Thumbs up, thumbs down: Breakdowns in passing game, pass defense send Colts spiraling

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Colts' season came to a close in ugly, fitting fashion Sunday, a halftime lead given up and spiraling out of control in a 38-20 loss that leaves Indianapolis with just its third losing season since 2001.

Indianapolis (7-9) won just two of its final seven games, coughing up a 5-2 start and the AFC South lead, and on Sunday against a Jaguars team that’s looking at a potential franchise overhaul, the Colts coughed up a 20-16 halftime lead in a game that turned on two Jacoby Brissett fumbles, an inability to get T.Y. Hilton or anybody else the ball in the passing game and a defense that has limped and faltered down the stretch. With those storylines…