A dream season for the Indianapolis Colts has turned into a nightmare. At 7-1, they looked poised for a deep playoff run behind the NFL's best record and an explosive offense averaging a league-leading 33.8 points per game.

Quarterback Daniel Jones , signed to a one-year, $14 million deal worth up to $17.7 million, was enjoying a stunning career resurgence and emerging as an early MVP candidate. Through eight games, he threw for 2,062 yards with 13 touchdowns and two interceptions while completing 71.2% of his passes (173 of 243) for a 109.5 rating. He ranked third in completion percentage, fourth in passing yards and fifth in passer rating league-wide.

Believing Jones had finally stabilized a position that's been unsettled since Andrew Luck's abrupt 2019 retirement, the Colts went

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