[Colts And Orioles]

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One thing that I am grateful for as a Colts fan is that the last time that they went into a season with virtually no hope at all of contending for a playoff berth was the disastrous 2011 season, when Peyton Manning was injured and Andrew Luck was still at Stanford. Ever since then, there has not been one single season in which Colts fans were thinking to themselves "We are completely fucked ...... we'll be lucky to win 4 or 5 games."

Even the 2019 season in which Andrew Luck abruptly retired right before Opening Day would not qualify for that category ...... aside from the fact that Jacoby Brisset still managed to lead the team to a mediocre (but far from awful) 7-9 record, I don't think that most Colts fans thought that there was no possible way that they could manage to win 10 games and make the playoffs that season, even if it was a long-shot.

We did have the disastrous 2022 season when we went 4-12-1 when Ballard shit the bed and trotted out one of the worst offensive lines in recent memory ...... but even in that forgettable season, I don't think that most Colts fans thought that we were doomed before a single game was played.


So, I suppose I'm asserting that I am grateful that as frustrating as our mediocre Colts have been these last few years, I am grateful and appreciative that they never devolved into a hopeless franchise such as the Jets, who have (largely) been without hope since Mark Sanchez led them to back-to-back AFC Championship games in 2009 and 2010.

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