Your non-news item for today

Or in other words: "Hey, look! That Blob guy was wrong again!"

This, because, in defending Frank Reich's gamblin' man decision to go for it on fourth down against the Texans on Sept. 30 -- a decision that backfired when Andrew Luck threw a one-hopper to Chester Rogers and the Houston Texans took possession a hop, skip and jump from field goal range in a 37-34 Texans' victory -- the Blob opined this: Even four games into the season, it's become apparent (if it wasn't from Day One) that this isn't a playoff team. It's a team positioning itself for the future, with a glut of promising young players, particularly on defense, who are still growing into their jobs.

Well. At least I was partly right.

The Colts do have a glut of promising young players. And they are still growing into their jobs.

I just didn't figure they'd grow into them quite this fast.

Which is to say, I might have been a mite, uh, premature to say the Colts weren't a playoff team when  they were on their way to a 1-5 start. Since then, of course, they've won five in a row and are now 6-5.

That puts them second in the AFC South. It also makes them the seventh seed in the AFC playoff scenario right now, just out of the playoff picture behind the Ravens, who are also 6-5. And they seem to be getting better every week.

The return of Marlon Mack, first of all, has given them an actual semblance of a running game. And Luck, secure at last behind an offensive line that isn't the Seven Blocks of Al Dente Spaghetti, is simply embarrassing everyone he faces.

Three more touchdown passes yesterday against the Dolphins give him 32 for the season. His QBR (quarterback rating) hasn't been below 123.5 since Oct. 14. He's thrown at least three touchdown passes in every game since Sept. 30, and three times in that span he's thrown four.

In other words, the Blob was wrong, wrong, wrong. With the prospect that it could get even more wrong before this is all over.

I know, I know. Stop the presses.