INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts coach Shane Steichen changed his mind.
Less than 24 hours after defending his strategy of calling three consecutive inside runs in the final two minutes and settling for a 60-yard field goal attempt in the final seconds against the Denver Broncos on Sunday, Steichen acknowledged Monday he made a mistake.
Spencer Shrader missed the first kick badly, but the Colts were bailed out when the Broncos were called for a leverage penalty that moved the ball 15 yards closer. Shrader then made the 45-yarder for a 29-28 victory.
“Going back through it, I probably should have been more aggressive,” Steichen said. “We've got a lot of faith in Spence to make a kick, but we don't want to put him in that situation from that deep. We had three timeouts. We probabl