The Indianapolis Colts are in complete control of this game but throw it all away against the Minnesota Vikings.
That was ... wild. The Colts somehow led a game 33-0. They somehow then lost that game. We saw an overtime, a punt blocked for a touchdown, a pick-six, two fumble-sixes that were reversed on replay, a 64-yard screen pass touchdown, a fake punt and a penalty that set up a game-winning kick. In the end, this was a good team sleep walking in an epic way for a half and waking up with a raucous crowd and a bad opponent that let them back in it about a hundred different ways on offense and defense.
The referees cost the Vikings two touchdowns on fumble returns by blowing the whistle early -- one by Michael Pittman Jr. and one by Jackson. It's baffling that that can happen at this level of football, and twice. Both times, it sounded like the roof was going to blow off U.S. Bank Stadium, only for the fans to turn cheers into vitriol at the officials. This game would have slipped even quicker from the Colts had just one of those counted.
Dayo Odeyingbo has been coming on strong the past couple of weeks, right when the Colts asked him to fill Tyquan Lewis' absence. He keyed a Colts' pass rush that finished with seven sacks, as Odeyingbo had two and harassed Kirk Cousins all game long. Odeyingbo hadn't looked as spry as the Colts hoped for this season, but he's flashing lately as he's gotten more pass-rushing reps at the three-technique spot.
Another week, another opponent that thought it was a good idea to run a fourth-down play right into the bellies of DeForest Buckner, Grover Stewart and Zaire Franklin. It's like asking a first-grader to run through a cement wall at this point. I think the Colts might have the best short-yardage defense in the NFL with how dialed in, physical and sure of tacklers those three are, and it's as if the teams they face don't seem to realize it.
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