The Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee Titans faced off in an AFC South showdown on Sunday night, with the winner advancing to the playoffs.

Well, the Colts ended up routing the Titans on the road by a score of 33-17, punching their ticket to the playoffs in what was one of the most impressive in-season turnarounds in NFL history.

After the game, first-year Indianapolis head coach Frank Reich said he was confident that the Colts would be good this year, saying that he “never thought this was a rebuild,” according to Zak Keefer of The Indianapolis Star.

It certainly appeared to be just that earlier in the season, as the Colts got off to a 1-5 start and looked dead in the water after a 42-34 loss to the New York Jets on Oct. 14.

However, Indianapolis then proceeded to rip off five straight wins to get to 6-5 and then won nine of its last 10 games overall, with its only hiccup coming in a strange 6-0 shutout loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars back on Dec. 2.

The Colts finished the season 10-6 and nabbed the final Wild Card spot in the AFC, becoming just the third team since the AFL/NFL merger in 1970 to start a year 1-5 and still make the postseason, a truly incredible feat.

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Not only is Indianapolis now in the playoffs, but it appears to be a legitimately dangerous team, as NFL squads entering the postseason hot are always a threat to make deep playoff runs.

This marks the Colts' first postseason appearance since the 2014-15 campaign, when they made it all the way to the AFC Championship Game.