Last night the Colts lost their first NFL regular season game of 2006. Their record is now 9-1, for two years in a row. But is that a bad thing? Is it good to go undefeated?

My thought is that going undefeated is more of a distraction and a hindrance than something to strive for. If you’re undefeated so far, you’ve got ever-mounting pressure to make sure you don’t lose. The kind of pressure that can cause mistakes. Plus you get the media (and fans) constantly talking about it. Then on the other side of the coin, you’ve got the mentality of always winning that can creep in, causing players to maybe not try quite so hard. If your wins are solid, it can be even worse.

If you’ve lost a game or two, you can still be championship material and be obvious league leaders, but you don’t have the pressure building as each game goes by and you do have the good kind of pressure to try hard because your win isn’t guaranteed.

Would it be cool for a team to go the whole season undefeated? Sure it would! But I think that’s tougher and much more traumatic for the players than making a solid run for the Super Bowl.

And just the same, the Eagle are GOING DOWN this Sunday evening! :-D
[tags]nfl, football, undefeated[/tags]