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can go on the road and beat the Kansas City Chiefs. Today I want to provide 3 additional factors that will play significant roles in Saturday’s outcome. WeatherPhoto by Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesThe forecast on Saturday in Kansas City is calling for snow showers and 5 to 10 mph winds. The expectation is about an inch of accumulation. Those are hardly blizzard level conditions Marlon Mack Jersey , so this won’t be a game like the one the Colts played in Buffalo, but it looks as though it could be a relatively sloppy day for football, and depending on when that snowfall occurs, could see impacted visibility. Normally, this would be bad news for the Colts. They are a dome team, as many will point out, and have historically struggled in adverse conditions caused by poor weather. In this case, though? That weather may prove to work very much in favor of the Colts. The area of the game most impacted by cold, snowy weather is the passing game. Given that the Chiefs’ primary strength is there, adverse weather conditions almost certainly favor the Colts. Cold, wet, slushy games turn into trench battles, and that is the kind of game the Colts are both equipped, and certainly capable of winning. It seems unlikely that the conditions will be such that they will make it impossible to throw the ball, and it would be unwise to place our hopes on that. However, if they do become a factor Quenton Nelson Color Rush Jersey , the Colts needn’t fear being impacted in the way that the Colts teams of old used to be. PuntingPhoto by Bob Levey/Getty ImagesThe best case scenario is that apart from kicking off, Rigoberto Sanchez doesn’t have to do a thing in this game. Given that this is a playoff team, that likelihood is pretty low. The punting game will play a factor at least to some degree. Because of this, I did a little digging and found some interesting data.Following a punt the Chiefs have ended drives with a touchdown 50% of the time when they start the drive outside their own 20 yard line. First, think about how incredible that stat is. This is a very good and very efficient offense. When they get the ball with decent field position, they’re putting points on the board, and there is a 50/50 shot they end the drive in the end zone. However, when their drives begin inside their own 20, the Chiefs’ offense is far less efficient. That 50% figure drops down to 37.5, which makes the goal very clear for the Colts in terms of their special teams. If they can consistently pin the Chiefs inside their 20 on punts, they give their defense a much better shot at getting a stop. The good news is that over the past 6 weeks, that is exactly what they have been doing. The average starting position of their opponents after punts over that time is just inside the 20-yard-line. Ideally they won’t need to punt often, but if they do, they’ll need Rigo to bring it.InjuriesPhoto by Robert Reiners/Getty ImagesThere are several key players on both rosters who are still relative unknowns in terms of their availability for Saturday. For the Colts, guys like Malik Hooker, who was in a boot yesterday https://www.coltsfanshop.com/Andrew-Luck-Jersey , T.Y. Hilton, and Tyquan Lewis are all players we just don’t know about at this point. That is unlikely to change much despite injury reports, because this team has played it very close to the vest in terms of any injury updates all season.For the Chiefs, safety Eric Berry, receiver Sammy Watkins, and running back Spencer Ware were all said to be “making progress” according to Andy Reid. He seems to be about as keen on giving up injury details as Frank Reich. We will know more when official injury reports come out this afternoon, but not likely much more.As far as the Colts go, my guess is that if they are at all able to play, they will play. Hilton is almost a lock to be in the game at this point, and I’m not sure you could keep him off the field if you tried. Malik Hooker was said to be wearing his boot as a precaution, and I would guess that if he can go, he will as well. Tyquan Lewis is less certain.Regardless, being able to play and being able to be effective aren’t necessarily the same thing. How these players on both sides are able to contribute could go a long way to deciding this game, and whether or not they can get in the game on Saturday is less important than what they can do for their teams once they get on the field. For Indianapolis Colts’ fans, the return of Andrew Luck to the field this season would have been enough within itself to have optimism. But, Luck isn’t just back on the field Josh Ferguson Jersey , he’s been putting together his best season as a pro after returning from shoulder surgery that kept him out of the 2017 season altogether.Luck has his best completion rate of his career to this point at 67.9 percent, his best touchdown percentage of 6.5 percent, is on pace to eclipse his career-best of 40 touchdowns, and has been hitting his best quarterback rating (98.9) as well.In November, Luck was recognized by the NFL as the AFC’s offensive player of the month with his impressive production, and now Pro Football Focus has given the Colts’ signal-caller the same acknowledgment. Luck put up 9 touchdowns to only 3 interceptions, had a completion rate of 77.9 percent and compiled 925 passing yards (308 passing yards per game), in leading the team to a 31.3 point per game average and going 3-0 in November. Here is what PFF had to say about their decision to give the honor to Luck:Luck took only a single sack in November which absolutely helped his ability to read the field and deal to his receivers, but didn’t have a dominant running game to give him much of an assist. The Colts averaged only 3.9 yards per rush (301 rushing yards/3 games) after their previous two games, alone, netted them 442 rushing yards.Luck’s Week 13 performance appears to be nothing but a blip at this point when looking at his season production, thus it’s more than fair to assume that he’ll return to form down the stretch of the final four games of the season which the Colts desperately need.