Preseason expectations were high for the 2019 Indianapolis Colts. They were coming off a season in which they advanced to the Divisional Round as a Wild Card team. Andrew Luck was coming off his second consecutive season grading at 90.0 or higher — even if those seasons weren’t in consecutive years — and in theory, the Colts were going to provide him with the best offensive environment of his career under Frank Reich.
Then, Luck retired out of nowhere, and everything changed. Despite early season success, Jacoby Brissett was not able to seamlessly fill the hole that Luck’s retirement left, and the Colts limped their way to a 7-9 record and third-place finish in the AFC South in a year where they were supposed to seriously contend for an AFC Championship.