The Colts didn’t exactly stroll through their Week 4 trip to London, but they did what mattered most: they walked out with a 30-13 win over the Washington Commanders and got back to .500 for the first time this season.
It was a shaky start for Indianapolis. Washington jumped out to a 6-0 lead, and Daniel Jones had a rough opening stretch with incompletions and a costly fumble.
For a while, the game had the feel of one the Colts could let slip away. Then the second half hit, the offense found its rhythm, and Indy pulled away.
Three players in particular helped flip the script.
Johnathan Taylor was the engine. When the Colts needed someone to drag the offense back into the game, Taylor answered with 95 rushing yards and two touchdowns.
With the passing game uneven at times, Indianapolis leaned on its best offensive player and got exactly what it needed. Taylor put the team on his back again, and on a day when the offense needed a spark, he supplied it.
Laquon Treadwell also gave the Colts a lift through the air. With Alec Pierce sidelined, Indianapolis needed somebody to take some pressure off stacked boxes and help Jones find a little breathing room.
Treadwell did that work, finishing as the team’s leading receiver with 42 yards on five catches. The Colts have been rolling with a receiver-by-committee approach, and Treadwell has quietly been one of the steadier pieces in that mix over the first four weeks.
Then there was Jaylon Carlies, whose interception came at a massive moment. It was the Colts’ only pick of the day, but it landed at exactly the right time early in the third quarter.
That turnover set up another Jonathan Taylor touchdown and pushed Indianapolis to a two-possession lead. From there, the Colts were in control.
In a game that was still hanging around at halftime, Carlies delivered the kind of defensive play that changes the shape of everything.
The final score was 30-13, but the turning point came well before the margin grew that wide. Taylor drove the offense, Treadwell helped steady the passing game, and Carlies delivered the takeaway that opened the door.
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