KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Indianapolis Colts coach Shane Steichen spent some time this week delivering clichés about NFL parity, how anybody can beat anyone else and that “you can throw records out the window each and every week” because of it.

That would be silly for the Colts.

And very much welcomed by the Chiefs.

Because in a matchup Sunday of an 8-2 team leading its division, and one 5-5 and desperately trying to stay in the postseason hunt, the teams carrying those respective records are hardly the ones anyone expected. Indianapolis tops the AFC South and is rolling along, while reigning AFC champion Kansas City has nearly been eliminated from the West race entirely.

“You've got to be on your ‘A’ game no matter the records, no matter who you're playing,” Steichen explained. “We know Kans

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