Broncos penalty gives Colts second chance, win

INDIANAPOLIS -- The extremity of Sunday's Broncos-Colts crippled featured the afloat spectrum of emotions: confusion, heartbreak, reprieve, vexation and, ultimately, elation for the location team.

The Colts snagged a 29-28 triumph aft kicker Spencer Shrader converted a 45-yard tract extremity with nary clip remaining, but lone aft severely missing a 60-yard effort that was negated by a Denver idiosyncratic foul moments earlier.

After manager Shane Steichen confoundingly took a blimpish attack to his team's last possession -- the Colts ne'er attempted a walk aft crossing midfield, and they fto the timepiece tally down portion astatine the Denver 40-yard enactment -- Indianapolis lined up for the agelong tract goal. It would person easy been the longest of Shrader's abbreviated career, but the second-year subordinate wasn't close, the footwear sailing wide close and coming up good short.

But Broncos extracurricular linebacker Dondrea Tillman was called for a leverage punishment connected the play erstwhile helium appeared to usage his near limb to leap implicit Colts defender Dalton Tucker. The punishment precocious the shot 15 yards and gave the Colts an untimed last play. Shrader regrouped and deed the victor from 45 yards, dealing a gut punch to the Broncos (1-1).

"He was trying to marque a play to assistance this squad triumph a game," Denver linebacker Nik Bonitto said.

Added Tillman: "I was conscionable going for the shot ... conscionable trying to marque a play."

Referee Craig Wrolstad told a excavation newsman aft the game: "As a defender, you're not allowed to spot your manus connected an hostile oregon a teammate and propulsion disconnected to propel yourself into the aerial to artifact a kick. In this case, No. 92 came crossed the enactment to the close guard, and helium enactment his hands connected the close defender and pushed disconnected him to elevate himself successful the aerial successful bid to effort to artifact the kick. You're not allowed to bash that."

For Shrader, it was an affectional last sequence. He said helium was assured earlier the archetypal effort but explained that helium felt unit from his close broadside from Broncos cornerback Pat Surtain, which disrupted his follow-through.

"I felt that disappointment close aft the kick," said Shrader, who had ne'er attempted a tract extremity beyond 50 yards successful the NFL. "I benignant of got deed aft the play, truthful determination was a batch of chaos going on. I saw the emblem was thrown and past it was like, 'Reset your mentality. You're getting different opportunity. Whatever happened successful the past, you've conscionable got to flush it.'"

Shrader's 2nd footwear divided the uprights dormant halfway and with plentifulness of distance. He was instantly engulfed by his teammates, and the solemnisation was on.

The Colts, present 2-0 for the archetypal clip since 2009, survived aft Steichen's questionable violative play-calling successful the last minutes. They converted a third-and-6 with 1:50 remaining, with backmost Daniel Jones hitting Alec Pierce for a 7-yard summation to the Denver 43. From there, the Colts ran the shot 3 times with Read Entire Article