Playoffs? Don't talk to me about playoffs.
So spoke a Colts coach once upon a time, and while I genuinely miss Jim Mora snr. on NFL Network (remember when he was a fixture on there in the early days?), I think the Colts of today have a lot more to be positive about than Peyton's first coach. The Chiefs have been in a downward spiral over the last few weeks and have been exposed offensively. I would expect Indy to come out begging Alex Smith to try and beat them with his arm, because they certainly will expect a big dose of Jamaal Charles right up the gut.
And nobody wants that.
Let's check out the Best Pick Index...
Kansas City @ Indianapolis (4:25pm)
**Matchup Difficulty: 67.63% **(the higher the score, the better the experts' success rate when picking these two teams. An 'average' matchup would be 62%)
Consensus: **Indianapolis 72%**
Top 5 Overall: **Indianapolis 100**%
**
Best Pick Index:**
The Best Pick Index tracks which experts have picked the two teams most accurately at home and away this season, before ranking them based on their overall accuracy.
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Rank
Expert
Affiliation
Road %
Home %
Overall:
Pick
1
John Breech
CBS
100.00%
75.00%
87.5%
IND
2
K.C. Joyner
ESPN
100.00%
75.00%
87.5%
KCC
3
Pete O'Brien
USA Today
100.00%
75.00%
87.5%
IND
4
Erik Frenz
Bleacher Report
87.50%
75.00%
81.3%
IND
5
Knox Bardeen
Bleacher Report
87.50%
75.00%
81.3%
IND
6
Jamey Eisenberg
CBS
100.00%
62.50%
81.3%
IND
7
Ryan Wilson
CBS
100.00%
62.50%
81.3%
IND
8
Chris Mortensen
ESPN
87.50%
75.00%
81.3%
IND
9
Mike Ditka
ESPN
100.00%
62.50%
81.3%
IND
10
Ron Jaworski
ESPN
100.00%
62.50%
81.3%
IND
11
Gregg Rosenthal
NFL
87.50%
75.00%
81.3%
IND
12
Simon Samano
USA Today
87.50%
75.00%
81.3%
KCC
13
Andrea Hangst
Bleacher Report
75.00%
75.00%
75.0%
IND
14
Brad Gagnon
Bleacher Report
87.50%
62.50%
75.0%
IND
15
Chris Hansen
Bleacher Report
87.50%
62.50%
75.0%
IND
16
Ty Schalter
Bleacher Report
100.00%
50.00%
75.0%
KCC
17
Dave Richard
CBS
100.00%
50.00%
75.0%
IND
18
Cris Carter
ESPN
87.50%
62.50%
75.0%
KCC
19
Mike Golic
ESPN
100.00%
50.00%
75.0%
KCC
20
Tom Jackson
ESPN
87.50%
62.50%
75.0%
KCC
21
Adam Meyer
FOX
100.00%
50.00%
75.0%
IND
22
Joel Beall
FOX
87.50%
62.50%
75.0%
IND
23
Whatifsports
FOX
100.00%
50.00%
75.0%
No Pick
24
Michael Fabiano
NFL
87.50%
62.50%
75.0%
No Pick
25
Heath Evans
NFL
87.50%
62.50%
75.0%
No Pick
26
Marshall Faulk
NFL
100.00%
50.00%
75.0%
No Pick
27
Melissa Stark
NFL
75.00%
75.00%
75.0%
KCC
28
Rich Eisen
NFL
87.50%
62.50%
75.0%
IND
29
Mike Florio
PFT
87.50%
62.50%
75.0%
IND
30
Nathan Jahnke
ProFootballFocus
87.50%
62.50%
75.0%
KCC
31
Neil Hornsby
ProFootballFocus
75.00%
75.00%
75.0%
KCC
32
Rick Drummond
ProFootballFocus
100.00%
50.00%
75.0%
IND
33
Black Tie
NFL
87.50%
62.50%
75.0%
No Pick
34
Don Banks
Sports Illustrated
75.00%
75.00%
75.0%
IND
35
Jarrett Bell
USA Today
87.50%
62.50%
75.0%
IND
36
Nate Davis
USA Today
100.00%
50.00%
75.0%
KCC
37
Lindsay H. Jones
USA Today
100.00%
50.00%
75.0%
IND
38
Dave Damashek
NFL
75.00%
71.43%
73.2%
KCC
39
Steve Wyche
NFL
85.71%
57.14%
71.4%
KCC
40
Matt Bowen
Bleacher Report
75.00%
62.50%
68.8%
IND
41
Josh Katzowitz
CBS
75.00%
62.50%
68.8%
KCC
42
Prediction Machine
CBS
75.00%
62.50%
68.8%
IND
43
Eric Allen
ESPN
87.50%
50.00%
68.8%
IND
44
Merill Hoge
ESPN
75.00%
62.50%
68.8%
IND
45
John Halpin
FOX
87.50%
50.00%
68.8%
IND
46
Chris Brockman
NFL
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
IND
47
Dan Hanzus
NFL
62.50%
75.00%
68.8%
IND
48
Elliot Harrison
NFL
75.00%
62.50%
68.8%
IND
49
Henry Hodgson
NFL
75.00%
62.50%
68.8%
KCC
50
Kevin Patra
NFL
75.00%
62.50%
68.8%
IND
51
Michael Irvin
NFL
75.00%
62.50%
68.8%
IND
52
Michael Silver
NFL
75.00%
62.50%
68.8%
KCC
53
Shaun O'Hara
NFL
75.00%
62.50%
68.8%
KCC
54
Sterling Sharpe
NFL
87.50%
50.00%
68.8%
IND
55
Steve Mariucci
NFL
75.00%
62.50%
68.8%
IND
56
Warren Sapp
NFL
87.50%
50.00%
68.8%
IND
57
Michael David Smith
PFT
87.50%
50.00%
68.8%
IND
58
Pickwatch
Pickwatch
87.50%
50.00%
68.8%
IND
59
Ben Stockwell
ProFootballFocus
87.50%
50.00%
68.8%
IND
60
Gordon McGuinness
ProFootballFocus
75.00%
62.50%
68.8%
IND
61
Sam Monson
ProFootballFocus
75.00%
62.50%
68.8%
IND
62
Accuscore
Accuscore
75.00%
62.50%
68.8%
IND
63
Matt Smith
NFL
85.71%
42.86%
64.3%
IND
64
Matt Miller
Bleacher Report
75.00%
50.00%
62.5%
IND
65
Michael Schottey
Bleacher Report
75.00%
50.00%
62.5%
KCC
66
Mike Freeman
Bleacher Report
62.50%
62.50%
62.5%
IND
67
Tyson Langland
Bleacher Report
75.00%
50.00%
62.5%
IND
68
Zach Kruse
Bleacher Report
87.50%
37.50%
62.5%
KCC
69
Jason La Canfora
CBS
87.50%
37.50%
62.5%
IND
70
Keyshawn Johnson
ESPN
87.50%
37.50%
62.5%
KCC
71
Pick ‘em
ESPN
75.00%
50.00%
62.5%
IND
72
Seth Wickersham
ESPN
62.50%
62.50%
62.5%
IND
73
Ryan Fowler
FOX
87.50%
37.50%
62.5%
IND
74
Chris Law
NFL
62.50%
62.50%
62.5%
KCC
75
Chris Wesseling
NFL
75.00%
50.00%
62.5%
IND
76
Marc Sessler
NFL
87.50%
37.50%
62.5%
IND
77
NFL FAN PICKS
NFL
75.00%
50.00%
62.5%
KCC
78
Khaled Elsayed
ProFootballFocus
75.00%
50.00%
62.5%
KCC
79
Steve Palazzolo
ProFootballFocus
75.00%
50.00%
62.5%
KCC
80
Frank Schwab
Yahoo
62.50%
62.50%
62.5%
No Pick
81
Yahoo Users
Yahoo
75.00%
50.00%
62.5%
IND
82
Vinnie Iyer
Sporting News
75.00%
50.00%
62.5%
IND
83
Jim Corbett
USA Today
75.00%
50.00%
62.5%
IND
84
Tom Pelissero
USA Today
75.00%
50.00%
62.5%
IND
85
Pete Prisco
CBS
50.00%
62.50%
56.3%
IND
86
Adam Schefter
ESPN
75.00%
37.50%
56.3%
IND
87
Mark Schlereth
ESPN
87.50%
25.00%
56.3%
IND
88
Adam Rank
NFL
75.00%
37.50%
56.3%
IND
89
Kurt Warner
NFL
75.00%
37.50%
56.3%
KCC
90
Will Brinson
CBS
50.00%
50.00%
50.0%
IND
91
Brian Baldinger
NFL
66.67%
33.33%
50.0%
IND
92
Les Carpenter
Yahoo
60.00%
33.33%
46.7%
No Pick
93
Coin Toss
None
37.50%
25.00%
31.3%
No Pick
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