Colts mascot absolutely destroys kids in football game

Mascots. Who knew that beneath their colorful plush exterior beats a heart of blackest evil?

The Minnesota Vikings run a "Mascot Challenge" in which the team invites mascots to play local kids in what should be a friendly game of football. Blue, the Indianapolis Colts mascot, showed up, and made it clear he wasn't down with any "friendly competition" nonsense.

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As Bleacher Report notes, this wasn't the first time a mascot has gone smash-happy over a bunch of poor sweet innocent little children. Here's the Minnesota Golden Gopher trucking a whole bunch'a young fools at the same event back in 2009:

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Blue's antics are reminiscent of the way another onetime Indianapolis resident treated children on a football field:

Now, some people might be upset at the way these kids are getting knocked around, but whatever. We're all for it. Never too early to teach the youngsters a solid life lesson. Namely, your icons are TERRIFYING.

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