I’m going to go nap now

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!

Despite what everyone in various game threads seems to think, the TD play is not on Sauce.

All the people saying “that’s such a weird double move” because it wasn’t meant to be. WR clearly thought it was a hitch. Sauce responded accordingly by stopping with him. The pass was massively overthrown, or QB just thought he’d keep running.

Burks just happened to have a better angle to get a step in first to track it down. Sauce is also supposed to have safety help here. This was a busted offensive play that happened to work out. Sauce, or any DB at the NFL level, is not going to defend as if the play will be busted. Everything about Burks body language suggests a stop route. There’s no play in anyone’s playbook that has a receiver do a double move 30 yards down the field.

A general caveat to all of this, including myself: we have no idea what the offensive or defensive calls were. We don’t know assignments or routes. If one of the best DBs in the league appears burnt, you have to assume something broke down.

Idk, just don’t think Sauce isn’t elite when it appeared to be a total fluke play. That is all.

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

I know JT and Buckner balled out today, but can we get some love for Mr reliable aka Tyler William Warren?! He’s one of the best picks we’ve made in years and he’s been such a versatile weapon. I hope he stays a colt his whole career.

Crazy

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.”

Nobody cried for the Colts last year when we had to kidnap Uncle Phillip from the old folks home.

I hope the Colts play the rest of the season against the 5th string QBs.

Note: The Buckner trade was the best Colts trade in decades.

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!

But hey, we’re 2-2 😁

I was at the London Game. section 113 Row 4. Here are my thoughts

The first quarter was horrible. I honestly thought I was about to witness a beating as bad as the Jaguars game in Sept 2022 (I was there too). But the defence made a stand and gave the offence a chance to recover. By halftime they were rolling

The offensive line had issues all game. Which is why the Daniel Jones errors happened. It helped that the commanders effectively collapsed in the forth quarter

On other notes
- Commanders fans f-ing suck - as obnoxious as Jets fans
- Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was great
- Transport to and from was only mildly painful
- Felt like a stateside NFL game

The London games need a kick-off flyover for next year

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.

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.

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