Since the NFL expanded its postseason in 1990, 75 percent of the 170 teams to begin a season with a 3-0 record made the playoffs. That's one way to look at it.

Another way: 25 percent of those teams didn't, with recent examples existing like the 2024 Seattle Seahawks, the 2021 Carolina Panthers and the 2021 Denver Broncos. The Panthers and Broncos didn't even finish over .500.

Injuries and attrition can sometimes play a part in a 3-0 start fizzling out, but those are things mostly out of the control of a team's players and coaches. Something that is in their control, though, is the mindset with which they prepare for a given game.

For the Colts, their current collective mindset shifted well before this impressive start to the 2025 season.

"Last year, we were like oh, we're gonna win th

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