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INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts have enjoyed a nice little stretch of games within the friendly confines of Lucas Oil Stadium, but on Sunday the team goes back on the road to one of the more hostile environments in the NFL.
The Colts (5-2) travel to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers (3-4) at Heinz Field, where the “Terrible Towels” fly and the home fans can make it extremely difficult for opposing offenses to operate if they’re not properly prepared.
“Pittsburgh’s a fun place to play at,” Colts head coach Frank Reich said today. “I mean, it’s a great football environment as well — tough place to play, hostile environment. Good football team, well-coached, physical team, so we’re gonna have to have a great week of practice and play our best game of the year this week.”
Fortunately for the Colts, the team has recent experience in a hostile environment from which it can draw — and a successful experience at that.
Back in Week 5, the Colts traveled to Kansas City to take on the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium, known across the league as one of the loudest venues around.
In a nationally-televised contest on Sunday Night Football, the Kansas City crowd certainly tried to make its collective voice heard, but a disciplined Colts offense would get the upper hand, as Indy would not be called for a single false start penalty the entire game. Accordingly, Indy flew home with a big 19-13 victory late that night.
“Offensively, Jacoby (Brissett) reminded the guys today that we went to Arrowhead and had like no pre-snap penalties and stuff like that,” Reich said. “We’ve gotta have that same focus, concentration. So you do make parallels that you can draw from and learn from.”