Casey Vallier and Bill Brooks sit down to discuss the results of Week 18 and the conclusion of the Colts’ 2025 season. They begin by looking at rookie quarterback Riley Leonard’s impressive performance in his first career start (1:52) and Alec Pierce surpassing 1,000 receiving yards for the first time in a season in his career, as well as how valuable Pierce is to the Colts offense (7:40). Then, the guys take a broader look at how the season played out despite injuries to key players (13:37), and what the future looks like for the Colts (19:46).

Indianapolis Colts Podcasts will bring you exclusive interviews and in-depth breakdowns every week with our lineup of shows, including Instant Reaction, The Colts Show with JJ Stankevitz, The Jack Doyle Podcast and Inside Football with Rick Venturi. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts, and you can watch episodes on YouTube as well.

<p>Indianapolis Colts Podcasts will bring you exclusive interviews and in-depth breakdowns every week with our lineup of shows, including Instant Reaction, The Colts Show with JJ Stankevitz, The Jack Doyle Podcast and Inside Football with Rick Venturi. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts, and you can watch episodes on YouTube as well.</p>

Indianapolis Colts Podcasts will bring you exclusive interviews and in-depth breakdowns every week.

Indianapolis Colts Podcasts

Indianapolis Colts Podcasts will bring you exclusive interviews and in-depth breakdowns every week with our lineup of shows, including Instant Reaction, The Colts Show with JJ Stankevitz and Inside Football with Rick Venturi. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts, and you can watch episodes on YouTube as well.

<p>Indianapolis Colts Podcasts will bring you exclusive interviews and in-depth breakdowns every week with our lineup of shows, including Instant Reaction, The Colts Show with JJ Stankevitz and Inside Football with Rick Venturi. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts, and you can watch episodes on YouTube as well.</p>

Recapping Riley Leonard’s first career start & disappointing end to Colts season | Instant Reaction

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The Last Word, the offseason radio home for the Indianapolis Colts, makes its return with Casey Vallier and Matt Taylor. The duo opens the show with key takeaways from Chris Ballard's end-of-season press conference (3:15), followed by a discussion on the reported mutual interest between the Colts and Daniel Jones and a return in 2026 (6:00). Casey and Matt breakdown what a younger, faster Colts defense could potentially look like after Ballard's comments on the future of the defense (11:00), and to wrap up, preview a busy Wild Card Weekend, highlighting the Packers-Bears and Bills-Jaguars matchups in Taylor’s Tidbits (21:42).

Chris Ballard puts a close to the 2025 season | The Last Word

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The Athletic's Jourdan Rodrigue, who wrote an in-depth feature story on Colts Owner & CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon in December, joins JJ Stankevitz for a deep dive into Irsay-Gordon's ownership style (1:10) and how she is molding the Colts to be a different NFL franchise (12:40). Rodrigue explains her reaction to Irsay-Gordon's decision to retain general manager Chris Ballard and Shane Steichen (18:09) and what the future holds for the Colts under Irsay-Gordon's leadership (24:04).

Inside Carlie Irsay-Gordon's ownership style & decision to keep Chris Ballard, Shane Steichen | The Colts Show

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Colts Roundtable Live returns to put a bow on the Colts' 2025 season, which concluded with an 8-9 record. Colts owner and CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon discusses the return of general manager Chris Ballard and head coach Shane Steichen, and shares a message to fans on how the season ended (5:05). 

  
Matt Taylor is joined by Rick Venturi and Joe Reitz as they lay out the Colts' New Year's resolutions heading into the 2026 season (20:40), before wrapping up the show by answering your fan questions in the Mailbag segment (45:58).

Carlie Irsay-Gordon’s Message to the Fans | Colts Roundtable Live

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Recapping Riley Leonard’s first career start & disappointing end to Colts season | Instant Reaction

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