The loss to Pittsburgh cost us the playoffs

[coltsorioles]

The colts would be controlling their own destiny next week had they beaten the Steelers. Controversial call right before half that cost them 3 points. And on last drive on the punt.  It's so frustrating seeing possibly the worst offense in the history of football that makes the playoffs in the Steelers

[jameszeigler834]

3 minutes ago, coltsorioles said:

The colts would be controlling their own destiny next week had they beaten the Steelers. Controversial call right before half that cost them 3 points. And on last drive on the punt.  It's so frustrating seeing possibly the worst offense in the history of football that makes the playoffs in the Steelers

Well more than just that game cost us playoffs like losing to Dolphins and the two divisional losses just ended any chance we had.

[runthepost]

We still loss to the Dolphins 

[NewColtsFan]

12 minutes ago, coltsorioles said:

The colts would be controlling their own destiny next week had they beaten the Steelers. Controversial call right before half that cost them 3 points. And on last drive on the punt.  It's so frustrating seeing possibly the worst offense in the history of football that makes the playoffs in the Steelers

We had plenty of losses that could’ve and maybe even should’ve been wins this year.  As others have already noted...    the loss to Miami with Hoyer as the QB. 
 

Our loss to Pittsburgh does not have to get singled out. 

[Four2itus]

No, it didn't.

[il vecchio]

I'd say trying to go head to head with Vinatieri against father time and hoping to win that one is what cost us the playoffs.

[EastStreet]

The loss to Pitt isn't top 5... 

[mahagga73]

Steelers are bad.  

[Yoshinator]

Actually each loss cost us exactly the same as every loss has the same statistical value (0-1) against our overall record.

[Smonroe]

Quarterback play and poor defensive schemes cost us the playoffs.  
 

Vinny didn’t help either.  

[coltsorioles]

The  Pitt loss costed us the most. Let's say  the Colts beat Tampa. Pitt would still get in based on tiebreaker.  

[2006Coltsbestever]

JB wanted to come back in but we didn't allow it. The cherry on top was when JB wanted to play against Miami and we didn't allow it again. 

[WoolMagnet]

6 minutes ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

JB wanted to come back in but we didn't allow it. The cherry on top was when JB wanted to play against Miami and we didn't allow it again. 

Thats why you are the best ever.

persistence. 

[MCurtis32]

Colts had no chance of making playoffs. They lost all the games they should have won. The only win against a good team was KC. Mahomes was hurt, just about everyone in the afc south beat KC for the same reason.

[GoColts8818]

Or the loss to the Raiders, Texans, Titans, Chargers, Saints, Dolphins, or Bucs.  

 

The real story is the Colts had second half leads or were in overtime in all of those games but two.  The inability to finish (a problem that has plagued Brissett for both years he started) cost the Colts the playoffs.

[John Waylon]

It wasn’t just one loss...

[coltfaninnewyork]

The Miami Game ,the titan game and the Texan Game to name a few .

[RollerColt]

I hope the steelers get blown out in the playoffs. 63-3 style. That would almost make up for this season... Almost.

[Stephen]

58 minutes ago, RollerColt said:

I hope the steelers get blown out in the playoffs. 63-3 style. That would almost make up for this season... Almost.

Hope the Patriots  lose like that. That would be lovely 

[chad72]

Special teams was a significant part of our losses - Chargers game, Steelers game, Dolphins game, Titans game all come to mind with PATs, FGs missed or blocked. Every game, when PATs or FGs are missed, it was like handing back the momentum to the other team to the point that it deflated our offense.

 

Then, the injuries happened and our offense took a nose dive as well with sub-par QB play. 

[Coltsman1788]

Steelers game let me know the Colts didn’t have the chops for playoff ball this season.  I wrote them off after that game.  That said...there were several winnable games that cost this team.  Oakland, Miami, Tampa Bay, etc.  Just not the Colts year.  And I doubt the sorry Steelers make the playoffs themselves this season. If they do luck into it then they won’t get past the first round. 

[colt18]

Chargers, Steelers, Texans, Dolphins, Titans

 

 

we should’ve beat all those teams. We didn’t deserve to make the playoffs this year, not with Brissetts second half performance 

[Orioles22]

As bad as Brisset was late in the year, if he played the full game against the Steelers and then the Dolphins, we win those two and are going for 10-6 on Sunday and the playoffs.

[Myles]

15 minutes ago, Orioles22 said:

As bad as Brisset was late in the year, if he played the full game against the Steelers and then the Dolphins, we win those two and are going for 10-6 on Sunday and the playoffs.

I'll say that your idea isn't crazy.   Not probable either.   Brissett usually played close games and rarely dominated.  So I think both the Steelers and Dolphins would have been 50/50. 

[Orioles22]

He had the lead against the Steelers if I remember correctly and even at his worst he wasn't as bad as Hoyer was in the Dolphins game. We win both if he's there.

[2006Coltsbestever]

55 minutes ago, Myles said:

I'll say that your idea isn't crazy.   Not probable either.   Brissett usually played close games and rarely dominated.  So I think both the Steelers and Dolphins would have been 50/50. 

I think even the JB haters or should I use word 'dislikers' would even say we beat Miami if he plays. The Pitt game would've been like 50/50 IMO

[BrickHead]

The loss that stood out the most to me was the Chargers loss ... Missed 3 kicks that would have won the game without going into overtime. But, yeah, how do you lose to the Dolphins?

[Orioles22]

I know it's easy to look back now, but with so many close losses, I believe we'd be 11-4 or 12-3 with Luck.

[2006Coltsbestever]

2 minutes ago, Orioles22 said:

I know it's easy to look back now, but with so many close losses, I believe we'd be 11-4 or 12-3 with Luck.

I agree with this 100%