3 quick takeaways from Raiders-Colts game

Three takeaways from the Raiders’ 23-20 triumph implicit the Colts connected Sunday successful Indianapolis:

1. Aggressive beats conservative

The Raiders played to triumph and the Colts not to lose, and that was the difference.

Facing a fourth-and-2 astatine the Colts’ 11-yard enactment successful the 4th quarter, the Raiders went for it and converted erstwhile Derek Carr deed Hunter Renfrow for the touchdown and 20-17 lead.

The Colts drove heavy into Raiders territory, but back-to-back blimpish plays brought retired the kicking portion to necktie the crippled astatine 20.

The Raiders past drove into tract extremity scope and won connected Daniel Carlson’s 33-yard kick.

2. Leaving points connected the board

The Raiders had a tremendous thrust to unfastened the game, going 75 yards connected 12 plays to instrumentality a 7-0 lead, and they had plentifulness of chances to truly physique connected that aboriginal vantage and instrumentality control.

But the Raiders squandered their stock of opportunities to bash that.

Renfrow’s 41-yard punt instrumentality precocious successful the archetypal 4th enactment the Raiders astatine the Colts’ 35-yard line, but the thrust rapidly went nowhere, resulting successful a tract goal.

Late successful the 2nd quarter, the Raiders drove to the 10. Then Alex Leatherwood was called for a mendacious start, and the violative enactment was overwhelmed and Carr sacked. Another Raiders tract extremity ensued.

Instead of perchance being up 21-3, the Raiders led 13-3. The Colts past drove for a touchdown with a 2nd near to chopped their shortage to 13-10 and nonstop the connection this so would beryllium a dogfight successful the 2nd half.

3. Wentz held successful check

The large pregame communicative was the availability of Colts backmost Carson Wentz, who was connected the COVID-19 reserve list. He was activated Saturday, but helium didn’t marque overmuch of an impact, passing for conscionable 148 yards and a touchdown.

Even different 100-yard rushing crippled by Jonathan Taylor didn’t mean overmuch nether the circumstances.

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