The Indianapolis Colts are a trendy pick to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl this year, and while some coaches may not like that sort of attention, Colts head coach Frank Reich embraces it:

“We’re excited that everybody else is excited,” Reich said, according to Andrew Walker of the Colts' official team website. “We’re happy about that. We want to generate that enthusiasm and excitement here for Colts fans, but when we come to work, the only thing that we’re concentrating on is meeting our own high expectations.

“And really, and we talked about this last year, I remember us in here as a group talking about [this], our expectations are primarily about how we practice. And let’s just have high expectations, but we’re going to do it out here, then let’s let that carry over to Sundays.”

Indianapolis is coming off of a 2018 campaign in which it started just 1-5, but rebounded by winning nine of its final 10 regular-season games to sneak into the playoffs as a Wild Card.

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The Colts then went on to upset the Houston Texans in the Wild Card Round before falling to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Divisional Round the following week.

Now, Indianapolis is considered by most to at least be one of the best teams in the AFC, and with some big offseason additions like wide receiver Devin Funchess and pass rusher Justin Houston, you can see why.

Of course, it's important to not let the external expectations get to your head, and I'm sure Reich is well aware of that.