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It's been a long time since the Indianapolis Colts have had some postseason success.
They haven't been to the playoffs since the 2020 season and haven't won a playoff game since the 2018 season.
And if you're counting home playoff games — i.e., you won your division — you have to go back to 2014.
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It's a far cry from the perennial contenders the Colts had with Peyton Manning at quarterback, and one prominent former Colt is fed up.
Appearing on his eponymous show on Thursday, Pat McAfee let loose on the recent disappointments and lack of respect from the football world.
"We need a home playoff game, especially for the season ticket holders," McAfee said. "The season ticket holders are giving six figures to that [expletive] team to not show up for seven straight weeks at the end of that season, OK?"
McAfee was, of course, referencing the 2025 season, during which the Colts were the best team in football for the first half of the season before injuries derailed that promising start.
The season ended with seven straight losses and, yet again, no playoff appearance.
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McAfee then went back another season to 2024, when the Colts had to wear their black-helmeted and heather-blue alternate uniforms, dubbed "Indiana Nights," at 1 p.m. Eastern Time.
"We haven't had a prime time game," he ranted. "We had the Indiana nights jerseys! Had to wear them at 1 o'clock because we didn't have a night game!"
Of course, McAfee is far from the only person to notice the Colts' absence from nationally televised football games.
Cam Newton recently told Colts wide receiver Josh Downs and his brother, Dallas Cowboys safety Caleb Downs, that the two are both in the NFL but will get very different levels of attention.
"Caleb, you are going to a star-infested team — no pun intended, right?" Newton said. "You got the highest-paid quarterback on your team, you have one of the most highest-paid receivers. You've got George Pickens at the helm. You've got the most influential team owner in all of sports, so you've got to look at it like you're walking into a Netflix special.
"Hey look, Josh over there went to a team that's barely on Tubi," Newton joked.
As for the reason behind this fall from prominence, McAfee blamed the simplest answer: losing. That said, all hope is not lost.
"How do you go from having [all of this success] to just 'nobody gives a [expletive]?' You don't win," he said. "The boys are going to win now, though."
In a few weeks, we'll see if McAfee is right.
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