Dumb and Dumber: Colts beat themselves with mindless errors and horrific judgment, and now they're going to miss the playoffs

Jonathan Taylor has scored 95 touchdowns in his college and pro career. You'd think he'd know by now to carry the football all the way over the goal line. But no...

MY COUCH, Ind. -- Dunces. That’s what they are, these Colts. I’ve seen some dumb football, mistake-prone football, but I am hard pressed to recall a game when a team, fighting for its playoff life, self-sabotaged more thoroughly than the Colts did Sunday in their 31-13 loss in Denver.

Where do we start?

We start with the player who is The Reason why the Colts are going to miss the playoffs for a second consecutive season under Shane Steichen and a fourth straight year with Chris Ballard in charge: That’s Jonathan Taylor, a smart guy – he was accepted to several Ivy League schools – who did an incredibly dumb thing. I could see dropping the football a half-yard from the endzone from a rookie; no, that’s not true, I can’t see anybody being that obtuse. This was Leon Lett foolish (look it up, kids). Inexplicable. Unforgiveable. Mind-boggling. Why are you dropping the ball? Is it too heavy? Was he concentrating on his endzone celebration? This is a veteran player, the third-highest paid running back in the league, a player who should know better.

Hell, a peewee football player should know better.

But no.