The Indianapolis Colts (1-4) looked like they were about to turn their season around after being up 25-9 in the fourth quarter against the Baltimore Ravens (4-1).
Then the entire team collapsed and squandered everything that they had going for him. Lamar Jackson picked apart the banged-up secondary that saw Xavier Rhodes leave late in the game. After playing great for the first three quarters, the defense couldn’t stop a nose bleed. Frank Reich has his share of blame because of the conservative play calling on the offense’s second to last drive of the second half. The unit scored on four straight series but after easily moving the ball deep in Baltimore’s territory, they settled for basic run plays and a field goal attempt.
Calais Campbell would block that kick and hand the Ravens all the momentum they needed to tie it up to help force overtime. After winning the toss, Jackson just worked the defense with ease to cap off the final drive of the game to win the game for the home team.
Just a flat-out inexcusable fourth quarter that leaves the team wondering where do they go from here?
Despite the good things that were shown in the first three-quarters of the game. It’s hard to take a look at some positives after the brutal end to the matchup but here are the top five takeaways from the Monday night loss: