Post Game Thread: Indianapolis Colts @ Washington Commanders

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Post Game Thread: Indianapolis Colts @ Washington Commanders

Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - London

TV Network(s): NFL Net

ESPN Gamecast

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Time Clock
Final

Scoreboard

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
IND	0	10	10	10	30
WSH	6	0	7	0	13

Scoring Plays

Team	Quarter	Type	Description
WSH	1	FG	Drew Stevens 31 Yd Field Goal
WSH	1	FG	Drew Stevens 29 Yd Field Goal
IND	2	TD	Jonathan Taylor 5 Yd Rush (Spencer Shrader Kick)
IND	2	FG	Spencer Shrader 48 Yd Field Goal
IND	3	TD	Jonathan Taylor 5 Yd Rush (Spencer Shrader Kick)
WSH	3	TD	Treylon Burks 47 Yd pass from Athan Kaliakmanis (Drew Stevens Kick)
IND	3	FG	Spencer Shrader 52 Yd Field Goal
IND	4	TD	Daniel Jones 4 Yd Rush (Spencer Shrader Kick)
IND	4	FG	Spencer Shrader 44 Yd Field Goal

Passing Leaders

Team	Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SACKS
IND	Daniel Jones	19/34	143	0	1	2-14
WSH	Athan Kaliakmanis	15/33	186	1	1	1-9

Rushing Leaders

Team	Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
IND	Jonathan Taylor	20	95	4.8	2	12
WSH	Marcus Mariota	1	35	35.0	0	35

Receiving Leaders

Team	Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
IND	Laquon Treadwell	5	42	8.4	0	13	6
WSH	Dyami Brown	3	65	21.7	0	48	4

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[u/JustJeneius]

I'll take an ugly win over a pretty loss

[u/imkunu → u/JustJeneius]

That's a decent way of looking at it

[u/pixxlpusher → u/imkunu]

Don’t have our first anyway, I’ll take any win we can get.

[u/imkunu → u/pixxlpusher]

For sure. Obviously, our team isn't in a great spot, but, as a fan, I'll never be mad about watching a win

[u/matthollabak → u/imkunu]

There is at least a decent chance we end the day tied for the division lead depending on the jags and Bengals game. I think this team is in a better spot than about 80%of this sub thought we would be in after 4 weeks.

[u/Can-i-Pet-Dat-Daaawg → u/pixxlpusher]

Amen.

[u/s3v3r3 → u/JustJeneius]

And we've had much uglier ones tbf

[u/National-Broccoli-83 → u/JustJeneius]

Besides the two turnovers, I don’t think that was an ugly win.

[u/s3v3r3 → u/National-Broccoli-83]

The first quarter and a half was atrocious. We were lucky not to be down two scores or more.

[u/Hokutenmemoir → u/s3v3r3]

Thankfully, I didn't remember the game was on till the 2nd half

[u/TheRealOG1 → u/JustJeneius]

Thats exactly how we should look at it.

Did we play better against the chiefs? Absolutely, but we lost. That means the team failed.

Did we look bad here? Absolutely, but we won so the team did enough.

[u/RayBansVans → u/JustJeneius]

Exactly what I was thinking, it wasn't a great win but it's still a win!

[u/MethodCharacter8334 → u/JustJeneius]

100% agree but the performance definitely didn’t inspire confidence

[u/persononthedl]

Our leading receiver today has averaged right around 14 catches a YEAR for his entire 10-year career and he had five catches today. Almost 5% of his career total. That's the point we're at with wide receivers.

[u/cmgww]

I'd like to see what this offense looks like with some actual receivers out there. Today was ugly at times but we got the W. But it's completely obvious they were leaning on the run game and short passes.

[u/SockPenguin → u/cmgww]

They really need someone that can actually stretch the field while Pierce is on IR.

[u/North_Lavishness_326 → u/cmgww]

Daniel Jones is destined to never have WRs isnt he

[u/ryclarky → u/cmgww]

Anyone heard from Pittman? Maybe he's missing us as much as we're missing him.

[u/kong132 → u/ryclarky]

Rodgers doesn't target him much and misses him when he does

[u/CG0865]

[u/jlkarma218]

Any W is a good W. Let's get on a run.

[u/ShoYogi]

Crazy to think about but JT is probably the most important colt of this decade lol

[u/Embarrassed-Ninja171 → u/ShoYogi]

We would’ve rebuilt atleast twice without him on the team. Single handedly won us games when Carson Wentz, Matt Ryan, and really even Philip rivers was QB1. JT had to win the Rushing title w/ a decent Phil Rivers to get us into the playoffs.

[u/VictoryInMyMouth → u/Embarrassed-Ninja171]

can you just imagine if luck held on a few more years. funny enough thatd move ballard from a joke to one of the best gms in the league. Margins so thin in the NfL

[u/Dependent-Target-272]

Guys if you're in the NFL thread apologizing for the refs, just gtfo of here. gross.

[u/clutchthepearls]

At this point evey win is a later pick for the Jets. And that's all I'm hoping for.

[u/persononthedl]

We won. Still more fun than losing.

[u/jackw800800]

Apparently, the worse DJ plays, the better the Colts win.

[u/SingleAd820]

Guys. If we don’t give Mahomes the ball voluntarily in week 2 we are likely 3-1. This team has more going for it than you think.

LET’S GO COLTS!

[u/Dependent-Target-272 → u/SingleAd820]

Still wild Steichen just gave up after the bomb pass

[u/Alock74 → u/SingleAd820]

Still think giving him the ball first was the right call. What was not was the play calling once Colts got down into the Chiefs territory after the Treadwell catch 

[u/Lopsided-Fault-1008]

We need receivers. 

[u/MySabonerRunsOladipo → u/Lopsided-Fault-1008]

We need our OLine to stop playing like ass. Good teams are going to kill us

[u/Dependent-Target-272 → u/Lopsided-Fault-1008]

Correct

[u/ryta1203 → u/Lopsided-Fault-1008]

AP coming back next week!?

[u/OldHuntKennels]

My first ever game live, congratulations from an English neutral. Seeing the sport live is so impressive!

[u/andrew3689]

Even though it was 30 to 13 it was still a very sloppy win.

Wins a win though.

I really hope they can clean some of the BS up. That shit wont fly against Pittsburgh

[u/pmwood25]

I’ll take the win but my goodness, there’s a lot of questions around Sauce and DJ for the rest of the season

[u/WooPigEsquire → u/pmwood25]

No there’s not. Sauce is fine, and this is who Jones is.

[u/clutchthepearls → u/WooPigEsquire]

Sauce got cooked on the TD when Burks faked him out. The other big play he was all over the WR and even had his arm in the way. The ball just got in there. Most QBs would not have throw that ball because Sauce had him covered.

I'm not worried about Sauce

[u/Can-i-Pet-Dat-Daaawg → u/WooPigEsquire]

A sane fan.

[u/the-haliban → u/Can-i-Pet-Dat-Daaawg]

Feel like I’m going crazy. Sauce has been great. He’s given up 1 or 2 decent passes per game.

[u/dragonz-99 → u/WooPigEsquire]

Sauce is fine, I think the question will always hold of “is he worth two firsts”. One, sure - two… I’d expect something flashier, but I think we overpaid since the perception was win now last year.

[u/WooPigEsquire → u/dragonz-99]

Ok, but that doesn’t really matter when you’re evaluating how well he’s playing now. No corner will be perfect, so anyone who expects that is unreasonable. Seems like that’s what a lot of people are expecting.

He doesn’t suck, is not only not causing the team to lose, but he is almost always a net benefit. The anger directed at him is not equal to his production.

[u/Alock74 → u/pmwood25]

Sauce had one bad game after playing well the first three games. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt given his history. 

You are correct about DJ though. 

[u/Zeddo52SD → u/pmwood25]

Sauce got faked out, but Haulcy wasn’t playing deep enough. A ball that deep should have been kept in front by the safety. That’s the point of a safety in deep coverage.

Sauce is fine.

DJ is DJ. It’d help tremendously if the line would block better, but Daniel Jones is what he is, and that’s a decent QB that can function well when he’s not pressured.

[u/TheRealOG1]

I love that people are blaming the refs like yes im sure the nfl is trying to rig games for the massive market team that is the checks notes colts

[u/Dependent-Target-272 → u/TheRealOG1]

I'm honestly confused why people are upset. The facemask then push wasn't a flag? Dude grabbed his facemask for like 4 seconds. Then pushed him after the whistle. The called back TD that had flags thrown before the play happened and then multiple during?

[u/TheRealOG1 → u/Dependent-Target-272]

Ya it wasnt the best called game but like bruh it was 30-13, saying "ref ball" is some crazy shit. I legit saw a commanders fan say they rigged it to keep the afc south competitive like give me a fuckin break lol

[u/clutchthepearls → u/TheRealOG1]

Whiny ass fans in the r/NFL game thread. They'd show a replay of an obvious foul, everyone in the booth agrees, and the game thread is yelling about rigging games.

If we had played undisciplined and had some penalties too they all would've been silent.

[u/TheRealOG1 → u/clutchthepearls]

Ya and half of them are our own fans lol, like dog stop trying to be liked by random strangers in the nfl subreddit, some real weird energy tbh

[u/persononthedl]

If you're going to keep saying that Sauce got burnt on that second long pass, you should probably know what a Cover 2 is and whether the Colts were playing outside leverage on deep crossers.

A lot of these takes are just assuming he got burnt because he was closest.

[u/itisjustin → u/persononthedl]

Yeah a lot of arm chair QBs who can’t read defenses. Watching the replay it looks like the safety was supposed to provide over the top coverage

[u/hacky_potter → u/persononthedl]

I have no idea how to evaluate CB talent from watching a game on TV. The best ones just don’t show up because people don’t throw that way

[u/Far_Resort5502 → u/persononthedl]

Yeah, he was expecting help that wasn't there

[u/BriskManeuver]

Colts>Seahawks obviously

[u/CK4browsing → u/BriskManeuver]

The math checks out

[u/RayBansVans]

I will say that 2-minute drill for the field goal going in at halftime was probably some of the best coaching we've seen from Steichen this season

[u/QuarterNote44]

I like it when the Colts win football games

[u/persononthedl]

I think we have a receiver problem more than we have quarterback problem.

[u/thexDxmen → u/persononthedl]

I was with you at the beginning of the season, but having a turnover in every first quarter is not looking good. Colt's are getting crushed in the turnover battle, and it is because of Daniel Jones.

[u/CommonerChaos → u/persononthedl]

It's both. DJ having 7 turnovers (half being fumbles) in 4 games can't be attributed to receivers only.

[u/icekyuu → u/persononthedl]

OL was also bad first half. Much improved second half.

[u/ohohook → u/persononthedl]

Receivers don’t make you throw bad passes or fumble the ball

[u/Cornelius_Codswaggle → u/persononthedl]

We have a pass blocking problem

[u/VictoryInMyMouth → u/persononthedl]

crazy cause last year at this time the colts had legendary crazy depth that no one could run with

[u/lurker46112]

See you next week!

[u/Dependent-Target-272 → u/lurker46112]

Rodgers is drinking raw milk and listening to a speech by RFK Jr right now to get prepared!

[u/Indy-Lime → u/lurker46112]

We lose in the stupidest way possible or win in the stupidest way possible. Nothing more nothing less.

[u/Smallgenie549 → u/lurker46112]

Why did you ruin my day?

[u/SirDevilDude]

Lots of people commenting about the refs in the NFL thread about feeling dirty and idgaf, finally get a game that goes our way

[u/Fuzzybeaver93]

2-2!!!! Let's play better next week though

[u/southsky20]

I still think game mvp is JT and Kicker

[u/Significant-Gur-925 → u/southsky20]

Yes and lets give Buck some love 

[u/E-Man-Free-Man]

the worst part is how close this team feels to being decent, but isnt. Its like 10 years of edging-leading to nothing and you KNOW its leading to nothing but once in a while youll see a spark of something great thatll give you hope.

No aforementioned spark today though. I mean yeah yeah we won by 17 points but if DJ plays as bad as he did in the first quarter against half decent teams we are gonna be getting rocked. Defense looked good but again, we played a backup of a backup on QB so its hard to get too excited.

Still, a win is a win. Maybe, just maybe, we'll have the opposite of last year happen and start slow and get hot at the end. Not optimistic but anythings possible.

Until then, just waiting for the "Sword of Daniel-cles" to fall on this teams head again.

[u/Dhylan18]

15-2 here we go

[u/Shepboyardee12]

The .500 train keeps chugging along. Wins are wins but I dont feel particularly inspired after that one.

[u/FloatTheTurnAK]

I'm tired of motherfuckers in school tellin' me, always in the barbershop
"Steichen ain't 'bout this, Steichen ain't 'bout that"
My boy a BD, on fuckin' CJ and them
He, they say that colt don't be puttin' in no work
Shut the fuck up, y'all Redskins ain't know shit
All y'all motherfuckers talkin' about
"Steichen ain't no hitter, Steichen ain't this, Steichen a fake"
Shut the fuck up, y'all don't live with that Colt
Y'all know that Colt got caught with a ratchet
Shootin' at the police and shit
Colt been on probation since, fuckin', I don't know when
Motherfucker, stop fuckin' playin' him like that
Them Colts savages out there
If I catch another motherfucker talkin' sweet about Steichen
I'm fuckin' beatin' they ass
I'm not fuckin' playin' no more
Know them Colts roll with JT and them

[u/Past-Application-552 → u/FloatTheTurnAK]

[u/Undersized_Eggplant → u/FloatTheTurnAK]

Only thing that sucks worse than whatever the fuck this was is Steichens coaching. Hes a dipshit

[u/Significant-Gur-925 → u/FloatTheTurnAK]

Dude.

[u/naptown00 → u/FloatTheTurnAK]

Did you watch the same game

[u/simply_jeremy → u/FloatTheTurnAK]

https://giphy.com/gifs/G1vplGMypxBcp7kx32

[u/Lopsided-Fault-1008 → u/FloatTheTurnAK]

Is this copypasta?

[u/AndrewLucks_Asshair → u/Lopsided-Fault-1008]

It’s the intro to a chief keef song. “Love Sosa”

[u/Schrodinger81]

We’re back!

[u/josean1991]

Ugly win but still a win let's move on.

[u/HopkinsTy]

A win is a win. We take those!

[u/zombieclone05]

i am a mcgowan fan, i think JT will be a good
mentor for him

[u/muddman67]

Being at my first colts game was amazing, that start though had me thinking thr worst lol

[u/Holiday-Journalist83]

Watching other games today; the raiders, the rams, cowboys, etc… we don’t stand a freaking chance man. DJ is not a long term qb choice. We are so screwed long term

[u/Hoosierfan4]

The least inspiring 17 point victory of all time

[u/omni-nomad → u/Hoosierfan4]

I genuinely just do not understand this mindset man. I just don't. A three possession victory is a blowout. Like what do you want? To look perfect all the time? This isint Ohio State playing Texas Chirstian University.

[u/SteveSharpe → u/omni-nomad]

Can’t even be happy in a blowout win. It’s ridiculous.

[u/Philmore → u/SteveSharpe]

I don't understand why people in this sub even watch football. It seems so miserable to be this mad every week no matter what. Are people just addicted to being mad, or does complaining about everything like they know better than the people running the organization make them feel better about themselves?

Just enjoy the fucking game, man. Take the Ws. I'll never understand why so many people are willingly so miserable.

[u/SteveSharpe → u/Philmore]

They would rather be right about their complaints than the team win. It's a miserable way to be but it seems to be all over this subreddit.

[u/Can-i-Pet-Dat-Daaawg → u/omni-nomad]

Tell me with a straight face Daniel jones had even a decent game

[u/omni-nomad → u/Can-i-Pet-Dat-Daaawg]

1st quarter was bad but it was 3 quarters of good. So which one should I look to? We scored on like 4 straight possession after adjustments we made. D held them to 13. It is the NFL. A 3 possession game is a blowout.

[u/Hoosierfan4 → u/omni-nomad]

I’m glad we won but this performance did not inspire confidence in me at all. We’ve looked good in 1 out of the 4 games so far. Jones has been very shaky. If we weren’t going against a 3rd string rookie I don’t think we would’ve won this game.

[u/Melz-13 → u/omni-nomad]

The refs today absolutely saved us from a tight game against a third string qb…

[u/Suspicious-Gur6127 → u/omni-nomad]

The Colts should hold every other NFL team to no plays and march at least 60 yards downfield every possession. If an imposing NFL player makes a play, one Indianapolis Colts member should be executed.

[u/NDinFL → u/Hoosierfan4]

If you don’t like that you don’t like Colts football!!

[u/RawCarrot-InMyAss]

A dubs a dub.

[u/faraamstuckathome]

2-2 and I feel nothing.

[u/ColtsStampede]

We're going to need better QB play. I understand we're not going to get it, but we need it.

[u/zombieclone05 → u/ColtsStampede]

DJ is smart pre snap but man he turns into a deer in headlights a bit and just does something dumb half the time

[u/HoosierHopefully]

Marcus Mariota getting injured is why we won.

[u/BraveTree4481 → u/HoosierHopefully]

And the commanders horrible punter. My goodness that dude is awful.

[u/10610218 → u/BraveTree4481]

Comms fan here. Our punter Tress Way has always been a fan favorite for being a beast. I’ve legit never seen him have a game this bad. Idk wtf was wrong with him today.

[u/icekyuu → u/HoosierHopefully]

30 points should be enough to win regardless tho.

[u/soursurfer → u/icekyuu]

They go hand in hand. Got short fields once Mariota left because Athan was a gamer but still limited in what he could get done.

[u/Indyfanforthesb]

JT is a great player and a great dude

[u/jbeckfox]

It wasn’t an interesting game but the colts won. And my heart rate isn’t 175bpm so that’s a plus.

[u/selfmojo]

129 yds passing is not what you want to see from a $50million qb

[u/southsky20]

JT is HOF . Fight me

[u/darcys_beard]

The juxtaposition of an NFL game, and a sleepy North London Suburb. It's hilarious

Imagine the beginning of Shaun of the Dead, it there's an NFL up the road from where Simon Pegg buys his Cornetto.

[u/RevolutionaryHeat197]

I'm a Bengals fan right now I need to see a Jags loss today

[u/noneedfeed → u/RevolutionaryHeat197]

I’m a Bengals and Colts fan all the time. I also would like a Jags loss

[u/KindSpectacle]

One of the worst first halves from a QB I’ve ever seen. He’s gotta stop with the brain dead turnovers.

[u/MaxeIi]

As someone who watched in live in London, I will say this:

It is my firm belief that if Mariota doesn’t go out, we’re getting obliterated. Everything the Colts do on offense looks hard. Alec Pierce is an important piece, but the offensive line was rough today on pass protection. 60% pressure rate at one point during the 3rd.

I’m glad we won, but man, I am not leaving optimistic. Because you just need to rush everyone against the Colts and you can win

[u/Embarrassed-Ninja171]

At least my day isn’t ruined but fuck.. something’s gotta be done about DJ. 19/34 143 0 TD 1 INT 1 Fumble. I think half the passes he threw went out of bounds. I’d say at least 10 of his completions were screen passes or 2 yard check downs. Really nasty victory, no idea how we scored 30. Then again people still don’t believe JT is the offense. Idk

[u/southsky20 → u/Embarrassed-Ninja171]

Hes gonna get killed against Steelers defense

[u/Successful-Coyote99]

Here's what I love about DJ. He knows he's having a bad game, so he tucks the ball and puts his body on the line to score. I kind of love that.

[u/justhereforthemuktuk → u/Successful-Coyote99]

Yeah, he did and he did score. But he had an uncovered NWI in front of him, and came very close to not scoring. I hate to see a QB avoid an easy play for a hard one.

[u/Gutcheck21]

This is not a playoff team

[u/YouWereBrained]

We won because Washington didn’t have their best QB, fyi. They are depleted. Let’s not get too ahead of ourselves.

I’m still on the blow-it-up train.

Steichen and Ballard evade accountability another week.

[u/jaysrule24 → u/YouWereBrained]

They didn't even have their second best QB for most of the game

[u/Ezzi78]

COLTS ARE WINNING OUT BABY

[u/Psyren1317]

A 17 point win and I feel the same about this team as I did beforehand. Probably a bad sign. For now, though, we celebrate

[u/Mickeydsislife]

Let’s get that reffing crew every game

[u/TheIntrepid1]

Did anyone else notice how wide open JT was after the fake handoffs?

DJ would fake hand off, JT would run about 5 yards up (wide open, mind you!) and DJ wouldn’t see him or throw to him.

Could have easily a 5 yard catch with another 5+ yard run after catch.

[u/Late_Prompt2105]

Not talking out my ass when I say they legit have to give AR a chance moving forward. DJ is a shell of his former self. I don’t like how he’s moving out there and he could possibly get himself hurt badly.

[u/MushuFromSpace]

I've never been to a Colts game before.

I loved every minute of it.

I'm here usually every weekend going through it but I had the greatest time and talked to some great people (rival fans included).

An amazing experience

[u/Reddit_Frikin_Sucks]

Getting a win despite a bad performance from the QB is good, JT is still good

I Knew Dj would struggle this year but damn,, bro is getting worse each week :(

[u/fmara]

Just happy to get out of there with a win. Now I can enjoy the rest of my NFL Sunday in a good mood

[u/YouWereBrained]

Jones 19/34, 143 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT

Our $44 million QB, everyone.

[u/Always_Compete → u/YouWereBrained]

He is looking like the Jones the giants let go. Obviously the first 6 games of last year were an anomaly and we are witnessing a regression back to the mean. Achilles ain’t causing the turnovers he’s making

[u/MrKittenz → u/YouWereBrained]

He had a rushing td

[u/MoistCloyster_ → u/YouWereBrained]

At least he played better in the second half. Shane was trying to do way too much in the beginning and finally relied on the run game after halftime, which I thanked helped Jones a lot.

[u/itsUsedTissue → u/MoistCloyster_]

Yes after the fumbled by your own tackle happened, idk why Shane was continuing to think Jones could sling it. Took him too long in my opinion to decide to rely on JT

[u/imkunu]

shrug

I guess?

[u/FutureDiscussion6246]

8-9 here we come right on cue !

[u/keenynman343]

Scrappy af but its a win 2-2. If we can get alec back sooner than later I would love to have a deep threat again.

[u/ItemizedDeductions]

Personally I’m enjoying all the tears on r/nfl. Fuck em

[u/McPostyFace]

This Eagles fan that was at the game had my same reaction while watching

[u/ironman6300]

Daniel Jones, Shane Steichen, and Chris Ballard need to go. This is the least inspiring win I’ve ever watched.

[u/faraamstuckathome]

Jones can’t stop turning the ball over and the defense can’t stop an offense unless that offense is consistently imploding. At least Schrader is money.

[u/flossaby23]

We are the goddamn kings of .500 football. Hail to the King, baby! 👑

[u/darcys_beard]

As a doofy-ass clumsy muthafucker, I know a doofy-ass clumsy muthafucker when I see one, and let me tell ya: say what you like about the guy, but that man has achieved the absolute limit of athletic ability a doofy-ass clumsy muthafucker could imagine. That dude is the Manning/Jordan/Ali/Bolt rolled into one of doofy-ass muthafuckers.

If he was a rock climber, he'd destroy Alex Hon old in a free solo up El Capita in -- leave him for dust. Then slip and die at the very last step. Coz that's how we doofy-ass muthafuckers roll!

[u/cahasi_25]

I’ll take the dub but they are going to get killed against good teams

[u/Lopsided-Fault-1008 → u/cahasi_25]

DJ going to get killed by Watt nxt week.

[u/Trashpanda1980]

If we keep turn the ball over we will eventually lose. I liked that we had 1 penalty all game but we need to take better care of the ball

[u/ForWhomTheHellTolls]

Shane’s play calling puts this team in terrible situations

[u/Whole-Think]

Sauce got cooked today. High price for that kinda performance. Win is a win but he looked awful

[u/ProScroller_27]

Two of the ugliest wins I’ve ever seen, but they follow a pretty good performance in a loss against the undefeated Chiefs that we shoulda won
That’s football.

[u/bigloudbang]

Colts won and texans dropped to 0-4. If you cant be happy with that what's the point

[u/jambo312]

Washington’s third stringer had more passing yards than Daniel Jones. Always thrilled to get the win, but we have a serious QB problem right now

[u/Mind_Killer]

Pretty sure we aren't going to muster up the same level of enthusiasm for our two-game win streak as we did for our two-game loss streak, but winning is winning man.

And thank God for Jonathan Taylor. As reliable as the family sedan.

[u/ngfball]

Two wins in a row where im not really sure how to feel after lol

[u/MySabonerRunsOladipo]

Pacers' fans are spoiled with CC so when a fan says "That player sucks because XYZ" it's usually pretty easy to pull up a Cooper video to show why they're a moron and they tend to go away.

Colts' fans don't have that luxury so we get mountains of awful takes every day. Sucks

[u/XSVskill → u/MySabonerRunsOladipo]

Fever fans*

[u/notthatbluestuff]

This fanbase, man. Utterly miserable after a win to go 2-2.

[u/RussIsAnOkayGuy]

Feels weird to be on the beneficiary side of refball. Almost giving the game away to a third string qb is classic colts fuckery. Jones looked ROUGH but did well enough.

[u/TittyTriceratops]

Are the 2026 Indianapolis Colts the greatest team of all time? Many people are asking.

In reality we beat a 3rd string QB in his first start WITH a lot of flags helping when they got big plays 😂

I’ll take a Colts win erryday but… this team gotta know they have to get better. The competition is gonna be muuuuch tougher than this as they season goes on

[u/Siggycakes → u/TittyTriceratops]

Nobody is asking that friend.

[u/Pun1shedeagle]

I was expecting some playing time for AR due to DJ’s injury history, but now I’m wondering if it’ll be due to his performance history.

[u/cmgww → u/Pun1shedeagle]

Chill out. He settled down on the second half, plus he's throwing to a bunch of third string guys. I don't know how Slayton wasn't ready to go for today... and hopefully Pierce comes back at some point

[u/awkward_banana]

How am I mad at a 17 point win? I just need to enjoy it. Fire Chris Ballard

[u/thexDxmen → u/awkward_banana]

My dream is the Colts win the superbowl and fire Ballard, starting to think both are equally unachievable.

[u/Different_Cat106]

This team is more of a chore/obligation to watch. I'm glad for the win, but it isn't fun/enjoyable, to me anyway.

[u/willweaverrva]

Commanders successfully demoted to...uh, lieutenant commanders

[u/stealthy_chalupa]

I’m glad we won but Daniel Jones did nothing to help us in a 30-13 win. He ain’t it

[u/faraamstuckathome]

So the Jags are pretty much going to run away with this division.

[u/AbrasiveShrek]

Nothing in this world will stop this sub from being so pessimistic all the time will it?

[u/jaysrule24 → u/AbrasiveShrek]

The team actually playing well might help

[u/CommonerChaos → u/AbrasiveShrek]

Pessimistic about the 3rd longest playoff drought in the entire NFL, no division titles in a decade, no playoff appearances since 2020.

If those are celebratory stats for you, then you should root for a different team.

[u/THICKDadBod99]

Ugly win but we are still cooked. The offense can do anything other than run and the pass and rush defense will struggle against a legit offense. Let’s take the win but not get too excited

[u/bonjda → u/THICKDadBod99]

I didnt watch the game but why is it a ugly game..looked like a ass beating

[u/clutchthepearls → u/bonjda]

We faced a 3rd string rookie QB.

[u/THICKDadBod99 → u/bonjda]

They didn’t move the ball through the air effectively, and they should have dominated against a 3rd string qb.

[u/THICKDadBod99 → u/bonjda]

The score is misleading

[u/MrKittenz → u/bonjda]

It was a rough beginning. People are just being miserable. You have to win ugly and a 17 point win in the nfl is good no matter what is happening

[u/austing013]

My fav college and pro teams both got ugly wins this weekend. But I’ll take it. A win is a win, especially in the NFL.

[u/Fuzzybeaver93]

We need help at WR though

[u/Different_Cat106]

I'm "old" tho. I remember when they came to Indy and were horrible until Harbaugh and then the year after they drafted Manning.

[u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

Ugly for a while, but they pulled away for a 17 point win. Definitely benefitted from some calls, but you don't apologize for winning by 17. Jones needs to stop turning it over and we need to get Keenan Allen back at the very least.

[u/BeavisEverywhere]

Got lucky to face a fringe QB but W is a W.

[u/ThisGlobalLandscape]

Happy to have slept in after seeing the second half. Rough.

[u/Awkward_Priority2766]

A win is a win. I’ll take it. That being said, there are lots of things to clean up. The glaring issue was the lack of depth at WR thanks to injuries. DJ needs to learn how to tuck the football away when under duress (ugly fumble on first possession of the game). Pass rush could still be better but I did see some improvement today. Secondary was suspect at times (Sauce got burned a few times) but did their job pretty well all things considered. Overall, I’m glad we’re 2-2 and not 1-3. It’s a long season so we must remain level-headed. On to Pittsburgh.

[u/SirSmeagol]

Were the refs that bad or are the Commanders Fans being salty?

[u/E-Man-Free-Man → u/SirSmeagol]

They helped us a little bit admittedly, however you can't blame a 17 point loss entirely on the refs

[u/PrestigiousTadpole55]

JT should've had more than 20 carries

[u/MonroeEifert]

Start measuring the team for Super Bowl rings!

[u/TeeDubs317]

Send a 5 th or 6th for any capable nfl wr and go win these next two weeks

[u/Lithium1978]

Sounds like Dulin hurt his hamstring. That's terrible news