Los Angeles Chargers vs. Indianapolis Colts | 2022 Week 16 Game Highlights
JAMES. HE’S BACK AFTER MISSING GAMES. WINS OVER MIAMI AND TENNESSEE. FOLES, OVER THE MIDDLE, FINDS HIS TEND JELANI WOODS. FIRST DOWN NEAR THE 30. HEAVY THEN, BUT MOVED TO TIGHT END AT OKLAHOMA STATE, TRANSFERRED TO VIRGINIA, A REAL BRIGHT SPOT. >> Joe: FOLES, THERE IS WOODS. 17 YARDS FROM NICK FOLES AND LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES BUT HE’S 6’5″, YOU PUT IT UP. THAT’S THE MINDSET TONIGHT. >> Joe: GOOD PROTECTION, PASS TO ALIE-COX, OUT OF HIS REACH. HE WAS WIDE OPEN. >> Joe: IN THE CATEGORY OF WHY NOT. FOLES, PASS IS CAUGHT. WHAT’S THE PROGRESS? RIGHT AT
THE STICK. CATCH MADE BY THE ROOKIE ALEC PIERCE. AND IT LOOKS LIKE ALEC IS A LITTLE SHORT. HE IS. THAT MEANS THE CHARGERS TAKE OVER ON DOWNS. SEE IF IT IS FIRST DOWN. >> Referee: AFTER REVIEWING THE PLAY, THE RUNNER DID MAKE THE LINE TO GAIN, FIRST DOWN AND TEN. 38 YARD THROUGH THE DRAFT, THE POSITION WILL LOOK DIFFERENTLY FOR THE COLTS NEXT YEAR. FOLES FAKES TO NO ONE IN PARTICULAR, NOW THROWS A PICK. INTERCEPTED BY MICHAEL DAVIS! AND DAVIS WITH A NICE RETURN. GOING TO BE BROUGHT DOWN BY WOODS NEAR THE 42. DAVIS GETS
HIS FIRST, A TAKEAWAY THEN TIME RAN OUT ON HIM. >> Joe: HERBERT. PASS IN THE AIR, PICKED OFF! INTERCEPTED BY THOMAS, AND THE ROOKIE’S GOT HIS THIRD.
WITH GREAT FIELD POSITION. >> Joe: QUICK SETUP, PIERCE, DEON JACKSON. >> Joe: BRINGS UP THIRD DOWN AND 14. CHARGERS DO COME WITH EXTRA MEN ON THE RUSH, THROW TO THE SIDELINE, UP FOR GRABS, AND — IT IS INTERCEPTED I BELIEVE, NO SIGNAL YET. DERWIN JAMES. AND THE CATCH IS MADE, IT’S A PICK! JAMES GETS HIS SECOND OF THE PER GAME THROUGH WEEK 15 FOR THE COLTS, MOST IN THE NFL. TWO ALREADY IN THE OPENING QUARTER TONIGHT. CHARGERS BACK ON OFFENSE AND HERBERT IS SACKED BY BUCKNER! THEY HELD IT DOWN WHEN HE WAS OUT WITH INJURY
AND WANTED TO SHOW HIS APPRECIATION. >> Joe: WOW. HERBERT THROWS, CAUGHT, BACK-TO-BACK GRABS BY KEENAN FOR FIRST DOWN FINALLY FOR THE CHARGERS OFFENSE. >> Troy: KEENAN ALLEN IS EXPECTING THE BALL TO BE RIGHT ON HIM. >> Joe: WHOA. >> Troy: YEAH. GOT THE COLTS FANS SEEING THIS THE FIRST TIME. THAT’S AN INCOMPLETION IN MY OFF-SEASON THEY’LL CAST A WIDE NET. THE COLTS AND THEIR FANS KNOW THEY HAVE AN OWNER WILLING TO SPEND MONEY AND TRY TO MAKE IT RIGHT. FOLES IS SACKED ON BACK-TO-BACK PLAYS, THIS TIME IT’S KENNETH MURRAY WHO GETS HIS FIRST OF THE
YEAR. BUT HE’S GOT HIS ARSENAL, KEENAN ALLEN AND MIKE WILLIAMS, AUSTIN EKELER AS WELL. >> Joe: AS PRETTY AS A CHRISTMAS SWEATER. HERBERT THROWS, ALLEN MAKES THE CATCH AT THE 45, THAT’S THE FIRST FIRST DOWN FOR THE L.A. LEAD, THEY GAVE IT UP. GOOD TEAMS FIND A WAY TO WIN, BAD TEAMS LOSE THOSE GAMES. THIS HAS NOT BEEN A VERY GOOD TEAM. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN. PASS TO PALMER, JOSHUA PALMER HAS A FIRST DOWN. AND SOME OF THE THINGS HE’S BEEN ABLE TO DO, BUT I LIKE JOSHUA PALMER. IT’S OBVIOUS WHEN YOU WATCH
JUSTIN HERBERT, HE LIKES HIM, TOO, A LOT OF CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN HIM. >> Joe: WATCH OUT HERBERT. DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB. IT’S CHALLENGING ON A DEFENSE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE PLAYS NOT GETTING MORE OUT OF YOUR OWN OFFENSE. >> Joe: PASS TO WILLIAMS. MAKES THE CATCH, FIGHTS FOR THE FIRST DOWN. >> Troy: THEY REALLY ARE. HE’S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB. AND GOES UNNOTICED WHEN YOU’VE HAD THE SEASON THEY’VE HAD. >> Joe: SIDE-ARM THROW, WILLIAMS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD, FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE 15. CREATIVE THROW BY HERBERT WHO >> Joe:
18-YARD COMPLETION TO WILLIAMS. HAND-OFF TO EKELER, DOWN TO 5. >> Troy: WE’VE SEEN THIS IN THE AGAINST MIAMI. BUT A BIG POINT IN THE GAME. >> Joe: FROM THE 1, FIRST DOWN AND GOAL, TOUCHDOWN EKELER! THE CHARGERS STRIKE FIRST TONIGHT. CATCH IT, BRING IT? WE’RE TRYING TO GENERATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT STOPPED ON THE 10 YARD LINE, OH, NO. >> Joe: PASS TO PIERCE. ALEC GOT THAT YARDAGE AND SOME >> Joe: FAIR TO SAY YOU DIDN’T LIKE THAT? >> Troy: I DIDN’T LIKE THAT MUCH. >> Joe: PITTMAN LOST HIS HELMET, HUNG ON TO
THE BALL AS HE CROSSES THE 30, GETS SEVEN. >> Troy: FLAG COMES IN LATE. THEY’VE BEEN MORE JUST THROWING THE BALL A LOT MORE THIS FIRST HALF. >> Joe: HERE’S ANOTHER — WATCH OUT! A FLAG ON THE HIT BY DERWIN JAMES WHO JUST LAID OUT ASHTON DULIN. >> Troy: THAT WAS SCARY. >> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL, UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS, LOS ANGELES NUMBER 3. 15-YARD PENALTY, AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. NUMBER 3 HAS BEEN DISQUALIFIED FROM THE BALL GAME. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND SIX. FOLES IS GOING TO THROW IT AWAY. GAME. >> Joe: 46-YARD TRY. 8 OF 9 ON
THE YEAR FROM THIS RANGE. AND 9 OF 10 NOW. COLTS ARE ON THE BOARD. HE HAD ONE-ON-ONE WITH GILMORE IN COVERAGE. ANYTIME YOU GET THE BALL ANYWHERE NEAR WILLIAMS, HE’S GOT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A PLAY. >> Joe: HERBERT, PROTECTED PASS, CAUGHT BY KEENAN ALLEN, UP TO L.A. HAS CONVERTED THREE STRAIGHT THIRD DOWN CHANCES. HERE’S A THROW, BACK TO HERBERT, LOOKING FOR ALLEN, HE’S GOT HIM. ALLEN TIPTOEING DOWN THE SIDELINE. OUT-OF-BOUNDS AT THE 23. JOSHUA KELLEY IS THE ONE WHO HE JUST COULDN’T TAKE INBOUNDS BUT HE GETS THE FIRST DOWN. >> Troy: I THOUGHT
THEY WERE THROWING TO MIKE WILLIAMS. THEY PLAY IT WELL, THE COLTS DO, THEN THEY COME BACK TO ALLEN UNDERNEATH, JUST NOT ABLE TO GET A HAND ON THE BALL, LAYS OUT. >> Joe: WHAT A GREAT THROW BY JUSTIN HERBERT. THIRD AND SHORT, THIRD AND ONE. THEY GO WITH THE THROW BACK TO HERBERT, COME BACK WITH A BIG PLAY. TOOK A TIME-OUT. HERBERT IN THE SHOT GUN. HANDS OFF TO EKELER, HE’S GOT THE FIRST DOWN. TRYING TO COME UP WITH A STOP HERE. >> Troy: GUS BRADLEY ISN’T A GUY THAT BRINGS MUCH PRESSURE. DON’T EXPECT IT
HERE. >> Joe: HERBERT, EKELER, THREE GUYS TO BEAT, CANNOT. GOT TO THE 6, THAT WAS IT. FIRST-ROUND BYE AND NUMBER ONE SEED. PRETTY GOOD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BRACKET. >> Joe: CHIP SHOT FOR CAMERON DICKER, THE ROOKIE. OFFENSIVE LINE, PASS PROTECTION, NOT BAD AGAINST A GROUP THAT CAN GET AFTER THE QUARTERBACK WITH FOUR-MAN RUSHES. BUT EXPECTING A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT OF THE OFFENSE FOR SURE. >> Joe: SECOND DOWN AND NINE, COMPLETION TO ALLEN. THE SACK THAT HE TOOK ON FIRST DOWN WAS ANOTHER SHOT HE WANTED TO TAKE DOWNFIELD. >> Joe: A PICK,
INTERCEPTED BY THE CHARGERS AND SAMUEL. ASANTE SAMUEL DUCKS OUT-OF-BOUNDS WITH ANOTHER TAKEAWAY FOR THIS CHARGER DEFENSE. SECOND OF THE YEAR FOR SAMUEL. GAME. >> Joe: THAT’S WITHOUT THEIR BEST PLAYER, SHAQUILLE LEONARD, THREE-TIME ALL PRO. HERBERT HAS TO COME UNDERNEATH AGAIN, THE PLAY IS MADE, KELLEY, SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN. STEPHON GILMORE, WHO HAS PLAYED IT IS AN INTERESTING DECISION IN THE GAME. SEVEN-POINT LEAD, A CHANCE TO EXTEND TO TWO. >> Joe: THEY GO FOR IT AND COMPLETE TO ALLEN. ON HIS PART. >> Joe: HERBERT, HAD TO PULL IT DOWN. THIS ONE OUT OF THE BACK
OF THE END ZONE, WELL PLAYED BY THE INDY DEFENSE TO BRING UP FOURTH 21-YARDER. AND A TEN-POINT GAME. BAG AND GOOD WILL WITHIN A FAN BASE THAT’S BEEN HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED. THE PRICE WENT UP EXPONENTIALLY FOR SEAN PAYTON IN THE SEAT. CAN’T TAKE A CHANCE. >> Joe: ACROSS THE 30. >> Troy: SEAN PAYTON WILL BE A SAN FRANCISCO SITS AT 11-4. PLAYING WELL. >> Troy: THINGS GOT INTERESTING IN PHILADELPHIA FOR NICK SIRIANO. >> Joe: HERE’S SACK BY KHALIL MACK, FOURTH OF THE NIGHT FOR THE CHARGER DEFENSE ON THIRD DOWN. KHALIL MACK, PRO BOWLER FOR THE >>
Troy: THIS WAS THE GAME LAST TWO WEEKS, PLAYOFF CONTENDERS, BIG WINS TO POSITION THEMSELVES TO GET INTO THE POSTSEASON TONIGHT, CAN THEY HANDLE IT? >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND THREE, HERBERT WRAPPED UP IN THE BACKFIELD, BALL’S OUT! AND IT BELONGS TO INDIANAPOLIS. KWITY PAYE. BUT COACHING AND CALLING PLAYS, TRYING TO PROTECT, NOT HAVE BAD PLAYS, STAY AHEAD OF THE CHAINS — IT’S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. >> Joe: FOLES DROPS IT OFF, PASS IS CAUGHT BY PITTMAN. PITTMAN WAS SHORT, FOURTH DOWN. THIS IS A QUARTER WE’RE ENTERING THEY’RE MINUS 74. FORCED TO GO FOR IT FOURTH DOWN AND
LESS THAN ONE. DIDN’T LOOK LIKE HE GOT IT. Modelo. Brewed for Full-Time Fans. >> Joe: WE >> Joe: WE OBVIOUSLY WENT TO BREAK, AND CLAY MARTIN — AS KELLEY CARRIES FOR FIRST DOWN — READS WELL ON THAT PLAY. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND FIVE. GOOD PROTECTION, WIDE OPEN IS WILLIAMS. BREAKING TACKLES, BIG MIKE WILLIAMS SPINS DOWN NEAR THE 46. AT SOME POINT GOING TO HAVE TO GET BETTER AT RUNNING THE FOOTBALL, YOU WOULD HAVE TO THINK. IF YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE SUCCESS IN THE POSTSEASON. HERE’S ONE CAUGHT BY WILLIAMS, WHO’S GOT ANOTHER CHARGER FIRST YOU’VE
GOT TO CREATE A NEGATIVE PLAY, MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN HERE, JUST NOT GIVE UP ANYTHING. >> Joe: FIRST DOWN, THEY STAY ON THE GROUND. EKELER INSIDE THE 20. THERE AS A POTENTIAL TARGET FOR JIM IRSAY AND THE COLTS, I’M A BIG FAN. >> Joe: HE TAKES IT JUST INSIDE OF THE 5. HE’S JUST SHORT OF THE END ZONE. PRETTY CLOSE. >> Joe: CHARGERS HURRY IT UP. HAND-OFF, NOW HE GETS IT HERE. EKELER, TOUCHDOWN, LOS ANGELES! SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT, 16th OF THE SEASON FOR AUSTIN EKELER. >> Troy: JUST WORE THEM DOWN, HELPS PREPARE MORE THAN
6,000 YOUTH FOR ACADEMIC AND CAREER SUCCESS. BLAND WAS ALSO SURPRISED WITH SUPER BOWL TICKETS TONIGHT. FOLES STAYS IN, COMPLETES TO MOSS. I’M WONDERING WHY AT THIS POINT, FOR A TEAM 4-9-1, DONE BASICALLY ZERO ON OFFENSE, WHY SAM JOB. THEN TRAVELED TO NEW ENGLAND, TOUGH OUTING. NINE SACKS IN THAT GAME. THEN JIM IRSAY CLEANED HOUSE AND HE HASN’T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY PLAYED FOR THE COLTS. THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT PEYTON MANNING MISSED THE WHOLE SEASON, GOT THEM NUMBER ONE PICK AND THEY DRAFTED ANDREW LUCK. NEW TERRITORY FOR HIM. >> Joe: FOLES CAN’T FIND ANYWHERE TO GO
WITH THE BALL, HE’S SACKED AGAIN. KYLE VAN NOY, NOT ALONE. FOR A FORMER OFFENSIVE LINEMAN IN JEFF SATURDAY, THIS IS GUT WRENCHING TO WATCH. THIRD DOWN AND 15 AS A RESULT. THIS ONE IS TO JELANI WOODS. WITH FORWARD PROGRESS, THEY MARK 11-YARD COMPLETION, GOING FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN ARE THE COLTS. FOLES THROWS AND THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE. HALF, THIRD DOWN AND FIVE. CHARGERS HAVE RUN EIGHT CONSECUTIVE TIMES, NOT HERE. ALLEN, WRAPPED UP IMMEDIATELY. AGAINST THE COLTS, THE STRUGGLES THEY HAVE. KHALIL MACK IN PARTICULAR, HE HAD THE SACK YOU TALKED ABOUT. THE DEFENSE HAS SHUT
THEM DOWN. >> Joe: COMPLETION UNDERNEATH TO DEON JACKSON, WHO HAS BARELY BEEN USED TONIGHT. TEAM — ASSUMING THEY CAN CLOSE THIS OUT, I ANTICIPATE THEY WILL — GET YOUR FIRST PLAYOFF BERTH AND EXPERIENCE PLAYOFF FOOTBALL. IT’S GOING TO BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR HIM AND THIS TEAM. WITH A WIN TONIGHT. FIRST DOWN, INDIANAPOLIS, JACKSON STAYS IN TO THE RIGHT OF FOLES. FOLES IS BOTTLED UP, AND THAT WILL BE ANOTHER SACK. >> Joe: COLTS WITH THEIR SIX SACKS ALLOWED, THEY DID NOT ALLOW THEM IN ANY OF JEFF SATURDAY’S 188 STARTS AS AN INDIANAPOLIS COLT. SEVEN, RUMPH
GETS ANOTHER. SIGN UP FOR THAT JOB. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND 21. UNDERNEATH, JACKSON. DEON JACKSON GETS TO THE 45, THAT’S IT. AND IT’S ANOTHER GAME SO FAR >> Troy: YOU THINK? >> Joe: NO WORK WITH THE FIRST STRING OFFENSE UNTIL THIS WEEK. HERE HE IS ON FOURTH DOWN. PITTMAN IS NOT GOING TO GET IT. >> Troy: PROBABLY ASKED A LOT OF NOW IN INDY. THAT WILL DO IT. CHARGERS WIN IT, THEY ARE IN THE POSTSEASON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2018. AND THE FIRST TIME IN THE YOUNG CAREER OF JUSTIN HERBERT. CONGRATULATIONS TO BRANDON
