The Indianapolis Colts (4-7-1) confirmed some struggle however finally misplaced 24-17 on Monday evening towards the Pittsburgh Steelers (4-7) at Lucas Oil Stadium.
After a disastrous first half from the offense, the Colts obtained issues going within the second half. They strung collectively two landing drives throughout the third quarter, however they couldn’t preserve it going as their closing drive led to a turnover on downs.
Right here’s all the things we all know from Week 12 loss:
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| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | This fall | Last | |
| Steelers | 3 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 24 |
| Colts | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
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On fourth-and-three with 30 seconds remaining on the Pittsburgh 26-yard line, quarterback Matt Ryan couldn’t join with huge receiver Parris Campbell. The Steelers took over and kneeled as soon as for the win.
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- Story of two offenses. The Colts gained simply 71 complete yards within the first half—no yards within the first quarter—however completed with 290 on the day.
- On the ultimate drive, Jeff Saturday refused to make use of any of his three timeouts till it was primarily too late. They burned about 25-30 seconds after a 14-yard scramble by Matt Ryan on second down then hurried up for a bland Jonathan Taylor run that went nowhere.
- The offense struggled on third downs, changing simply 3-of-12 makes an attempt (25%).
- The protection was stable for many of the evening, but it surely was clear they had been gassed contemplating the Colts had simply three drives with greater than six performs.
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- TE Jelani Woods: Welcome to the NFL! The rookie tight finish set season-highs with eight receptions on 9 targets for 98 yards, main the group in receptions and yards
- RB Jonathan Taylor: He had an excruciatingly poor fumble on the objective line (technically attributed to Matt Ryan), however Taylor took 23 touches for 98 yards and a landing.
- RT Braden Smith: The beginning proper sort out held his personal towards T.J. Watt, limiting him to only one quarterback hit.
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- TE Kylen Granson (sickness) and DE Kwity Paye (ankle) had been each inactive as a result of accidents.
- C Ryan Kelly (knee) was questionable to return throughout the second quarter however returned solely after lacking a number of performs.
- CB Kenny Moore II (shin) suffered an harm within the fourth quarter and was ultimately dominated out.
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- The Colts offense had zero complete yards within the first quarter, operating simply 5 performs on two drives. It’s the second time this season it’s occurred for the Colts (Week 9).
- The offense didn’t have a play in opposing territory till six minutes left within the second quarter.
- The Colts had simply 71 complete yards throughout the first half.
- QB Matt Ryan accomplished his first move at 7:05 of the second quarter. That’s the newest right into a sport for a group’s first completion for the reason that 2020 Broncos, who had to make use of WR Kendall Hinton at quarterback as a result of COVID-19 points, in accordance with ESPN.
- CB Dallis Flowers obtained issues going within the second half with an 89-yard kick return. The Colts scored their first landing shortly after on the following drive.
- Flowers’ return was the longest for the Colts since Week 5 of the 2020 season.
- TE Jelani Woods out-produced his season totals in a single sport. He had seven receptions for 79 yards coming into this sport.
- With 2.0 sacks, DE Yannick Ngakoue now has no less than 8.0 sacks in each season of his profession.
- WR Michael Pittman Jr. made some huge performs within the second half, starting from his first landing since Week 1 to an enormous 28-yard catch on the ultimate drive.
- The Colts have now misplaced 5 of their final six video games.
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Colts interim head coach Jeff Saturday will meet with the media Tuesday earlier than the group prepares for the Week 13 matchup towards the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on Sunday evening, Dec. 4, at 8:20 p.m. ET.