[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

I said in the gameday thread, it felt like a '22 loss. Four QB turnovers, in those positions/timings, were too much. In scoring position, in our own red-zone, one play after they just had a 13-play drive ........ makes everything else harder to evaluate.

The D wasn't great, but it wasn't 37 points bad. Gus Bradley went bend-but-don't-break, and the rookie CB's broke a few times. Brents and Jones had big PI's, and were undisciplined in their assignments on two TD passes ...... expected.

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

My feelings exactly. This was like 2022 loss. The team had no fight in them. Can Steichen get that back? We sure as hell know that Reich couldn't.

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I would agree with all of this for the vast majority of the game ...... I did see a little bit of fight in them when they scored 2 touchdowns and turned a 31-6 rout into a 31-20 borderline-competitive contest. Then the defense allowed the Jaguars to kick a FG to make it 34-20, giving the Colts possession of the ball with just under 5 minutes to play and at least a slither of a chance to complete a nearly-impossible comeback.

Outside of that brief flurry, they looked like a team that was willing to get kicked in the ass without trying to kick back.

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