The Colts' Defense, 2024 Season

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

The timeout wasn't inexplicable. It's the same reaction going back to Reich's 4th downs. Smart when we make it, stupid when we don't.

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There were 33 seconds left to play in the 2nd quarter.

It was 3rd and 2, not 3rd and 20.

Even if the Bills had not made the 1st down, the 3rd-down play would have taken at least 5 seconds, and then they would have punted the ball ...... and after the punt and its hang-time, the Colts would have had the ball at about their own 25 or 30 yardline with about 8 or 9 seconds left to play, and no time-outs left.


That time-out was inexplicable and inexcusable, unless Steichen thought that there was a really good chance that the Colts' return-man was going to run the ball all the way back for a touchdown on the punt. The situation was not at all comparable to going for it on 4th-and short.

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