The margin for error is gone. Another loss for the Indianapolis Colts in the 2025 season would mark the end. Things are looking dire, but not all hope is lost. They have tough games ahead of them, but they have the best possible games too. The schedule lines up perfectly with what they are trying to accomplish, and while there will be many factors in play that will make it difficult to predict where everything will land, the Colts still have a shot.

Obviously, it all starts this week with the 49ers on Monday Night Football. Not to look past...

The Indianapolis Colts signed offensive guards LaDarius Henderson and Bill Murray, as well as offensive tackle Zach Thomas to their practice squad.

Regarding Henderson, the 6’4”, 309 pound offensive guard was selected by the Houston Texans in the 7th round of the 2024 NFL Draft. The former CFP National Champion and All-Big Ten offensive guard for Michigan has yet to appear in an NFL game. He was a member of the Cleveland Browns practice squad earlier this season.

Meanwhile, Murray at 6,3”, 321 pounds, is a former undrafted free agent who played from the New England Patriots from 2020-23 and...

Thanks to the nflFastR project, Pro Football Focus and NFL NextGen Stats for the timely sources of data.

For those of you new to this, I will publish key QB stats each week judging how well the Colts’ QB performed. Yes, O-Line, receivers, and play-calling impact these numbers but they are primarily QB measures. I will probably modify the charts throughout the season. Commentary will be brief but feel free to let me know in the comments that stats aren’t everything. (click charts for larger view)

Obviously, an out-of-shape 44-year-old with just four days to prepare for what is...

Indianapolis, IN — The Indianapolis Colts have been desperately trying to replicate their golden pass rush era, which was headlined by a star-studded wrecking crew off the edge of Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis.

Despite not rostering a superstar edge rusher since those two retired, the Colts have found success in the 2020s by taking a pass-rush-by-committee approach. Winning with the aggregate hasn’t been sexy nor consistent from year to year, but it did culminate in a franchise-record 51 sacks in 2023.

For the majority of the Chris Ballard era, the Colts have consistently struggled to generate edge disruption, despite...

I didn’t think I would be doing a Philip Rivers breakdown this season, but here we are!

Let’s go play by play and review how he did in his return to the NFL after being retired for 5 years. Below are all his pass attempts from the game, which can be watched directly on Youtube.

Play 1 – Deep Pass Incomplete to Jonathan Taylor

This was one of his weaker throws of the game. A happy feet panicky throw in the pocket and he throws up a prayer one on one. It actually could’ve been caught by Taylor, but 50/50...

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Blake Grupe

4/4 on his kicks, including 54, and 60 yard makes, the last one to put the Colts up with less than a minute remaining in the game. This was perhaps the Colts’ best kicking performance since Matt Gay in Baltimore two seasons ago, and it is even more impressive considering Grupe was just signed off the Saints’ practice squad this week. After such a performance he has earned himself the starting position the rest of the year, and will be competing with Shrader for the job next spring.

Shane Steichen/Lou Anarumo

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Anthony Richardson has been medically cleared and the talk is how fans could see him on the field again this season for the Indianapolis Colts. That was something that was in doubt after suffering an orbital fracture, but the facts are that he could be on the sidelines very soon, emphasis on sidelines. Once again, all of this is in doubt as we approach the end of the season, but the Colts brought Philip Rivers in for a reason and to pull the rug out from under him after one or two games would be the ultimate slap in the...

On Monday, the Indianapolis Colts lost two linebackers off their practice, as Chad Muma and Anthony Walker Jr were claimed by the New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers respectively.

Having been claimed from the Jacksonville Jaguars from final 53-man roster cuts, Muma appeared in 5 games for the Colts this season, recording 5 tackles (3 solo). The 26-year-old linebacker was waived by the Colts on November 1st before later being re-signed to the team’s practice squad prior to New England poaching him.

As for Walker Jr., the 30-year-old, former 5th round pick of the Colts had yet...

According to head coach Shane Steichen, the Indianapolis Colts have already made a decision on who will start at quarterback for next Monday night’s matchup hosting the San Francisco 49ers.

It will be veteran quarterback Philip Rivers again for a consecutive start (via ESPN’s Stephen Holder):

Having not played pro football in nearly 5 years, the 44-year-old Rivers ‘did a lot of good’ on the road against one of the league’s best defenses, with Indianapolis narrowly pulling off the shocking road upset in the game’s closing seconds. It wasn’t perfect by any means, but Rivers showed a lot of grit...

It is great to have a 44 year old vocal leader on your team, but his role should not be as your starting QB. Yesterday, Rivers made the entire team feel like they had a chance to win as a 13.5 point underdog. The rest of the team maintained that feeling, even after watching dying quails, stumbles, and a 15 yard max on the ball flight of their QB. The feeling was “We are going to win this dag-gon thing”, which should be how a team feels each and every week. A QB can be and often is the guy...

According to CBS Sports Matt Zenitz, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson has been medically cleared to practice after recovering the past several weeks from surgery for his fractured orbital bone:

Zenitz’s report was later confirmed by CBS4/FOX59’s Mike Chappell.

However, Chappell indicated that, “There’s no indication he’ll return for one of the Indianapolis Colts’ final three games.”

Richardson has been out since Week 6 (October 12th), when he fractured his eye socket during his pre-game training routine, when his medical band somehow snapped, suffering a freak accident for the already oft-injured young quarterback.

He had been eligible to return...

8-6, four losses in a row, and the playoffs look further and further away each week, but gaddumit this one was fun. I cannot bring myself to be mad about this one. Yes it would have been amazing to win it, especially after being so close, but everyone gave their uttermost effort yesterday, and the coaching was elite, against such a tough and formidable opponent. It was also Philip Rivers’ first game back, and to my surprise he actually looked somewhat decent, which gives me a bit of hope for the end.

MVP of the Game: Blake Grupe...