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Insider: Colts' darkest day of 2017 led to their O-line revitalization

The Indianapolis Colts return to practice after a bye week re-energized. They will play the Jacksonville Jaguars November 11. Clark Wade, Clark.Wade@Indystar.com

INDIANAPOLIS — A year ago, after they crumbled, T.Y. Hilton ranted and Chris Ballard seethed.

It was a low point amidst a season of them, historic in its ineptitude, and in the bigger picture, a final, brutal nail in the coffin for the head coach who’d get inevitably canned 10 weeks later. The startling statistic wasn’t the final score – Jaguars 27, Colts 0 – or the fact that it marked Indy’s first shutout loss in 24 seasons.