Colts outlast Broncos in overtime in touchdown-less Thursday night struggle

DENVER — The Indianapolis Colts won one of the wildest games in memory, sleepwalking through three and a half quarters before awakening late in the fourth and overtime to score a 12-9 win over the Denver Broncos. According to Elias Sports Bureau research, the seven combined field goals in a game in which both teams scored only by way of field goal is an NFL record.

Cornerback Stephon Gilmore, the 2019 Defensive Player of the Year, made the night's two biggest plays, rewarding the Colts' faith in signing him this offseason with an interception late in regulation and a winning pass deflection of Russell Wilson in overtime.

The Colts remain a mess in many ways, but they are 2-2-1 and back in the thick of the AFC South race.

Troubling trend: The Colts made wholesale changes to their offensive line entering the game, but while the lineup changed, the results did not. The Colts still gave up constant penetration and failed to consistently open holes in the running game. Matt Ryan was sacked six times, giving him 21 sacks taken for the season. The Colts entered the game ranked 27th in ESPN's pass block win rate metric, and it's difficult to imagine they will improve much after Week 5. The Colts moved rookie Bernhard Raimann to left tackle, Matt Pryor to right tackle and Braden Smith to right guard. Lots of moves with little to show in return.

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QB breakdown: Ryan's struggles continued, and perhaps worsened, given the absence of running back Jonathan Taylor and the first-quarter injury to Nyheim Hines. Ryan threw two more interceptions, giving him six for