Colts get 'scrappy win' over Broncos
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The Colts beat the Broncos 29-28 in improbable fashion on Sunday on an untimed down with Spencer Shrader’s 45-yard field goal. Shrader’s 45-yard kick came after he missed a game-winning, 60-yard attempt wide right. But a leverage penalty on the Broncos kept the Colts alive for one final play — a field goal attempt 15 yards further up the field.
Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton sounded content to let others debate Sunday’s leverage call against linebacker Dondrea Tillman. Payton wanted no part of it.
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The Colts missed a 60-yard field goal attempt as time expired on Sunday against the Broncos, and for a moment the Broncos celebrated a 28-26 win.
The Broncos were 1-6 in one-score games last season, and in their first tight battle of 2025, they floundered in the deciding moments.
The Indianapolis Colts defeated the Denver Broncos, 29-28, after a leverage penalty gave them an untimed down for a game-winning 45-yard field goal by Spencer Shrader.