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5 takeaways from Week 1

5 takeaways from Week 1

The Week 1 woes for the Indianapolis Colts reared its ugly head again for the franchise Sunday in the opener against the Houston Texans.

For the first three quarters, it was looking like another season-opening disappointment. The Texans got out to a 20-3 lead with 7:16 left in the third quarter and it looked like all hope was lost for the Colts. Thanks to E.J. Speed’s force fumble off his blitz on Davis Mills, a breath of life came across the team and they scored 17 unanswered points in the final 10 minutes of the fourth quarter.

It looked like the afternoon was going to finish the Colts way after a great start to overtime. The defense forced a three-and-out and the offense marched down the field to get in field goal range. Then, in typical Week 1 fashion for Indianapolis, Rodrigo Blankenship missed his 42-yard attempt. It’s not a loss so I guess you could say there is somewhat progress with their Week 1 nightmares.

There was a lot of good and bad for Indianapolis and here are my five takeaways from the game:

1
Jonathan Taylor is still good at football

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When the Colts were having their struggles in the first three quarters of the game, there was one steady presence on the field. Frank Reich wasn’t shy with his usage of Jonathan Taylor and the team leaned on his legs when the passing attack was working through their issues. Taylor showed off his great vision and ability to pick up the extra yards throughout the afternoon.

He finished the game with 31 rushing attempts for 161 yards and a touchdown. He also had four receptions for 14 yards on five targets. When the offense got hot late in the game it was Taylor who was gashing the Texans defense for chunk gains to get the offense in scoring position.

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Taylor got his 2022 campaign off to a great start despite the team not getting the win in the end.

2
Rough start for Matt Ryan

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The addition of Matt Ryan was supposed to give the Colts some comfortability at the quarterback position but for the first three quarters, it looked like there were still concerns about the offense protecting the ball. The Colts were moving the ball just fine in the first half but they would continue to shoot themselves in the foot with their play once they crossed the 50-yard…

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