the bottom of the barrel in terms of fan base confidence, the Falcons took a massive hit falling all the way down to 8 percent confidence — 32nd in the league — from 55 percent just one week ago. Granted, 55 percent isn’t great either, but to fall below the Washington Redskins, the New York Jets, and few others, that is undoubtedly a very sad place to be right now. If you’ve read anything I’ve written prior to now, you’ll notice I don’t pull punches and when I’m trying to pump up Colts fans. I don’t feel the need to tell them all the ways we could lose and give the one troll from the opposing team’s website something to look forward to. If you’re looking for film or game analysis, we have that elsewhere on this website. If you’re looking for fair and balanced reporting without any bias, hahaha you and me both, my friend.The Kansas City Chiefs are the top seed in the AFC and Arrowhead Stadium is one of the premier football venues in the United States. In fact, Arrowhead is so awesome that my wife and I are literally thinking about driving out there to just soak it all in. Bucket list stuff, you know how it is.The Chiefs bring to the table the NFL’s top offense in just about every category. They lead the league in total yards and touchdowns scored on offense, for example. Sure, the Colts are right behind them in offensive excellence and I’m sure mostly what you’ll hear from major media outlets is something along the lines of “H-h-how can the Colts beat the Chiefs?”Let me count the ways.First, if you pay attention to the little things (like time of possession), you’ll notice that lately, the Colts have spent the first half of games with the ball in their possession on long scoring drives. That’s one way to beat a great offense, right? Keep them cold on the sideline like teams used to try to do to Peyton Manning. My question would be, is time of possession relevant to the quality of defensive play for the team that possesses the football the majority of the game? I doubt it, because teams take different approaches to scoring. Some teams https://www.coltsfanshop.com/Chester-Rogers-Jersey , like the Colts, are methodical and use the game clock, meaning the defense is getting some rest. The Chiefs go for the quick strike and tend to have shorter bouts of possession on offense, leaving their defense on the field most of the game. You don’t have to eat clock when you can just score at will, right?Second, Colts GM Chris Ballard was once a chief of the Chiefs, so you’ve got to think he knows a thing or two about the team he helped build, right? One question I’d have about this game will be “How does familiarity help you plan for an opponent?” Much of the league has failed to deal with Patrick Mahomes’ unorthodox approach to playing quarterback up to this point and it’ll be interesting to see how this game unfolds. Andy Reid is also an offensive mastermind of a head coach, and it’ll be interesting to see who wins this battle of wits between he and our defensive coordinator Matt (Please don’t leave us!) Eberflus. Certainly, if Matt’s able to put together a gameplan that puts the Colts over the top, a head coaching opportunity will follow.Third, this Colts defensive secondary is making waves lately, and another important question coming in to this game will be “How effective will the Colts’ secondary be against the likes of Tyreek Hill, Damien Williams and Travis Kelce?” Frankly, I’m not sure. Lately, the Colts have struggled to apply pressure on opposing quarterbacks up front via a consistent pass rush and have played bend-don’t-break defense in the secondary while allowing catches at a high rate.I’m not sure how this will play out on Saturday, but in order for the Colts to win, they’ll have to continue to put the Chiefs offense in 3rd down and long yardage situations and then win those downs. As we’ve seen this year, Andrew Luck is incredible on 3rd down. Mahomes and the Chiefs offense have been even better.The most important question that will ultimately determine the outcome of the game will be “Can this Chiefs defense stop the Colts on offense?” The Chiefs are 31st in yards allowed and 24th in takeaways, but are tied for the lead in the NFL in total sacks. There isn’t a defensive metric to sell the Chiefs on outside of the pressure they generate up front, and frankly Kansas City should worry that the Colts may very well be built to beat teams just like this and have no problem doing it in your back yard, either.Recent trends say the Colts are on the upswing and the Chiefs have leveled off based on the outcome of their recent games. Look back, the Colts are coming in to this game having gone 11-1 since Week 6 and have won their last 5 games in a row. The Chiefs are coming in to this game having gone 3-2 in their last 5 games (2 of those 3 wins were against the Raiders) and have also been sitting around waiting without playing a game in two weeks leading up to this contest, which makes me wonder if the long layoff will have a negative impact on Kansas City’s offensive continuity.Much of what you’ve read here is basic data backed up with questions that will be answered on the field Saturday. That said, what questions do you have about the game? Let me know in the comments below!