When it was all said and done, the Indianapolis Colts missed out on the playoffs thanks to an epic second-half collapse during the 2019 regular season. Yet, there is still plenty of optimism for the future.
For the fourth time in the last five years, the Colts were eliminated from postseason contention before the season was over. Despite starting 5-2, the Colts would drop their final seven of nine games to close out the campaign in third place.
Even though the end of the season was extremely difficult to watch, Touchdown Wire listed the Colts as a non-playoff team that could make some noise in 2020.
The Colts just ran out of gas. They need to go and find a quarterback. Jacoby Brissett is just fine, but just fine isn’t good enough for an extremely deep and talented roster.
The Colts are well-coached. They were just very boring this year because that’s what they had to do to win games. The hope would be that Indy adds some competition at quarterback, stays healthy at wide receiver, and improves slightly on defense. The Colts are right there.
This is a big offseason for the Colts. General manager Chris Ballard is entering his fourth offseason leading the front office and has some big decisions to make.
Will they draft a quarterback? Can they find top-end talent at wide receiver? Can they find improvements for the pass rush and secondary? All of these questions are what Ballard faces in what might be his most crucial offseason yet.
Even with the many question marks, the Colts have assembled a team with talent and depth at several positions.
Success isn’t too far away from the Colts. We saw that at times during the 2019 season. But some changes are likely needed if they want to get back into the postseason.