The Minnesota Vikings trailed the Indianapolis Colts 33-0 at halftime of their Saturday afternoon game in Minneapolis. 40 minutes of game time later, the Colts headed to their locker room a loser.
The Vikings, behind superlative efforts from an offense stuck in neutral all afternoon, rallied for a 39-36 overtime win — the biggest comeback in NFL history. KJ Osborn, Dalvin Cook and Justin Jefferson all rose up to deliver massive performances as Jeff Saturday’s team shattered into tiny pieces and were summarily swept up by grown men wearing horns. Indianapolis had several chances to stand up and defend its honor in Week 15. It shrank away from all of them, and not even some horrific bouts of refereeing could save it from an epic collapse.
Came back @KirkCousins8 @dalvincook
📺: @NFLNetwork pic.twitter.com/H7UX39X1BI
— Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) December 17, 2022
It was a familiar, depressing narrative for Matt Ryan. The Colts quarterback had to watch the New England Patriots come back from a 28-3 second half deficit in Super Bowl 51. Now he owns the record for largest come-from-ahead losses in both the big game and in the regular season after straining uselessly for two-plus quarters like a turtle tipped onto its back.
While the NFL’s first foray into Saturday games for 2022 came up against some stout competition — the Celebration Bowl was extremely good football and the Division II title game, uh, also happened — Indianapolis’ collapse was the headliner for the day. And as you’d expect, everyone was thinking the same dang thing about poor Matty Ice.
Ah, I forgot! It was in the stars. https://t.co/jQdELGhsRK
— Jim Ayello (@jimayello) December 17, 2022
Is there a less accurate nickname than 'Matty Ice'? Guy has molten lava running through his veins.
— Pickwatch (@Pickwatch) December 17, 2022
Matt Ryan gotta retire now. No coming back from that.
— PodKATT (@valleyshook) December 17, 2022
matty ice was a bad nickname 10 years ago and it's a bad nickname now
— James Brady (@jamesbradyisme) December 17, 2022
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) December 17, 2022
Oh my God Matt Ryan what did you do to that witch
— Steven Godfrey (@38Godfrey) December 17, 2022
Vikings said pic.twitter.com/tMyAYo1TFY
— Ian Hartitz (@Ihartitz) December 17, 2022
Matt Ryan lost the Super Bowl when his team had a 28-3 lead and that is amazingly not even the biggest lead that a team he was on blew.
— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) December 17, 2022
https://t.co/8duvUfhQdI pic.twitter.com/2Saxyzzona
— Cory Woodroof (@CoryWoodroof47) December 17, 2022
Matt Ryan every time we think he can’t do something more embarrassing pic.twitter.com/sCm6p51j4T
— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) December 17, 2022
Before today, teams trailing by at least 33 points at halftime were 0-81.#NFL | #SKOL https://t.co/eoyVOYDs5D
— Pro Football Reference (@pfref) December 17, 2022
Colts fans r u ok? https://t.co/cZS9zwifxh pic.twitter.com/1yFeb9iczG
— Gaming Society (@GamingSociety) December 17, 2022
I bet Jim Irsay is getting the apology video ready as we speak
— JP Acosta (@acosta32_jp) December 17, 2022
Jeff Saturday pic.twitter.com/SvyAB33SIs
— Peter Berkes (@peterberkes) December 17, 2022
Matt Ryan pic.twitter.com/axX9QtDmOA
— Jason Kirk https://linktr.ee/jasonkirk (@thejasonkirk) December 17, 2022
