The year was 2016 and after finishing 11-5 just two seasons prior, the Colts, who at the time held a league-average 8-8 record, were set to miss the playoffs for the second straight season. Aside from then-franchise quarterback Andrew Luck, along with star wideout T.Y. Hilton, the rest of the team was in complete disarray.
The Ryan Grigson and Chuck Pagano era — which for the better part of its time was less about team structure and primarily put on the right shoulder of Luck — slowly began collapsing right before the team’s very eyes.