YES; the Colts lost to the Pittsburg Steelers 20-27
How Bad Was the Curse?
The Colts had SIX turnovers this game.
They also lost to the Steelers, who lost to the Packers last week, who in turn lost to the Panthers this week. By transitive property it means now the Colts are worse than the Panthers. It’s math, look it up.
This is actually the second time the Colts have been cursed; the first was in Week 4 against the Los Angeles Rams, and they lost both those games. The final scores for both was also 20-27. If you don’t believe in the powers of the Curse Wheel, the Colts have otherwise won every other game they played. They’re currently 7-2; they might have been the only undefeated team if not for the Curse Wheel.
The Broncos utterly destroyed the Cowboys, so it managed to resist the wheel’s curse powers this time.
That said, TECHNICALLY the Curse Wheel cursed the team at #6, but Perna placed the Broncos at #666, which has its own slot on the wheel. So it might be that the wheel cursed no team this week.
Also because only one 6 was cursed versus the full 666, maybe the curse was only at 1/3rd power and thus only took Patrick Surtain II out for 4-6 weeks.
The Giants were up 19-0 at the start of the 4th quarter
The Broncos managed to score all 33 points in that 4th quarter
Four would-be points from the Giants were missed due to a failed 2-pt conversion and two failed PATs by Giants Kicker Jude McAtamney; in fact, the last failed PAT was after the score was 32, meaning a successful PAT then could’ve just tied up the game.
15/27 successfully cursed teams recorded (0.555) by Week 18
One curse was against Perna himself, and that curse was successful.
Two of the three unsuccessful curses prior to Week 11 still had residual effects: Week 1‘s curse on the Bengals might have cursed their season with Joe Burrow being out with Turf Toe during Week 2, and Week 8‘s curse on the Broncos was at 1/3rd power and only took Patrick Surtain II out for 4-6 weeks.
Week 11 had four curses and all failed due to the Curse Wheel’s devil magic spread out too thin.
Despite starting off strong, the Curse Wheel has started to falter later in the Season. Here are all the teams that undeniably beat the Curse Wheel:
the Philadelpha Eagles in Week 2; bear in mind that Saquon Barkley’s poor performance is due to the Madden Curse, which is a completely unrelated curse.
the Houston Texans in Week 14; honestly it almost looks like their opponent that week—the Kansas City Chiefs—were the ones who were cursed instead
the Pittsburg Steelers in Week 15; no one was injured in the game itself (only TJ Watt suffered a punctured lung one day after the Steelers got cursed)… but Steelers themselves played great ball… a bit weak in the first half but that was it
the New England Patriots in Week 17; complete domination of the Jets. Drake Maye had a career high 5TD passes. Starters rested by the 3rd quarter. Nothing curse worthy all game.
the Seattle Seahawks in Week 18; a low scoring 13-3 game, but ultimately the Seahawks locked in their #1 NFC seed position over the San Francisco 49ers.
the Los Angeles Rams in the Wild Card Week; out of all the Failed Curses this season, this was maybe the closest the Curse Wheel got to actually winning out, with only a crucial TD with 0:38 remaining in the 4th Quarter allowing the Rams to win.
NOTE: all the Week 11 teams did not face the full power of the Curse Wheel
Most cursed numbers (successes ✅, fails ❌, and totals 📊)
?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
XX
✅
3
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
2
❌
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
5
0
1
0
1
0
📊
3
1
2
2
0
3
2
1
1
0
0
6
2
1
0
1
2
NOTES: #15 and #16 were removed after Week 3 and replaced with “Me personally” and an extra #1, respectively. Their spins in Week 3 are ignored… at my own peril. Later “Me Personally” and the extra #1 were swapped with “Fuck KC” and “Not the Colts”. I also marked all #666 spins under #6 because I’m lazy. I’ll redesign this chart for next season.
(Who knows how any of this shit works. The Curse Wheel works in mysterious ways.)
