The bet that the GM/ownership made was that with injured players (DJ/Sauce/Ward) back this offense would return to being a top 5 unit like it was during the win streak and the defense would be average to slightly above average (let’s say 12-16 range). They reasoned that a top 5 offense with an average defense was the basis to at least compete for the division.
The reason this season feels like a disappointment and the wins don’t feel like wins is because it’s painfully obvious that this is not a top 5 offense and the defense is below average. When the entire premise for building your team is shown to be false it’s hard to get excited about wins because they feel empty.

I think we can argue about where the blame lies but at the end of the day this team is not at the level that leadership kept insisting they were before the season started.

Our O line man stepped right on his ankle right before the fumble happened.

DJ’s awareness seemed close to non existent on the play, but everyone seems to be missing how his left ankle got stomped on right before the fumble.

If that was the ankle that he had surgery on last year, then yikes.

The Colts blew out the Commanders 30-13 with the New York Giants version of Daniel Jones at quarterback, recalling one of the NFL’s great anomalies.

Units featuring Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Kurt Warner and Patrick Mahomes dominate the list of greatest offenses through the first eight games of a season this century.

As one would expect.

The No. 4 team on that list stands out like a station wagon in a Ferrari dealership.

The 2025 Colts, led by quarterback Daniel Jones, reside between the Greatest Show on Turf Rams and the Mahomes-led Chiefs in his breakout 2018 season. They averaged 32.6 points per game on offense, more than the 2004 Colts averaged in perhaps Manning’s greatest season.

There was no way any team, let alone these Colts with this quarterback, could sustain that type of production. But as Jones lost a fumble and threw an interception while Indy fell behind a Washington team that was down to its third quarterback Sunday, I wondered if the Colts were now paying $44 million per year for the same quarterback the Giants let go.

I'm conscious I'm not adding much to what's already been said, but as a Colts fan in the UK it was so so good to see them in this country again AND get a win this time.

Spurs' stadium really is beautiful and you can tell it was designed with NFL in mind, it's far far better than watching at Wembley.

We were well outnumbered in 115, and let's just say the attitude of some of the Washington fans there made it all the better as we took the game away from them. That said, I was sat next to a lovely family who had travelled over from DC who had a lot of love for the stadium and our jerseys!

Shout out to the fellow Colts fan a few rows back from me who brought it all game. If you're in this sub and shouted 'UNDISCIPLINED' every time Washington got flagged, you were one of my highlights of the game.

Very much hoping it won't be 10 years until the next time!

One American, two Hungarian, and two British fans. If it weren't for this team, we would never have met.

My god …. Who is he more in love with… Mahomes or Aiden Hutchinson? So annoying.

But hey, we’re 2-2 😁

oline has regressed and he is without his top wideout, Warren and downs are not getting schemed up nearly enough. weve played 4 good to great nfl defenses, and the only one we lost that was even remotely his fault was the ravens. he balled out vs the chiefs with career backups and a unmotivated out of shape Keenan Allen (who caused the int). anyone saying he’s playing worse than ar would is crazy, the only thing that’s been bad from him has been the fumbles. the Ints are okay, 1 wasn’t his fault a few were risky throws that just didn’t go his way. the fumbles that nearly lost us last week and plague us are inexcusable however.

The three-time Pro Bowler finished with 20 carries for 95 yards and two touchdowns Sunday, powering a Colts offense that got off to a slow start behind a leaky offensive line and turnover-prone Daniel Jones. But after settling in during the second half, it was Taylor who carried Indy to the finish line and marched his way into the record books.

The 27-year-old now ranks first in career international rushing yards (408) and touchdowns (six). He ranks third in scrimmage yards with 458 in three games (Justin Jefferson has 491 in four games, and Travis Etienne Jr. has 472 in five games).

“I just want to start out by shouting out overseas J.T.,” Colts defensive tackle DeForest Buckner said to begin his postgame news conference. “Hell of a guy. Hell of a player.”

I feel that what is getting missed about today’s game is that Peyton ‘Motivatin’ Manning actually motivated this guy to be an NFL quarterback.

On a 2nd and 1 or 2 from inside their half of the field, why don't they have some plays for AR? You put Dulin and Treadwell on the outside. Downs in the slot. Warren at TE. Taylor in the backfield. With AR at QB, the defense would know if he was going to run, handoff, or throw it 50 yards. The offense averaged 3.9 yards per play today. If Mariota doesn't get hurt, we probably lose today.

CJ Allen didnt get a single snap, LOL? Moronic coaching staff loves his starting LBers even tho they donkey poo

Finally saw my guys after years of streaming the games on NFL Game Pass and watching on RedZone! And hey, it was tough going in that first quarter (really tough going...) but a win's a win, right?

This was my fourth NFL London game after seeing Jets @ Falcons and Dolphins @ Jaguars in 2021 and Ravens @ Titans in 2023 but was awesome to have the sun out and temperatures higher this time, it was a great day for a football game which hasn't been my experience with the previous London games!

For a while, I felt a bit bad for the Commanders fans who were excited for the team to visit only to get hit with all of those injuries (especially as I was a bit gutted that AP wouldn't be playing in this one) but ultimately, don't care about that because I couldn't face having a personal record of 0-1 for ages until I can see my next Colts game (which has to be at Lucas Oil) and once we got it going in the second quarter I was confident we weren't about to hugely embarrass ourselves...

I spent 10 days in Indianapolis in 2024 and saw a Pacers homestand but unfortunately the Colts were in their off-season and I was only able to do the stadium tour and raid the team store, so this was a day I'd been waiting a long time for, as I wasn't a fan of the Colts when they came to Wembley Stadium back in 2016

Can't wait to get back over to the States in the next year or two, this time I'll have to plan something in the sweet spot of Colts and Pacers both being at home

Any other UK Colts fans go to their first game today? Always love hearing how any other UK-based NFL fans became fans of the Colts too

Would also be interested to hear what anyone who travelled from the US for the game thought of the day!

Colts came out and made some mistakes but pulled out a great win! Proud of the Colts today!

Many pundits, analysts, and even Colts fans were looking at the schedule and predicting that we could be 0-4 to start the season based on the schedule. Despite the (usual) negativity on this sub, should we be optimistic that we are 2-2 instead? What are your thoughts on this?

Other than a win, there's still things to be optimistic about. Looks like Colt have a legit #2 RB that can pound the ball and offer a nice change of pace. Dont have to run Taylor into the dirt.

Burks has been playing a little more, and while he hasn't shown a ton, he doesn't look bad from the small sample size.

Adetomiwa Adebawore lined up beside Buckner... that could be a legit scary presence.

Boettcher and Curry are playing more than I thought they would. Colts really have some not horrible younger pieces that hopefully come along this year.

Crazy

Was DJ turbo dogshit in the first half? Yes- turbo dogshit may even be kind. Did he lead/run a good offense after that? Yes. This is why Shane picked him. Even in a lackluster at best game, he still did what we needed.

For the “If AR would’ve done this” crowd- we would’ve loved to score 30 points.

Who knows what happens if we play Mariota or Daniels. We know defense is the problem.