A kickoff penalty by the Indianapolis Colts gave the Denver Broncos the ball at their very own 40 yard lint to begin the second half.
An inside hand-off to JK Dobbins gained 5 yards, then a fast toss exterior to Marvin Mims Jr. introduced up a third and 4. Bo Nix, from the shotgun, took off working when a lane opened up within the pocket for an 18 yard acquire.
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After a fast toss to Courtland Sutton for six, Nix hit RJ Harvey over the center for a 16-yard acquire into the crimson zone. Another fast toss exterior, this time to Troy Franklin, gained 9 yards to the 5 yard line. JK Dobbins would then energy his method into the tip zone for a five-yard landing run.
Broncos 28, Colts 20.
The Colts offense clearly discovered the weak point to take advantage of in opposition to the Broncos protection. They attacked the within linebacker spots fairly onerous on this sport. Daniel Jones and that offense marched down the sphere and even attacked Pat Surtain in protection. Jones simply didn’t care, as a result of he was dealing.
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The protection lastly obtained some breaks. The first was a holding name on a 2nd and 1 contained in the 5 yard line. Then after that, Justin Strnad flew by the road to sack Daniel Jones for one more huge loss. On third and 21, Jones handed it off inside to play for the sphere objective.
Broncos 28, Colts 23.
Denver was on the verge of answering that with a three-and-out dealing with a third and 15, however Tyler Badie took a display screen go and made an enormous play to achieve 17 yards and a primary down throughout midfield.
They wouldn’t do something from there, sadly, as three performs later the go to Evan Engram was just a little off course and Denver would punt it away.
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The third quarter would finish with the Colts placing collectively a drive that began from inside their very own 10. They transformed their first third down on a go to Tyler Warren who was being lined by Pat Surtain.