Indianapolis Colts Media Conference

Sunday, December 31, 2023

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Aidan O'Connell

Visitors Postgame Press Conference


Colts 23, Raiders 20

Q. The game just got a slow start. What happened there? Seemed to be very little momentum early.

AIDAN O'CONNELL: Yeah, I think just being ourselves early on with penalties, just everyone involved, including myself. Just not as good communication as we needed early on, execution.

It's hard to overcome those things in the NFL. Yeah, needed a faster start, better execution. Definitely start with myself on that one. That was disappointing.

Q. Does that happen when you know what's at stake? Basically a play-in game.

AIDAN O'CONNELL: Yeah, I think it's the NFL, right? You can't rely on momentum from last week. You can't look ahead. Every series, every play has enough of its own you got to lock in on.

I think we could have done a better job of that today, again myself included. Just getting behind the sticks, it's hard to overcome. We definitely should have scored more points today than we should. That was probably the most frustrating part.

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