The Indianapolis Colts won 30-13 against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Despite a poor start to the game, the Colts (8-6) stepped on the accelerator after the Steelers’ (7-7) second touchdown with 14:11 left in the second quarter. The sudden awakening of the local favorites also coincides with that of Gardner Minshew II’s quarterback.
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The latter found his teammates twice for touchdowns before returning to the locker room. Trailing 13 to 0 at the start of the second quarter, the Colts managed to take advantage of their opponents’ generosity to take a one-point lead after 30 minutes of play.
Coming back to Minshew II, he finished his night of work with three touchdown passes, an 18 of 28 efficiency on his passes for gains in yards. His Steelers counterpart, Mitch Trubisky, completed 16 of his 23 attempts through the air, thereby collecting 169 yards. However, he reached the pay zone himself on one occasion.
Diontae Johnson, on a delivery from Trubisky, was the other author of a touchdown for Pittsburgh.
The Steelers will face the Cincinnati Bengals on December 23. As for the Colts, they will try to collect their fifth win in six games in Atlanta against the Falcons on December 24.
2023-12-17 00:38:33
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