Boring. Slugfest. Incompetent offenses.
Just a few things that come to mind that came from the Indianapolis Colts’ win over the Denver Broncos on Thursday night. Both offenses displayed bad football throughout the night and the box score shows it when neither team found their way into the endzone.
The defenses certainly did their part. Creating turnovers and getting after the quarterback often. Just when the Broncos looked like they were going to walk away with a win, there was a question pass play called when the Colts had zero timeouts and Stephon Gilmore intercepts the ball to give his team a chance to win the game.
Indianapolis marched down the field to tie it up, then went on to do the same thing with the opening drive of overtime to take the lead from Chase McLaughlin’s fourth field goal.
But it wasn’t going to be easy for Indy. Denver got off a couple of explosive plays to get the ball in the redzone and found themselves in a fourth-and-one at the five-yard line. Nathaniel Hackett elected to go for it but Gilmore ended up making a great play to get the deflection to end the game.
This was one of the ugliest wins in franchise history but the Colts now find themselves with a 2-2-1 record while having a shot at the AFC South.
Here are my five takeaways from the sloppy Thursday night game: