{"id":904182,"date":"2026-09-21T14:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/904182\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T14:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:28:10","slug":"colts-shane-steichen-defends-ot-playcalling-in-loss-to-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/904182\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts’ Shane Steichen defends OT playcalling in loss to Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Indianapolis Colts<\/a> coach Shane Steichen defended his late-game strategy and playcalling in Indianapolis\u2019 33-30 overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> on Sunday night, saying he ultimately was going for the win.<\/p>\n

With 4:50 left in overtime, quarterback Daniel Jones<\/a> connected on a 50-yard strike to receiver Laquon Treadwell<\/a>, giving the Colts a first-and-10 at the Kansas City 17-yard line.<\/p>\n

Trailing 30-27, Steichen then dialed up back-to-back runs for Jonathan Taylor<\/a>, who collectively lost 3 yards.<\/p>\n

Steichen defended the decision and said it was not an attempt to be conservative.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was trying to finish the game with [Taylor] with the ball in his hands,\u201d Steichen said.<\/p>\n

That left the Colts facing a third-and-13 that the Chiefs defended well. Jones dropped back but was flushed from the pocket, running for 5 yards before safety Jaden Hicks<\/a> pushed him out of bounds.<\/p>\n

Steichen said he was prepared to go for it on the ensuing fourth-and-8 had the Chiefs showed a favorable defensive coverage for the Colts\u2019 playcall. A touchdown would have won the game under the NFL\u2019s current overtime format.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted it to be the last possession,\u201d Steichen said.<\/p>\n

Steichen called timeout, during which he said he told Jones, \u201cIf you love it, man, let\u2019s go at it. Let\u2019s go win this thing. But if it\u2019s not the right look … let\u2019s kick the field goal here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kicking a tying field goal presented its own set of challenges, as it meant putting the defense back on the field. The Colts have given up a staggering 1,029 yards in their first two games and struggled against the Chiefs, something that was compounded by starting cornerback Charvarius Ward (groin) having left the game and All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner<\/a> playing through a rib injury.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the Chiefs showed a coverage that was not conducive to the play\u2019s success and the Colts took a delay of game penalty and settled for a field goal. Kansas City subsequently drove down the field and won on a 40-yard Harrison Butker<\/a> field goal as time expired.<\/p>\n

Steichen also addressed his decision to defer after the Colts won the overtime coin toss. He said he preferred having the advantage of knowing what his team needed to do after a Kansas City possession.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we go first … [Patrick] Mahomes gets four downs going the other way,\u201d Steichen said. \u201cIt could go either way in those situations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Indianapolis Colts coach Shane Steichen defended his late-game strategy and playcalling in Indianapolis\u2019 33-30…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":904183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,138858,514,82],"class_list":["post-904182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-indianapolis-colts-sports-football-team-team-statscom-338","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}