With Sunday’s 23-17 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Indianapolis Colts left the home finale with a familiar sting that has defined how each season is destined to end. The Colts winless drought reached six straight games down the home stretch and they will miss the playoffs for the fifth straight season following another late collapse of epic proportions.

It felt more like a senior day operation inside Lucas Oil Stadium than an actual game that had any relevance to the future of the franchise as the Colts were held to a season-low 204 total Net yards in the final...

Another game, another loss, for the Indianapolis Colts, who saw a once promising 8-2 start, snowball to a shocking 8-8 record for their latest annual season collapse—having now lost six straight games.

Of course, by virtue of the Houston Texans beating the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday, the Colts already knew they were eliminated from playoff contention in this one, meaning they were purely playing for pride and hoping to avoid being swept by the Jacksonville Jaguars this now highly disappointing regular season.

The lack of success against their top divisional rivals, the Jaguars and Houston Texans, has only sadly...

Having officially been knocked out of playoff contention again, the Indianapolis Colts (8-7), and specifically team owner and CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon and her two sisters, will face some tough decisions this upcoming offseason.

Chief among them is expected to be the job security of longtime general manager Chris Ballard, along with other key leadership positions such as head coach Shane Steichen and the status at starting quarterback, where incumbent Daniel Jones is recovering from torn Achilles surgery and is a pending league free agent.

Among the leadership trio, Ballard’s seat is expected to be among the hottest, after what was...

The Indianapolis Colts are at home to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars in week 17 of the 2025 season, kickoff is at 1:00 p.m. EST.

The Colts season is effectively over. A year that started with so much hope, so much promise and it’s gone. All of it. There’s just not much to say. Another year of looking forward to free agency and the draft. Another year watching other NFL teams in the playoffs. Heck, even one and done in the playoffs would be nice. Just getting to the postseason would be a welcome sight for Colts fans.

Philip Rivers...

The Indianapolis Colts announced their inactives for Week 17’s home game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, with no real surprises:

The Colts had already declared starting center Tanor Bortolini (concussion) and rookie backup defensive end JT Tuimoloau (oblique) out before the weekend, as well as downgraded right guard Dalton Tucker (shoulder) to out yesterday.

Veteran backup center Danny Pinter is expected to start in Bortolini’s absence.

It looks like with Tucker out (but starting left tackle Bernhard Raimann back), the Colts will be carrying offensive tackle Luke Tenuta for extra depth in this one. The Colts also elevated both center Jimmy...

Having been officially knocked out of playoff contention, the Indianapolis Colts (8-7) will host the division leading Jacksonville Jaguars (11-4)(-4.5) at 1 PM EST (FOX) with seemingly nothing left to play for, except for franchise pride.

The Colts will continue to start unretired longtime veteran quarterback Philip Rivers behind center, who leads an offense that currently ranks 6th (27.9 avg. ppg) league wide in points scored. Meanwhile, the Indianapolis defense surrenders the 18th most points (23.4 avg. ppg) respectively, looking to rebound from a terrible outing last Monday night against the San Francisco 49ers.

The good news for the Colts...

According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Indianapolis Colts (8-7), having already been eliminated from the playoffs, could start rookie quarterback Riley Leonard in place of longtime veteran Philip Rivers next weekend on the road against the Houston Texans:

Obviously, this makes a great deal of sense for the regular season finale. This will presumably be it for the 44-year-old Rivers, who isn’t expected to try to continue his shocking unretirement tour any further past this late season’s end. It also means that the Colts don’t consider primary backup Anthony Richardson, who still needs to be activated off of injured...

In Week 17 of 2025 our Indianapolis Colts will host the Jacksonville Jaguars. Knowing the party was coming to town, I sat down with Gus Lodge of Big Cat Country, SB Nation’s Jaguars blog. You can find him on Twitter @gus_lodge or @duval22dotcom. We swapped questions and answers about both the Jaguars and the Colts and what follows is what I’ve learned about this week’s enemy.

You can find my answers to his questions here.

Chris Shepherd: **The Jaguars are going to the playoffs. Twice Jacksonville has made the AFC Championship Game. Do you think this team could be...

The Indianapolis Colts may or may not be in a do-or-die situation in Week 17 when they host the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. Their playoff picture could be settled on Saturday afternoon when the Houston Texans travel to face the Los Angeles Chargers. The Colts are a 5.5-point home underdog against the Jaguars while the Texans are a 1.5-point road underdog against the Chargers.

AFC South standings

The Colts eliminated themselves from AFC South contention in Week 16 when they lost to the 49ers on Monday Night Football. That race is down to the Jaguars and Texans.

1. Jacksonville...

The entire fate of the Indianapolis Colts could be decided around 7:30 EST on Saturday in a game they don’t even play. The Colts lost their say in what happens to them a few weeks back when their slide became overwhelmingly long. Now, their season hangs in the balance, and the Houston Texans have a firm grip on it. Anything the Colts want to accomplish regarding a postseason birth revolves around their division rival.

The Jaguars come to town absolutely red hot to take on the Colts in week seventeen. That by itself is a daunting task. Jacksonville has plenty...

The answer to that question really starts on Saturday night as the Texans have a chance to make the Sunday game against the Jaguars, only important to the Jaguars. Should the Texans lose, only being inferior to the Jags should be the reason for a Colts loss. The Colts would again hold their destiny in their own hands and be two wins from an improbable return to the playoffs. There could be a lot of on the field reasons that the Colts lose, but lack of effort should not be one of them.

Why has it been so long since...

The Indianapolis Colts today released their Friday injury report for Week 17 of the NFL season against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.

Center Tanor Bortolini (concussion) has been ruled OUT for Sundays game against the Jaguars. Bortolini has been unable to practice all week due to the concussion and still remains in the leagues concussion protocol. With Bortolini out, expect veteran backup Danny Pinter to get the start at center.

Defensive tackle DeForest Buckner (neck) has been ruled OUT for Sundays game against the Jaguars. Buckner re-aggravated his neck injury from earlier in the season and will need surgery to...