Indy fans are still stunned. The Colts had an 11-point cushion against the Chiefs, and yet it slipped away in the final minutes. The Kansas City crowd would call it another night of magic for the Chiefs, but the Blue Nation knows it was a collapse. Soon after the game, head coach Shane Steichen stepped up and shared his view on what went wrong.

The Colts offense kept stalling. In fact, they went 3 and out on their last four drives. They did not move the chains once in the fourth quarter or overtime. Right after the loss, Steichen did not dodge blame.

He said, “Obviously very frustrating. Not up to our standards today. We got to be better, and it starts with myself.”

And somewhere it’s true, as his clock management simply did not match the moment. When the defense made a critical stop with under six minutes left, almost everyone in Colt’s Nation expected one thing. It was time for Jonathan Taylor. Instead, Steichen called zero plays for the league leader in rushing yards and touchdowns.

Then the sequence got even stranger. Daniel Jones threw two incomplete passes. Then he hit Michael Pittman Jr. for a short 6-yard gain. However, the clock barely moved, and everyone knew Patrick Mahomes had too much time. If the Colts had run the ball on all three plays, at least two minutes would have burned off. It might not have stopped a game-tying or game-winning drive from Mahomes, but it would have made it harder. It was poor clock control. It was poor play selection.

Sure, the Chiefs blew up plenty of runs all game. Still, Taylor kept breaking tackles and finding small lanes. He kept grinding. Because of that, Steichen needs to tighten his play calling as the Colts enter the final stretch. The team had only one true touchdown drive, since the other came off Latu’s short field interception.

After the loss, Jones also stepped forward and delivered his message.