Meeting the Baltimore Ravens Monday Night, our Colts put on their best offensive showing of the year. For three quarters the Colts were winning and putting a real scare into Lamar Jackson and Co. Between the two offenses, 1,000 yards of offense was put up. Carson Wentz threw for 402 yards — the first time in his career that he has passed the 400 yards in a game mark. Jackson threw for 442 yards — much of that in the fourth quarter.
Despite not having Quinton Nelson or Braden Smith, the offense line held up fairly well. Jonathan Taylor caught a 76 yard TD pass and Michael Pittman Jr. continued to be the guy Wentz goes to when he absolutely has to have a completion. Pittman caught his first touchdown of the season — a 42 yarder.
Defensively the Colts got into Lamar Jackson’s face and genuinely rattled him. Darius Leonard was all over the field and recovered a Jackson fumble on the five. This was the Colts’ high point in the game. So what happened? Well — late in the third quarter, Calais Campbell blocked a Rodrigo Blankenship field goal that would have made the score 28 to 9. This seemed to give Baltimore the momentum they needed. It’s the true champs that come through when the chips are down. Lamar Jackson and the Ravens took control of the game. They scored 16 points to tie the Colts. With 4 seconds left in regulation the Colts had another chance to win the game but Blankenship missed another chip shot and the game went into overtime. The Ravens won the toss and Jackson drove his team down the field for the game winning touchdown.
Make no mistake — the Colts played their best game of the season, but it still was not enough to beat Jackson and the Ravens. So this coming Sunday the Colts host the Houston Texans at Lucas Oil. I’m looking for a win.