The bye week is over, Thanksgiving dinner has been eaten, and the Indianapolis Colts enter the final seven weeks of the season in the playoff hunt.
In Week 12, they are hosting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A team despite being 4-6, is still in the thick of a playoff chase because the NFC South doesn’t have a team that has pulled away for a clear lead in the division. These two franchises have only met six times since 2003. They’ve split those games evenly but Tampa has won the last two matchups with Indy’s last win over the Bucs coming in 2015.
With both teams having something to play for at this point of the season, I expect a hard-fought battle for all for four quarters.
Here are five things to watch for when they kick off the game in Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday: