Embarrassing season for Colts !

Embarrassing season for Colts continues with the biggest meltdown in NFL history

Table of Contents

• Embarrassing season for Colts continues with the biggest meltdown in NFL history
• The Colts squander the greatest lead in NFL history.
• Vikings clinch NFC North with biggest comeback in NFL history

In a Week 15 showdown against the Minnesota Vikings, the Indianapolis Colts lost the greatest lead in NFL history, falling 39-36.

Prior to Week 15, the Indianapolis Colts have not played since Week 13 against the Dallas Cowboys. In the game, Indy had surrendered 33 points in the fourth quarter and was defeated 54-19. It was humiliating. To make matters worse, it happened on Sunday Night Football, so the entire NFL world saw the humiliation. It was a new low for the Colts in a season full of them, and everyone mistakenly felt it couldn’t get much worse. Indianapolis didn’t take long to prove everyone incorrect.

Following a Week 14 bye, the Indianapolis Colts returned to action against the Minnesota Vikings in a nationally broadcast game. The Colts dominated the first half, going out to a 33-0 lead. Everything was falling into place for Indy. A blocked punt for a touchdown, a pick-six, Indy forcing a fumble, it was all there.

The Colts were completely overwhelming the Vikings. This resulted in Minnesota being clowned on social media. Everyone was calling the Vikings a sham, and they became the punchline to the league’s jokes. The Colts, on the other hand, must have been envious because they immediately recaptured that spot.

The Colts squander the greatest lead in NFL history.

It’s pointless to try to pin the blame on a single person or group of people. When a game is lost in this manner, everyone is to blame. The defence, which gave up 39 points in the first half, the offence, which only managed a field goal after halftime, and all of the coaches and coordinators. This is a franchise-defining defeat that necessitates reform. It may not be quick because Indy has already shuffled so much, but the team has to regroup this offseason.

The previous record for the biggest comeback in NFL history was 32 points, held by the Buffalo Bills in 1993. Frank Reich, Indy’s recently sacked head coach, led them to a comeback victory in a Wild Card playoff game. Reich’s old crew was now on the wrong side of history.

The Colts haven’t fared well this season, but one thing they’ve done excellently is set new lows. Just when it appears that the season can’t get any worse or that Indy can’t think of a more humiliating way to lose, the club makes the wrong kind of history. We can’t even say this is rock bottom because the Colts still have three games remaining, including a primetime Week 16 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers.

Vikings clinch NFC North with biggest comeback in NFL history

The Vikings win the NFC North with the greatest comeback in NFL history. On Saturday, Minnesota pulled off another miracle, overcoming a 33-point deficit and won in overtime for the greatest comeback in NFL history. With the Vikings behind 33-0 entering the second half, all hope looked lost for a club that had given the Colts opportunities with a blocked punt returned for a touchdown, a lost fumble near the red zone, a botched fake punt that led to another score, and a pick-six.

With the defence holding the Colts to three points and 102 total yards in the second half, the offence was given a spark by K.J. Osborn (10 receptions, 157 yards, TD) and rattled off three consecutive touchdown drives beginning with 8:26 left in the third quarter, clawing their way back into the game despite turning the ball over twice (interception, downs) in the fourth quarter and forcing overtime thanks to Dalvin Cook’s incredible 64-yard touchdown and The Vikings scored 22 points in the fourth quarter to force overtime, but the crazy continued when the Vikings took the ball first only to punt it away at midfield.

After the Colts were stopped for the final time, Kirk Cousins marched down the field and connected with Justin Jefferson for a vital 13-yard gain to put Greg Joseph in field goal range. In the most dramatic fashion possible for a Week 15 intraconference game, Joseph booted the 40-yard field goal to cap the amazing comeback and clinch the NFC North title.