Indianapolis colts eliminated

Ballard gave Brissett a three-year contract extension less than a week before the start of the regular season, but to say he is going to be the starter next season is shortsighted. QB breakdown: Brissett, like the rest of his teammates, had a horrendous performance on Monday that started with an overthrown pass on a third-down play that should have resulted in a first down. He was of for yards. To put into perspective how bad Brissett was, he had nearly the same number of completions five as there were punts four by the Indianapolis special-teams unit in the first half.

He also missed throws to Hilton and running back Jordan Wilkins that would have been good enough for first downs when the Colts had a chance to stay in the contest during the first half. Brees finished the game of for yards and four touchdowns. Combine that with the proficient efforts of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ' Jameis Winston in Week 14 and the two were of for eight touchdowns against the Colts. Every loss has been a one-score game, and in this one we got our butts beat bad in all three phases.

That's hard to swallow. Offensively, the Colts could never find any sort of rhythm — and if it wasn't for a late one-yard touchdown run by Jordan Wilkins, Indy could've been facing its first shutout loss of the season. The team had just total net yards of offense on the night, including just 46 on the ground, while quarterback Jacoby Brissett completed of passes 53 percent for yards with no touchdowns or interceptions.

Defensively, Indy could do little to stop an all-around record-breaking performance from Saints quarterback Drew Brees, whose Brees, in all, completed of passes for yards and four touchdowns, as the Purdue product passed Colts legend Peyton Manning for the most career passing touchdowns in NFL history And on special teams, the Colts struggled from the gates, as their first punt of the day was partially blocked and set the Saints up with prime field position for their first offensive drive at the Indianapolis yard line.

Making matters worse was a holding penalty called on Indy's protection team on punter Rigoberto Sanchez's first attempted kick that would've resulted in a downed punt inside the New Orleans 5-yard line. Any way you look at it, the Colts — who have lost four in a row and six out of their last seven games after starting the season with a record — simply didn't get the job done on Monday night.

I've got to get the guys prepared better, we've gotta coach better. In addition, teams can elevate up to two practice squad players to the active roster before 1 p. PT the day before a game. Doing so will not require removing others from the active roster, and the players will revert back to the practice squad following the. All Featured News. How Ian Rapoport responded when asked if the 49ers should start Trey Lance.

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Who were PFF's highest- and lowest-graded 49ers players vs. If 49ers wait until Trey Lance is fully ready, it will be too late. All News. Get Info. December 26th, by Bullseye Event Group. After falling to the Raiders the score was a lot closer than the game was , the Colts officially eliminated themselves from NFL Playoff contention, missing playoffs in back-to-back years since the and campaigns.