Week 10 of the NFL season will see the Indianapolis Colts face off against the Atlanta Falcons, with the two teams playing each other across the ocean in Germany. It will be the Colts' first international game since they defeated the New England Patriots back in 2023 in Frankfurt, Germany.
Their upcoming game against the Falcons will be in Berlin, Germany, this time rather than Frankfurt, but although Colts fans are hoping that the team brings home another win, they're no doubt also hoping for a more exciting contest than the 10-6 final score that brought Indy a W against the Patriots two seasons ago.
The team that Indianapolis fields now is almost unrecognizable from the team of just two years ago, standing atop the NFL with a record of 7-2 and headed by quarterback Daniel Jones. Though the team showed [their first real struggles](https://horseshoeheroes.com/indianapolis-colts-defense-confirms-fans-worst-fears-against-steelers-week-9) in their second loss of the season, one week ago against Pittsburgh, they're hoping to get their mojo back against a weak Atlanta Falcons team.
Three bold predictions for Colts vs. Falcons predict a big day for Colts newest addition
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### Prediction No. 1: Sauce Gardner will reel in his fourth ever career interception in just his first game as a Colt
There are two types of elite cornerbacks in the NFL. Those that get thrown at a lot and get interceptions (but give up a lot of yards), and those that don't get thrown at in the first place. Sauce Gardner is the type of elite cornerback who takes away an entire side of the field.
Much has been made of the fact that the young star only has three career interceptions, but really, that stat might be more of a testament to how elite he's been right from the start of his career.
That being said, this will be Gardner's first game as a Colt, and Atlanta may be expecting that he doesn't know the defense perfectly yet (after all, he can't really be expected to right off the bat). It's entirely possible that the Falcons will try to test Gardner early on to see how he'll perform in Lou Anarumo's defense, and that boldness will [allow Gardner the opportunity](https://horseshoeheroes.com/sauce-gardner-perfect-opportunity-immediately-prove-his-value-colts) to make an immediate impact.
Really, Gardner is not the archetype of a corner that can be judged off of how many interceptions he gets. His play style is one that means he covers so well that quarterbacks don't throw towards him. But if the Falcons do decide to test the Colts' newest addition on Sunday, he is more than capable of making them pay.
### Prediction No. 2: Daniel Jones rebounds from his worst performance of the season against the Steelers and has his best game so far
Because of his oft-maligned stint as a New York Giant, many football fans have had a hard time believing that Jones has turned the corner into becoming a veritable franchise quarterback so quickly. It may have taken the quarterback nine games to put in a bad performance, but Jones was fairly awful against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the national media was quick to pounce on him.
Many national pundits have espoused the belief that Jones' early-season success was a fluke, and that he finally reverted to his true self against Pittsburgh. Against an Atlanta Falcons defense that has struggled as of late, Jones has the perfect opportunity to get back to the stellar play he put up at the start of the season.
This is the same Falcons defense that allowed Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to throw for four touchdowns and almost 300 yards on them just two weeks ago. Tagovailoa has been arguably the worst starting quarterback in the league thus far in the season, having thrown 11 interceptions in just nine weeks.
Jones has played at an echelon far above Tagovailoa this season, so it stands to reason he should be able to have a similar output against a porous defense. Rest assured, Jones will have a big game against Atlanta, or else it may be time to worry.
### Prediction No. 3: Ashton Dulin proves why Adonai Mitchell was expendable
Colts fans know why Adonai Mitchell was dealt as part of the package to bring Sauce Gardner to the team, but many football fans who haven't paid attention to Indy still only see the talent that made Mitchell a second-round pick just two years ago.
Hopefully, the young receiver can turn his career around in New York, but against the Falcons, Ashton Dulin will show why Mitchell was the low man on the totem pole in Indianapolis.
Dulin has been liable to go nuclear in a few games thus far into the season, but in other weeks, it's as if he wasn't even in the game.
He's a player who has his production very heavily tied to the game plan for the specific opponent, and against Atlanta, if his number gets called enough by head coach Shane Steichen, it's entirely possible that he leads the team in receiving yards like he did against the Raiders earlier in the year.
This is not to say that Adonai Mitchell won't ever be a productive player in the NFL, because he has more than enough talent to become just that. But a big performance by Ashton Dulin, who is at best the team's fourth-best receiver, would show definitively that Mitchell would have never worked out as a Colt.
Let's be real here, Shane Steichen and the entire Indianapolis Colts team are chomping at the bit to have a rebound elite performance after the dud they put up against Pittsburgh last week. They're eager to prove that they truly belong in the elite category of NFL teams, and the Falcons are a prime candidate for a get-right game.
Anything can happen, but the Colts have to prove that they can win week in and week out if they want to stay in contention for the number one seed in the AFC. Expect big things from the team on Sunday, Colts fans.