Former Colts WR T.Y. Hilton reacts to Jonathan Taylor not getting the ball with Texans game on the line

At least one former Indianapolis Colts player seems to think that his old team should’ve put the 2023 season in the hands of another player.

After the Colts fell to the Houston Texans on Saturday for a chance at the playoffs with a brutal drop from running back Tyler Goodson, former Indy wide receiver T.Y. Hilton took to social media and appeared to advocate for another option on the play.

Hilton imagined a world where the Colts threw the ball to elite running back Jonathan Taylor instead of Goodson. Hilton thinks Taylor would’ve caught it.

Goodson’s drop (and quarterback Gardner Minshew’s throw) will be scrutinized within the Colts fandom for quite some time, and Hilton might be speaking for plenty of Indy fans who wonder why coach Shane Steichen didn’t give Taylor the ball in such a critical situation.

Taylor is far and away the Colts’ best player, and it’s very hard not to imagine how this play would’ve gone with Taylor running that quick route instead of Goodson.

It’s all water under the bridge now, as the Texans kept the season alive and the Colts headed home with more questions than answers over the play that sent them there.