Marlon Mack ran for 132 yards, ageless kicker Adam Vinatieri and Indianapolis closed down Patrick Mahomes along with the Chiefs vaunted crime in a victory on Sunday night.
The way Indianapolis managed the Chiefs sent a jolt through the NFL, if it dominated the line of scrimmage or tripping down Mahomes and company.
After letting points about the Chiefs first two possessions, then the Colts (3-2) maintained them without points before Harrison Butkers field goal with 1:16 to move as they atoned ever-so-slightly for a January playoff defeat at precisely the exact identical stadium.
Indianapolis recovered the onside kick and ran the clock out to celebrate a win.
Mahomes threw for 321 yards and a touchdown, and the Chiefs (4-1) had only 36 yards rushing despite obtaining top running back Damien Williams back in an accident, all while watching his record streak of 22 straight games scoring at least 26 points come to a crashing conclusion.
Within an air-it-out age of the NFL, the Colts also acquired by dominating the line of scrimmage.
On crime, their line bruised a Kansas City front that lost Xavier Williams and Chris Jones to harms. That created tons of time and enormous holes for Mack for Jacoby Brissett, who threw for 151 yards while still running for the Colts touchdown.
On defense, the Colts spent all the night in the Kansas City backfield, pressuring the reigning league MVP and plugging up holes.
Mahomes struck a lot and was sacked four times. At one point in the second half, Cam Erving was pushed up to now into Mahomes face the backup left tackle stepped on his quarterbacks ankle, leaving Mahomes to hobble to the sideline if Kansas City has been made to punt.
Even the Colts and Chiefs played to a stalemate that was first-half, however also the second of the four field goals of Vinatieri made it 13-10 at the break.
The Chiefs offense continued to sputter in the next half, also the Colts and Brissett essentially played a match of keep-away into the fourth and throughout the quarter.
The Colts utilized 8:34 off the clock to maneuver a mere 35 metres and put up Vinatieris next field goal. If the Chiefs didnt convert fourth-and-1 at their own 34, Indianapolis got yet another field goal from Vinatieri with 2:30 to go to make it an two-possession game.
Despite the late kick of Butker, Indy were able to see out the last seconds of the clock after the retrieval.
While the Texans are welcomed by Chiefs into Arrowhead Stadium next Sunday indianapolis receive off until traveling to Houston on October 20.
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