Indianapolis Colts
The case for a Colts’ dynasty boils down to one player: Andrew Luck. It feels like we’ve been waiting for Indy to build a Super Bowl contender forever, and they’ve perennially failed. It shouldn’t be this hard to build around Luck, a quarterback with Hall of Fame talent, yet the Colts have somehow failed to play a postseason game since 2014, despite playing in a terrible division.
Coming into this year, things still don’t look likely to turn around, though progress was made by firing GM Ryan Grigson. Football Outsiders projects them to finish third (subscription required), in the worst division in football. Yet, hope springs eternal, and Luck is still one of the best quarterbacks in football.
Luck is the type of player who can take an imperfect roster far — the 2014 Colts made the AFC title game! They don’t need a cast of All-Pros, a decent defense and an offensive line that functions might be all it takes. Maybe that doesn’t come in the next year, but it better come soon.
The Colts have time — Luck is 27 — but not a ton of it. When Indy drafted him in 2012, a dynasty felt like the expectation. At minimum, he’d be able to fill Peyton Manning’s shoes. Five years later and — through no fault of Luck’s — a dynasty is still possible, but it feels more unlikely than ever.