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Well, there will be no 0-16 team this season. The Colts, at home at Lucas Oil Stadium, shocked the Tennessee Titans (7-7) with their 27-13 win, which marks their first win of the 2011 campaign.

The last time the Colts won was Jan. 2, when they coincidentally beat the Titans in Indianapolis.

Since losing franchise quarterback Peyton Manning for the season after having neck surgery, the Colts talked former Titan Kerry Collins out of retirement, immediately listing him as the team’s starting quarterback. However, Collins struggled and was benched just a few weeks into the season.

Indianapolis then handed the starting reins to Curtis Painter, a former Purdue quarterback, who had held Manning’s clipboard since arriving in the NFL. He would openly struggle after head coach Jim Caldwell named him the starter and was benched after horrendous starts against New Orleans, Atlanta and Jacksonville. Painter was benched in favor of Dan Orlovsky — who was on the 2008 Lions 0-16 squad — after their loss against the Carolina Panthers after throwing two key interceptions in the endzone.

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