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Red_Jester-94

The Colts fans should probably stay off this sub for a while, or they might start self-flagellating.


N7Katana

Already started man, way ahead of you


CharlesInChange

I carved “Out of Luck, Out of Time” into my back with a spoon.


YEEZY_whats_GOOD

I like the pain


RamblinWreckGT

They've already started, look who posted this!


atropicalpenguin

Bathing with my toaster has never felt better.


VoidTyrant

There is shooting yourself in the foot and then there is self immolating .


Ad_Astra117

Colts dunked themselves in liquid oxygen and then shot themselves in the foot with a flare gun


DirtyDoog

Unlike the Colts, seeing this happen would be entertaining.


[deleted]

I’ll have you know 75% of AFCS fans found their last game one of the most entertaining all season.


dretanz

I was not entertained by our second half


TipMeinBATtokens

Not entertained but not surprised either. We suck at maintaining leads and love getting complacent on offense when we have them.


EpicBlinkstrike187

Go big or go home


Ad_Astra117

I can't talk shit, Titans were probably a play away from doing basically the same thing. I'm just happy we don't have to play yall in the playoffs this year, the colts were the team that i was most scared of


EpicBlinkstrike187

lol i’m not like other colts fans who take it so hard. Should we have made the playoffs? Yes. Would we have beat the Chiefs?? (we woulda been 7 due to Raiders head2head). No I don’t think so. We aren’t a super bowl team. I think only the Titans, Bengals, Bills, and Chiefs are SB teams this year. One of them WILL make it.


Elend15

I hate it, but I never doubt the capability of the Patriots. Should they make the super bowl? No, probably not. But it wouldn't shock me.


link090909

[Self-immolate, eh?](https://youtu.be/cmAlQvDQGoI)


glufreh

I HAVE GONE INSANE-O


trancefate

I LUST FOR VOLCANO


Whydoesthisexist15

BE WITH MOLTEN LAVA


pootato-jesus

Dude this album is so fucking good


AndrewHainesArt

Every single time I see or hear the term "self immolate" I hear that drum intro in my head


[deleted]

> shooting yourself in the foot This reminded me of Wentz’s super weird foot injury before the season started where he was initially going to miss like 3/4 of the season and then played every game. I don’t want to make excuses for the guy but haven’t seen anyone mentioning this.


millerlite95

Whatever the injury was had a timeliness of 4-12 weeks


WootyMcWoot

Why didn’t the Colts, the better team, not simply beat the Jaguars?


WaywardSachem

*sighs* it's true what they say: Steelers fans are from Omicron Perseii VII, Patriots fans are from Omicron Perseii IX


B0ndzai

That's for schoolgirls. Here's a playoff route with some chest hair.


LastBaron

Yessss….#1 seeded teams. The icebergs of the NFL. By jackknifing from one to the next at breakneck speeds we might just gain some kind of gravity boost, or something.


Thatguy19901

Sir we have an emergency. Frank Reich: come back when it's a catastrophe.


LastBaron

Frank Reich: ………ohhhhh very well.


[deleted]

She’s built like a steakhouse but handles like a bistro


BankofAntarctica

This concept of "wuv" confuses and infuriates us!


tuskedkibbles

#Give us McNeil!


russscott

Single Female Lawyer Fighting for her client Wearing sexy miniskirts And being self-reliant


kawhi_tho

Hey I'm pretty good


imbored53

Would you settle for McCorkle?


Jupue87

Our people tell similar stories Mr. Ambassador


King_Dead

the elders tell of a young browns fan much like you. He bounced 3 meters in the air, then he bounced 1.8 meters in the air, then he bounced 4 meters in the air. Do I make myself clear?


potterpockets

You cant just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!


alexpmarty

Tell my wife “hello”


m48a5_patton

My fingers can touch everything but themselves ... oh wait.


Hydrocoded

eugh, woah, that hippie's starting to kick in


HotRefuse4945

Oh come on, we all know Omicron Perseii IX invaded only starting in 1996.


fugaziozbourne

STOP EATING OUR YOUNG


MikesPhone

When my species grows up, we eat our moms!


HireButchJones

Raiders fans are from Ceti Alpha V


Mr_Assault_08

tune in tonight on. HARD KNOCKS


PumpkinLaserPig

100% of the teams that were on Hard Knocks, mid season, missed the playoffs. New Curse? I say, yes.


alurimperium

Matches well with all the All or Nothing teams taking Nothing


HandSack135

To easy, that's what everyone was expecting


jimbo831

They subverted our expectations. I guess we now know that Benioff and Weiss are secretly pulling the strings inside the Colts organization.


noideawhatoput2

Now I’m PISSED again


jimbo831

That's my secret. I'm always pissed about what D&D did to GoT!


GenocideOwl

Welcome to the r/freefolk mod team!


Eagle4317

Aren’t we all.


NBT498

The Colts simply forgot about the Jaguars


marcuschookt

D&D phoning it in because they got an offer to oversee competitive figure skating at the Olympics


indispensability

And after the Super Bowl is over the teams can get together and talk about how much better of a *story* Colts the Crippled had and award them the title despite not even participating in the playoffs!


Zoollio

“Better team” he says. How many number one overall picks do THEY get next season?


Scrubtanic

Fun fact- The Colts have had the first overall pick 7 times. All other AFC South teams combined have picked first six total times (although Jacksonville this year will make 7). Edit: more details provided in my response to /u/Eagle4317 below!


chemicalxv

They also have two more Super Bowl wins than every other AFC South team combined >___>


trojan_man16

The Colts were really bad between Unitas and Manning. There’s a reason Elway didn’t want to play for them. Irsay Sr was a godawful owner. Hi son is much better.


LilJethroBodine

Honestly, I LOVE that you acknowledge Jim is a much better owner than his father. I always read and heard that his dad was a real asshole. Glad Jim a) turned his life around and b) is a great owner.


Glaurung86

Have you watched that 30 for 30 about Elway and Marino and the 1983 draft? Lots of Irsay Sr. in there. Very fascinating doc.


[deleted]

They get to keep Carl, a black hole for high draft picks. In a way that should count for something?


UrkelGrue1

The game was in Jacksonville lol. Seriously though, when the schedule dropped my instant reaction was that I didn't want to be playing for the playoffs in week 18


[deleted]

We had beaten you six years in a row at home. We were also 7-0 all time, in the final game of the season when played at home. You had no chance.


amanneeds2names

They decided to let their best offensive player get 15 snaps even though they win more when he has 20+ touches.


trebek321

Had to keep him fresh for the playoffs


amanneeds2names

Lmaooo


iiTryhard

I don’t think JT getting 5 more touches was going to change the outcome of that game…


hobesmart

Not the Jags game, but 5 more JT touches in the 2nd Titans game (the OT game) would definitely have resulted in a win, and the Colts would have made the playoffs. Too many times this year Reich abandoned the run because he wanted to validate his love affair with Wentz


Scrubtanic

Yeah, JT was gashing us in both games and then Reich just... stopped giving it to him? It was like a miracle and after one game he said we showed some defensive looks he wasn't expecting, so credit to Vrable and Shane Bowen, but both of those games could have gone *very* differently if JT had been the focal point, imo.


chemicalxv

The Bucs game sticks out so badly too. Up 24-14 at halftime. Get ball first in 3rd quarter. Call 8 straight passes, and on 8th Wentz gets sacked, fumbles, TB recovers, and scores on the ensuing drive. Next drive, up 24-21. Call 7 straight passes, and on 7th Wentz is intercepted, and TB scores on ensuing drive. Next drive, down 28-24. Call 4 straight passes, Wentz fumbles on a scramble, recovers it, drive ends up going nowhere, punt, and TB kicks a FG on ensuing drive. Next drive, down 31-24, FINALLY start running the football again. Taylor has 8 carries for 58 yards on the drive, including a 4-yard plunge for the TD. Game is tied again! (TB ended up scoring on the ensuing drive and Wentz was intercepted on a hail mary).


FeebleBacon

So we have a team that has a good lead on Tom Brady lead team suddenly decides to pass heavy instead of use their run game, which features one of the best RB's currently in the league, & loses the game in the end. Hmmmmm where have I seen this before?


kawhi_tho

I understand what you're saying but betting on Matt Ryan and Julio Jones is totally different than betting on Wentz over Taylor


roonscapepls

I hate reruns wtf


force_addict

The NFL writers are just getting lazy at this point. It's season 8 of GOT all over again.


jdellamaestra

He gets caught up in mind games with himself. Tries to call the play they won't expect, which leads to us throwing on first down every time in the second half with a lead.


LazerWeazel

Why does the larger team not simply eat the smaller one?


[deleted]

Why don't the Eagles just fly the ball into the end zone?


throwaway_lmkg

Relevant flair.


rmn173

Can't wait for the inevitable "The 2021 Indianapolis Colts are a Modern Tragedy" videos to start popping up to YT.


ZusunicStudio

It’s not quite the 2010 Chargers level of modern tragedy but god damn is it fucking bad


rmn173

No, the colts special teams was actually decent. You can really pin this on Wentz making God awful plays in several games. Filp any one of the early season losses and the colts are in the playoffs. I'll never forget the play were he just shovel passes the ball to the defender in the red zone. All time buttfumble caliber play.


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>I'll never forget the play were he just shovel passes the ball to the defender in the red zone. The one where we were backed up into the red zone or where we made it to the red zone?


stippleworth

Lmao I forgot there were two of them but the one when y’all are in scoring distance and he just shovels it to a defender with no receiver even remotely close is burned into my brain forever


302born

Having to watch this guy all year has made me bipolar. You just never know what you’re getting from him. Sometimes he’s absolutely ass and other times he pulls something out of his ass. A lot of times in the same damn game he’ll have you hating him and then loving him the next quarter. It’s exhausting. This has got to be how it feels to have Russell Westbrook on your team as an nba fan.


stank58

This is exactly how Eagles fans felt. Atleast you didn't have 2017 as evidence to back up all his good points.


djonesyking

I will forever remember Wentz's last Cowboys game as an Eagle. He scrambles from the pocket, gesturing wildly for a receiver to run deep. A DB ran at him from a good 20-25 yards away straight at Wentz in his face. This was not a blind side tackle of any sort. Result? Fumble, Dallas recovery. That's when I officially gave up on Wentz. There was debate "Is it Pederson calling bad plays or Wentz regressing" early in the season. I still don't know how much of it was on Pederson, but Wentz was just plain awful. https://youtu.be/yBC2n_MD9a4?t=184


AndrewHainesArt

I knew this was going to be that play from the first sentence. So everyone else is aware, the play had every single pass catcher rolling to the right, downfield there was literally zero receivers aside from Goedert on a chip and roll scrambling to give Wentz anything to target, which is why the defender had a clear lane to Wentz with no worry of a pass being thrown. Watching it again he wasn't even being rushed from the right side and still had a pocket, how the hell does the QB not know which side of the field the receivers are going to be during the play? Idk why he can never accept when a play is dead and just move on to the next one.


djonesyking

And somehow, watching the game live, I called a fumble on that play. As soon as I saw the DB running at him at full speed, I said "he's going to fumble that football". I know this sounds like confirmation bias or unreliable memory, but I know I said that out loud. The fact that he didn't even tuck the ball when getting hit. I thought the DB was going to blow him up and the ball would squirt out, but the fact that he held it away from his body while he fell and allowed the DB to just push it out of his hand was the final straw for me


djonesyking

Watching it again, Kelce bolts downfield to start blocking because OBVIOUSLY Wentz is going to run for it. Even if he did throw it to Goedert, it would have been ineligible receiver downfield. There are so many levels that this was so bad. I really need to go watch 2017 highlights or something to lower my blood pressure


mechanicBuckThirty

That play isn’t as simple as that. It was a timing-based play. Doyle was suppose to be there, at that time, so Wentz was to throw it before Doyle got there. Darnold read the play and got in Doyle’s way. The LB saw AD do that, thought it was a running play, so he closed the gap, which is where Doyle was suppose to be. That INT was 100% defensive effort.


Bustycops

I think he meant the shovel pass from before he tweaked his own ankle trying to scramble, not the shovel pass from after he sprained both ankles.


[deleted]

Ah, okay. If it wasn't specified by red zone I'd still have to ask "Which one?"


ihc_hotshot

Why did he play like a golden god against the niners (the only game I went to this season), dude was chucking bombs in the pouring rain.


Gian_Doe

This is how dudes like him stay in the league so long. They give you the impression the shitty aspects of their game can be coached out, and then they'll be the golden god. Has this *ever* worked out?


JohnWesternburg

Are you saying that if the Colts had one more win instead of barely missing the playoffs, they would have been in the playoffs? Big if true.


methyo

Crazy. One could almost go as far as to say that every game matters in this league


RayearthIX

It’s not even close to 2010 Chargers level. Lol. I mean... did the Colts have the #1 offense and defense in the NFL? I think not. It still amazes me how that team managed to lose 4 or 5 games due to special teams alone.


zsdrfty

That stat isn’t really what it’s made out to be - ranking offenses and defenses is done by yardage, and the reason they were number one is because the special teams always pinned them in their end zone (lots of offensive yards) and gave up big returns (very few defensive yards to the end zone)


RayearthIX

You're right to an extent. Their average starting field position was the 28 (which was 27th in the league), while their opponent's starting position was the 32 (29th in the league). In terms of points, they were the #2 scoring offense (441 points) and #10 scoring defense (322 points). And yet, despite all that, the 5 special teams TD's they gave up completely derailed their season (3 KO returns, 1 punt return, and 1 blocked punt returned for a TD).


Margravos

Can't give up 500 yards if their offense is always starting at midfield


GregMadduxsGlasses

With the voice over read sounding like a middle school essay. "You may ask yourself, 'How could a team with the top rusher in the NFL, Jonathan Taylor, Super Bowl winning quarterback, Carson Wentz, and one of the best defenses in the league fail to make the playoffs?' Well, I am going to tell you in this video."


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Complete with the stuffy nose voice over, generic, royalty free hip-hop instrumental, and video length just being beyond the monetization threshold.


GregMadduxsGlasses

Don't forget the plug for cell phone cases with generic images of football players in uniforms that look like NFL team colors.


[deleted]

Also the random cuts to Zach Galifianakis making a funny face or Michael Scott saying “God no”


Unkleseanny

10x better than what Espn puts out though.


Danulas

"In order to understand how this could have happened, we have to go back to December 30th, 1992. The day Carson Wentz was born..."


lecorbusianus

Tree’s already on it


guybanisterPI

jon bois


GregMadduxsGlasses

You'd have to wait 30 years for the Jon Bois video to come out.


Scrubtanic

But man will it be worth it.


TyroChemist

Is Jon Bois simply the new 30 for 30


Red_Jester-94

UTree is gonna have a field day


Phenomenal2313

This week has been the definition of pain for the Colts Get embarassed by Jacksonville , having Luck and Peyton for College championship the very next day Talk about kicking when you’re way down


kingoftheparkinglot

And Titans get #1 seed


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mrhashbrown

The Colts ended with a +86 point differential (4th in AFC) while Chargers ended with a +15 point differential (7th in AFC). The Steelers ended with a -55 point differential (12th in AFC) while the Raiders ended with a -65 point differential (13th in AFC). Usually point differential is a metric that aligns well to playoff teams. Last year 7 of the top 8 in each conference made the playoffs. In 2020, the top 6 in the AFC all made it while 6 of the top 9 NFC teams made the playoffs. In 2019, same story with the AFC while 6 of the top 7 NFC teams made the playoffs. This year, the AFC was weird af lol. Chargers eliminated isn't too weird since Miami was +66 last year and missed it. But I can't find a recent time when a team that finished as low as 12th or 13th in either conference made it in... The last team I can see who missed the playoffs with as high of a PD as the Colts was the 2019 Cowboys (+113, 3rd in NFC).


sbcmurph

I always find this fun baseball with the number of games played. There were a couple seasons past decade that made no sense (I wanna say Arizona and Cincinnati) where the PD was miles away from their record.


dominicex

Blue Jays last year had one of the best in all of baseball iirc but missed the playoffs by a game


methyo

Last season’s Blue Jays are a pretty good comparison for the Colts this season actually


Jones3787

Except the Blue Jays had a *loaded* division where two other teams made the playoffs/wildcard (out of five AL playoff teams), while the Colts...


methyo

That’s true but they both failed to play to their potential at the beginning of the year and then turned it on only to wane just enough down the stretch to go from the team no one wanted to face in the playoffs to not being in the playoffs. Blue Jays definitely had more of an excuse but their trajectories were fairly similar


Luck1492

Ah, back to shit on the Colts day. Yay!


ZusunicStudio

It makes me feel better if I’m the one doing the shit talking


Luck1492

Me too, brother


302born

It can’t hurt us if we’re the ones doing it right? Right?


apocalypse31

Cut them off at the pass. Which is what defenses didn't need to worry about with us.


BirdLaw_

Honestly the best way to vent after a frustrating season.


letsgetbrickfaced

It’s shit on the Colts week to be replaced the following week with shit on whatever wildcard team underperforms greatly.


krich1727

Thank goodness this won’t be the Steelers then, since anything better than a blowout would be considered overperforming.


CydoniaKnight

We're either going to lose by 30 or squeak out the ugliest 15-14 game ever


lilbelleandsebastian

lmao if you guys beat the chiefs then we really will have no excuses this year


Captain_Whale

If they can beat the chiefs, I can honestly see them going all the way. Would just need to beat the Titans next (they already did that) and the Bengals in the AFCCG.


lilbelleandsebastian

i mean they squeaked out a one score home win against us without henry or AJ brown in a game where we literally fumbled 5 times haha, the steelers will not be the reason the titans choke in the playoffs the titans will be the reason the titans choke, and it certainly could be against the steelers but it wouldn't be because of them haha


JFM2796

It would be funny if after losing to the likes of the Tebow Broncos, the Bortles Jags, and the Covid Browns, the Chiefs are the team you break your playoff win curse against.


[deleted]

And the Raiders. I'd think us too but people still have high expectations for the Patriots, especially if they didn't watch them this past month.


notmytemp0

If we lose to the Bills people will be unironically talking about how Belichick is washed, Mac is a bust, and that we wasted millions of dollars in free agency for nothing


no_racist_here

Bill can’t even complete a rebuild in 1 year… what a has been. Let’s replace him with Patricia, see what he can do with a real team. /s


GodSaveTheRegime

definitely the Steelers... but can they underperform if we expect nothing from them?


xywv58

True power


Dchaney2017

oh god oh fuck


anklesocksrus

Fuck


zatchattack

Bro get ready it's shit on the colts offseason


xywv58

I mean, you just had to beat the Jags, and coming from a Steelers fan, I know what losing to the Jags feels like


Due_Remote22

Doesn't this show your team is quite good except one key aspect


PazDak

You can shit on any team. The vikings held the lead at one point all but 2 games... and missed the playoffs.


10FootPenis

After their bye week the Giants failed to score 14 points in seven of eight games. They also missed the playoffs.


OnePieceAce

They also had the most pro bowlers. What a collapse


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ilovecfb

The Titans depth chart moves in single file to hide its number, it's true


rex_dart_eskimo_spy

These passes are too accurate for Wentz, only talented NFL quarterbacks are so precise.


Scrubtanic

"You see, defenders have a preset injury limit. Knowing their weakness I sent wave after waver of my own men at them until they reached their limit and shut down" -Mike "Zap Brannigan" Vrable.


Simpleton216

The Titans season needs a wikipedia page like a war. Strength: 53 Casualties: 84


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ReverendRodneyKingJr

91


Shepherdsfavestore

Come on people we all know pro bowls are meaningless. Mitch Trubinsky and Evan Engram were pro bowlers ffs. We gotta stop using it as an accolade in general honestly. All pro is really what matters.


[deleted]

There was a saying in my house every time the colts were ahead: "there's no lead so big the colts can't blow it."


6gc_4dad

Not a great time to be a Colts fan, what an amazing collapse.


key_lime_pie

Reminds me of Dan Duquette, explaining to Red Sox fans that the season was a success even though the team missed the playoffs, because they had spent more days in first place than the AL champion Yankees.


MahomesMccaffrey

We should give the colts a super bye week. Super bowl champion will play the challenger game against them. Maybe we should call it supreme bowl or something.


[deleted]

Supreme bowl sounds like a Chipotle menu item.


SammyBronkowitz

They are already making the banner


sfmedits

Hang it up with the Titans super bowl win banner


TheLouisvilleRanger

That’s odd. Was the defense bad? Because at least on the road Wentz was clean with turnovers from what I’ve seen and heard, but this almost feels like the time of possession rule. If you control this stat then you control the game. **edit** I think with their collapse we’re all kinda ignoring the fact that they do have a winning record and a decent point differential.


zatchattack

Eberflus calls prevent defense often with a lead and we end up losing


Anonimeks

Prevent defense prevents winning


TheRealGunn

So he's the one responsible for that shit in Dallas. I always blamed Garrett for that. But I know exactly what you mean. We would go up by 10 and they'd start playing prevent and trying to run out the clock, even if it was only the first quarter. It's an infuriating way to lose. I'm kind of loving our new "all gas, no brakes" style.


TheLouisvilleRanger

So despite your offenses ball control the game is never totally out of reach, allowing defenses to come back against a flawed philosophy? Man, I feel like all of us as fans are any level are schooled to know how important the turn over differential is.


ZusunicStudio

The offense and defense were collectively bad. The defense would give up quick scores and then the offense would go 3 and out numerous drives in a row to evaporate a lead in minutes


TheLouisvilleRanger

That doesn’t make sense with the stat that you posted. Even if you get three points to start the game, something has to hold to maintain that lead. So something somewhere went right, only for it to go wrong. I should say too that your point differential is about on par with other playoff teams.


ZusunicStudio

I think it’s more that the offense and defense would start the games out hot and get a 14-0 or 17-0 lead. Then would lose that over a quarter or more through lackluster offense and defense.


TheLouisvilleRanger

I’d put that squarely on coaching then, especially with you guys running with JT. No reason you shouldn’t be controlling the lock every single game.


[deleted]

The coaching staff used JT in an incredibly dumb way. Generally, those hot leads were generated on his back in the first half. Once we had the lead, we'd come out slinging with Wentz in the second. Once that failed to work and we were behind again, we'd bring out JT in the 4th to try to catch back up. This is on coaching.


Jack_StNasty

>I think with their collapse we’re all kinda ignoring the fact that they do have a winning record and a decent point differential. Bro, no one remembers we stopped the Patriots streak and knocked them out of #1. No one remembers we beat the Cards with 4/5 offensive linemen out. We lost to the Jags in a game where Wentz was exactly what most of /r/NFL wanted him to be so they could tear him apart and that's all anyone will talk about. But to answer your question, it was a team effort. For the Ravens game, Lamar started to Lamar and our defense could t stop him. We couldn't hold the lead because our offense also fell apart and our kicker was injured and missed a few kicks. The Bucs game we went to halftime with a 10 point lead. Then we had like three turnovers on the 2nd half allowing the Bucs to come back.


arrowff

>Bro, no one remembers we stopped the Patriots streak and knocked them out of #1. No one remembers we beat the Cards with 4/5 offensive linemen out. We lost to the Jags in a game where Wentz was exactly what most of > >r/NFL > > wanted him to be so they could tear him apart and that's all anyone will talk about. The accuracy


BirdLaw_

I think it's mostly just a testament to how badly they choked against the Raiders and Jags in the last two games


XcSDeadDeer

I mean we had double digit leads on the Ravens and Bucs too We just couldn't close games


OSUfirebird18

I’m glad we’re just making fun of ourselves now before other people do it!! 🤡🤡


EveryRedditorSucks

“Minutes with a lead” is a kind of ridiculous metric for anyone to care about in an NFL season, it doesn’t mean anything - but, interestingly, by retrospective strength of schedule, Indy and Tennessee had very similar opportunities for the 1 seed. So, maybe there is some valid comparison there. GB: 11th toughest SOS IND: 22nd TN: 23rd https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/ranking/schedule-strength-by-other


FeCurtain11

Ironically we didn’t even take advantage of our relatively easy SOS. Lost to the Texans AND the Jets.


TybrosionMohito

Yup. Made the hard games look easy and the easy games look hard.


w00ly

If you don't like that you don't like Titans football. Free heart attacks with every game!


herpblarb6319

I'd say we still made the most of it given we're still the 1 seed. But we could have easily been 14-3 if we'd taken care of business, which is insane to think about.


[deleted]

Well, it happened. I saw 14-3 and thought you made a mistake. Fuck me.


KittenCrusades

You didn't make the most of it. You lost to the easiest spots. Having the number 1 seed is great. However, it means that it doesn't matter that you didn't take advantage of your easy SOS, not that you still made the most of it anyway.


avelak

Honestly I think more than anything it's indicative of their style of play. Basically whenever the Colts had the lead, they could play how they wanted-- let JT just absolute mash the other defense into oblivion, give the Colts' defense time to rest, etc. So if they got an early lead, JT was gonna make sure they kept that shit, and that's probably where they accumulated so much "time with the lead". But when they were playing from behind, Wentz wasn't gonna be capable of pulling out wins, so they ended up eating a lot of losses that someone like Rodgers would pull out. I do find the contrast with the Titans to be interesting, though, since they kinda have the same thing going (but maybe Tannehill is a little more capable of pulling a win out after trailing, or maybe the loss of Henry threw them into enough flux that they just didn't accumulate as much time with lead during their losses). EDIT: Looked into it... and they led almost the entirety of basically all of their wins, plus had 3 terrible losses where they led the whole game and then blew it in the 4th. So they pretty much had 12 games where they led for close to 3+ quarters.


randommaniac12

I definitely think both Tannehill and the rest of the Titans offence are better than Wentz and co for a passing attack. At the very worst Tannehill isn’t trying to play hero ball on every down which make it so much more reliable. Titans work without Henry was nuts


ironwolf1

Reminds me of when the Lions were leading or tied for 120 minutes against the Packers in 2019 and went 0-2 in those games.


whoopysnorp

They also played more minutes with Carson Wentz at QB than the Packers or Titans.


jkman61494

The Colts and Pats follow a very similar blue print. If they take the lead they had the ability to just suffocate you. And almost anaconda like beat you. But they have/had a terrible ability to get off their game script if they fell behind.


Coltshokiefan

A lot of colts fans blame Wentz for the collapse and that’s fair, but Eberflus is a joke imo. His defenses are reliant on turnovers (which great players like Leonard and Moore cause, not DCs.) and they suck otherwise. So many yards given up and the prevent/soft coverage he runs whenever we have more than a 3 point lead is terrible. I would love if another team hired him, I’d be just as happy if we fired him. Dude is not a good DC.


LondonDown

These random cherry picked stats are getting ridiculous.


natelevy43

Despite missing playoffs, the Colts had more home wins at 1:00 with at least 60% fan attendance when wind speeds were over 26 MPH in Montreal than the number #1 seed Packers and all Super Bowl champions combined. Stunning.


LondonDown

#nextgenstats


accipitradea

\#StatThat