According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Indianapolis Colts team owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon has already made a decision on the futures of general manager Chris Ballard and head coach Shane Steichen—both of whom will reportedly return for the 2026 campaign:

As Schefter notes, Irsay-Gordon will hold a press conference with the media on Monday.

While there’s a large contingent of Colts fans who adamantly will disagree with this latest ownership decision, particularly on retaining Ballard for another season, it does show that Irsay-Gordon still has conviction that both Ballard and Steichen remain the leadership answer for the franchise and should be given...

Both Indianapolis Colts head coach Shane Steichen and wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. addressed their murky futures with the franchise post-game, following another disappointing late season collapse (via WISH-TV News and The Athletic’s James Boyd respectively):

Regarding Steichen, the 40-year-old head coach has failed to make the playoffs in his first three years as Colts head coach, but has had to navigate a constant turnstile at the starting quarterback position. Aside from Anthony Richardson and Joe Flacco, most Colts quarterbacks have done fairly well under his tutelage—including most recently, a 44-year-old Philip Rivers (who hadn’t played in five years) and...

The Indianapolis Colts closed the 2025 season with a 38-30 loss to the Houston Texans, spiraling to a seventh straight defeat and finishing with a losing record after a 7-1 start.

Rookie quarterback Riley Leonard made his first NFL start against the league’s most unforgiving defense, but Indy’s sixth round draft pick started dealing out the gate. Leonard threw for 270 yards and accounted for three total touchdowns, becoming the first player in franchise history to throw for a pair of scores while also rushing for a touchdown in his first start.

Houston entered the regular season finale as the...

The Indianapolis Colts (8-9) both failed to make the playoffs and finish above .500, as they fell 38-30 to the Houston Texans (12-5) in the regular season finale. It was their fifth straight loss against the Texans.

With Indianapolis already eliminated from the playoffs two weeks ago, and Houston already knowing it wouldn’t be winning the division (*by peeking at the lopsided Jacksonville score that was running concurrently), this one felt like more than a preseason exhibition but less than a normal regular season game from an intensity level.

Rookie quarterback Riley Leonard was largely very good in his career...

Rookie quarterback Riley Leonard showed that he belongs after his first NFL start against the Houston Texans in the Indianapolis Colts’ 2025-26 regular season finale.

A sixth-round draft selection (189th overall) of the 2025 NFL Draft, Leonard went from training with fellow Alabama native Philip Rivers in the pre-draft process to learning directly from him in an NFL setting over the last month after Indianapolis brought in Rivers as a last-ditch effort to their season.

Both Leonard and Anthony Richardson were dealing with injuries at the time; otherwise, the Colts were expected to roll with one of them after starter...

Houston, we have a problem — it’s called stopping Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Alec Pierce.

After hauling in a 53-yard reception from rookie quarterback Riley Leonard, Pierce notched his first career 1,000+ yard season after four seasons in Indianapolis. It’s the first 1,000-yard season from a Colts passcatcher since Michael Pittman Jr. had 1,152 receiving yards in the 2023-24 season.

Against the Houston Texans in the regular season finale, Pierce totaled 4 receptions on 7 targets for 132 receiving yards (33-yard average) and 2 touchdowns. His day could’ve been even better had he not been ejected late in the third...

The Indianapolis Colts are on the road to take on the Houston Texans in week 18 of the 2025 season, kickoff is at 1:00 p.m. EST.

Well this is it. The season ends today. The season didn’t go the way anyone wanted it to, but there were plenty of highs to go along with even more lows. We saw some really wild things this season, Daniel Jones beat out Anthony Richardson for the starting quarterback job, something that was unconscionable at the time, only for Jones to morph into the kind of quarterback Indy had been searching for since Andrew...

The Indianapolis Colts announced their Week 18 inactives on the road against the Houston Texans for the regular season finale:

No real surprises here, as cornerback Sauce Gardner (calf) and tight end Will Mallory (lung) had already been ruled out ahead of the weekend. Given that the Colts have already been eliminated from playoff contention, and Gardner has been shut down for the season, which he should’ve been ahead of last weekend’s game regardless.

Meanwhile, the group of defensive tackle Eric Johnson II, Reuben Lowery III, and safety George Odum all appear to be healthy scratches ahead of this one....

The Indianapolis Colts (8-8) travel to the infamous ‘House that T.Y. Hilton Built’ to take on the Houston Texans (11-5)(-9.5), who have already clinched a playoff berth, but could still win the division with a victory today.

Kickoff is Sunday at 1 PM EST.

While Colts fans wish this particular Texas trip was under better circumstances, with Indianapolis already having been eliminated from playoff contention, it is an opportunity for some of these Colts players to make their mark, play for team pride against an AFC South rival, and hopefully carry some momentum over for next season.

In particular, rookie...

According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano, the initial speculation is that Indianapolis Colts longtime general manager Chris Ballard’s job is safe, but under the differing leadership of new team owner and CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon, who doesn’t have a track history for her decision-making atop, no one exactly knows for sure right now:

Graziano:

I was in Indianapolis on Sunday, and no one there seems to know for sure where things are headed following the Colts’ late-season collapse. GM Chris Ballard has a good relationship with owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon, from what I am told, and while...

On Saturday, the Indianapolis Colts announced that the team has elevated quarterback Seth Henigan, as well as tight end Sean McKeon from the practice squad to the active roster ahead of Sunday’s road game against the Houston Texans.

Originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Jacksonville Jaguars out of Memphis, the listed 6’3”, 215 pound rookie quarterback, Henigan, was 2x All-AAC for the Memphis Tigers. However, he has yet to appear in an NFL game, having spent all offseason with the Jaguars and the beginning of the season on their practice squad.

Having signed Henigan earlier this week,...

According to ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg, Indianapolis Colts veteran defensive line coach Charlie Partridge will be joining Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman’s defensive coaching staff next year:

Partridge had just finished his second season as Colts’ defensive line coach.

However, having come over from the University of Pittsburgh in 2023, where he had previously been since 2018, it’s possible the veteran college defensive line coach—with over 26 years of collegiate experience, wanted to get back to coaching college football again—and at one of the nation’s premier football programs at that.

On the other hand, given the Colts’ lack of...