Unbelievable Surprises: The 2025 NFL Season’s Ultimate Overachievers and Shocking Underperformers Revealed!
There’s been some magic along the way, as seven of their victories have been by six points or fewer. Among NFC playoff teams, only the South champion Panthers (minus-69) have a worse point differential than Chicago’s plus-26.

4. Indianapolis Colts
- Team Rating: 7.25 (23rd)
- Record: 8-9
What Happened: Behind new QB Daniel Jones and star running back Jonathan Taylor, the Colts were riding high with a 7-1 record heading into Week 9. Unfortunately, that’s when things began to fall apart.
The Colts lost Jones to a torn Achilles and Riley Leonard to a knee injury while Anthony Richardson Sr. was already sidelined. That led them to coax 44-year-old Philip Rivers out of retirement. Rivers didn’t embarrass himself, but the Colts lost their last seven games to become the first team to start 8-2 and miss the postseason since the 1995 Raiders.


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