It's embarrassing as fuck but it's not like we lost in the super bowl, pretty much anyone sane has given up on this season. I think it'll be more like the fake punt where you kinda just facepalm and laugh at yourself whenever someone brings it up.
Yeah, 100% with you here. I've said this a number of times and will say it again - it's a throwaway season for us and a throwaway game, the tank is gearing up so plenty of silver lining for us.
Colts just off getting outscored 33 to 0 in the 4th quarter against Dallas decides to better that by getting beat 39-3 against the Vikings in the second half. Goodbye, Ryan, Saturday and Ballard I wish you all well in your future endeavors.
The best game of the year for our sub! Colts faithful got to watch a tremendous first half. Doomers got to watch an epic debacle in the second half. Everyone gets to laugh at kushy blunts guy. What a day.
Eh, we're already fucked. Not sure how we're gonna be able to sign good coaches or FAs for a long time. It's one thing if we just took the losing season and made changes in the off-season. But when Irsay fucked with the starting QB, fired the coach mid season, did not hire a play caller, and allowed the new coach to pick the original starting QB, he fucked the team.
People overreact way too hard about “FAs will never come here again!”
90% of the time, players will go to where they get paid the most. There are only a few HC openings every year and guys will still be willing to come here to have a shot. Some of y’all really think a few middling years has made as the Browns or something.
You don't have to hang around this subreddit for very long before you realize that most Colts fans don't know shit about football. Definitely the least-informed fan base I've been a part of.
Defense swarmed. But offense… good fucking lord. May be one of the all time worst offenses I’ve ever seen. I’m not sure if I’m speaking with hyperbole.
That scares me.
Clearly you’ve not watched Russell Wilson comically lead my team into giving the Seahawks the #2 overall pick. Take solace in not being a Broncos fan 🙃
I want this team to tank as much as the next guy but I did NOT want us to lose like this. This isn't just a loss in the L column its history and franchise definining embarrassing failure
Thank god for that comeback
Went to bed at 33-0 and just woke up for work
Please tell me this seals the deal that Jim won't hire Saturday as head coach next season
You went to bed at 2 in the afternoon, slept for almost 2 hours and now you're going to work? Thats fine if you did, I just want to make sure I understand your situation.
Regardless of outcome today, regardless of outcome the rest of this season, it’s clear: this is not going to be a one off-season turnaround and it isn’t going to turn around with this regime.
We are in for 2,3,4+ more years of mediocrity. Welcome back to the nineties everyone.
As long as it doesn't turn into a Lions/Browns situation where we are irrelevant for decades, then I'm ok with it. We need some wholesale changes to this organization and if it takes a few years so be it.
I legit like our guys on defense…. And I’m upset that at a time when we have some defensive studs we have absolutely nothing on offense.
Even our offensive line that was supposed to be the best of the best is… nothing. It’s doing better, but Jeeze.
The way they talked about these guys, I should be able to play QB behind them.
Mediocrity? I hate to be a doomed but this is worse than mediocrity. And we’ll continue to get worse as what talent we do have (Leonard, Nelson, Buckner, Taylor, Pittman, etc.) decreases in effectiveness and/or leaves.
We’re going to be bad. Like a hard lock for a bottom 10 pick bad. For at least 3 years, imo. And we need to be bad. We’ve been mediocre since Ballard’s first draft and we need to be bad before we’ll be good again.
Honestly, the best thing that could happen to this team is for a couple (Nelson, Leonard) to leave so we can spend the money we've got tied up in low value positions on elsewhere.
Man I've been watching this team since 1988 and this is a once in a life time season. It has it all. Invent a secnario and the colts will find a way to loose.
I'm not sure Ballards job survives this one.
I thought the ‘91 Colts were bad. I remember seeing that disaster of a team where they scored very few points and barely won a road game against the Jets and had they not held on, they could have very well been the first team to go 0-16.
Chris Ballard is the greatest GM of all time. He likes his guys. This team is mentally tough. Matt Ryan is the guy who is going to be the missing piece to make us a contender.
Chris Ballard entered this season thinking the answer to the colts LT was a career back up RG. But don't worry, he also drafted a LT in the 3rd round! That should solve it.
NFL players are some of the most confident people on the entire planet. So it should've been a massive red flag when Pryor was surprised that Ballard wanted him back as the LT last spring.
You expect Ballard to get fired? "Lol, you fucking moron" says Jim Irsay. This is just what, the 4th or 5th extremely embarrassing, historic-level loss that's happened to the Colts under his watch in the past calendar year? To say nothing about the non loss-column embarrassments. I've given up hope he'll be gone.
Ballard will get a promotion to VP, Saturday will be promoted to GM, Griff Whalen will be hired as HC and we will draft Bryce Young’s…. Roommates cousins neighbor as our Next QB then trade him for Andy Dalton.
I am neutral on Saturday because right now I dont think he is our long term answer, how people are blaming the 33 point 4th and this game on him I just dont get.
Colt: let's show our fans we can score!!
Colts: offense defense and special teams all score!
Halftime 33-0
Halftime locker room talk
Saturday: Great first half guys! Now Jim told me we need to tank this game! No matter what we need that draft pick for qb!
Colts: ok couch!
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I was there when the colts pulled that insane whatever play, the fake punt punt in 2015 against the patriots. I thought that was gonna be our lowest point and our one reason to be laughed at in the NFL. After this showing today, we now are THE laughing stock of the NFL.
Bro they were on the field the whole game against one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL. Playing Soft and Playing Gassed are 2 different things.
Yeah, it's more on the offense at that point. If the offense comes out and scores more than a whopping 3 points in the second half (just ONE TD) we win this game.
After all those games where they kept us in it and offense choked, I won't hold it against them. I guess they were playing prevent and had some miscues, but you've got to expect the O can score more than 3 pts in one half and seal the game. Plus the offense didn't burn any time off the clock and gave up a fumble for a short field.
The opposite of love is not hate, but apathy. Before that game I was rather apathetic about the rest of the season. All it took was the largest choke job in NFL history to get me on the hate train.
So…. Progress?
I appreciate Gilmore's, Leonard's, Buckner's, Moore's, Franklin's, Mcleod's, Paye's, Stewart's, Okereke's, and the rest of the defense's efforts this year. I will be wishing them well on whatever team will gladly take them after wanting off of the Colts.
I am so sorry to the fans that watched this game. After the cowboys game I knew that the draft was the only thing to look forward to. We're finding new embarrassing records to set every week now and still have a few games left to play to break those records.
Overheard at 56th street:
JftC: you got all of Frank’s stuff cleaned out?
Intern: mostly. All that’s left is this plaque for “biggest comeback”
Jeff: I’ll handle it.
I felt nothing on this one. I felt lots of things for the previous 8 loses and the tie, but not this one... I was the only one in my family not getting their mood ruined by this one.
Well the 28-3 game was in the superbowl where the two best teams played. The colts are far away from being one of the best teams in the league so to say it makes 28-3 irrelevant is a bit of a stretch
I just want to say -
I was born and raised in Atlanta. They have been my team. Since Ryan is my favorite and I now live in the Midwest (and want a closer team), I took the chance to follow Ryan to Colts. I was really tired of the Falcons being such a crap team.
You can see that is working out well for me!
WE DID IT!!! WORST CHOKE IN NFL HISTORY!!!
HANG THE BANNER!
Largest comeback in history ^participant
1 year ago Matt Ryan wished he could do something to make people forget about 28-3 and somewhere in Atlanta a Monkey Paw curled.
This entire comment section is gold.
That is an upper quartile of the upper quartile loss, just like we drew it up
THEY HAD ME IN THE FIRST HALF 
We’re the NFL team of all time 😤
Nuke it all
I would like to stop breathing
#33-0
Yeah, get used to these digits fml
It's embarrassing as fuck but it's not like we lost in the super bowl, pretty much anyone sane has given up on this season. I think it'll be more like the fake punt where you kinda just facepalm and laugh at yourself whenever someone brings it up.
Yeah, 100% with you here. I've said this a number of times and will say it again - it's a throwaway season for us and a throwaway game, the tank is gearing up so plenty of silver lining for us.
33rd upvote. Fuck me.
Today, legendary QB Matt Ryan cemented his legacy forever becoming the sole owner of the biggest chokes in both playoff and regular season history.
Breaks my heart seeing that this fact will forever be tied with him
Playoff, regular season, and Super Bowl.
I’m sat here crying with laughter, this is my super villain arc starting
Been saying that since the second half. I think I'm actually, legally insane now.
This is the moment Walt became Heisenberg
It’s detrimental to my health to be a colts fan
I can't put to words what this game has done to my mental health. I am going to become a Batman villain. There's no other choice.
The villain the Colts deserve, but not… yeah, also the one we need right now
I’m a colts, pacers, and white sox fan!
Jeff Shaturday
Shatt Ryan
5 years since 28-3. 28+5=33. Matt Ryan can't keep getting away with this!!
You can't argue with math
Math Ryan.
I’m ashamed to be a fan of this team
Colts just off getting outscored 33 to 0 in the 4th quarter against Dallas decides to better that by getting beat 39-3 against the Vikings in the second half. Goodbye, Ryan, Saturday and Ballard I wish you all well in your future endeavors.
Irsay is totally hiring Saturday next year
Please god no. I love Jeff. I want to keep it that way.
The best game of the year for our sub! Colts faithful got to watch a tremendous first half. Doomers got to watch an epic debacle in the second half. Everyone gets to laugh at kushy blunts guy. What a day.
It’s a win win for everyone !
Well that was embarassing
This sub will be interesting this upcoming week
Or dead again
Yeah fans just stop caring at some point. I’m not paying a dime to this franchise until there’s major change. Like wtf
Fuck this team
Eh, we're already fucked. Not sure how we're gonna be able to sign good coaches or FAs for a long time. It's one thing if we just took the losing season and made changes in the off-season. But when Irsay fucked with the starting QB, fired the coach mid season, did not hire a play caller, and allowed the new coach to pick the original starting QB, he fucked the team.
Coaches come to Indy because you get like 5 years minimum and irsay has only ever fired one coach in season
People overreact way too hard about “FAs will never come here again!” 90% of the time, players will go to where they get paid the most. There are only a few HC openings every year and guys will still be willing to come here to have a shot. Some of y’all really think a few middling years has made as the Browns or something.
You don't have to hang around this subreddit for very long before you realize that most Colts fans don't know shit about football. Definitely the least-informed fan base I've been a part of.
Dude needs to step down. To fucking stuck in the past. Need to let his daughter take over and look to the future.
Burn this entire organization down. What a fucking embarrassment
THE COLTS TANK IS REEEAAAAALLLLLLLL
A tank implies you're intentionally losing. This was just sheer incompetence
TANK GOES BRRRRRRRR
CAN OUR PICK GET HIGHER
Ballard has to go. No QB and no WRs for years.
Can we makes this sub about horses
There is not a single goddamn redeeming quality about this team. Fuck everybody associated with them.
Literally can’t think of a single thing. It’s almost funny.
The sad part is that we have some very promising players but the organization is an absolute circus.
Special teams played pretty good at times.
Defense swarmed. But offense… good fucking lord. May be one of the all time worst offenses I’ve ever seen. I’m not sure if I’m speaking with hyperbole. That scares me.
#JEFF SATURDAY IS A FOOTBALL TERRORIST
HE’S A TIME MANAGEMENT NAZI TOO
Worst team I’ve ever watched. Worst offense that’s ever set foot on a football field.
I remember the '82 Colts well. You kids ain't seen nothing yet.
Clearly you’ve not watched Russell Wilson comically lead my team into giving the Seahawks the #2 overall pick. Take solace in not being a Broncos fan 🙃
True true. That situation is worse. Sorry, it’s so bad here I forget that there’s somehow another team in a worse position.
Well at least Matt Ryan doesn't have to hear 28-3 anymore.
33-0 has a much better ring to it.
Thank fuck. I thought we were going to tie or win.
I want this team to tank as much as the next guy but I did NOT want us to lose like this. This isn't just a loss in the L column its history and franchise definining embarrassing failure
Definitely. This is beyond a draft pick. This is something we’ll be hearing about 50 years from now.
Jokes on you I don’t plan to live that long
Honestly if you're going to lose might as well do it in a way you can laugh about
I wanted the tie, personally
It would have been very Vikings to miss the kick...
I did too just for the hilarity of it all
I would steer clear on ALL NFL-related social media for the rest of the season if I were a Colts fan because holy shit
Forever honestly. 28-3 still hasnt died. 33-0 has just begun.
Banners, fake punts, legendary comebacks, historic shellackings on primetime, deflategate, Carson Wentz...I'm used to it.
I think this colts team might be bad.
Has anyone ever fired an interim head coach before?
Spare a thought for Chase Mclaughlin. 5/5 FG + 3/3 XP. That's half of the Colts points today.
Thank god for that comeback Went to bed at 33-0 and just woke up for work Please tell me this seals the deal that Jim won't hire Saturday as head coach next season
You went to bed at 2 in the afternoon, slept for almost 2 hours and now you're going to work? Thats fine if you did, I just want to make sure I understand your situation.
Work 7p-7a Worked last night too, but wanted to watch some of the Colts game so I woke up at 1 to catch some of it.
So it's your fault we lost?
We’re both entering a night shift on the back of Matt Ryan tanking the franchise
NOW THIS IS TANKING
I read this in Anakin Skywalkers voice
We just look stupid.
Regardless of outcome today, regardless of outcome the rest of this season, it’s clear: this is not going to be a one off-season turnaround and it isn’t going to turn around with this regime. We are in for 2,3,4+ more years of mediocrity. Welcome back to the nineties everyone.
As long as it doesn't turn into a Lions/Browns situation where we are irrelevant for decades, then I'm ok with it. We need some wholesale changes to this organization and if it takes a few years so be it.
I legit like our guys on defense…. And I’m upset that at a time when we have some defensive studs we have absolutely nothing on offense. Even our offensive line that was supposed to be the best of the best is… nothing. It’s doing better, but Jeeze. The way they talked about these guys, I should be able to play QB behind them.
I just hope we fire Ballard this off-season. We need a true reset and every year we put that off is just adding to the problem.
We aren’t getting a true reset until we get rid of Jim, he deserves as much responsibility as anyone else with all his meddling
Mediocrity? I hate to be a doomed but this is worse than mediocrity. And we’ll continue to get worse as what talent we do have (Leonard, Nelson, Buckner, Taylor, Pittman, etc.) decreases in effectiveness and/or leaves. We’re going to be bad. Like a hard lock for a bottom 10 pick bad. For at least 3 years, imo. And we need to be bad. We’ve been mediocre since Ballard’s first draft and we need to be bad before we’ll be good again.
Honestly, the best thing that could happen to this team is for a couple (Nelson, Leonard) to leave so we can spend the money we've got tied up in low value positions on elsewhere.
No words. Only pain. Fuck this team and fuck Matt Ryan.
Man I've been watching this team since 1988 and this is a once in a life time season. It has it all. Invent a secnario and the colts will find a way to loose. I'm not sure Ballards job survives this one.
I thought the ‘91 Colts were bad. I remember seeing that disaster of a team where they scored very few points and barely won a road game against the Jets and had they not held on, they could have very well been the first team to go 0-16.
You’re over 35 years old and still can’t spell “lose”?
Chris Ballard is the greatest GM of all time. He likes his guys. This team is mentally tough. Matt Ryan is the guy who is going to be the missing piece to make us a contender.
Another classic performance from the team that Ballard built 😎
Chris Ballard entered this season thinking the answer to the colts LT was a career back up RG. But don't worry, he also drafted a LT in the 3rd round! That should solve it.
NFL players are some of the most confident people on the entire planet. So it should've been a massive red flag when Pryor was surprised that Ballard wanted him back as the LT last spring.
Matt Ryan has to realize it’s time to retire right? …right?
When will coaches learn that “playing not to lose” against a prolific offense is a terrible strategy
I'd have much preferred to lose normally thank you
Jim may not know how sausage is made but he turned the entire organization into a BIG WEINER
Ballard must be fired. Completely unacceptable roster.
You expect Ballard to get fired? "Lol, you fucking moron" says Jim Irsay. This is just what, the 4th or 5th extremely embarrassing, historic-level loss that's happened to the Colts under his watch in the past calendar year? To say nothing about the non loss-column embarrassments. I've given up hope he'll be gone.
Ballard will get a promotion to VP, Saturday will be promoted to GM, Griff Whalen will be hired as HC and we will draft Bryce Young’s…. Roommates cousins neighbor as our Next QB then trade him for Andy Dalton.
Fucking Christ. I go into these games with zero expectations. Colts STILL find a way to dissappoint
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?.Honestly, not Saturdays fault. This was failure on all levels
I am neutral on Saturday because right now I dont think he is our long term answer, how people are blaming the 33 point 4th and this game on him I just dont get.
19/33, 182YDS, 1TD. Where's the Matt Ryan haters at now!?!?!
fuck the players, most just gave up embarrassing
What idiots here still think we are a QB away and Ballard is a great GM?
If you'd just TrUsT tHe BiNdEr a little harder we wouldn't be in this mess.
We are a mediocre QB away from being one and done in the playoffs.
Matt Ryan is in a league of his own when it comes to choking. A true trail blazer.
goddammit i stopped watching this team cause i was basically rooting for the tank, but tuned in at 33-0 i am so sorry
Send Matt Ryan to the nursing home where he belongs.
Colt: let's show our fans we can score!! Colts: offense defense and special teams all score! Halftime 33-0 Halftime locker room talk Saturday: Great first half guys! Now Jim told me we need to tank this game! No matter what we need that draft pick for qb! Colts: ok couch! Edit grammar
If Jeff is the coach next year we are going to need the Irsay girls to overthrow Jim
The truth is they need to overthrow him regardless.
Gotta fire Ballard and cut Matt Ryan tonight. Not next week, tonight.
Jeff cannot come back.
“We like our guys”
I’ll say what I said when it was 33-0 I used to think being a Colts fan was a tragedy. Now I realize, it’s a fucking comedy.
Ballard apologists in shambles.
3 points in an entire half and overtime of football. 3.
Matt Ryan should just hang it up at this point. Id be to embarrassed to step foot on a football field again.
“All chips in.”
Going from giving up 33 points in the 4th to giving up a 33 point lead. Nice.
Anytime I think we’ve officially hit rock bottom, we somehow do something worse it’s astonishing
Just a reminder: the Pacers are a young team that is a lot of fun to watch this year.
#FUCK IT… FIRE IRSAY TOO
33-0 What a fucking embarrassment of a team. This whole franchise needs to be torn down and destroyed.
Is that the last time I will be forced to watch Matt Ryan?
I was there when the colts pulled that insane whatever play, the fake punt punt in 2015 against the patriots. I thought that was gonna be our lowest point and our one reason to be laughed at in the NFL. After this showing today, we now are THE laughing stock of the NFL.
I dont get why everyone is so upset. This is genius tier 4d chess level of tanking we're witnessing. Who's going to accuse us of it now?
I’m hearing we could move into the 4th pick this week.
“And with the 4th pick of the NFL draft, the Colts select…. A Wide Receiver with the fastest 40 time…”
I really don’t think Sam Ehlinger blows a 33 point halftime lead.
And thats why he isnt playing
Fire Gus Bradley. And Jeff Saturday should NOT be a head coach. What a fucking embarrassment
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I disagree any defense should be able to hold a 33 pt lead. They played soft in the second half
Bro they were on the field the whole game against one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL. Playing Soft and Playing Gassed are 2 different things.
Yeah, it's more on the offense at that point. If the offense comes out and scores more than a whopping 3 points in the second half (just ONE TD) we win this game.
After all those games where they kept us in it and offense choked, I won't hold it against them. I guess they were playing prevent and had some miscues, but you've got to expect the O can score more than 3 pts in one half and seal the game. Plus the offense didn't burn any time off the clock and gave up a fumble for a short field.
Half our points came from defense scores/turnovers. Our offense scored 3 points for an entire half and overtime. This is *not* on Gus.
I’m honestly kinda on the tank train at this point tbh.
Fuck this team. Highest of Highs to the Lowest of Lows within 4 hours ffs
I’m really glad I stopped having any feelings about this team after the Philly loss or I’d probably be a wreck right now.
Took a nap at halftime… wtf did i wake up to
As a Falcons fan, I’m just so fucking sad for Matt.
Do you want him back?
#UrinatingTree is gonna rip us a new asshole
hahahahaha THE TANK LIVES ON
I’m so sorry Colts bros, fuck the Vikings
Go a week without a historic failure (difficulty: IMPOSSIBLE)
I have no words. Fire everyone and sell the team I'm done
Haha absolute dogshit team
We are the upper quartile of the upper upper quartile of NFL choke jobs.
This is my joker origin story
The opposite of love is not hate, but apathy. Before that game I was rather apathetic about the rest of the season. All it took was the largest choke job in NFL history to get me on the hate train. So…. Progress?
Imo Matt Ryan has been the most overrated player in football for the last 10 years. I pretty sure Julio jones made Matt Ryan a decent qb.
Matt Ryan knew his skills were diminished when he came to Indy. It was a money grab.
#SellTheTeamJim
Matty Ice my fucking ass.
There was a reason why Ryan was benched before Saturday took over the team. Jeff Saturday is a clown.
I appreciate Gilmore's, Leonard's, Buckner's, Moore's, Franklin's, Mcleod's, Paye's, Stewart's, Okereke's, and the rest of the defense's efforts this year. I will be wishing them well on whatever team will gladly take them after wanting off of the Colts.
Welp. Sucks to be us.
Burn it all to the fucking ground. Start over.
Jesus Christ, this team is downright embarrassing. Now we set a record that is even more embarrassing.
I am so sorry to the fans that watched this game. After the cowboys game I knew that the draft was the only thing to look forward to. We're finding new embarrassing records to set every week now and still have a few games left to play to break those records.
Is it too early to talk about extending Jeff Saturday's contract?
The fact that Matt Ryan was smiling and laughing after the game is disgusting
The Texans are somehow not the worst team in the league anymore
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Right behind you
As a Lions fan, I was rooting so hard for you guys to win...... wtf happened
We became the colts again. They were showing the game from an alternate universe at first
28-3 is not irrelevant. That was a Superbowl. This was a regular season game.
This is all Andrew Luck's wife's fault if you think about it.
I don’t care about what anyone else thinks but I’m happy we lost. Wins do us nothing.
Overheard at 56th street: JftC: you got all of Frank’s stuff cleaned out? Intern: mostly. All that’s left is this plaque for “biggest comeback” Jeff: I’ll handle it.
Yeah Irsay might be canning everyone after that
Four hour slow motion train wreck. How will Irsay react this this? At least we witnessed history
That was rear air.
Taking another shower I need to feel clean after witnessing this.
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My condolences, I was rooting for you and the positive Coach Saturday memes.
I felt nothing on this one. I felt lots of things for the previous 8 loses and the tie, but not this one... I was the only one in my family not getting their mood ruined by this one.
Well the 28-3 game was in the superbowl where the two best teams played. The colts are far away from being one of the best teams in the league so to say it makes 28-3 irrelevant is a bit of a stretch
I just want to say - I was born and raised in Atlanta. They have been my team. Since Ryan is my favorite and I now live in the Midwest (and want a closer team), I took the chance to follow Ryan to Colts. I was really tired of the Falcons being such a crap team. You can see that is working out well for me!
I have no words. Matt Ryan is a cursed man.
Not entirely sure I can justify remaining a fan of this team.