With 1:43 remaining, the Colts trailed the Texans 17-16 and faced a 2nd-and-10 from their own 35-yard line.
One of these teams would be walking off the field with an 0-3 record. On this play, Daniel Jones made sure it wouldn’t be the Colts.
Pre-snap, the Texans were showing pressure:
But they ultimately “dropped out and played zone,” as Daniel Jones said after the game:
This was cover-3:
The Colts had a “Dagger” concept called, with Laquon Treadwell running the dig: