The overtime period resulted in two possessions each for the Colts and Texans, both of which ending without points. Blankenship missed a potential game-winning field goal from 42 yards out on Indy’s first possession, and a stingy Colts defense just wouldn’t let the Texans get into field goal range on their end.
“We pretty much just gathered up and said, ‘Hey guys, we’re going to make a run back,'” Pittman Jr. said when asked how the Colts were able to mount their comeback effort. “And we made the run — we did our two-minute drill, and came back and set it up. And unfortunately, it just didn’t happen for us.”
A tie is certainly a disappointing end result for a Colts team hoping to earn its first season-opening win since 2013. But after building clear offensive momentum late in Sunday’s season opener — especially with the play of Ryan, Taylor, and Pittman Jr. — Indy does have a positive foundation heading into next week’s matchup, another divisional battle on the road against the Jacksonville Jaguars (0-1).
“I think they’re incredible competitors. There’s no flinch—no matter what the situation is, those guys are going to keep competing, keep going,” Ryan said of Pittman Jr. and Taylor. “They’ve got incredibly strong belief in themselves and the guys around them, and that’s huge for us as team. You’ve got to have leaders like that, that other players see their confidence and their belief, and it’s infectious. And so I thought those guys did a really nice job for us today.”
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