Indianapolis Colts.

The Colts, at 7-2, traded their 2026 first-round pick, their 2027 first-round pick, and Adonai Mitchell to the Jets for Sauce Gardner, then lost seven consecutive games to miss the playoffs — the first team since the 1995 Raiders to squander an 8-2 start at that magnitude. Chris Ballard held a press conference to announce he would do it again. New owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon, having inherited the franchise from her late father, described herself as "pissed" about the collapse and then retained everyone responsible within three hours of the final whistle. Daniel Jones was re-signed at forty-four million dollars a year while recovering from a torn Achilles, after the front office consulted the locker room to confirm the decision was fine.