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A full Jeopardy-style board built entirely around your team’s history, lore, disasters, and occasional moments of glory. Four categories. Five clues each. $200 through $1,000. The $1,000 questions are genuinely hard. We verified every fact. We are not kidding about that part. Click on any one of the boxes and start the game!
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| $400 | $400 | $400 | $400 |
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The Colts went 8–2 in the first 10 games of 2025 with D. Jones under center. Jones then broke his fibula. He then tore his Achilles. The Colts finished the year unable to reach the playoffs. The 8–2 start has been filed under potential. The potential remains. D. Jones is rehabbing. He is in the facility daily from 8am to 3pm. S. Steichen has confirmed his progress is impressive. The Achilles has been informed of its obligations for 2026.
Jones set career highs in completion rate (68%), passer rating (100.2), and QBR (63.0) before his injuries in 2025. He was 8–2 as a starter. He tore his Achilles in Week 14. He is now rehabbing daily. The Colts have signed him to a two-year, $88 million extension. The Achilles has been rehabilitated. The Achilles is throwing and running. The Achilles is expected for training camp. Colts Country has noted the Achilles’s timeline with appropriate interest.
The Colts were 8–2 with Jones healthy. Jones broke his fibula in Week 11. He tore his Achilles in Week 14. The Colts finished well below playoff contention. The second half of the season has been filed as a cautionary tale about single-quarterback dependency. The Colts have three quarterbacks: D. Jones (rehabbing), A. Richardson (requested a trade, returned professionally), and R. Leonard (impressive in limited starts). The depth has been noted. The Achilles remains the primary discussion point.
S. Steichen is entering Year 4 with a record of 25–26 — the most wins through three seasons by any head coach without a playoff appearance. The Colts owner has publicly confirmed the sense of urgency has never been higher. S. Steichen has publicly confirmed the sense of urgency is understood. D. Jones is publicly rehabbing. J. Taylor is publicly healthy. Colts Country has publicly confirmed it is ready. All parties are publicly aligned. The playoff appearance is the only outstanding item.
The Indianapolis Colts announce that D. Jones is rehabbing on schedule and expected for training camp. J. Taylor remains one of the best running backs in the NFL. S. Steichen understands the urgency has never been higher. The Colts went 8–2 when everyone was healthy. The objective is to be healthy for more than 10 games. The objective has been communicated to all parties. The Achilles has received the communication. The Achilles is responding accordingly.
The first 10 games of the 2025 Colts season are available for historical reference. Record: 8–2. Jones completion rate: 68%. Jones passer rating: 100.2. Scoring on 57.6% of possessions, the highest rate in the league. The start is not available for continuation, as D. Jones subsequently broke his fibula and tore his Achilles. The start has been preserved as evidence of what is possible. The Colts intend to use it as evidence. S. Steichen is presenting it as exhibit A. The Achilles is exhibit B.
The Indianapolis Colts formally notify the AFC South that the 8–2 start in 2025 was not a fluke. D. Jones is rehabbing and expected healthy. J. Taylor is the best running back in the division. S. Steichen understands the urgency. The Texans have Stroud, who threw four first-half interceptions in a divisional loss. The Jaguars won the division in 2025. The Titans have a new coach and Cam Ward in Year 2. The Colts have 8–2 documentation and a rehabbing Achilles. The AFC South has been notified.
Colts Country, lifelong, Indianapolis and beyond. Have watched an 8–2 start turn into a missed playoff season due to two separate injuries to the same quarterback. Have D. Jones rehabbing daily. Have J. Taylor. Have S. Steichen, who understands the urgency. Have the blue and white. Are ready for a full season. Have been ready for a full season. The 8–2 was the preview. The Achilles is the intermission. 2026 is the full show. Colts Country has purchased tickets.
Passed in Week 14, when D. Jones tore his right Achilles in the first quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars, just weeks after managing through a broken fibula. It had been 8–2. It had the highest possession scoring rate in the league. It did not finish what it started. It is survived by D. Jones’ rehabbing Achilles, J. Taylor’s healthy legs, S. Steichen’s urgent awareness, and Colts Country, who filled Lucas Oil Stadium for all 17 games regardless and is ready for the version where everyone stays healthy. That version begins in September. The Achilles will be present.
A full team-specific Top Ten list. Completely deadpan. Treats every item with total journalistic seriousness. The list below is a sample. Yours will be specific to your team’s particular situation, history, and ongoing triumphs and disasters.
Seven team-specific fake eBay listings, ready to go every cycle, styled exactly like the real site — photo, description, seller, and current bid. The items are always something your team has misplaced, squandered, or never possessed. Reserve has not been met, and never may be met.
One team-specific Outer Limits Enquirer front page, every cycle. Completely straight-faced. It sells itself — that’s how funny it is.
Four new proposed NFL rules, each presented with complete regulatory seriousness. The title is always “THE NFL COMPETITION COMMITTEE PROPOSES:” followed by the rule name. Three to five sentences of deadpan satire. A new batch of four rules, every seven-week cycle.
Effective immediately, any player who is visibly sad after a penalty will be allowed to challenge the call on emotional grounds. The replay official will review the player’s expression in slow motion. If certified “genuinely devastated” by a panel of three therapists stationed in the press box, the penalty is waived. The Dallas Cowboys have already filed 847 pre-season challenges.
Starting in 2026, head coaches will be required to answer one post-game question with complete honesty. The question will be selected at random by a wheel spin. Early testing was abandoned after three coaches resigned, one cried, and Bill Belichick’s honest answer was legally classified as a threat.
In an effort to make fumbles less discouraging, any fumble recovered by the opposing team will now be referred to as an “unintentional lateral.” The player who fumbled will receive a certificate of effort. The team that recovered it will receive six points. Both outcomes will be celebrated equally on the official broadcast.
All play-by-play announcers will now be graded in real time by a panel of former players. Phrases such as “he just wanted it more,” “that’s a football player right there,” and “you cannot teach that” will trigger an automatic fine of $500 per occurrence. Early projections suggest the league will be debt-free by Week 3.
A fully illustrated satirical children’s book, team-specific, written for the fan who has a child who needs to understand why Sunday afternoons are like this. The illustrations are beautiful. The subject matter is not. Both things are intentional.
In the upcoming weeks and months with your paid subscription, you can also look forward to titles like these:
“I forwarded the Achilles classified to my brother, who still hasn’t recovered from Andrew Luck retiring. He said ‘again?’ and nothing else.”— J. Hensley, Broad Ripple · 5-Month Subscriber
“My tailgate had a moment of silence for the second half of the season. This newsletter wrote a better eulogy than I could have.”— Anonymous · 4-Month Subscriber
“The trivia card about Unitas to Manning made my grandfather tear up a little. He blamed allergies. It is August.”— T. Metzger, Fishers, Ind. · 6-Month Subscriber
“My daughter now says ‘the urgency has never been higher’ about her homework. I don’t know how to feel about that.”— K. Osei, Carmel, Ind. · 3-Month Subscriber
“Cancelled after Week 14 out of grief. Resubscribed because the 8–2 evidence deserves a jury, and I am that jury.”— Anonymous · Auto-Renew, No Regrets
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